Ancient Shadow

The book takes the Jingkang crisis as the background and tells the story of the overt and covert struggles of the three forces (Song, Jin, and Mingjiao) in troubled times. The plot is compact and fascinating. It is divided into four parts 77+77+66+40, totaling 260 chapters. The first part is the appearance of the three parties, which revolves around the first siege; the second part talks about the shame of Jingkang and the role of Mingjiao in it; the third part talks about Zhao Gou's conquest of Mingjiao and the recruitment of Miao and Liu rebellions. The protagonist returns to Taoyuan to reveal the connection between Mingjiao and the Jin Kingdom; the fourth part tells about Zhao Gou making peace with the Jin Kingdom in order to destroy the Mingjiao and rescue his biological mother. The whole novel ends with the demise of the Mingjiao and the return of the Queen Mother to the Song Dynasty. Historical figures such as Zhao Gou, Yue Fei, Qin Hui, Han Shizhong, Li Qingzhao, Fang La, Roufu Diji, etc. Are all described in the novel.