The lama Baiyin Menghe receives a request from his friend Sichen and takes his fellow disciples to a holiday villa in Changbai Mountain to chant prayers for the peaceful passage of a deceased elder. But on the day they arrive, they discover that it may be a murder case, and that the killer is somewhere inside the villa. Even more astonishing, the deceased is none other than Liu Chongzhen, founder of Wulanting, China's largest food group. After Baiyin Menghe shares his theory with the victim's eldest son, Liu Zhijiang, Liu immediately calls the police.
That same day, a tour bus collides at the ski resort, and every officer from the local police station is sent to the accident scene. The only one to reach the mountaintop villa to conduct the initial investigation is a single officer, Huang. Baiyin Menghe volunteers to take notes during the interrogations.
Officer Huang immediately questions the dozen or so people in the villa one by one. As the investigation deepens, Baiyin Menghe and Officer Huang are astonished to discover that everyone had a motive. And yet, it seems no one had the time...