In the bustling Tianhong Academy, the one with the most gentle personality and the most elegant temperament is undoubtedly the teacher Meng Fang who teaches music theory. Music theory, a seemingly inconsequential subject, has been given a different kind of vitality in the hands of Mr. Meng Fang. It is like a clear spring, nourishing the hearts of students, so that they know how to pursue spiritual prosperity in addition to chasing fame and fortune.
Teacher Meng Fang's views always resonate with everyone, especially Bao Zheng. This upright student admires Teacher Meng Fang a lot, and the friendship between them is deep, and they are more like confidants who talk about everything. And behind Teacher Meng Fang's warm smile like a spring breeze, there is a shocking revenge plan. His targets were the enemies in his eyes - the academician of Tianhong Academy, the scholar of Yang University of Longtu Pavilion, the military general Mu Dutong who guarded Luzhou City, and a blind friend.
This grievance and hatred can be traced back to more than ten years ago. Meng Fang is not from the Central Plains, but a teenager from the Yu tribe. The Nephews, an ethnic group that stands tall in the north, live in the White Needle Mountains. The mountaintops there are covered with snow all year round, while the mountainsides are like spring all year round, making them suitable for the tribesmen. The people of the Yu tribe made a living by hunting and farming, and did not have much contact with the outside world.
At that time, Academician Ying Ming and Yang University scholars were only household registration officials in Luzhou City. By chance, they heard about the existence of the Gang and the legend of the treasure. Since then, this mysterious people has been involved in an unjustified disaster.
Now, the opportunity for revenge has finally arrived, and Meng Fang lurks in Tianhong Academy, waiting to catch those enemies. The story continues, and everyone is walking their own path ......In those days, any movement could raise suspicions. Ying Ming and Yang University scholars went to the Yu tribe to investigate together because of the order to verify the population. Of course, the people of the Yu tribe welcomed the arrival of these two government officials, but no one was aware of the hidden conspiracy. It turned out that Ying Ming and Yang scholars did not really want to verify their household registration, but came to find the legendary treasure of the Yu Clan.
They first made a preliminary step on the Yu Clan, and then took the military general Mu Dutong and another friend, who was later the blind man, and the four of them went deep into the Yu Clan together. Due to Ying Ming's previous visit, the people of the Yu nationality did not suspect them, thinking that it was a routine inspection by the government. The enthusiastic people of the Yu Gang people prepared sumptuous food and wine for the four distinguished guests.
However, in the midst of that, there was a companion who was good at drugged and threw *** into the well without anyone noticing. As night fell, the people of the Yu tribe drank the water from the well containing the medicine and fell down one after another. Mu Dutong and others tied up these defenseless clansmen and used cruel means to ask about the whereabouts of the treasure.
But disappointingly, the patriarch and the people of the Yu tribe did not know the specific location and content of the treasure. They only know one poem: "The mountain is on the mountain, and the white mountain hugs a thousand greens." Water in the water, black water has ten thousand red. But the only clues that there are are are no clear pinpoint to the exact location of the treasure. In the face of the steadfastness of the Yu people, the four of them moved these innocent people to the grass hut in the village, and set fire to them all in an attempt to burn them to death.
Who would have thought that in the face of coercion, temptation and torture, the clansmen of the Yu tribe would grit their teeth and refuse to reveal a trace of information about the treasure. What they didn't expect was that the will of these people would be so firm. Driven by a desire for treasure that had lost their sanity and morality, they ordered the killing of their entire people. Pity these people of the Gang tribe, who thought that their kindness and friendliness could be exchanged for equal respect, but their kindness was turned away and brought about the destruction of the entire clan. In the flames, only two lives escaped. In this catastrophe of the Yu clan, a mother was seriously injured and hit **, but she still used maternal love as a force to protect her two children - Meng Fang and Chang Yu. The fire burned the hut, but the mother's determination was as hot as a flame, and she used her last strength to bring the children out of the fire, but she fell to safety.
Meng Fang and Chang Yu, these two young but well-remembered brothers and sisters, witnessed the whole tragedy with their own eyes. They knew exactly who had slaughtered their people and brought their mother to the ground. This hatred of exterminating the clan is not shared, and they vow to avenge their families.
Ten years passed in a flash, and Meng Fang infiltrated Tianhong Academy under a pseudonym and became a teacher lurking beside the enemy. He patiently gathered all the information about the enemy. The annual student entrance examination in Beijing is approaching, and he learns that one of his enemies, Yang University Scholars, will come to the college to explain the affairs of the court. So, Meng Fang began to prepare, deciding to complete his revenge plan before the Qing Dynasty was cleared.
He found a cave in the mountain behind the academy, which would become an altar for the nephews. He used clay sculptures to create various murder scenes, like purgatory on earth. At the same time, he deliberately spread the rumors of ghosts and monsters in the mountains behind the academy, which made people fear the mountains behind them. And a college teacher who mistakenly entered the back mountain became his design object, and since then, the rumors of ghosts in the back mountain have intensified.
A year later, the Qing Dynasty was about to begin, and the altar that had been laid out was like a herald of revenge. However, on the eve of the implementation of the plan, fate brought an unexpected twist ......In the old seowon, there was a student named Zhan Jun. One day, he strayed into a hidden cave, a mysterious altar of the Nephews. This discovery makes Meng Fang feel threatened, and in order to protect his secret, he decides to kill Zhan Joon.
In order not to be noticed, Meng Fang made a new clay sculpture overnight, which is the shape of the evil ghost beating his chest. When Zhan Jun's body was discovered, Bao Zheng began to investigate the matter, and he followed the clues and finally came to the back mountain of the academy, where the altar of the Yu clan was located. At this time, Meng Fang threw out another bait: the treasure of the Yu clan.
The news of this treasure attracted more people, including Mu Dutong and his friends. After a series of tragedies, Mu Dutong took over Tianhong Academy, ostensibly to investigate the truth, but in fact to find the treasure of the Yu Clan. And Meng Fang used the news of the treasure again to lure Mu Dutong into his piano room and easily took his life.
The college was on vacation because of back-to-back **, and students and faculty members left. And Mudutong's army took over the academy, and everything went on quietly. Meng Fang took this opportunity to kill the blind man and Mu Dutong, and arranged the scene where he was killed. Although his sister Chang Yu lived in Qingtian Yaolu and had a close relationship with Bao Zheng, she was also used by Meng Fang to become a witness in his alibi.
Eventually, all the clues point to a dead man: Meng Fang. And the real culprit is hidden in the shadows and at large. In the night when the sound of the piano lingers, she, often raining, is as quiet and tenacious as a quiet orchid. In her brother's piano room, her fingertips fluttered and flew, playing melody that was intoxicating. This is not only a mourning for Zhan Joon's passing, but also an impeccable alibi for her weaving for Meng Fang. In the stunned eyes of everyone, she rushed into the piano room first, pretending to try to push the door, cleverly covering up the dead cockroach corpse under the scent of apricot wood. She calmly conveyed to Bao Zheng the news that Mu Dutong had left the city, adding to the fog of this suspicious case.
In the tortuous process of finding the real culprit, Chang Yu assisted Bao Zheng like a shadow, making the truth like a valley shrouded in thick fog, which could not be fully revealed. Until that night, Bao Zheng cared about putting on a scarf for Chang Yu, but was fiercely rejected by her. This unusual reaction made him suspicious, recalling that Meng Fang had behaved so strangely before. This led him to wonder if they had ever witnessed the brutal murder of their loved ones, and the stimulus made them deeply afraid of the scarf.
When Bao Zheng thought of the pile of burned bones found in the Yu Clan, Chang Yu's uneasiness and panic seemed to provide a key clue to all this. As the truth is gradually revealed, the crimes of Meng Fang and Chang Yu are revealed by Bao Zheng one by one. They are like broken kites, sliding feebly after revenge. Having lost their parents and clansmen, the only meaning of their existence is revenge. Now, with their revenge on them, they may have been reunited with their loved ones in heaven, which may be a relief for them.