A Sword to the Jianghu

The Great Yong dynasty, established for three hundred years, has long been rotten within. The court is rife with factionalism, generals guarding the borders are suspected and suppressed, and internal strife drains the nation's strength. The world is divided into three powers: the Northern Court's million iron cavalry eye the Central Plains, launching annual invasions; the southern Jianghu is filled with martial clans and hidden experts, with righteous and evil forces entangled, stirring the world's winds and clouds. Lu Zhexue, the世子 of the Western Garrison, has been known since childhood as a dissolute wastrel, spending his days in the streets, indulging in wine and pleasure, neglecting military strategy and martial arts, becoming a laughingstock. No one knows that this facade is a ten-year disguise. Living long on the border, he has witnessed the horrors of war and the intrigues of the court, mastering military tactics and understanding human nature. He only wishes to escape his fate as a general's son,远离 power struggles, and live freely. But when the imperial decree to reduce fiefs arrives, the court closes in, the Northern iron cavalry presses the border, and Jianghu conflicts engulf the frontier, this former recluse can no longer stand aside. Thus, the young man sheds his playful mask, dons frost and snow, and shoulders the fate of the nation, guarding the land and stabilizing the turbulent world.