The Deadly Files of Ailao Mountain

A detective transmigrates, and Long Chengxiao, who had hoped to spend his life lazing around, unexpectedly embarks on a Chinese-style Sherlock Holmes adventure. With the help of an archive documenting major cases from the late Qing and early Republic, Long Chengxiao seems blessed by the heavens. He solves the murder of a Tusi guard captain and earns a seventh-rank official post; solves the kidnapping of the King of Xi's daughter and wins a vast fortune; then cracks the disappearance of a member of the British royal family and clears the shame of his broken engagement. But just as he becomes a powerful fourth-rank Tusi, he encounters a case that leaves him trapped between two impossible choices. According to the archive, the case ends with the detective and the criminal killing each other. Should he keep enjoying a life fit for an emperor, or fulfill his duty as a detective at the cost of his life? Long Chengxiao faces a choice between life and death.