Shen Huan, a modern forensic doctor, dressed as Xiaoqi, a low-ranking imperial guard in the late Jiajing period. In this palace of powerful officials and turbulence, he carries an unspeakable secret: every night at midnight, he can talk to the undead at the scene of the murder for one minute.
He originally wanted to use this to survive in the cracks and find out his father's injustice. However, the whisper of a prison bone dragged him deeper into the whirlpool. Relying on the modern interpretation of skeletal scars and the fragmentary clues provided by the undead, he staged the "Bone Case" in the courtroom, using irrefutable trace detection logic to bring the real murderer to justice, but he also came into contact with a cult organization called the "Red Lotus Society".
After that, Shen Huan was involved in the even more bizarre "Imperial Examination Ghost Case." In the examination room filled with ghosts and ghosts, the examinees died suddenly one after another. While detecting a sophisticated fraud conspiracy, he discovered that all the clues actually pointed to an even crazier goal of the "Red Lotus Society": to forge the "God's Punishment" at the royal ceremony and kill the king to usurp the country!
When the conspiracy approaches its climax, the enemy uses sorcery to interfere with Yin and Yang, and Shen Huan's "Whisper of the Dead" is completely ineffective. In a desperate situation without any evidence from the undead, the only thing he can rely on is the modern forensic mind. In the end, he must use a handful of special gunpowder left at the scene, a secret financial flow, and a series of tightly coupled behavioral logic in front of the emperor and officials to complete a trial without witnesses and use absolute rationality to tear away the superstitious mask that shrouded the imperial power.
Walking in brocade clothes at night, passing through the secluded area to solve the case. He speaks for the silent dead and uses logic as a sword to cut through the most bizarre puzzles.