Modern examination candidate Li Huaidong transmigrates in despair after failing the civil service exam, becoming a poor scholar with a bare house in Linjiang County. Determined to change his fate through the imperial examinations, he steps into an officialdom more dangerous than the examination hall. His close friend is murdered, his mentor is framed, and he himself becomes a fugitive wanted for murder, fleeing for his life. From the treacherous Shu roads to the death cells of Jiangzhou, from a lowly clerk to the blades of rebel forces, he makes every move count, struggling to survive amid the power plays of princes and corrupt officials. As the strokes of his examination essays become weapons of revenge, modern ingenuity collides with ancient political intrigue. See how he carves a glimmer of justice out of this pitch-black world.
