He transmigrates into the body of a penniless scholar, only to find himself being held captive by an enormously overweight woman. Chen Fan is determined to escape his miserable fate, but he’s weak as a kitten and has no capital to start a business. So he has no choice but to find a government job and become a constable. On his first day at work, the yamen is robbed. The county magistrate, having lost his official seal, names Chen Fan the prime suspect. Watch as he goes to prison three times, clears his name three times, outwits treacherous ministers, and becomes the Ming Dynasty’s greatest detective.