On the third day of June in the ninth year of Takeori, on the eve of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Old Hu, the watchman, banged his clapper as usual, but accidentally broke a secret deal - gold, secret letters and a child that shouldn't exist. When he picked up the bloody East Palace jade tablet, his ordinary life came to an abrupt end.
The prince was executed, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the city of Chang'an was reshuffled. Lao Hu has become a living testimony that all forces are pursuing him: the prince's remnant party wants to silence him, the powerful officials of the new dynasty want to take advantage of him, and the mysterious eunuch wants to regain the blood of the previous dynasty. From escaping in the dark alley to dealing in prison, from being lost in the wilderness to returning to night patrol, he was forced to play a key role in Du Ruhui's chess game.
The sound of the update remained the same, but the night in Chang'an had completely changed. Every bang raises the question: How far is the military salary that disappeared that night involved? What secrets are hidden in the bloodline of a seven-year-old child? And can a little guy like him, who has seen too many secrets, hold his own in the torrent of history? The truth lies dormant in rumors, in the ashes of the old house, and behind every closed door, waiting only for a watchman to knock out the final answer before dawn.
