Dasheng determines life and death with the roster. An unknown person is not allowed to buy property, get married, inherit a business, or even prove that he is alive.
Unregistered registrar Lu Zhiyao went to the state archives at night to track down an old record of a "living deceased", but he bumped into Xie Cheng'an, the captain of the registry who was ordered to investigate the case. One specializes in exploiting loopholes in documents for others, and the other believes that rules can distinguish truth from falsehood. Neither of them wants to trust the other. In order to avoid the prefectural branch trial, Lu Zhiyuan used real paper, real seals and real signatures to spell out a marriage certificate that had never existed, and publicly claimed that Xie Chengan was his husband of three years. Xie Chengan knew that the marriage certificate was fake, but he took advantage of the situation and accepted the marriage.
From then on, they pretended to be husband and wife in front of others during the day, and each hid evidence at night. While trying to undermine each other, they were forced to jointly investigate the inheritance of the deceased, their dual identities, and their old hometown in the border town. Until they discovered that the court wanted to erase more than just a person's name.
Lu Zhiyao didn't trust officials, and Xie Chengan didn't trust her. But when a piece of paper can really kill people, they must first decide: whether to trust the roster or the real person in front of them.
Purpose: Human existence and dignity should not be determined only by a list of names and those in power