Purity Under the Mud

In the decadent Chu state, Left Marshal Shi discovers that a land dispute hides a chain of suicides by noblewomen ensnared by the master manipulator Chen Fu. As the world crumbles into rot, Shi wages a silent war not with a sword, but with obsolete laws, choosing to keep a sliver of obsessive cleanliness in his soul—a heroism that is nothing more than refusing to stain his hands even when the world deserves it.