Introduction to "Jianmen Jie"
Twelve years ago, Xiao Yuanshan, the Marquis of Zhenbei, was accused of "collaboration with the enemy and the country" and his entire family was executed. Nine-year-old Xiao Jilin was rescued from the sea of fire by his father's former subordinates. He took away half a burnt wooden sign - the last relic that his father snatched from the fire in the ancestral hall. He only said one sentence: let the youngest live. Twelve years later, he sneaked into the capital under a pseudonym. Entering the Hanlin imperial examination, tracing the shortage of military supplies in the north, and gradually uncovering a shocking dark network conspired by the chief minister of the cabinet, relatives and the queen - the Xiao family is just an outcast in the power game. But he decided not to overturn the verdict. Reversal of the verdict would mean the North would be in the defense table for several more months - while enemy troops were already on the ground. He took off his mask in public, gave up using the laws of the old dynasty to rectify his name, and chose to return to the north and rebuild the entire defense line from the cold beacon tower and empty warehouses.
Three volumes, one hundred and five chapters. From one person's revenge to a group of people establishing a new order on the ruins of the old dynasty. What runs throughout is the half of the wooden sign that never matches the other half - the slot is empty. No need for involution, that's enough.
