An ancient mirror reflects not a face, but a century-old injustice.
A murder case leads not to the real culprit, but to the family secrets.
In the seventh year of Yonghe's reign, scholar Chen Mingyuan took refuge on a rainy night and came across a bronze mirror with strange ancient patterns in a ruined temple in Huangshan. He didn't know that this mirror was not auspicious and contained ghosts.
The woman Su'e in the mirror weeps about the massacre of her family in the official residence a hundred years ago. Her blood is stained with yellow sand, and her soul is helpless. She promised him that he could solve the case like a god, and begged him to find her bones and bury them, so that the injustice could be vindicated.
Chen Mingyuan was a Jinshi in high school and went to Huizhou to serve as an official. He thought he had a sharp weapon that could clear up the injustice. However, every time he uses this mirror, his lifespan will be reduced by one point. Ability comes with price, and kindness and traps are indistinguishable.
When I first entered Huizhou, mysterious cases occurred frequently:
Why are the eyes of the man who was falsely accused of fleeing looking confused and frightened?
Why did the watchman, who was familiar with the past, die suddenly and mysteriously late at night, as if he had seen a ghost?
Is the figure of the woman in white left at the scene an innocent soul seeking her life, or is someone trying to spread suspicion?
All the clues vaguely point to the Zhou family, a prominent family that has been in Huizhou for hundreds of years.
The man behind the scenes sneered and said nothing, and it was impossible to guard against the hidden arrows in the officialdom. Chen Mingyuan gradually discovered that Su'e's story was both true and illusory, and trust became the most luxurious bet.
When the fog of truth is lifted layer by layer, what is revealed is not only a cruel past, but also a shocking chess game that has already included him.
The mirror in his hand illuminates all the ghosts in people's hearts. Can it reveal his own way of survival?
The injustice she talks about spans a hundred years. Is she seeking justice, or is she weaving a fantasy of revenge?
