In the first year of the Shenlong era, under the splendor of the Tang dynasty, undercurrents stir.
Lu Yan, a scholar of Tang history, transmigrates into Lingnan as a displaced refugee, facing one grim fate: execution at the stroke of noon.
“Hold on, I’ve studied Tang history for fifteen years. Surely I can’t get killed off from the start?”
The Five Great Clans and Seven Great Houses, the Eight Deliberations, aristocratic politics...
Things that once existed only in his academic papers have become his only lifeline.
And so, a voice that shocks Chaoyang County rings out:
“I am from the Lu clan of Fanyang!”
He wagers his life, impersonates a member of a top aristocratic clan, debates the county magistrate, outwits the local gentry, and turns his death sentence around!
With the entire course of Tang history in his head, every move he makes is a crushing advantage! From the execution ground in Lingnan to the imperial court in Chang’an, from fake aristocrat to the most powerful man in the realm!
