Preemptive Justice

In 1785 Beijing, a retired archivist’s quiet life is shattered when the clandestine “Bureau of Righteous Rectification” begins executing anyone deemed a latent threat. Inspired by the Yin Jiaquan literary purge, this psychological thriller explores how the most profound horror lies in the instantaneous annihilation of everyday security, where a single poem or a careless word can rewrite a life as a death sentence.