The Great Yao Casebook

Two hundred thousand dan of provisions bound for the border vanished without a trace overnight. Two officials in charge of the supplies were mysteriously murdered in the Ministry of Justice prison. What truth lies hidden behind these secrets? Officials’ wives in the capital are being murdered one after another, their faces mutilated and their jewelry stolen after death. Why is the killer so cruel? The Celestial Maiden has killed three people in a row, but who exactly is the Celestial Maiden worshipped in the Celestial Maiden Temple, and what secret does this conceal? What is the story behind the hundreds of severed limbs washed down by the torrential rain? Why are the city’s residents all turning to worshipping little ghosts? On a wedding night, everyone in the groom’s family was slaughtered except the bride. Tang Tang, a son of an official family, has openly married a courtesan. Could the massacre have been revenge for losing the one he loved? On Prince Pingnan’s birthday, a male corpse was discovered in the back courtyard, with a butterfly jade ring left beside it. What dark secret lies behind this seemingly small murder case?

As one bizarre case after another unfolds, the court is caught in a storm of intrigue, with all sides watching each other like hawks. What secrets lie beneath it all?

What sparks will fly when a young prince returning from the battlefield meets the son of a newly risen court official? One seems like a wastrel, the other a refined gentleman. Despite their vastly different temperaments, they are inseparable. Together, they uncover the truth behind the cases, roam the martial world, and stir up storms at court.

Two male leads + mystery + political intrigue + a little martial world adventure + pure romance + villainess