Cold Steel, Bright on Iron Armor

During the Hongzhi era of the Great Ming, the government was corrupt and eunuchs held power. Martial arts factions were everywhere, while the government and the jianghu colluded with and schemed against each other. The Golden Abacus Pavilion, the greatest money house under heaven, controlled the flow of silver across the seven provinces of Jiangnan. In public, it was a merchant firm; in secret, it was the jianghu's largest intelligence and assassin organization. Ten years ago, a great fire burned its main headquarters to the ground. The only surviving young master vanished without a trace, and rumors across the jianghu claimed he had perished in the flames.