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The Dajing Dynasty has been in existence for seventy years. Under the skin of the prosperous times, the bones and hearts have long been corroded. The prime minister is monopolizing power, the feudal towns are undercurrent, the official system has collapsed, and the people are in dire straits. The old red case that stained the capital with blood ten years ago is like an unhealed scar, hiding shocking secrets that could overturn the government and the opposition. Shen Qingci, the daughter of the prime minister, Xie Lin, the son of a dandy salt merchant, Wen Zhixu, a low-income official who sticks to the right path, Su Jingyu, a young detective who is orphaned in a sea of ​​​​blood, and Chu Yao, a charming but sincere general lady. Five young people with different identities and budding personalities meet on a strange road in Chang'an and accidentally go together because of a murder case. From being dissatisfied with each other to being dependent on each other for life and death, they stepped into the darkest abyss of power with their humble bodies. Along the way, they saw all the suffering in the world and tore apart layers of conspiracies; as they grew up, they lost their youthfulness and selfishness, and took up the spirit of youth and the righteousness of their family and country. The road to clearing old cases is paved with blood and separation; under the strangulation of power and conspiracy, the young people use their lives as torches to burn away the darkness. In the end, the four of them died as martyrs and sacrificed their lives to the mountains and rivers; only Shen Qingci was left, with a table full of old things and a lot of will, to guard their homeland alone and guard the rivers and seas they had exchanged for their lives. The long wind has passed, and the old friend will not return. This is a tragic song that burns the blood of a young man, a redemption through death and martyrdom, and a legend of group portraits that illuminates the prosperous age with life.