Mud and Poison

In the cramped slums beneath the walls of Jin's capital, a revered young leader named Shensheng is found accused of attempting to poison the district elder—his own father. Summoned to investigate, the weary bailiff Yan discovers a labyrinth of starvation, envy, and whispered conspiracies. When the true schemer, a concubine named Li Ji, is exposed and imprisoned, Yan believes justice has prevailed. Yet the vacuum of power ignites a bloodier struggle among the desperate, proving that in a place where morality has been eroded by survival, a detective's triumph only deepens the rot.