Empress Wu and Detective Di: Terror on the Luo River

In the first year of Xianheng, 670 AD, Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Empire and Empress Wu were hailed together as the "Two Sages of the Imperial House." It was an era of power struggles, clashes of interests, love and hate, feuds, schemes, slaughter, military campaigns, and bloody battles among the imperial clan, the empress's family, the nobility, powerful clans, illustrious families, high officials, renowned scholars, officials from humble backgrounds, ordinary scholars, local gentry, wealthy merchants, common traders, street vendors, and people from all walks of life...

The notorious and elusive imperial secret police.

The mysterious assassin organization, vicious and cruel in its methods.

Black-clad swordsmen and horsemen rampaging from east to west and north to south.

The elite "Ten Thousand Cavalry," known by name but never seen.

And the thousand-year conflict between the "Visible Sect" and the "Hidden Sect"...

This era also gave rise to flesh-and-blood heroes and worthy officials such as Di Renjie, Qin Zheng, Qin Su, Qin Xiao, Qin Dong, Xiao Fengwu, Sima Feiying, Sima Zhaixing, and Sima Kongling!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.