During the Tianbao era, undercurrents swirl through Chang'an.
Modern investigative journalist Shen Han transmigrates into the Tang dynasty and becomes a down-on-his-luck member of the imperial clan. He takes over a failing bookshop and a little-known tabloid, Strange Tales of Chang'an.
Faced with the prosperous age's facade of powerful elites running rampant and ordinary people suffering, Shen Han resolves to wield his pen like a blade. He launches the Chang'an Daily, using journalistic ideas far ahead of their time to challenge imperial authority and the regional military governors.
From exposing the exhaustion of the people's resources behind the Imperial Consort's lychee shipments to investigating corruption in the Yunzhou army's grain supplies.
From resisting the suppression ordered by the powerful minister Yang Guozhong to facing the bloody turmoil of An Lushan's rebellion.
Shen Han and his team, including the stubborn old craftsman Zhao Tiechui, Su Wan'er, who never forgets anything she sees, and the streetwise Shi Xiaoyuan,
Risk their lives to pursue the truth, wielding it as a weapon and stirring up a silent yet earthshaking battle of public opinion in Chang'an.
But in a time of chaos, can the written word outrun blades and swords? Can the truth illuminate people's hearts?
When the iron hooves of the An Lushan Rebellion trample Chang'an, the fates of Shen Han and the Chang'an Daily are swept into the currents of history...
