The Barehanded Female Coroner Who Clears Injustices

#HistoricalRomance #SweetRomance #ReunionAfterYearsApart #MutualSecretCrush #ChildhoodSweethearts #MysteryAndCrimeSolving Note: None of the cases in this novel are original to the author. They are complete cases drawn from classic crime-solving texts such as The Washing Away of Wrongs, Tangyin Bishi, Zheyu Guijian, and Yiyu Ji. ✧ She is a female coroner who examines bodies at a Taoist temple ✧ ✧ He is the young general who has waited ten years for her ✧ Nine years after entering the Tao, she thought this was how she would spend the rest of her life. Then he returned from the frontier and stood before her at a crime scene. He waited ten years for her, while she spent nine years avoiding him. She runs; he pursues. She examines the dead; he investigates the cases. She says she belongs to the world beyond, and he says he'll wait for her there. She is Xiao Lingyi, her Taoist name Jingchen and her childhood name A-Heng. He is Pei Zhao, courtesy name Mingzhi, a young general. She comes from a Taoist temple; he returns from the frontier. She speaks for the dead; he waits, staking his life, for her to speak.