Because he can pass as a Russian, A.J. Fothergill is recruited to spy on the revolutionary movement in Russia in 1913. He becomes imprisoned in Siberia, as a revolutionary, until the 1917 uprisings. Amid the turmoil of the civil war between the red and white armies, he tries to flee Russia along with the beautiful Countess Alexandra.。公元1582年(万历十年)夏天的北京,怪事与奇案叠起。先是大明内库储银不翼而飞,从各地府县运来的大宗税银突然不知去向,国家铸银局的熔银大炉也因无银可铸而被迫停炉;接着便是被送入诏狱的两个江洋大盗神秘越狱,城外一个以做棺材为业的村子在一夜之间被杀戮一空;更可怕的是,一股来路不明的号称“江洋八子”的犯罪集团突然现身大街小巷和王公府邸……。