The Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty.
A string of interlocking murder plots.
Every clue has been cut off, and the mastermind has left no trace.
Only in the deepest part of the Northern Garrison Command is there one man who can solve the case.
Shen Ye, a pale-faced, frail military officer.
He has unlocked a terrifying ability: “crime scene reconstruction.”
From half a liang of moldy pine resin, Shen Ye can smell out a string of murders in the imperial harem.
With nothing but a puddle of “yin-yang water,” he can recreate the poison used to assassinate the emperor.
From a tiny clerical error in the case files alone, Shen Ye can sketch the killer’s desperate escape route in his mind.
Tell a story. As soon as you catch someone, you know their name. Who is in your family?