A top history student from the modern era transmigrates into the body of an impoverished scholar in Bianliang, Later Liang, just as Zhu Wen usurps the Tang dynasty. Using his modern knowledge, the protagonist resolves his family’s crisis and meets Zhao Hongyin, the father of the future Zhao Kuangyin. He saves Zhao Hongyin’s life with a “prophecy,” earning his first capital and connections. At the end of the volume, Zhu Wen is assassinated, and the protagonist takes advantage of the chaos to rescue abducted civilians, earning his first reputation as “Little Mengchang.”
