In the thirty-eighth year of the Qianlong reign, Heshen found a strange stone in a mine in the northwest. Astonished, he secretly had it transported back to his home. From then on, his career flourished. But his ambition grew ever greater, and in the fourth year of the Jiaqing reign, he was sentenced to death by suicide and died in prison.
His estate amounted to 230 million taels, along with land and several businesses. Yet everything he had gained from the strange stone had vanished without a trace.
Time flew by. In the winter of 1921, China was divided among warlords, and the strange stone once again appeared before the world. An adventure involving the nation, its people, and loyalty was slowly unfolding...
