Di Renjie's Strange Stories from the Tang Dynasty

"Di Renjie's Mysteries of the Tang Dynasty" is a historical suspense detective novel with the famous Tang Dynasty prime minister Di Renjie as the protagonist. It cleverly integrates real history and folk legends, and unfolds a series of strange cases and puzzles under the magnificent picture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The background of the story is set during the reign of Wu Zetian, and the undercurrents of Luoyang, the sacred capital, were surging. Di Renjie investigates a series of bizarre murder cases, but unexpectedly leads to the secrets of the palace, the strange arts of the world, and the shocking conspiracy of the remnants of the previous dynasty. From the blood coffin in the ghost market, the fox shadow in the deserted temple, to the illusion and poison, and the maze of the city, a series of strange cases are intertwined. Di Renjie, together with Li Yuanfang, a bodyguard with superb martial arts skills, and Zeng Tai, a close friend who is proficient in Qimen Dunjia, are peeling off cocoons between political intrigue and civil suffering, and are gradually approaching the dynastic crisis shrouded in the prophecy of the "Secret Book of the Western Regions". The book not only contains a detailed description of the various features and exotic customs of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but also conceals the mysteries of Yixue and ancient black technology. It weaves an oriental fantasy feast that combines strange stories and hard-core reasoning in the gaps of history.