The Scholar Prefect's Bandit Taming Guide

Wen Liunian, a frail scholar, is the new prefect of a city drowning in poverty and terrorized by 'vicious' mountain bandits. Previous strongman prefects fled; the people see only a doomed bookworm. But Wen Liunian isn't here to wield a sword. Armed with a brilliant mind and a surprising connection to a legendary martial arts palace, he discovers the 'vicious' bandit lord, Zhao Yue, isn't what the rumors say. Instead of fighting, Wen Liunian begins a subtle war of perception, plastering the city with 'handsome' portraits of the bandit lord, inadvertently charming the populace and the bandits alike. With the city surprisingly transforming and a powerful sect leader now indebted to him, Wen Liunian has turned a hopeless situation into a strategic playground. But what happens when the real bandits come down the mountain, lured by the very fame Wen Liunian orchestrated?