The living can lie.
But the dead never do.
In her previous life, Lin Xiao was a top forensic pathologist, calm and composed in every situation.
In this life, Lin Xiao takes over her father Lin Zhenshan's work as a coroner. She still excels at her job, helping Magistrate Huo Qingshan solve case after case.
Huo Qingshan, the young, handsome, and generous magistrate of Lishan County, is determined to make his mark in his new post.
In the mere year he has been in office, nothing in the county has escaped his sharp eye, from petty theft and missing three coins to murder, arson, and the theft of an entire mountain.
But this time, the mystery before them is far more complicated than it appears.
Lin Zhenshan is dead, mysterious assassins keep appearing, and Lin Xiao has narrowly escaped danger several times.
Behind it all is a powerful figure in the capital, and the struggle involves several factions in both the former dynasty and the imperial court...
When the Minister of Personnel's daughter is murdered, Lin Xiao becomes a suspect and nearly ends up in prison.
Secrets of the palace and battles at court.
One conspiracy after another closes in on them.
Fortunately, Huo Qingshan has trusted Lin Xiao unwaveringly from beginning to end.
I couldn't stand the male protagonist taking concubines, so he gave birth to children one after another.
This is a very good novel, the story is exciting, the characters are delicately and vividly drawn, and the plot has ups and downs that are exciting.
It would be better if you don't take concubines