Borderline Sins Untamed

In 1793, the corruption case of Zhejiang Governor Fusong shatters the Qing bureaucracy. When a lowly secretary discovers that the executed governor's crimes are merely the surface of a vast, untouchable smuggling empire stretching to the lawless coastal frontiers, he is thrust into a maelstrom of political purges and assassinations. As powerful factions in the capital move to destroy all evidence linking them to the network, the young man must navigate a treacherous path between delivering justice and surviving, only to find that on the border, sin thrives with a primitive vitality that no imperial decree can kill.