The Great Yong's Number One Thief Catcher

Name: The Great Yong's Number One Thief Catcher
Author: Silent Stranger

大雍第一贼捕

by Silent Stranger (陌上無聲)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 136k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Mystery & Supernatural
Updated: 1d ago
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Synopsis

In the Great Yong Dynasty, he had the most valuable pair of hands. There was nothing he couldn't steal: secret palace artifacts, masterpieces by renowned artists, even sealed chambers.

That is, until a female constable caught him red-handed at a crime scene one night.

The day after the shackles went on, the authorities offered him a way out: solve cases to atone for his crimes.

The merit-and-penalty ring on his wrist recorded each case he solved. Every time he used his borrowed authority, another mark appeared. Nine marks, and he would be put to death.

And so the Great Yong Dynasty gained something no one had ever seen before: a thief-constable. By day, he investigated cases for the authorities. By night, he returned to his cell and put his shackles back on.

Solving cases was both his way out and a countdown to his death.

His fellow thieves called him a traitor, his colleagues guarded against him like he was a thief, and his superiors only wanted to squeeze out the last bit of use they could get from him.

But he had never agreed to stay for the sake of saving his own life.

The person he was looking for had supposedly died in the very first case, twelve years ago.

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