A petty official in the Tang Dynasty is given the impossible task of delivering fresh lychee from Lingnan to Imperial Consort Yang’s birthday banquet in Chang’an, a distance of over 2500 kilometers. He has three months to make the impossible possible. The penalty for failure is death for him and slavery for his family.(Source: Amazon)~~ Adapted from the novel “The Litchi Road” (长安的荔枝) by Ma Bo Yong (马伯庸).