In Bianliang in the third year of Qingli, the autumn rain was lingering and the chill was soaking into the bones. Shen Yanwei, the daughter of a Suzhou cloth merchant, left her hometown with the secret of being a "jianwuzhishi" and opened the "Jinxiu Pavilion" embroidery workshop in the alleys. She wanted to live a peaceful life hidden in the city, but she was accidentally involved in a series of murders because of a blood-stained aqua embroidered handkerchief.
The messy residual lotus stitches on the embroidered handkerchief and the dried blood scabs in the silk fibers gave her a glimpse of the bloody past in the woodshed; and Gu Yun, the "Gu Xiaoti Xing" from the Department of Punishment and Prison, used his meticulous investigative skills to follow the clues on the embroidered handkerchief to the embroidery workshop. One hides his superpowers and deduce the truth from the details of the cloth, while the other upholds justice and uses prison experience to track down the real culprit. The two became connected due to the case and have since embarked on the road to pursue the culprit side by side.
From the mystery of the Pisces jade pendant caused by the blood-stained embroidered handkerchief, to the forbidden color pigment conspiracy behind the "life-threatening ghost painting", to the undercurrent of power involved in old court cases, every case has hidden dangers: the murderer with a limp on his left foot, the shadow under the black curtain, the "soul-inducing color" that can cause people to go crazy, and the "Night Banquet" hidden in the painting. The clues are intertwined, not only the joys and sorrows of the ordinary people in the city, but also the secret game of power of the aristocratic family.
Shen Yanwei gradually accepted her own abilities during the investigation, and used the meticulousness of the cloth merchant family to provide key clues for the investigation of the case; Gu Yun used the calmness and impartiality of the criminal department official to protect her, and while working together to investigate the case, he gradually fell in love with this Suzhou woman, who was soft on the outside but strong on the inside. From a tacit understanding of partners to a connection of minds, the two uncovered the truth about each murder case in the mist and mist of Bianliang.
