The whole family of General Zhongwu was wronged and was accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason. The only orphan, Shen Ci, kept his name anonymously and single-handedly controlled half of the trade routes in the south of the Yangtze River, becoming the rich and powerful shopkeeper Shen. In order to solve the murder case of her father and brother, she went to the hunting ground in northern Xinjiang and met Duan Wang Zhao Heng, who was feared by the imperial power and was trapped in a death trap due to military pay. The two met their opponents and formed an alliance. They joined forces to outwit the court and thoroughly investigate the old case of the family's destruction. In the turbulent chess game, they overturned the monstrous death situation set by the imperial power.