Gu Zhaohua was the jewel in the palm of the Taifu's hands. He loved flowers and birds, was familiar with medical books, and lived a bright and free life. No one knows that behind her elegant study, there is a secret guarded by the family for three generations: holding a sword in the dark night, quietly "expelling insects" from the decaying dynasty. Her childhood sweetheart, General Xie Yunchi, is her accomplice and armor.
When the mask of warmth is torn apart by blood feud, their father and brother suffer, and their best friends die, they are forced to step from the brocade bush into the Shura field. From the machinations of aristocratic families to the flames of the battlefield, from chess players to wanted criminals, the truth they pursue along the way is chilling: the real enemy is not one or two treacherous men, but the entire systemic rot that makes loyal people die in vain and people's livelihoods wither.
This is not simple revenge, but a revolution towards death. They burned the laws of the old world not to sit on the blood-stained dragon throne, but to establish a new country called "Zhao Ming". Here, there is no supreme monarchy, only justice that must be respected; kindness does not have to be at the cost of silence, and sharpness is destined to be used to protect everything that is cherished.
"The Oath of Mountains and Rivers" is an epic about "how to guard the spark in the darkest night and personally open up a new dawn for future generations." Here there is a thrilling battle of wits, an unforgettable love of life and death, and a profound inquiry beyond love into the future of the family and country and the inheritance of civilization. It tells the story of how a group of sober forerunners used flesh and blood as a stepping stone to pave a more rational and fair path for those who came after. The mountains and rivers are an oath, and the bright light is a witness. At the end of the long night, this heart is bright.
Intention: The true light does not wait for the torch, but becomes firewood with a mortal body, and uses the price of burning to pave a path to reason for future generations that no longer needs "gods".