In the fifteenth year of Xining in the Song Dynasty, under the imperial court's "Fuxi Order", Lu Ming was forced to personally bulldoze Manposhan Dandan, which symbolized family inheritance.
Deep in the soil where the roots were broken, what she dug out was not despair, but a rusted iron box - inside was a detailed military secret map of the Xixia border, and three vermilion seeds that had never been seen before. In the corner of the picture is her late grandfather's personal seal.
In the past, there were the Xixia "Iron Kites" knights who were watching with eager eyes, and later there were the imperial supervisory officials who were suspicious and testing. Overnight, she changed from a daughter of the frontier to a "variable" that both Song and Xia wanted to control or erase.
In a desperate situation, Lu Ming polished his ancestral hook and sickle and made a crazy decision: neither escape nor hide. She wants to take this fatal picture to discuss a business deal with Hulang.
Dealing with Xixia Prince Xiao Chen, who is full of scheming, and intends to use her as a pawn for reform; and Lu Zhou, the governor of the Song Army who is pragmatic and ruthless, and only wants to incorporate her power into the imperial order. She built a fortress called "City of Thorns" on a piece of scorched earth, and established a "Code of Thorns" that transcended national boundaries, so that homeless refugees, failed craftsmen, and even lost enemy soldiers could all find a home here.
She wants to prove that home is never an ink line on a map, but a belief rooted in people's hearts. In troubled times, the sharpest weapon is not the sword, but the wisdom that creates order and makes people feel at home.
This is an epic story about a woman caught in the cracks of the empire, from guarding a flower field to establishing a pure land, and finally defining "what is home".
More realistic, not exaggerated