The female writer Zuo Tang serialized a novel in a newspaper in Jincheng during the Republic of China, inadvertently alluding to the brutal methods of the warlord Shen Beiyan under the pen name "Dark Night"; the atrocities of the character "Yan Luo" in the novel were exactly the same as Shen Beiyan's past bandit suppression, which aroused heated discussion among readers; Shen Beiyan came to question him in person, and Zuo Tang was taken into custody by the warlord Shen Beiyan was forced to become his personal secretary, using his pen as a blade in exchange for freedom; undercurrents surged in the governor's house, and adjutant Rong Yan was secretly instigating. Zuo Tang discovered that Shen Beiyan was not completely ruthless, and that there was a double attack by warlord factions and Japanese forces behind him; Zuo Tang took advantage of writing official documents to collect evidence, but was repeatedly Shen Beiyan saw through it, and the two gradually developed a subtle attraction in the game; the murder of the Jincheng Chamber of Commerce president led to the smuggling line of Japanese merchants, Zuo Tang ventured into the dock to obtain secret documents, and Shen Beiyan was forced to accept a political marriage to protect her; when Zuo Tang was disheartened, he discovered that his life experience was related to Shen Beiyan's old enmity, and the two The relationship between the people fell into a freezing point; in the end, when the governor was assassinated and seriously injured, Zuo Tang used his writing to change the public opinion, and Shen Beiyan suddenly woke up and joined forces to eradicate the traitors and spies; after peace came, Zuo Tang left the press and the governor's house, and wrote the final chapter of the story of the two rebuilding Jin City on the ruins.
