Strange Cases of the Court of Judicial Review

Name: Strange Cases of the Court of Judicial Review
Author: Dusk-Roosting Crow

大理寺诡奇案

by Dusk-Roosting Crow (暮归鸦)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 238k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Female-Channel Mystery
Updated: 1y ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

Mystery and crime-solving.

(The male and female leads have feelings for each other, but they will not end up together. They see the world differently and have their own ideas about their futures. The female lead gets far more page time than the male lead. He barely appears in some cases, and there is very little romance. I’m putting this upfront so you can decide whether to read it. Updates are often irregular, and I write wherever the story takes me.)

To clear her family’s name, Qiao Lanzhi enters the Dali Temple under the alias Qiao Shuang.

The martial world and the imperial court may seem like two separate realms, but countless threads connect them. Newly arrived in officialdom, Qiao Lanzhi joins forces with Fang Tingyu, the calculating Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard; the Grand Princess, whose influence spans both court and martial world; Fang Yili, a carefree young prince; a taciturn coroner; a little princess with her heart set on the martial world; the Dali Temple’s Deputy Minister, a veteran with hidden skills; and an assortment of extraordinary people from the martial world. Together, they uncover the truth behind one bizarre case after another.

1. Murder in the Ghost Market (opening case): Why do martial artists keep coming to assassinate the prince?

2. Rakshasa (case closed): Newlyweds die violently in the middle of the night. Was it really the work of a ghost bird?

3. A Thousand Autumns and Ten Thousand Years (case closed): Are there really monsters with human faces and animal bodies?

4. The Play’s Faded Makeup (case closed): What secret lies hidden in the capital’s most famous theater? Who set a trap to imprison us there, and who killed them?

5. Lord of Bear Mountain (case closed): The mountain god is enraged, killing countless people. The terrified locals dare not leave their homes.

6. The Cuckoo Steals the Parasol Tree (pending investigation): There’s no doubt that whoever destroyed the temple and then created a new god had an ulterior motive.

The setting is the Ming dynasty, but feel free to treat it as an alternate world. I may change it later.

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