
Leo Linden time-travels, inhabiting a scholar's body in a Han kingdom. He lives with his deaf-mute wife, Mona Linden, and orphan Holly. He builds a fortune using modern techniques. He cures his wife, then reunites with his cousin, Victor King, another time-traveler, a powerful official. Their ideologies clash, and Holly's death turns them against each other. Victor King usurps the throne. Leo Linden rebels with modern technology. He and his wife return to the modern era.