[History + Feel-Good Fiction + Mystery Solving + Officialdom] In the nineteenth year of the Yongle reign, the new capital had just been established. On the Grand Canal, the empire's vital artery, a grain barge loaded with rice for the imperial court vanished without a trace, cargo and crew alike, as if swallowed by the river god!
I, Wen Ye, am a low-ranking sixth-rank official in the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, usually buried in old documents and meticulous with my accounts. Just because I handled the ledgers, I was thrust into the spotlight and made an imperial envoy tasked with “investigating monsters” (and a likely scapegoat).
No powerful connections, no martial arts, no experience. All I have is a mind skilled at calculation and an obsessive eye for detail (golden finger acquired √)!
What is there to fear? Who says scholars are useless?
With a troublesome soldier for a partner, Wen Ye navigates the company of a mysterious and beautiful shopkeeper, using his wits to tear open the dark secrets of the canal transport system! Corrupt officials? Topple them! A shocking conspiracy? Expose it! Anyone in the way? Take them down!
See how Lord Wen, the Ministry of Revenue's “microscope,” uses his abacus to solve cases, outsmarts corrupt officials, and unmasks the mastermind behind the scenes. He'll turn the tables against all odds and climb the ranks, one step at a time!
(The pace takes off! The thrills keep coming! The brains are switched on! Dive in and follow now!)
It feels okay, but I don't know why. I always feel that it was too easy to lift the lid in the early stage. I don't know if it's because I read too fast 😂😂😂
The story of a historical figure is a bit like Ma Boyong The plot is okay, I give it an 8.
Good reasoning plot