In the third year of Tianfu in the Later Jin Dynasty, the world was in chaos and strife, and the people were in dire straits.
Zhao Yuanlang, a young man from Luoyang's Jiama Camp, left home to pursue his career because he was dissatisfied with the troubled times. Lin Jingniang, a descendant of the royal family of the Later Tang Dynasty, came across Lin Jingniang in Bianjing. In order to save her from danger, he escorted her thousands of miles away. The two became sworn brother and sister in a ruined temple.
Jing Niang buried her secret love deep in her heart and accompanied him through the grudges and intrigues in the court in the name of "sworn sister". Zhao Yuanlang went from being a commoner to joining the army in the Zhou Dynasty. He made meritorious service in the Battle of Gaoping, Chen Qiaoyi wore a yellow robe and finally became the founding emperor.
He had the country, but he lost forever the woman who accompanied him thousands of miles away.
The shadow of the candle flickered and the sound of the ax was clanging. In October of the ninth year of Kaibao's reign, Zhao Yuanlang died at the age of forty-nine. Jing Niang died in love at the age of forty-six.
"Send off the lady from a thousand miles away" has become a folk legend, and "the sound of candle shadow and axe" has become an eternal mystery.
