Detective Di Renjie: The Phantom Scheme of Youzhou

In the fourth year of the Chuigong era, a bizarre “White-Bone Demon Flower” case shocks the Governor's Office of Youzhou. Six court officials turn to skeletons one after another inside a heavily guarded residence, with nothing left behind but a striking crimson demon flower.

Di Renjie receives an imperial order to investigate and heads to Youzhou with Li Yuanfang, Di Ruyan, and the eight chief guards of the Imperial Guards. Local officials are tight-lipped, while rumors among the people blame the ghost of an ancient kingdom destroyed a century ago. As the investigation deepens, Zeng Tai discovers a hidden stone tablet in a ruined border fortress. The truth points to a massacre that wiped out an entire household twenty years earlier, and to an unseen hand manipulating events at court. A vast conspiracy threatening the very foundations of the state lies hidden amid the endless yellow sands and swirling mists.