With one slash to the throat, he can tell it was the work of an officer. A stiffened corpse reveals traces of poison to his trained eye.
After solving seven cases in a row, he is hailed across the martial world as a master detective, while the authorities see him as a meddlesome busybody.
Others solve cases by following clues. He lets the bodies speak.
From then on, whenever a murder occurs, someone is sure to ask, “Where’s Chen Jiu?”
He wears no official uniform, yet he is determined to solve every strange and wrongful case in the martial world.