Yuan Haoran, a down-and-out scholar whose engagement was broken off, accidentally received pepper seeds and a mysterious token given by Hu Ziqing, but after winning the election, he was involved in a shocking secret. The iron plate and map left by his father implicated the massacre of the family in Qixia Mountain twenty years ago and the secrets of the previous dynasty. In order to avoid the pursuit of Jin Yiwei, he and Hu Ziqing traveled east together. After experiencing pirate interceptions, desert island survival, and indigenous alliances, they gradually uncovered the relationship between the iron plate, the return to ruins, and the struggle for imperial power. From a rural schoolteacher to a desperate survivor, Yuan Haoran worked step by step amidst conspiracies and crises, using wisdom and courage to fight against all forces and explore the truth and survival path left behind by his father.
