Rusty Sword Scale

Seven years ago, the Qingcheng sect was overthrown by fierce flames. The young man Lu Ping hid his sword and became a bookkeeper in Fengyu Tower, working with abacus and books all day long. Seven years later, three blood-stained payments of pension money for the canal workers dragged him back to the rivers and lakes - the accounts were false, the lives were real, and deep in the truth, a huge network spanning canal transportation, borders and temples was implicated. When the rusty sword roared again, Lu Ping was no longer burdened with the hatred of his master, but the widow's care, the child's life, and the crushed justice. He is no longer a lone knight, but the core of the "burden group" - taking in retired bodyguards, down-and-out medical women, and bullied craftsmen, and building a breathing space in the gaps in the system. His opponent is the elegant and cruel deacon Cui Ming of Qingyi Pavilion, a tragic soul who became a hawk in order to feed and clothe his wife and children, and was eventually eaten away by the system. This is an unequal contest: the rusty sword versus the balance, the strength of one person versus the weight of the system. When Lu Ping realized that the true meaning of "Gui Zang Jue" was not to cultivate internal strength, but to "measure", what he pointed at with his sword was no longer an enemy, but the scale with all living beings as the weights. In the final chapter, the Valley of Broken Souls is stained with blood. Although Qingyi Pavilion is destroyed, the silhouette of "Wenyuan Pavilion" emerges in the darkness - it turns out that the world is just a corner of the chessboard. "The Rusty Sword" is not a traditional cool narrative, but a heavy fable for idealists. It asks: When the world is tilted, will you choose to be a delicate chess piece or a clumsy scale-holder? Or, to be the person who makes the world no longer need to hold a scale? A rusty sword has no luster, but it can measure the world; although a scale is right, it may not be fair. In this world, someone needs to settle a clear account for worthless human lives.