Nine Cases of the Occult

Everyone at court knew that Wei Junyu, the second prince who was all looks and no substance, was going on a tour. No one knew that he had changed course along the way and headed for Yezhou Prefecture… Strange and sinister events began to unfold: one bizarre murder after another, students vanishing without a trace, a severed hand clutching a strange arithmetic problem, a child inside a cone beneath a well, and sixty-three people who disappeared without a trace… As he investigated the strange cases and uncovered the clues, he alone used mathematics to crack one mystery after another. When assassins struck, the young general Shen Yan received a secret order to go to Yezhou Prefecture solely to protect him. Though she often scolded and bickered with him, she never let him face danger. A scholar and a warrior joined forces to solve the cases, and with every word and smile, they grew closer. “You protect the realm, and I’ll protect you. That is the greatest duty of my life, Shen Yan.”