Night rain shatters the peace of Gusu. Her father is framed in a bloody case, and her mother is found “hanged.” Seventeen-year-old Le Heng, a child of the jianghu, descends from the mountain carrying half a bloodstained salt seal, only to discover that the canal trade conceals an empire of illegal salt and that the powerful chancellor controls everything.
Fortunately, her sect is her blade, and her classmates her shield. Then she meets Qi Yanzhou, a prince confined to the Cold Palace. He carries the blood feud of his mother’s family; she bears an unjust case awaiting redress. Together, they brave the abyss. What they uncover is not merely the truth behind a massacre, but a conspiracy powerful enough to shake the foundations of the realm.
When the final confrontation comes in the Golden Throne Hall, she hurls the evidence at the foot of the steps. “If the law cannot bring the truth to light, I’ll make myself the scales!” As the game ends, he smiles with a chess piece in hand. “You’ll scour the jianghu clean of corruption; I’ll clear the court of its darkness.”
From then on, she patrols the land as an imperial censor. Bound by the mountains and rivers, they guard a just and honest world together.
It is very beautiful and well-organized. The author also added some common knowledge about the Tang Dynasty's classical Chinese in the chapters, which is also more beneficial for us high school students.