The last royal guard of the Ming Dynasty was not guarding the emperor, but the future.
In the fourth year of Jianwen's reign, Nanjing was destroyed. Lin Xuan, a member of the Qianhu family in Jin Yiwei, was ordered to escort a mysterious wooden box and a mute boy to escape from the capital. After hiding incognito for three years, he was chased into a desperate situation by his former deputy Ji Gang, and was forced to open the wooden box - inside were military blueprints that were far ahead of the times, and a sea map marked "The Complete Map of the World." And that mute boy turned out to be Song Yingxing, a genius who could interpret all this.
Ji Gang has taken refuge with Zhu Di and has become the most ferocious eagle dog in the new dynasty. He pursued Lin Xuan relentlessly and killed his last relative. From "protecting the relics of the old master" to "protecting the fire of civilization", Lin Xuan united with the suppressed Jiangnan business group in a desperate situation, used the knowledge in the box to create advanced weapons, and launched a life and death game in which the weak defeated the strong.
One is a lonely minister abandoned by the times, and the other is a genius imprisoned in silence. When Zhu Di promised to be a high-ranking official and share the achievements of traveling all over the world, Lin Xuan faced the ultimate choice: hand over knowledge in exchange for glory, or protect the fire against the entire world?
This is not just one man's revenge. This is a story about loyalty and betrayal, knowledge and humanity. When the dust of history settles, what can illuminate the darkness is never power, but fire.
He is the last royal guard of the Ming Dynasty.
He chose to protect the future.
