The Yong Dynasty had its capital in Yong'an.
There is a kind of strange bird hidden in the world, called the frost-topped sparrow. It is born with the ability to listen to the secrets of people's hearts and recognize undeclared grievances. It is neither a monster nor a fairy, but a spiritual bird born with special talents in the world. Its lifespan is far longer than that of ordinary people. It is not tainted by Taoist practices. It only survives by inhaling and breathing in the morning and evening breath of the human world. The white feathers on its head are its natal bones. If its feathers fall off, it will lose its power of communication and become an ordinary bird. A hundred years ago, the Shuangding Wenque clan was massacred by the powerful because of rumors that the bird's blood could help officials spy on the secret plots of political enemies. The entire clan was almost extinct, with only one remaining, named Yunqi, hiding in the "Tingxin Tea House" in the south of Yong'an City.
Another protagonist, Shen Yan, was the royal censor of the dynasty. As a young man, his family was framed by powerful officials and everyone was executed. Only he was led out of prison by a frost-capped bird raised in his family. The bird died of exhaustion in the end, which became a problem for him for half his life. Shen Yan has endured ten years to become an official. He has a cold and aloof temperament. He specializes in detecting corruption and perversion of the law. He does not believe in the supernatural, but he always dreams of a green and white sparrow sitting on his fingertips on rainy nights.
In late spring, Shen Yan investigates an unjust case of water transportation corruption. The deceased is full of grievances and has nowhere to complain, and no one else feels it at all. Only the teahouse owner Yun Qi can hear the deceased's heart-wrenching accusations, and secretly leaves clues to remind Shen Yan many times. Shen Yan noticed that this person was different from ordinary people, and as he visited him step by step, he gradually caught a glimpse of Yunqi's hundred-year loneliness hidden under his gentle skin.
The two went from testing and guarding to relying on each other: Shen Yan lived in the court, covering up Yunqi's special talents and blocking the covetousness of the powerful; Yunqi used his psychic ability to help Shen Yan uncover countless unjust cases that could not be proved, and healed the years of trauma in his heart.
The Prime Minister noticed Yunqi's ability and knew that he was the only remaining Frost-topped Sparrow. He wanted to kidnap him by force and forced him to explore the secrets of the officials in the court. At the same time, he uncovered the past events of massacre of the Sparrow Clan and the frame-up of the Shen family a hundred years ago - both murders were committed by the same group of powerful officials.
The powerful prime minister threatened Yunqi with Shen Yan's wealth, life and reputation in the court, forcing him to destroy the white feather on his head and use it forever. Shen Yan did not want Yunqi to give up his century of freedom, so he voluntarily resigned from office and gave up his seal, taking off the shackles of the court and accompanying Yunqi to face the terrible disaster.
In the end, the two teamed up to collect evidence of Quan Xiang's crime, and brought down the traitor with the help of the emperor. In order to protect Shen Yan and settle the blood feud of two generations, Yunqi voluntarily gave up his telepathic powers and became an ordinary literary sparrow. He and Shen Yan stayed away from the hustle and bustle of the capital, retreated to the streets of Jiangnan, and stayed together day and night.
Purpose: Based on the story of a hundred-year-old spirit bird and the lonely censor who have been together in both directions, it tells the story of lonely people's redemption of each other; using the injustice in the court and the blood feud between the two clans, it criticizes the corruption of officials and the unfairness of the world, and interprets the pure and deep love of abandoning fame and fearing hardships just to stay with one person. I hope everyone can break free from the shackles and find a stable home.