A heavy rain washed away an old case in a mountain village that had been dusty for twenty years. The stacked skeletons and strange carbonized red ropes unearthed during road construction completely overturned the official conclusion of the flash flood accident that year. The entire village remained silent, old files were tampered with, and cracks emerged in the layer-covered crimes. Interpol Zhao Liang is deeply involved in investigating the case, but he repeatedly encounters witnesses being silenced, clues broken, and pressure from power. He even accidentally discovers that his old belongings are involved, and he has been trapped in a fateful puzzle ever since. The remnants of old cases have long been washed away and dormant in the city. The evil forces in the former mountain villages have transformed into a secret circle that controls the business world and human connections. They use protective umbrellas and technical means to control public opinion, destroy evidence, continue to silence those who know the truth, and create a series of new cases. Ghosts are lurking in the police force, the investigation is limited, and they fall into traps again and again. The game between good and evil reaches a high-pressure stalemate. Zhao Liang went against the current to break the situation, reversely combed through the context of the crime over the past two decades, tore apart the layers of masks and the black network of interests, and dismantled the deep-rooted criminal system layer by layer. In the end, all the foreshadowings were recovered, the unjust case was cleared up, the high-ranking mastermind behind the scenes was arrested, Zhao Liang broke free from the shackles of fate, and the old sins that had been hidden for twenty years were finally completely liquidated by justice.
Purpose: This book uses an old case of a deserted village that has been sealed for twenty years as a carrier, focusing on the tracing of old crimes and the game between good and evil, and interpreting the deep core of justice and fate. Sin will never dissipate over time, it will only be covered up layer by layer by power, capital and human circles, giving birth to more black sins. The story breaks the binary opposition between good and evil. It not only exposes the dark nature of the top circles who congregate to monopolize and use protective umbrellas to override legal principles, but also criticizes the banal evil of ordinary people who protect themselves wisely and ignore evil. The protagonist breaks free from the shackles of fate, fights against the entrenched black network of interests, digs deep into unjust cases, and uproots the system's bugs at the ultimate cost. In addition to solving thrilling cases, the work explores the bottom line of human nature and the original intention of the judiciary, confirming that justice will never come automatically. There are always people who go into the dark, burn the old ashes, and protect the equality of the law and shine on all living beings.