The Wandering Dragon’s Casebook

In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, order had collapsed. The young Kuangyin roamed the land, and the cases recorded in this book, Tales of the Wandering Dragon, are not affairs of the imperial court. They are strange and mysterious cases he encountered in the bustling corners and shabby alleys while the hidden dragon still lay in the abyss. A bloodstained jade pendant, a missing secret letter... Each time he followed the clues and each time the clouds parted to reveal the truth, it was not only a battle of wits for young Kuangyin, but also a difficult search into the hidden depths of the human heart. Was he merely lifting the layers of fog from crime scenes? No, he was uncovering the gloom and injustice weighing heavily on the common people in a chaotic age! A faint glimmer in the young man's hand was already quietly illuminating the broad avenues of the future realm.

As Zhao Kuangyin made his way through the tangled streets and lanes of Bianliang, his figure passing through the din of the marketplace and the stillness of the dead of night, was he truly investigating nothing more than the truth behind individual cases? The subtle humanity he discerned in the tiniest clues, and the resolute spirit he honed through his keen observations, were already forging the arms that would one day bear the weight of a kingdom. What he glimpsed today in the pieces of the truth was clearly the vast expanse of the realm he would one day rule. The young dragon hidden among the common folk raised its head for a moment, and the turmoil of the age was stirred into countless waves.