Strange Cases of the Tang Dynasty: Di Renjie, Assistant Prefect of Bianzhou

During the Xianqing era, strange cases plagued Bianzhou. Rumors spread through the streets, leaving everyone on edge!

Di Renjie had only just entered public service and taken up his post as an assistant magistrate in Bianzhou when he ran into a series of bizarre cases that made people shudder:

A coffin floating down the Bian River, with a faceless bride inside!

A ghost ship sailing through the night, while an entire merchant caravan vanished without a trace!

A blood-moon well, and a woman’s mysterious suicide?

Copper coins at the ferry turning into ghost money; vengeful ghosts demanding lives, the river god exacting punishment, and wronged spirits returning from the dead. Every case was strange and inexplicable, leaving the local officials utterly helpless!

See how Di Renjie, then an assistant magistrate in Bianzhou, unravels these bizarre cases and reveals the little-known secrets hidden behind them.