In the Yan Dynasty, a young man named Shen Gu was gifted, thoughtful and observant. He has an introverted personality, is obsessed with the art of autopsy and solving cases, and has an understanding and respect for corpses beyond ordinary people. What he pursued was the truth itself, not the fame and fortune in the officialdom at that time.
Xiao Yan, the equally young director of the Criminal Department, is upright and keen, and is Shen Hu's key partner and "mouthpiece" in solving the case. He admired Shen Kui's talent and was responsible for navigating the officialdom, turning Shen Kui's discovery into legal evidence and action. It is the bridge connecting "professional" and "power".
Shen Kui came to prominence in the local area because of the investigation of an unjust case of "ghost murder", and was transferred to the Criminal Department of the capital under special circumstances. During this period, a wealthy businessman in the capital died suddenly and peacefully, but his skin showed a strange luster. Apparently he died of a heart attack. Through the distribution of fine body spots, the special pigment left under the fingernails, and the hidden pinholes in the throat of the deceased, the remains were accurately deduced that the murderer used a rare mineral pigment mixed with highly toxic poisons, and that the murderer was a concubine who coveted the family property and was proficient in exotic alchemy.
Imperial examination scholars died mysteriously in inns one after another, and there were always strange blood-stained paper figures left at the scene. On the surface, it's a ghost seeking life or a vendetta. Shen Rui found that the deceased all died of the same chronic poison and had common behaviors before death. It was eventually discovered that the murderer was a failed scholar who used a special "hateful book" disguised as a curse and was ordered to disrupt society.
There are also a series of complicated and confusing cases such as the case of the hidden concubine in the ice coffin, the case of the lamp oil mystery, the case of the real and fake queen mother, etc., Which made the dead speak and the bones speak. Finally, the biggest culprit was uncovered, the fake queen mother, Mrs.
