The Detective Story of Zhong Yanzhi

Zhong Yanzhi is proficient in detecting forgeries and solving cases, so he stays in the county government as an assistant because he loves to pursue the truth and has no intention of seeking fame. The magistrate of Yuping Zhou County cherished talents and regarded the promotion of talents as the basis of officialdom. He silently recorded all his achievements and secretly recommended them to others. Major cases such as serial smuggling and human trafficking were solved one after another, and an acting chief bookkeeper was suddenly appointed. He has no intention of becoming an official, but he is full of achievements; he only wants to investigate cases, but fame will come naturally. It describes the daily investigation of scholars and good officials in county offices in the Song Dynasty. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.