The Lu clan's line stretches back twenty-two generations, beginning with Lu Ping. At its founding, it secured the realm on horseback; in its middle years, it brought order through civil governance. At its end, Lord Lu Mian fled to Baiyue and built Jin, while Lord Lu Chi was born in Baiyue and established Qi. Did the clan rise through loyalty to the ruler? And did it flourish through serving the people? The Lu family's loyalty was not blind devotion to a single surname, but a profound love for this land and its people. (In this novel's setting, everything in a parallel world remains in the ancient era. After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing dynasty falls. Following years of conflict, Great Yan is established.)
