From the second year of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty (1127) to the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1130). The Jin soldiers went south, Bianjing fell, and the two emperors of Huiqin were taken prisoner. After Kang Wang Zhao Gou ascended the throne in Yingtian Mansion, he crossed south and finally made Lin'an his capital. The north of the Yangtze River is raging with war and refugees are flooding in. Although the south of the Yangtze River has not yet fallen, it is already in turmoil.
After the Jingkang Incident, Ah Jiu, a charcoal burner, took in refugee women again and again at the Tanhe Ferry. However, he lost his brother, wife and lover one after another due to the twists and turns of fate. In the end, he raised the orphan alone and spent his silent life guarding his responsibilities as a human being in troubled times.
