The Five Barbarians' Upheaval: Hidden Abyss

In the final years of Shi Hu's reign in Later Zhao's Jianwu era, the ruler was senile and his sons fought over the throne. Ran Min, then known as Shi Min, held military power as an adopted grandson and gradually became commander of Later Zhao's elite Palace Guard. Ye City appeared peaceful on the surface, but undercurrents ran deep: Shi Hu's sons, Di and Qiang chieftains, Eastern Jin spies, and Xianbei envoys all maneuvered against one another, waiting for the hand that would overthrow everything. Shen Mo infiltrated the city on a secret mission to turn Ran Min against the regime, but gradually discovered that Ran Min might have seen through his identity before he did. Which of them was using the other? Who was the hunter, and who was the prey?