Beneath the glitz and glamor of the Tang Dynasty, there was a turbulent undercurrent.
Pei Yan, who joined the army in Bianzhou, was born in a family with a famous criminal reputation. His left hand can identify the secret passages of government agencies with a bronze ruler for judging cases, and his right eye has the ability to detect poisons and reveal the treacherous nature of people's minds. Together with Shen Tuo, a rebellious disciple of the Imperial Medical Office, a young man who performs autopsies with silver needles and has a mastery of toxicology, we explore the mystery together.
During the Tianbao years, strange cases occurred one after another:
Bianzhou Bingjing hides crossbows, and salt guides corpses; Luoyang human bones suppress dragons, and star maps eat souls; Yangzhou ghost ships transport Gu, and tattoos become pictures; Anxi blood jade summons souls, and shadow puppets convey messages... Every mystery is linked to the shocking conspiracy of "Dragon Vein".
During the investigation, the mirror city built by Yu Wenkai of the previous dynasty, the secret ritual of Zoroastrian candles, the private salt talk of Jianghuai, and the poison map of the Western Regions gradually emerged. The mystery of Pei Yan's life experience and the pain of Shen Tuo's broken finger also led to a secret battle of power that lasted for twenty years - Anxi Ordnance, Yongtong Money Cabinet, and Taiye Dragon Veins finally collided in the Chang'an chess game.
This series is based on "Liu Dian of the Tang Dynasty" and "Youyang Zazu" to restore Tang Dynasty criminal techniques such as silver needle poison testing and vinegar fumigation to reveal traces; based on Dunhuang documents and Silk Road relics, it digs into the secrets of Zoroastrianism, Caobang slang and other rivers and lakes codewords. From the green salt of Bianzhou to the evil spirits of Lingnan, from the human bones of Luoyang to the dragon veins of Chang'an, it describes all the strange crimes and the ups and downs of the officialdom under the light and shadow of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The copper ruler measures good and evil, and the silver needle determines the universe.
The treacherous story of the prosperous times, the ending lies in the hearts of the people.
