The cicadas cry mournfully as dusk falls by the long pavilion, and the sudden rain has just passed.
The misty waters of the Bian River carry a thousand years of history; the Jiangnan rains conceal a maze of secrets.
One is a white-robed minister who writes lyrics by imperial decree, sees straight through people, and breaks deadlocks with music;
the other is an upright young judge, well versed in the law, who solves cases through logic.
A string of strange cases, wronged spirits among withered bones, shadows within the palace, and twists upon twists: together they paint a sweeping portrait of the Great Song dynasty...
