"Ink Stained the Country" is an ancient romance novel with two male protagonists. It tells the story of two men with very different personalities, Shen Mo and Gu Jiangshan, who met at Moxiang Tower in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River and formed an indissoluble bond over a landscape painting.
Shen Mo, a talented young scholar, is famous for his exquisite landscape paintings. His paintings not only show the magnificence of nature, but also contain profound emotions and philosophy. But Gu Jiangshan, a young general on the northern frontier, was famous for his outstanding military exploits, but in his heart he was full of longing for the life of a man of letters.
During an encounter at Moxiang Tower, Gu Jiangshan was deeply attracted by Shen Mo's landscape paintings. Their eyes met in front of the paintings, and they both felt a sense of surprise and admiration in each other's hearts. As time went by, their relationship gradually became closer. They drank tea, discussed poetry and discussed life together, and became each other's confidants.
However, the wheels of fate turned ruthlessly, and a sudden war disrupted their lives. Gu Jiangshan had to return to the frontier, and Shen Mo was also forced to leave Moxiang Tower and begin an unknown journey. During the war-torn years, both of them were filled with thoughts and worries about each other.
Concept: "Ink Stained the Country" is a romance novel with two male protagonists set in ancient times. It tells the story of two men with very different personalities, Shen Mo and Gu Jiangshan, who met at the Moxiang Tower in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. They became connected through a landscape painting. As time went by, the relationship between the two gradually became closer. They drank tea and discussed poetry together, discussed life, and became each other's confidants. However, the wheels of fate turned ruthlessly. A sudden war disrupted their lives, and they had to face the test of separation and longing. The novel uses delicate writing to describe the deep emotions between the two male protagonists, as well as their persistence and belief in each other in troubled times, showing the themes of love, friendship and life choices.