As soon as Xu Yan opened his eyes, he became the surrogate magistrate who everyone in the border town wanted him to take the blame for and die in the troubled times. On the first day he took office, refugees besieged the city, the county treasury was at its bottom, and powerful officials set up a trap. People in the city were waiting to see when he, the new county magistrate, would be buried. But he refused to accept his fate. Investigate murder cases, copy bad debts, fight against powerful men, support homeless people, build city defenses, and revitalize a deserted city that everyone thinks should be in ruins. Starting from saving lives in one county, he will turn this dilapidated city into the first city in troubled times little by little.
