The Ancient Detective centers on the investigations of the Linzhou Criminal Investigation Team. It follows Captain Lu Yan and his team members, Lin Xiaoxia, Old Zhou, and forensic examiner Su Wan, as they solve one bizarre case after another. Starting with a murder and hidden treasure at the old Wen family residence, the police follow the clues to an unsolved murder and theft at the long-established Debao Xuan. They expose an antiques theft and trafficking ring led by Chen Jinghui and Liu Jianjun. After the case is solved, antiques expert Qin Songyuan is attacked at a museum. Behind the locked-room murder lies a scheme by “Ghost Hand,” a master forger of cultural relics, and the police painstakingly uncover the dark underworld of cultural artifact crime. Then an old skeleton found on the banks of the Hutuo River brings a six-year-old murder case over a debt back to light. With realistic suspenseful prose, the novel depicts how the police use meticulous examination of physical evidence, rigorous deduction, and seamless teamwork to crack mysteries one after another and bring the killers to justice. It conveys the principle that justice will always prevail, and shows the professional dedication of criminal investigators who stay at their posts in pursuit of the truth.
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