During the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhou Cheng, a wealthy water transport businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, was falsely accused and died unjustly because he discovered the secret of Cai Jing's party smuggling salt and iron. Zhou Xinxin, a young man, took his father's ink chrysanthemum and jade pendant to protect his young sister and lead his loyal servants, and narrowly escaped an ambush in the reeds of the canal.
Relying on the business connections and clues left by his father, he contacted the upright censor, fought against the treacherous minions, broke through the culvert traps, and broke into the old house in Lin'an.
The jade pendant hides secrets, business accounts contain crimes, undercover agents are around, and the mysterious organization behind Mo Ju's mark has surfaced. A journey to redress his father's injustice finally turned into a storm that stirred up the officialdom and water transportation in Jiangnan. Let's see how the young man maintained his loyalty with his business bones and overcome the confusion with his wisdom and courage in a desperate situation.
