The divisions and unions of the world are all due to the trend of the world; heroes, dogs and bears are all due to the trend of the times.
In the 33rd year of King Chu Ping of the Great Chu Dynasty, Dingbian General Sima Rong, a subordinate of the northern vassal Yan Guogong Yulin, suddenly rebelled at the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Banquet and committed regicide in order to inherit his throne. Chu Ping Wang Ruochang had been wary of the vassal vassals for a long time, and had long wanted to cut down the vassal vassals in order to consolidate the royal power, but he had never had the chance. At this opportunity, Yu Chang wanted to take this opportunity to reduce the vassal power and centralize power to avoid future troubles. So General Cui Wuyong was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and he led his troops north to fight against the rebellion. The Hua vassal and the district vassal each had their own soldiers to assist them. The two sides fought hard for several months under the Zhongzhou City. When the city was about to be breached, the elite cavalry of the foreign tribe Bei Mo Suo, who was secretly linked by the rebel general Sima Rong, rushed to the battlefield. After a fierce fight, the king's division was defeated and scattered. Taking advantage of the victory, Sima Rong regrouped his subordinates and united with foreign armies, and raised troops to go south in the name of Jingnan. The court was defeated, the Chu Dynasty was destroyed, and the world was divided into three parts.
Li Gou'er, one of the protagonists of this book, was originally a simple boy from a mountain village. His family was in Lijiaba Village, thirty miles outside Wu'an, the capital of the Chu Kingdom. After a trip to Wu'an with his father, he was attracted by the prosperity of the capital. He suddenly became ambitious and determined to study hard, become an official in the court and live in Wu'an forever. Unexpectedly, a civil strife led to the destruction of the country and the family. His father died and his sister was separated. Master Enlightenment left without saying goodbye. He and his mother were taken into slavery and moved north to Zhongzhou. Although he has gone through hardships, Li Gou'er always remembers his master's parting words "live well" and survives hard. In the midst of hardship, Li Gouer never forgot his father's last words, "Find my sister." Later, by chance, with the help of a noble man, he became a servant in a high-ranking official's house.
The dynastic struggle begins...
