In the fourth year of God's blessing, Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, and a prosperous era collapsed. Li Zhaoyuan, a descendant of the clan, tore up the false imperial edict in Chang'an in a dream, escaped from the tiger's mouth with a narrow escape, and embarked on a thousand-mile journey north. His destination is Taiyuan - where Li Cunxu, the son of King Li Keyong of Jin, is holding high the banner of "restoring the Tang Dynasty" and struggling to support the last pure land in the bloody storm.
Bones were laid bare along the way, and mourning was everywhere. He has seen defeated soldiers disembowel themselves for food, seen the tragedies of betraying their children and eating them, and seen the former well-dressed nobles reduced to frozen bones on the roadside. In troubled times, human lives are like grass and loyalty is like dust. However, there are still unwilling people in this broken mountains and rivers - Li Cunxu was entrusted by his father's three arrows and vowed to destroy Zhu Liang; Guo Chongtao used his sword as a pen to write his loyal soul; countless unknown people silently guarded the embers of the dead dynasty in the darkness.
Li Zhaoyuan grew up from a frail scholar, through wars of war, betrayal of life and death, and gradually grew into a light that refused to be extinguished in this chaotic world. What he wants to ignite is not the false reputation of a dynasty, but the backbone and soul that has supported this land for thousands of years.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, warriors ruled the country, and rituals and music collapsed. This is an era where heroes and tycoons coexist, and blood and conspiracy are intertwined. This is also a story about "knowing that you can't do something but doing it".
The Tang Dynasty is still alive, and its loyal soul will never be extinguished. When the world is clear and bright, it is time to return home.
——If you are willing to see a historical tragedy, the tragedy of troubled times, and the desperate struggle of a person against an era. And this book is just for you!
