Ayu is an ordinary female boatman on the Qingjiang ferry. She is exposed to wind and sun every day for only a few cents for the ferry. Everyone knows that she is taciturn and withdrawn, but they don't know that what she is crossing is the human world under her oars, and what she is looking at is the world. During the day, passengers came and went on her boat, including scholars talking eloquently, merchants with sad faces, well-dressed officials, and women and children rushing on their way. These few words are all fish in her net. After nightfall, she quietly carried boatloads of fleeing people who could not survive to the other side of the river to find a way out. These silent cries were a thorn in her heart. On the fifteenth day of every month, she would put a scroll of bamboo slips filled with secrets of people's affairs into a specific mailbox in Qingjiang Pavilion. The upright official whom she has never met and whose codename is "Blue Bird" is her only comrade. She thought her life would always be like this, walking on the edge of a knife and surviving in the waves. Until one day, she passed away a "sick scholar" with extraordinary bearing. The scholar was gentle in conversation and generous in spending, but he always tested her inadvertently. Later, when the imperial envoy inspected Jiangfang, she almost lost her grip on the oar in her hand when she saw the man sitting high on the throne with a stern expression. ——Isn't this the "sick scholar" who rides her ship every day and complains about her expensive fare? ! What's even worse is that she just sent out a secret letter impeaching the imperial envoy... Ayu: ... Is it too late to run away now? **Tags: **Business life, Machiavellian strategy, strong women, suspense, rapid rise to success
