In the twelfth year of the Republic of China, it was a rainy night during the Ghost Festival.
The century-old inkstone and library building of the Wen family in Pingling burst into flames, and the head of the family, Wen Jingshan, was buried in the flames.
Wen Yanci went to the funeral all night long, and what awaited her was not comfort, but the plot of her second uncle Wen Jingtang to seize the property, the tribe's efforts to force the palace to give in, and the eager eyes of foreign cultural thieves.
No one believed that a twenty-year-old woman could support the Wen family.
However, she single-handedly managed the family business, repaired the remaining documents, investigated the cause of her father's death, and expelled the greedy second uncle from the clan, causing the hypocritical cultural relics smuggler Shen Shuheng to suffer repeated setbacks.
Lu Shiyan, the cold-faced police commander, fights with her side by side in troubled times. From suspicion to acquaintance, from acquaintance to mutual care, she guarded thousands of books, and he guarded a fireworks.
When the war spread and the Japanese invaded, she spent all her wealth to escort the ancient books, while he fought bloody battles on the front lines to defend the city.
She said: "I'm not fighting for power, I'm just trying to keep what needs to be kept."
She said: "The most precious thing in the world is not gold, silver and jewelry, but cultural context."
This is the legend of a woman protecting cultural heritage in troubled times.
The mountains and rivers are safe, and the fragrance of books will last forever.
