The story takes place during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. The able people and lofty ideals of the people have a deep love for Yongzheng (Jiang Yang). In order to eliminate these opposing voices, Yongzheng set up a literary prison, and all those who disobeyed were executed. At the same time, Yongzheng assembled a convoy and used the cruel instrument of execution, blood drops, to kill all those who dared to tell the truth.
Xie Tianfu (played by Wang Yu) is a member of the escort team. Soon, he discovered that the people he killed were all righteous and brave people with lofty ideals, so he became suspicious of Yong Zheng's true intentions. After that, Xie Tianfu died unexpectedly. The death of his colleague made Ma Teng (played by Chen Guanqin) see the truth of the incident clearly. He determined to wash his hands in a golden basin and fled out of Beijing overnight. After that, Ma Teng came to a remote mountain village, became anonymous, and married Yu Zhen (played by Liu Wuqi) as his wife. Just when he thought his peaceful life was about to continue, the killers sent by Yong Zheng were approaching step by step.
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