In the third year of Tianbao, he was in the east city of Chang'an.
Shen He woke up from the mud with only one life - and a ten-day deadline.
The law of the Tang Dynasty: Floating around without a title, if you don't get anything in ten days, you will be given a hundred sticks, and you will be assigned to the border states.
He pretended to be a dead man - Xue Yanguo, who was a Jinshi in the first year of Tianbao. He disappeared for three years and no one knew whether he was alive or dead.
The dead have no flaws. Unless his brother doesn't believe it, unless his mother recognizes it, unless the poor scholar named Du Fu finds out the clues.
Ten days later, the guards of Jingzhao Mansion kicked open the door.
What he didn't know was that Xue Yanguo's death was related to a murder case sixteen years ago; but if he survives, he will experience the collapse of the prosperous age, have a drink with Li Bai, save Wang Wei's life, collect Du Fu's poems, and become the last night watchman of that era.
The floating clouds in Chang'an are like a dream for a thousand years.
