“Praise be to the cinema: the law is not said, it is seen and heard. A story is born and given to us. This is how, through an image, life is resuscitated”. (Jean-Luc Godard, 1985)。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。。