Linjiang's officialdom has been entrenched for decades. Factions are intertwined and human ties bind the legal circle. Silence has become a consensus. Countless undercurrents have been sealed up at all levels. The mountains and rivers are silent. Lu Zheng, an expatriate case handler, enters the situation to tackle the problem. He follows the clues of project corruption and digs deeper. Faced with the interests of middle-level officials, the two factions are competing against each other. Song Mingyuan, who has risen from a humble family, is gradually turning black due to desire. Gu Huaian, who once had ideals, constantly gave in to the bottom line and became the protection umbrella of the faction. Su Wanqing wandered the boundaries between black and white to hunt for power with capital, setting up a chess game of interests across many places. Everyone is trapped in the struggle between rules and personal relationships. Right and wrong are blurred. The system protects the testimony and seals the old cases and collects dust. All the paths that try to penetrate the darkness are blocked by invisible walls. Until the retired prosecutor Chen Jingshan showed up with old secrets and became the unknown support behind the scenes. People's hearts may be silent but justice will never be annihilated. When the dust-laden clues are broken and the secret testimonies are made public, the central special team crosses the sea and enters the game. This multi-level anti-corruption game officially begins. Despite the turbulent officialdom, there are still people who hold the torch and go against the will. One day, injustice will be cleared up, and accumulated abuses will be cleared up thousands of miles of mountains and rivers. From then on, there will be a sound.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.