Ten years ago, the Shen family of Jinling was accused of "collaboration with the enemy and treason" and the family was full of bloodshed. However, the young master Shen Yanzhi was rescued from the dog hole in the fire scene by his loyal servants and hid in Wu County. Ten years later, under the pseudonym of Jiangnan Painter, he returned to Jinling with half of the remains of the Pisces Pendant that had not faded the scorch marks - this place was both his hometown and the center of power of his enemy Liu Chengye. It happened that the Ministry of Rites held a calligraphy and painting appraisal, Liu Chengye took charge of it personally to whitewash Fengya, Shen Yanzhi borrowed the brush as a shield, used a gentle smile as armor, and approached the enemy step by step.
But before the road to revenge can begin, there are mysteries hidden everywhere: the complete Pisces pendant around the waist of the young man in Liu's house, the old paintings of the Shen family that were unexpectedly discovered during the appraisal, Liu Chengye's unusually tight defense, and even the evidence of "collaboration with the enemy" all seemed to be covered with a thin veil. When the spring scenery of the south of the Yangtze River under the painting brush contains cold blades, and when every wind in the hometown is wrapped in the bloody past, Shen Yanzhi gradually discovers that the destruction of the Shen family may not be just Liu Chengye's personal selfishness. His return journey is a journey of revenge against his enemies, and it is also a road of redemption to tear away the fog of ten years and regain his family's innocence.
Philosophy: Shen Yanzhi, an avenger with a paintbrush as a blade, peels away the bloody fog of the ten years since the Shen family was wiped out in the maze of power in Jinling. In the entanglement of revenge and truth-seeking, he finally finds the way back to his family's innocence and self-salvation.