In the thirteenth year of the Tianqi era, a series of bizarre murders rocks Bianjing. Each victim bears a crescent-shaped bloodied hole between the brows, spreading panic through the city.
Shen Jingci, a taciturn, hard-faced official of the Court of Judicial Review who trusts only evidence, is ordered to investigate. But in the ghost market, he encounters a mysterious man in white, Xie Linyuan.
One is an unyielding detective; the other, a refined young deputy minister with a hidden past.
From mutual suspicion and cautious probing to investigating side by side and risking their lives for each other, they gradually uncover the shocking secrets behind the fire at an old weapons workshop.
A wrongful conviction spanning twenty years, a blood feud endured for half a lifetime, and a deadly game of court intrigue.
When the truth comes to light and their identities are revealed to the world,
they finally understand that this pursuit of a killer is also a path to saving each other.
From then on, strange cases abound and storms darken the land.
The one in dark robes wields his sword, while the one in white walks beside him.
They investigate every injustice under heaven and protect the peace they share, year after year.
