Story background: An impossible redemption
Time: Late Spring and Autumn Period, 484 BC
Crisis: Qi's powerful minister Tian Chang is about to usurp the throne. In order to divert domestic conflicts, he decides to send troops to destroy Lu. Desperate situation: The state of Lu was weak and Confucius was helpless. The breaker: Duanmu Ci (Zigong). One of the Ten Philosophers of Confucius, the originator of China's "Confucian businessmen", a man who believed that "as long as the price is right, there is no deal that cannot be negotiated in the world."
What he wants to do is not to beg for peace, but to use "a tongue, a sum of money, and a shocking lie" to complete an unprecedented "diplomatic leveraged buyout" among the four tigers of Qi, Wu, Yue, and Jin.
