Fifteen years ago, the Su family of Jizhou was wiped out. The case files were sealed, leaving behind only a fragmentary prescription, "Ashen Spring Formula."
Su Yanzhi hides on a wasteland north of the city, where he has run a roadside medical stall for three years. He appears to be a commoner doctor, but secretly lays a network of traps as he investigates the old case of his family's massacre.
A weighted rope dart lands on the table, and Liu Tinglan follows the trail of unusual medicinal residue to find him. They test each other and clash in a battle of wits.
Clues lie hidden in medicinal herbs, and undercurrents run through the imperial court. As one medicinal case after another is unraveled, a conspiracy buried for years comes to light.
No romance. Two formidable leads contend with each other. The martial world and the imperial court intertwine as they solve cases through medicine.
Theme: The core message is to express deeper meaning, not to recount the plot.
Among ordinary people, stay true to your principles and discern good from evil. Through medicinal cases and political schemes, witness the people of a chaotic age and explore the boundaries between truth and conscience.
