The plot involves a woman who sets out a well-intentioned plan of bringing together her dysfunctional family in the wake of the family’s matriarch, her mother-in-law. She deceives her husband and others in to believe their mother left rules for the family to follow in the lead up to Christmas. Wanting to believe their mother left some guidance to help heal the wounds of her abs...。该剧改编自马伯庸的同名小说,算学天才帅家默(张若昀饰)因一次偶然,发现仁华县税赋账册一个长达百年的赋税错误,开启了纠错证实之路。百姓、官员、乡绅,不同阵营因丝绢案牵扯在一起,纠葛不断,相互斗法。。周仔是大澳警署署长,一次偶然中,他的部下发现了一具尸体,并且在误打误撞之中错误的逮捕了高级督察麦克,于是,麦克的上司决定让麦克和周仔一起侦查此案。刚开始,麦克和周仔因为做事风格不同,两人之间常常产生矛盾。
村长的女儿亚花找到了麦克,告诉他自己的父亲曾经和死者有过矛盾,这让麦克将调查的重点放在了村长的身上。麦克的不断打探让他和当地的居民们之间的误会越来越深,终于矛盾爆发,村民们群起而攻之,所幸得到了周仔的救助,麦克才逃过一劫,这也让周仔和麦克之间的羁绊加深了。很快,麦克就发现自己受到了亚花的误导。。