Chang Yi, heir to a military family in the Song Dynasty, uses his family's medical skills to save an examinee caught up in a strange case. To clear his name, he resolutely sits the imperial examinations and passes. Later, he inherits his family's marquis title and uses his military abilities to hunt down criminals, while applying his medical expertise to examine corpses and investigate clues. As he solves one mysterious case after another and stirs up turmoil at court, he forges a distinctive career that earns him renown as both a scholar and a military hero.
