Strange Cases in Chang’an: A Coroner, a Warrior, and a Beggar

[Mystery Solving + Alternate History + Chang'an + Coroner + Dali Temple] Strange and sinister events have begun occurring throughout Chang'an County, the capital of the Tang Empire. Though the county lies beneath the emperor's very nose, murders are happening one after another.

The Case of the Minister's Son on His Wedding Day

On the day of his wedding, the son of the Minister of War was stabbed in the chest by his bride. She then took her own life.

Behind what seems like an ordinary case lie countless hidden connections.

The Cat Swaps the Crown Prince

A trick of substitution: who could have guessed that the one being swapped was the real person himself?

The Missing Groom Case

In the vast Chang'an County, dozens of people marry every day, and nothing ever goes wrong.

Yet one woman from a certain household has been married thirteen times. Every groom has either vanished along the way, fallen off a cliff, or even gone mad and bitten off his own finger!

The Missing Treasury Case, The Monk Who Ate Meat Case, The Vanished Military Pay Case, The Courtesan's Suicide Case, The Pregnant Female Corpse Case, and many more.

Each case seems unrelated, yet there appears to be some connection between them.

The newly appointed magistrate of Chang'an County, Di Gongming, is a disciple of the legendary detective Di Gong.

Together with Su Qin, a Dali Temple deputy minister and descendant of a military family, and Bai Gong, an all-knowing beggar he picked up by the roadside, he sets out to investigate the strange cases.

Step by step, the three of them uncover and dispel the century-old fog hanging over Chang'an County...

[Chang'an is fictional. Please don't flame me.]