Ruins of Thousand Gates

During the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty, a branch of the Li family in Longxi was secretly ordered by the imperial court to implement the plan to seal the mountains and rivers. At that time, the mountains and rivers were in turmoil, refugees were everywhere, and the remnants of the vassal towns were in chaos. At the cost of the family's century-old accumulation, connections, and lives, the Li family's ancestors tampered with local history, buried the truth about the war, and brought infamy for the court through the ages, sealing up a history of blood and tears among the people that could subvert later generations' historical understanding. The imperial court promised the Li family that they would enjoy secret power for generations and protect their descendants, but the price was that Li's descendants would keep secrets and remain silent for the rest of their lives.