A Death Row Convict Defies Fate: I Become Qin's Divine Judge

Transmigration + Golden Finger + comeback + System + genius + scheming + power fantasy + solving cases + leveling up + face-slapping and punishing scoundrels + rewriting history

Modern star lawyer Lin Fang kneels on a straw mat, staring at the gleaming executioner's blade just three paces away. He merely wrote a defense for one of Lao Ai's retainers, yet was branded an accomplice to rebellion. Tomorrow, he will lose his head!

“Ding! Law Insight System activated!”

As death draws near, a mechanical voice rings out in his mind.

A translucent display appears before him, marking the evidence for the charge of “illegally possessing armor” under Article 26 of The Qin Code, Theft Statutes. The stitching on the supposedly incriminating leather armor does not match the official pattern used by the Xianyang armory. The witness's claim that “I saw him enter the house at the third quarter of the Hai hour” even contradicts the moon's phases that month!

From condemned prisoner to honored guest at court, he climbs over the bones and blood of Lao Ai's surviving followers. From a bronze-age litigator to a golden-robed Minister of Justice, he publicly exposes the “salt and iron corruption case” involving Lu Buwei's former allies and puts seven Censor-in-Chiefs on trial. Even when the Eighth Lady of the harem accuses a beauty of poisoning a prince, he identifies the mastermind with nothing but half a broken jade pendant and a few drops of leftover wine.

“Lady Eighth always uses snail-shell pigment for her brows. But the cinnabar in this poisoned wine was scraped from the ‘Great Qin Auspicious Omen’ rouge in your own makeup box.”

As he stands before the steps of Xianyang Palace and watches the First Emperor press the seal of Minister of Justice into his palm with his own hands, the System chimes again: “Host has reached the threshold of [Imperial Lawgiver]. Unlock hidden quest: uncover the truth behind the missing volume of The Qin Code, Annals, on the eve of the Burning of the Books?”

It turns out every transmigration was part of a grand game set in motion a century ago.