At the age of five, Xie Kuan became the youngest Si Zhi in Dali Temple.
Others say he is a child prodigy, but only he knows that he is just a puppet.
In ten years, he left 3,657 fingerprints on the file and took away 3,657 lives. Until he was fifteen years old, the Ministry of Justice put a knife on his neck.
The entire Xie family was imprisoned on charges of "colluding with foreign enemies and plotting evil".
On death row, Xie Kuan waited for three days.
On the third day, his crazy second uncle kicked open the cell door, holding two scallion pancakes in his hand: "Don't be afraid, nephew, my second uncle has stabbed all the enemies."
Princess Yunyang stood outside the door holding a sword: "I'll see you at the palace banquet. Your Majesty will ask your three departments to review and overturn the case."
Xie Kuan took a bite of the scallion pancake.
Okay, then turn everything upside down.
Intention: Even if you are like a chess piece, you must hold the torch against the wind and be the chess player of your own destiny. Xie Kuan has been a tool of court games since he was five years old. His ten years as a prostitute have allowed him to see through the cruelty and absurdity of power. When his family was wronged and he was imprisoned, he did not choose to accept his fate. Instead, he resumed playing chess as a death row prisoner, rectifying the family's name amidst the swords and shadows of the three-level trial, and uncovering the truth about the court amid layers of fog. This is a story about growth and awakening - a young man transforms from a passive puppet to a chess player who actively controls his destiny, and finally finds his own justice in the gap between machinations and human nature.