Gu Changhuai, once a waste, was looked down upon in the prosperous dynasty, when scholars were selected through imperial examinations and the literary style was at its peak.
The current life is the moment when the first trial officer of the Ministry of Punishment awakens, and the gears of fate begin to reverse.
Faced with the fact that in his previous life, he was accused of collaborating with the enemy because of the investigation of an "imperial examination fraud case" that affected the interests of the family, and his entire family was executed. After returning from rebirth, he discovered that there was not only profit involved behind the fraud case - there was also a prince trying to tamper with the country's foundation by manipulating the imperial examination.