Ancient-era assassin Ye Zhixue vs. Dali Temple official Lu Tanshen
Ye Zhixue is the foremost assassin, code-named “Cold Crow.” Once her sword is drawn, it never returns empty-handed. She’s ruthless and terse. After being poisoned during a mission, she stumbles into Dali Temple’s evidence room and is caught on the spot.
Lu Tanshen is the youngest deputy minister of Dali Temple. She seems gentle as jade, but is cunning and deep, holding countless secrets in her hands.
Forced to team up and investigate cases, the assassin and the Dali Temple official gradually lose their hearts to each other, and nearly lose their lives, too.
It's quite good, but a bit pitiful. Why did they have to keep getting injured, one by one? They suffered so much later on, why didn't they just give the amnesia-inducing herb and the white pill to the assassin so he could forget Shaoqing? 😢 Later, the poor assassin lived alone for twenty years before finally going to find Shaoqing...