A Century-Old Dynasty, I Will Destroy It with My Hands

[Historical Imagination], [Alternate History], [Group Family Story] Daye was founded three hundred years ago, and Xiahou prospered for two hundred years. The top sect, which has produced seven prime ministers and nine ministers, never shows off its military prowess, but has created a root system that no one can shake in the court and the countryside. The children who cultivate both civil and military skills will become capable officials in governing the world when they emerge, and become Confucian scholars when they enter. However, the deeper the root system, the more fearful the emperor became. In the autumn of Jinghe's 19th year, he sent a secret edict to Beijing. The emperor no longer hides it - what he wants is to eradicate the Xiahou family's century-old foundation in one fell swoop. On the eve of leaving for Beijing, Xiahou Xuanmu, the head of the family, launched the top secret strategy passed down orally from successive Xiahou family heads in the ancestral hall: Meridian fire branch. One lineage goes to death, the other lineage hides. The names of the deceased are engraved on the tablets and become the incense offered by the family forever; the recluse carries the blood and secrets of his family and clings to life in a world that may collapse at any time, waiting for the next opportunity to make a move. And sixteen-year-old Xia Houliao was the first person to be shoved into the secret passage that night. He didn't know what was waiting for him. He only remembered his uncle's last words: "Don't look back. The incense is on you."