The Day My Family Was Seized and Exiled, I Tore Up the Imperial Edict

[Ancient political intrigue and mystery] + [Tearing up an imperial edict and fleeing] + [Clearing the family name]

On the day his family is confiscated and exiled, Shen Yebai tears up the imperial edict in public and vanishes right under his pursuers' noses. His father's celestial engineering blueprint, half of a broken bronze key shaped like a finger, and a burned letter all point to the wrongful extermination of his family three years ago. Relying on his mastery of mechanical traps, he maneuvers among the mute shop assistant Gu Qingtang, constable Zhao Wujie, merchant Bai Heyi, and others. But he soon discovers that everyone is lying, and everyone has their own agenda. As the truth gradually comes to light, he realizes that his father's death was not the end, but the first move in an elaborate game. And the moment he tore up that edict, he had already fallen into someone else's trap.