Mortician Chang Xing encountered a bizarre "fraudulent corpse" while putting makeup on the body, and was so frightened that he suffered a cardiac arrest. When she woke up again, she found that she had traveled to the unpredictable Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, and was sitting on the cold autopsy mat of the forensic doctor. One is a "stranger" who has mastered modern corpse processing technology, and the other is a cold-faced forensic doctor who has a mysterious life experience and is proficient in the art of ghost manipulation. The two are forced to join hands and get involved in a series of mysterious cases such as the corpse hidden in the dry well of the Gongyuan, and the ghost-faced stone dagger claiming life.
In the process of solving the case, they peeled off the cocoon, from lapis lazuli powder to low-quality cinnabar slag, step by step, and uncovered a huge network of imperial examination fraud hidden in the heart of the dynasty. In the thin line between life and death, Chang Xing's consciousness was forcibly pulled back to modern times. The decades of ancient times turned out to be only a few hours of rescue, and his memory was completely lost, as if it was a big dream.
After returning to peace, Chang Xing continued his work in the funeral parlor until the new forensic consultant showed up - he was young and handsome, but his eyes seemed to have traveled through thousands of years of wind and frost, with complete memories and a warm jade cicada. When a series of murders imitating the Tang Dynasty's "copper money pointing to debt" technique was staged in modern cities, the strange details Chang Xing discovered when disposing of the remains surprisingly overlapped with her vague dreams. The blue light of the funeral home's freezer is like a key that tears apart time and space, instantly awakening Chang Xing's dusty memory: "Wooden face... Does your leg... Still hurt?"
After thousands of years of loneliness, we meet again. He came here through time and space just to fulfill his promise of "investigating cases where there are electric lights." When modern forensic technology collides with ancient case-solving wisdom, these happy enemies who have spanned thousands of years join forces again. When the truth comes to an end, the lights are on, and this is "A Thousand Lanterns of Waking Up".
