[Crooked Liar Attack × Silent Loyal Dog Shou]
[Two male protagonists · Ancient style suspense · Strong alliance · Game of fate]
In the 17th year of Yong'an in Daliang, a fire broke out in the Qintian Prison. Shen Yan, the prison guard, was killed in the flames. The "Xingye Complete Volume", which was rumored to be able to change the fate of the country, disappeared. Seven days later, someone saw Shen Yan appearing at the Jiangnan ferry, accompanied by a young man who lifted up the chessboard and called him a "stinky chess basket". The two disappeared on the same boat that night in the direction of southern Xinjiang.
Deep in the miasma, herbal collector Zhao Wangchuan saved his life under a cliff. The young man called himself Gu Changsheng, a liar who sold fake medicines, and was chased and pushed down. But Zhao Wangchuan recognized the birthmark on the back of his neck at a glance - ten years ago he led seventy-three people into the miasma to find the silk book, and he was the only one who came back alive.
A herb collector who has been collecting debts for ten years, a charlatan who tells lies. Each has their own hidden agendas and restrains each other, and together they go deep into the heart of the miasmatic land to find the silk book at the bottom of the Nine Eyes Spring. Behind him are the court assassins, the Southern Xinjiang shamans, and a dead end that was planned thirty years ago.
But Zhao Wangchuan didn't know that Gu Changsheng's first sentence to lie to him was wrong. The name "Gu Changsheng" is fake. He knew where the silk scroll was from the beginning.
"Shen Yan has calculated all the secrets in his life and only missed one thing. He didn't expect that he would be tempted."
Two desperadoes, a scroll of silk book that defies heaven. The fate of the country is tied to a thread - and that thread is in the hands of a smiling liar.
