Brief introduction to "Chang'an Secret Cases: Wei Changjun's Detective Case"
In the tenth year of Yuanhe, Chang'an.
Wei Changjun, a judge of Dali Temple, was born in the Jingzhao branch of Webster's family. He was an imperial examination scholar with no military power. He only relied on a volume of "Tang Lu Shu Yi" and half-baked medical magic. In the turbulent mid-late Tang Dynasty, he Walking alone on the edge of the court - he hides an obsession deep in his heart: when he was a child, his relatives were involved in a "trick case" and died unjustly, which made him firmly believe that there are no ghosts and gods in the world, only people's hearts who use "evil spirits" to hide their shame.
By the Qujiang Pool, candidates for the imperial examinations were "painted" and their spells were stained with blood; in Ximing Temple, eminent monks were "dismembered and turned into immortals", and the monks died violently one after another; in the Luoyang ghost market, rumors of "life-buying money" spread, and defaulters died on the streets; in the palace opera garden, "Song of Everlasting Regret" reached an emotional point, and the actors were actually "possessed by puppets" and assassinated... One after another seemingly supernatural and bizarre murders entangled the bustling appearance of Chang'an like a spider web.
Wei Changjun followed the half-piece of the bronze Pisces Talisman in the deceased's hand, and step by step dismantled illusions, poisonous puzzles and testimony traps. Unexpectedly, he was involved in secret messages from the war in the Western Regions twenty years ago, the collusion between the Shence Army and the feudal town, and the eunuch group's shocking conspiracy to control the imperial power through "immortal traces". The exotic wisdom of Hu Shang's daughter Su Ning and the secret help of retired veteran Lao Duan became his glimmer of light that pierced the darkness; and Chang'an's number one warlock Li Daoxuan's pressing step by step made him see clearly: the so-called "tricks" are just a fig leaf for the strangulation of power and the greed of human nature.
From the market in Chang'an to the salt fields in Yangzhou, from Huguan in Xizhou to the ghost market in Luoyang, Wei Changjun used one case after another to explore the hearts of the people.
