In the ninth year of the Republic of China, there were too many secrets hidden in the rainy nights of Tianjin Wei.
Chen Yanzhi, a young man outside the customs, suffered a blood feud and fled to Jinmen from the fire with the mysterious bronze medal and old books left by his father. Before his career as a coolie at the wharf has gained a foothold, he is drawn into a whirlpool surrounding the "Secret Files of the Northland Merchant Gang" - a secret that can shake up the current situation. It records the collusion between foreigners and warlords, hides the evidence of traitors, and is tied to the justice of countless dead souls.
From the dilapidated house in Zizhulin to the hail of bullets at Haihe Wharf, from the scent of tea in Qingxu Temple to the undercurrent in Juxian Tea House, Chen Yanzhi is at every step of the pursuit and protection. Zhou Muyun's cold calculation, Zhao Laosan's ambiguous stance, Zheng Huai and Lao Xie's life-saving protection... Faces are intertwined in the troubled times, and the truth emerges one by one in the blood.
He was once a young man who just wanted to live, but under the weight of secret files and the instructions of the deceased, he understood the weight of the four words "Beidi Business Gang". The lines on the bronze medal, the code words in the old books, the gunfire at the dock, and the drama in the teahouse all point to the same answer: some secrets cannot be buried, and some justice must be pursued.
When the wind in Jinmen blew again, the young man had already grasped the dagger, carrying secret documents and faith, and walked towards the deepest darkness before dawn. This is a story about protection and awakening, and it is also a tragic song of justice written with passion by little people in troubled times.
