She was the only woman brave enough to run an escort route during Shanxi's worst drought.
The Qiao family's treasure, an escort job forbidden to accept under three conditions, ambushes all along the way, and a government manhunt.
Qin Sanniang took an arrow and stayed behind to hold them off, protecting the people, the water, and the cargo. She refused to take a single step back.
Every night, the rosewood chest made the sound of water, as if a river had been sealed inside it.
Only when the lid cracked open and a golden dragon opened its eyes did she realize: she had never been protecting the Qiao family's fortune.
She was guarding Shanxi's last rain, and the man who had watched over her for ten years.
