Embroidered Spring Blade and the Courtroom Gavel

Name: Embroidered Spring Blade and the Courtroom Gavel
Author: Spring Mountains Can Wait

绣春刀与惊堂木

by Spring Mountains Can Wait (春山不晚)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 287k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Ancient-Style Life
Updated: 3mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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[Ming Dynasty under the Jiajing Emperor + Embroidered Uniform Guard + Dali Temple investigations + a cast of spoiled young nobles + political intrigue and mystery + lighthearted crime-solving] During the Jiajing era, an ironclad case was closed in the capital. On the first day of his new post at Dali Temple, newly appointed top scholar Shen Ji spotted a flaw in the testimony. But the case was connected to the Five City Military Command, and no one in the court dared touch it. He was low-ranking, short-staffed, and without powerful connections, so he had no choice but to borrow men from the Embroidered Uniform Guard. But the men he got weren’t elite soldiers. They were Qin Zhaoye, the most notorious of the capital’s Six Scourges, along with five young noble wastrels sent by their fathers to learn some discipline. A mild-mannered top scholar who only cared about evidence, leading a band of young masters who didn’t care about rules, breaks into haunted houses, reopens old cases, investigates deaths, and tears apart the dark secrets of the official world. The one who can take apart weapons can read wounds. The one who frequents pleasure houses can coax out the truth. The one who spends time in gambling dens can trace the money. The one who sneaks into the archives can unearth buried cases. Even the one who can talk to animals can find a murder clue in a dog’s mouth. At first, they only thought solving cases was fun. Later, they realized that some lives couldn’t wait, and some wrongful convictions couldn’t be ignored. The Embroidered Spring Sabre clears the way; the magistrate’s block demands answers. The capital’s Six Scourges will one day grow into Great Ming’s sharpest blades: the Seven Embroidered Young Masters.

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