In the Great Yongjing City, serial murders occurred frequently. The deceased lost all their internal strength and died in strange ways. Lu Qingchen, a street fortune teller, was forcibly tied to the road of investigating the case by Xiao Jingjue, the ruthless and powerful Jinyi Guard governor, because he revealed the mystery of the dead man with one word.
Following the cinnabar shavings and secret clues, the two uncovered a secret that had been sealed for thirty years: an elite team stationed at the mine was brutally wiped out because they broke into a powerful conspiracy. The survivors had endured it for many years and sought revenge and the truth in extreme ways.
The secrets of Tianji Pavilion, the spies of Jin Yiwei, the chess game behind the scenes, and the undercurrent of the court are intertwined. The money-hungry "magic stick" and the unparalleled cold-faced evil star, from mutual dislike to life and death dependence, in the whirlpool of conspiracy, step by step tore apart the darkest fig leaf of the court.
