I’ll Take This Legal Petition

When Shen Yan opens his eyes, he finds himself in an unfamiliar dynasty.

He has no illustrious family, no vast fortune. All he owns is twenty-seven coins and a shabby shop whose rent he can barely afford.

The good news is that what he learned in his previous life still comes in handy here.

The bad news is...

This era has no lawyers, only legal petitioners.

In everyone’s eyes, legal petitioners are nothing but low-class scribes who write complaints for others and exploit loopholes in the law.

But Shen Yan knows better.

A single petition can save a life.

One line of testimony can convict someone.

Even a law overlooked by everyone can send the most powerful nobles crashing down from their lofty heights.

So, starting with the first petition he writes for an ordinary citizen, he steps into the Qingzhou Prefecture court, one step at a time, and deeper into the heart of the dynasty’s most dangerous maelstrom.

The powerful bully the people?

He’ll take the case.

The authorities abuse their power?

He’ll reopen it.

The nobility cover the sky?

Then he’ll punch a hole through it.

Years later, when the ministers of the court see the young man standing in the great hall, a petition in his hand, they finally understand one thing:

The most terrifying thing in this world has never been a blade.

It’s a man who knows the law by heart and isn’t afraid to die.