A top forensic examiner from the modern era dies unexpectedly. When he opens his eyes, he has transmigrated to the divine capital of Wu Zhou and become Di Huaiyan, the illegitimate grandson of the renowned chancellor Di Renjie.
His former self was a spoiled wastrel with no power or influence. Shortly after transmigrating, he is targeted for murder and falls into a lake, barely surviving after seven days. A branch of the family watches him like a hawk, while the mastermind lurks in the shadows.
In a chaotic age of conflict between the Li and Wu clans, with cruel officials running rampant, illegitimate sons are in danger at every turn.
Di Huaizhao keeps his composure, disguising himself as a wastrel while concealing his true abilities. Armed with forensic expertise that surpasses his era, he turns the tables even when cornered.
A corpse floating in the Luo River, a black bird bringing divine retribution, slow poison in the imperial harem, the smuggling of government salt, an old miscarriage of justice, cruel officials framing the innocent...
One bizarre case after another seems to those around him to be the work of ghosts and gods, or an unsolvable mystery.
To him, each is a trail of clues and physical evidence waiting to be followed.
He determines cause of death from wounds on the body, traces a victim's movements through clothing fibers, identifies poison from stomach contents, spots forgeries through handwriting and seals, exposes lies through microexpressions, and tracks down murderers from traces left at the scene.
He kneels to no ghosts or gods, trusts no confessions, and accepts only hard evidence.
He face-slaps inept officials, clears the names of the wrongfully accused, dismantles networks of collusion between officials and bandits, unravels the imperial harem's schemes, and takes on the cruel officials of Wu Zhou.
From an unnoticed member of the Di household to a renowned investigator wielding the seal of the Court of Judicial Review;
from the streets of the divine capital to the heart of the imperial court;
with his forensic skills, Di Huaizhao rewrites his own fate and carries on the Di family's legendary tradition of solving cases.
In this life, he will wield traces as his sword and evidence as his shield, solving every baffling case in the world and bringing justice and clarity to all under heaven!
