Gu Xichao went to Beijing to take the exam, failed in the imperial examination, betrayed his teacher, joined the army in frustration, and lived on the streets, accomplishing nothing. This was originally the direction the story should follow, and then he would meet the person he was destined to meet and live the life he was supposed to live.
But this time, there were some small changes that interfered with his destiny. Starting from the origin of the story, from the source of everything, from the years before the protagonists met, he Gu Xichao met Qi Shaoshang at different times.