During the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty, a series of strange murders occurred in Bianjing: Li Bingren, the Minister of Rites, Zhang Jun, the Secretary of the Imperial College, and other court officials died mysteriously one after another. A painting was left beside them, and the scene in the painting was actually the same as the death of the deceased. The case was accused of being a "monster painting murder", and the whole city was panicked, and rumors of evil spirits were rampant.
The down-and-out painter Yan Wujiu was expelled because his mentor Zhou Wenju was killed in a fire at the art studio three years ago. He was forced to make a living selling paintings in the market, but he was involved in the whirlpool due to this case. The widow of Kaifeng Mansion is Shen Baizhi, who was born in a humble background but firmly believes that "the corpses do not lie". During the autopsy, it was discovered that the deceased were all poisoned by the strange poison of the Liao Dynasty. The two were forced to join hands and face the mist...
To pursue the truth
