On a snowy night in the dead of winter, Shen Xiaobao, a rising star in the Imperial City Office, is ordered to escort the orphaned daughter of the Rong family back to the capital with the late emperor's blood-sealed edict.
He thinks it is an ordinary escort mission, never imagining it will lead him into the slaughterhouse of ten years ago:
An inn engulfed in flames, a Taoist temple filled with poisonous incense, ambushes by the martial world... With every step closer to the truth, a bloodied blade draws nearer to his throat.
And every deadly clue seems to point to the very man he reveres as a god: his mentor, Shen Tiannan, Commander of the Palace Guards...
Snow and wind bury the bones; the edict weeps blood.
This time, will his sword point toward the palace or the martial world?
[Reading Guide]
A classic historical tale of political intrigue, not a mindless power fantasy. Schemes within schemes, mysteries within mysteries, with clues laid far in advance.
An intense clash between master and disciple, caught in the ultimate struggle between loyalty and betrayal, gratitude and blood vengeance.
Two powerful leads grow together: a devoted guard and an orphan seeking revenge. They support each other amid conspiracy and save one another in desperate straits.
No foolish villains, no harem. The romance is deep and restrained, and the main plot stays gripping throughout.
