Drunken by Fire

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Liao Dynasty was eyeing the emperor, the court was corrupt, the taxes were excessive and the people were complaining. The martial arts community and the imperial court in the Northern Territory both cooperated and acted as checks and balances. There were constant conflicts on the Liao-Han border, but there were also sporadic interactions among the people, forming a strange pattern of "overt vendetta and covert symbiosis." The "Gu family tragedy" twenty years ago became a taboo topic in the northern martial arts world, and all forces kept it secret.