In December 1941, as Hong Kong falls, Ye Jiatong, an undercover Communist agent posing as a horse racing writer, is tasked with rescuing hundreds of cultural elites and democrats. Facing threats from his former classmate Xue Yingti, who has joined the Japanese, and with the help of his former lover Ge Lu, Ye Jiatong navigates a dangerous web of intrigue to complete his mission.
This story takes place in a fishing and wood cutting village next to the Changde mountain in Hunan. In the village, there was a woodcutter named Liu Hai. He was a steadfast woodcutter and lived with his mother. He made a living by wood cutting and collecting Chinese herbs. However, what the villagers and the Liu family didn’t realize was the luffa well in the house of Liu family was not an ordinary well.
This TV series tells the legendary story of heroic figure Xie Yunting. In order to rescue his compatriots and deliver important intelligence, he stages a life-and-death race against time within 72 hours.