**A sixteen-year-old genius girl coroner × a cold-faced young court official**
“The dead never lie. The living lie through their teeth.”
When Su Wan was ten, her entire family was slaughtered. All that remained was a copy of The Bone Spirit Compendium.
Years later, she wields her knife and examines corpses, specializing in skeletal remains.
The cold-faced Assistant Minister Xiao Che thinks her methods are outrageous, yet has no choice but to rely on her forensic skills.
The charming information broker Xie Yunlan has protected her for years, but dares not speak of the truth behind the night her family was massacred.
The clerk Shen Zhiwei, who never forgets anything he sees, joins her in poring over the bloodstained register of women sacrificed in burial rites.
When every strange case points to the same conspiracy,
**she finally understands: her father's death was itself a trap, with his life used as bait.**
**“In ancient times, Song Ci wrote The Washing Away of Wrongs. Today, Su Ci writes The Bone Spirit.”**
**Bones can speak, and the truth is the deadliest thing of all.**
### Key Highlights
✓ A female forensic investigator solves cases: Meticulous autopsies and political intrigue with shocking twists
✓ No rivalry between women: Female partners expose the darkness of the ancient world together
✓ A cast of young characters: A sixteen-year-old genius girl × an eighteen-year-old cold-faced Assistant Minister × a seventeen-year-old information broker
