When Lu Yunqi wakes up, he is a condemned prisoner in jail, with his execution imminent.
By painstakingly piecing together the clues and reconstructing the truth, he wins a chance to live, only to become the lowest-ranked clerk in the dynasty.
When the pride of a modern transmigrator collides with the iron walls of a feudal bureaucracy, who will come out on top? More absurdly, this body has been placed under a magical seal. Even with beautiful women offering their understanding, all he can do is sigh into the candlelight!
Fortunately, after solving several major cases in a row, he wins the favor of powerful figures and joins the Xu Jing Bureau, a special department. He thinks this is the beginning of his rise to the top, but gradually realizes he has been caught up in a game all along.
Behind the privilege of investigating the officials lies an even bloodier set of rules! In a world where the strong prey on the weak, simply staying alive becomes a distant hope!
Eight hundred boys and girls who vanished on the Shangyuan Festival, man-eating beasts kept in the cellar of the Minister of Rites’ residence, bronze figures that walk through the imperial garden... Every case leads back to the hem of the dragon robe in the Golden Throne Hall.
As undercurrents surge, Lu Yunqi discovers that every bizarre case he solves is a piece on the chessboard. When the nine sacred tripods, symbols of the dynasty’s fortune, begin to crumble one after another, he finally realizes that the road to success he painstakingly paved has merely dressed someone else for the wedding!
One case after another forces him to reach a realm no one has ever attained!
