Lin Yanqiu, a doctoral tutor in the Department of Modern History, traveled to Dayan and was ridiculed by his neighbors. It happened that his fiancée's family, the Cui family, was being embezzled by the clan, and Cui's mother took the initiative to finalize the engagement. He took the lead in the county examination case and used his resourcefulness to help the Cui family fight against internal enemies. When a smallpox broke out, he took the risk of promoting cowpox to save people and won the appreciation of the emperor. However, he also angered the forces in the court. The road ahead was full of dangers and he rushed to the dangerous government examination.
