A string of bizarre cases erupts across the Northern Song dynasty: a corpse laughing in a sealed room is tied to the shadow-puppet arts of a ghost market; in a border commandery, people who return from the dead soon wither into mummified corpses; treasures vanish from the capital without a trace, and a double-sealed-room murder leaves its victim trapped; a manor on an isolated island hides a cannibalistic curse; and a royal dragon-scale mark points straight to a plot involving the Imperial Seal! Each case is riddled with traps and tangled clues. Witnesses turn out to be killers, and even the Shadow Matriarch and the Nirvana Cult hide their true faces. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song, Bao Shirong, nephew of Bao Zheng and a successful candidate in the palace examination, steps into the fray to solve these cases. The name “Jade-Faced Little Bao” soon shakes the imperial court! With his astonishing powers of observation, Bao Shirong unravels schemes and breaks through seemingly hopeless dead ends. Along the way, he and Murong Zhi fall quietly in love. Every case brings a new twist, and every step of the investigation walks a knife's edge. See how “Jade-Faced Little Bao” exposes the mastermind and upholds justice in the Great Song!
