In the prosperous days of the Yan Dynasty, under the brilliance, the shadows squirmed.
A bizarre murder case turned the Imperial Academy's director into an "ink corpse", with only a mysterious hexagram left at the scene. This case reunites Gu Qinglan, a genius prosecutor who was demoted due to an unjust case, and Lu Jinghong, a female head catcher with superb swordsmanship and fiery temperament.
One is an iceberg wise man who has insight into every detail, and the other is a sassy chivalrous woman with explosive martial arts. Old grievances remain unresolved and new cases arise. The two people who are forced to join forces step on the tip of a knife every step of the way.
Until they met him - a man with little money who claimed to be a "know-it-all in the capital" but never got any business. He is greedy for money, afraid of death, and always talks about running things, but at critical moments, he can always use his "crooked ways" to help solve crimes.
Ink-marked corpses, enchanted paintings, murders in ghost markets... Seemingly unrelated murder cases are actually connected into a shocking conspiracy that points to the core of the court. When the mastermind behind the scenes tries to subvert the imperial power with magic, can this awkward pair and their "unreliable" partner tear apart the darkness in a desperate situation and restore a bright future to the world?
This is a story about the collision of top IQ, top military force and "third-rate" market wisdom. Watch how they navigate through conspiracies, join hands in laughter, solve strange cases together, and dye the world together.
