The whole city hails him as a genius at solving cases.
Strange cases keep cropping up in the small town, and beside every corpse lies a blank sheet of white paper.
Within three days of a crime, the culprit always turns themselves in. Rumor has it that Xie Yanci, the owner of a paper shop, can see ghosts and gods and tell good from evil.
Wen Shu, a female constable from the prefectural office, is ordered to investigate the case. The closer she gets to the truth, the more chilling it becomes.
The female coroner Su Yan finds a plum blossom seal among the physical evidence, with a broken branch motif. The clues point straight to a fire twenty years ago that consumed everything at an academy.
As the layers of mist clear, a horrifying theory emerges.
Could the genius revered by thousands have orchestrated it all himself?
At the academy's ruins on a stormy night, the rain pours and the wind howls.
Holding a sheet of white paper, Wen Shu looks straight at the man before her. "You examine the corpses. I'll examine you."
