A Record of the Power of a Poor Family

In the spring, Zhao Xueyan, a poor scholar who failed in the examination, lost all his money and failed in five examinations, was kicked out of a black shop and almost died of freezing in the snow in the suburbs of Beijing. In a desperate situation, his former classmates introduced him to the mysterious "Thunder Villa". There are no tall walls here, only a thousand mud houses, but it hides the strict layout of the mansion of a first-class official and the shocking chess game that can subvert the world. The owner of the village accepts people who failed in the imperial examinations from all over the world, firmly believing that these failed scholars are all lurking in the abyss. Although they have no luck in the temple, they have talents that can be used in the world. In order to seek a place, Zhao Xueyan accepted the call to surrender Pu County official silver that was stolen, and stepped into the treacherous and confusing situation alone. In this imaginary Ming Dynasty, imperial power fell aside and undercurrents surged. Zhao Xueyan used the failed scholar as his blade and Thunder Villa as his shield to gather together the military idiots, chess kings, and mathematicians who had been abandoned by the court. He started by solving a theft case, and worked step by step, weaving a web of intrigue in the mud of the market, and accumulating the power of thunder in the war of troubled times. While all the nobles in the dynasty are decaying in the midst of singing and dancing, these losers in coarse linen and sackcloth are quietly reshaping the world's order in the dark. Let's see how a scholar from a poor family can hold his own and break through this decadent world with thunderous momentum!