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- 101 Six Fan Gate: The Beloved Female Constable 六扇门之团宠女捕 Her family was slaughtered, but she was lucky enough to survive. The Six Fan Gate rescued a mute little girl. What? The little mute is a girl? So now a bunch of rough-and-tumble men have no choice but to dote on this soft, rosy-cheeked little dumpling. Before long, she grows into an imposing female constable who cracks one baffling case after another! She excels at catching criminals, examining corpses, and everything else the job requires! 220Reads6.6Score—Shelves
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The Bone-Painting Coroner 画骨女仵作
In the twenty-first century, she was a celebrated darling of the archaeological world. Then she transmigrated and became the third young lady of the Jinjiang Ji family, a girl who was supposed to starve to death. Her father didn’t love her, everyone despised her, and her little body had been malnourished from birth! So she returned to her old trade, drawing portraits of the dead to earn silver and fill her stomach. With her nimble hands, she could examine gleaming white bones and solve thousand-
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Midnight Bookstore: I Befriend Ghosts 深夜书屋，我和鬼做朋友
There are still far too many unknown things in this world. Whether you believe in them or not, they exist. In a little bookstore by the school gates, by day, he takes on students’ requests to catch cheating partners. By night, he fulfills the unfulfilled wishes of the dead.
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- 104 Laughter in the Dead of Night 夜半鬼笑 He Liuliu, a useless college student, accidentally became a conduit for the underworld, sharing his body with a ghost. To stay alive, he embarked on a ghost-hunting adventure that was both hilarious and awkward. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 A Ghost Knocks at Midnight 深夜鬼敲门 A collection of 40 traditional ghost stories, featuring all kinds of folk tales about ghosts and monsters. A rare collection of supernatural legends. 800Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 106 The Midnight General Store 午夜杂货铺 “Welcome to the Underworld General Store. Here, you’ll find merchandise unlike anything else, along with extraordinary service…” I run a midnight general store and work as a professional spirit walker, moving between the worlds of yin and yang. In the pitch-black night, I deal in things that must never be spoken of. Then one day, a strange customer dressed head to toe in red came in, and that was when the real horror began… 7.2kReads8.4Score571Shelves
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The Northern Song Mystery: The Lotus Case 北宋悬疑密码：莲花案
During the Kaibao era, a murder marked with a lotus pattern shook Bianliang. More killings followed at the West Market Inn and Qingfeng Pavilion, bringing the Lotus Pavilion back into the public eye overnight. The court and the streets were in an uproar, and rumors spread everywhere. Ning Yanzhi, the orphaned survivor of the White Lotus Pavilion, disguises himself as an idle young gentleman and slips into Bianliang under an assumed name. He seeks only to find his former comrades and uncover the
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The Little Princess Is Always Trying to Undermine Me 小郡主她总想拆我台
[Historical romance + mystery-solving + one-on-one romance + sweet love + ensemble cast] [Quirky young princess × aloof, sharp-tongued heir] After my imperial uncle caught me causing a scene in a brothel, I became an unofficial member of the Dali Temple. My immediate superior, Xie Zhiyan, is the sharpest-tongued heir in the capital. He’s so cutting that even the flies find him harsh when he examines a corpse. “Your Highness, if you’re bored, why not lick the tiles in the morgue clean?” That is,
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- 109 Reborn to Marry the Prince Regent: The Princess Consort Becomes Famous for Solving Cases with Autopsies 重生嫁摄政王，王妃她靠验尸爆红 [Two powerful leads + contract marriage + satisfying angst and revenge + episodic investigations + ever-sweeter romance] Shen Wei transmigrates, waking up in a morgue with her hands on a corpse. A modern forensic examiner turned the daughter of a condemned official, she hides her identity and examines bodies to survive. Then the regent, a man who holds power over the entire court, arrives through the rain and hands her a marriage contract: “Marry me. I’ll protect you and clear your name.” She sn 94Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Tales of Di Renjie 狄仁杰故事
[Mystery + Deduction + Crime Solving + Ancient China + Tang Dynasty] 1. Story Background During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, the young Di Renjie discovers a case involving a skeleton while on his way to take up the post of magistrate of Luoyang County. As he investigates its hidden secrets, a murder occurs in the Wang family. Everyone is a suspect, but who is the killer? In a secluded manor, the host dies before a banquet ends. No one present could have committed the crime,
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- 111 The Song Dynasty Book of Witches and Ghosts 大宋巫鬼录 A wealthy young heiress is suddenly struck by a curse, and an evil spirit comes to claim her life... To stay alive, she flees far away, leaving the person she loves most on the other side of the world... Years later, a string of deaths brings the two together again... And an even more terrifying secret from the past begins to come to light... 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Fog of a Bizarre Case 诡案迷雾
A historical mystery and political intrigue novel set in the fictionalized Wu Zhou period of the Tang dynasty, around the fifteenth year of Wu Zhou. It follows the protagonist and his companions as they enter government service and become entangled in a series of criminal cases, as well as the gripping struggle over the succession to the throne at the Luoyang court. This is my second novel. I hope you enjoy it, and I’ll do my best to tell a good story!
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The Unrivaled Chronicle of the Classic Historian 无双典史传
A thrilling mystery! A young county investigator’s legendary crime-solving career! Chen Xun possesses the secret art of the Heavenly Eye. In just three short years, he rids the region of bandits and thieves, making a name for himself! Just when he thinks everything is finally going well and looks forward to marrying the beauty of his dreams, one murder after another takes place: In full view of everyone, a murder occurs inside the Guanyin Hall. The suspect is the last person anyone would expect.
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Detective Bieyang: The Dali Temple Deputy Minister's Personal Advisor 女探别漾，大理寺少卿的私人参军
By a twist of fate, Bie Yang and her adopted younger sister Zhong Ling save Xiao Rui, a former junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review who has been demoted to county commandant of Linglong County. They assume their paths won’t cross again, but when two unidentified skeletons are discovered in a secret room at Xiuwei Pavilion, they are brought together once more. Hoping to solve the mystery quickly and keep it from hurting the pavilion’s business, Bie Yang and County Commandant Xiao join
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- 115 The Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal 仵作娘子采茶记 A Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal 73Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 The Concubine-Born Daughter’s Mismatched Marriage 庶女的错位姻缘 The Concubine-Born Daughter’s Ill-Fated Match 171Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 A Few Things About Xiayang 夏阳二三事 [Short Story Collection] Every protagonist in this book is named Xia Yang. Each Xia Yang is a different character with a different life. Come read a few stories about Xia Yang. This is a collection of short stories set in ancient times. If you like it, welcome aboard; if not, no worries. Kisses~ [All stories are purely fictional] 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 An Anthology of Ancient Tales 古篇集录 [Collected Ancient Tales] This book brings together two short stories in an ancient style. Life is vast, and every meeting is a bond of fate. Dear readers, come along with me. 41Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Rookie Constable’s Case-by-Case Journal 小捕快的案情流水账
Modern lawyer Zhang Wei transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a low-ranking constable. Through his experiences investigating cases and hearing trials, as well as the small cases he handles, the story also reveals how ordinary people lived in ancient times.
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The Snowbound Blade 雪藏刃
One is a cold-faced constable who disguises herself as a man. The other is the Prince of Xichuan, a foreign nobleman said to have brought about his wife's death. When these two meet, an extraordinary story is bound to unfold. Passing herself off as a man to serve as a constable in the Six Fan Gate is no easy task. Dao Xueshan even changed her name to Dao Sanxue. To make it in a crowd of men, she has only one choice: be crueler, fiercer, more ruthless, and better at killing than they are. But she
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The Yuan'an Chronicles 元安录
[Tang-era mystery cases + episodic stories + formidable hero and heroine + one-on-one romance + ensemble cast] [The Night Owl Cries] In the twenty-third year of Yongwei, a woman’s corpse is discovered in a house beneath a locust tree on Sanshui Alley in Chang’an. Rumors spread that a ghostly song is killing people... [The Thousand-Faced Buddha] Nine lifelike clay statues made from living people are discovered at Huazhen Temple. What do they have to do with the children who vanished three years a
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Northern Song: I Solve Murder Cases with Medicine 北宋：我靠医术查命案
In the sixth year of Xining, in Mizhou City. The body of a blacksmith exposes a shocking conspiracy. Shen Yang, an eighteen-year-old medical officer, follows in his father’s footsteps, using his medical expertise to examine corpses, investigate cases, and hunt down criminals. Bai Ji, a fifteen-year-old girl disguised as a boy, meets him in Xinghua Village while seeking revenge for her father. The exemption levy was meant to benefit the people, but corrupt officials turned it into a cash cow. Thr
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The First-Rank Female Detective 一品女神捕
Ye Zhiqiu was the sole survivor of the great fire at Forbidden Mountain, an orphan who lost everything in the disaster. The friends and fellow villagers who perished in the flames became an obsession that would never leave her. She swore to find the real culprit and avenge the dead. Eight years later, the chance for revenge finally came. She resolutely entered the fray, only to be saddled with a useless, makeshift team. From then on, she never once looked favorably at Xiao Jingzhen. Xiao Jingzh
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- 124 The Major Crimes Unit's Female Constable 重案女捕快 A series of ancient crime-solving mysteries with no System, no romance, and pure deduction. A trio of investigators, a constable, a young physician, and a prince demoted to commoner, work together to solve a string of major cases, including the disappearance of silver notes, a missing horse from the Crown Prince’s residence, and a case of ghostly footprints. 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 The Top Scholar and His Night Watchman 状元郎和他的守夜人 On a snowy night amid a raging blizzard, an orphan is rescued by the son of a prominent family and becomes the highly intelligent young master's study companion. The young master passes the imperial examination as the top scholar, then serves as a censor, an imperial inspector overseeing eight prefectures, and the Prince of the Northern Frontier. The study companion becomes his eyes and ears, his bodyguard, and a fourth-rank saber-bearing guard. As the young master grows, the two travel a thorny 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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The County Magistrate Has a Lot on His Plate 县令大人有点忙
[No CP + Reincarnated Before Birth + Comedy + Mystery Solving] Lin Zhen is a reincarnator with a modern soul! As the Lin family’s second young master, he wants for nothing: food, clothes, or love. In short: a hot-tempered dad, a melodramatic mom, a brother who dotes on him, a mischievous him, and an uncle his own age, all laughing together! In his previous life, Lin Zhen was a diligent corporate drone. Even as he died from overwork, his dream was to save enough money to lie flat in a beautiful,
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- 127 The First-Rank Lady Litigator 一品女状师 Xie Yinyin has a father who works as a litigator and is infamous for his wicked ways, bringing the contempt of everyone in the surrounding villages down on her as well. At last, her father gets his comeuppance: his opponent angers him into a stroke in court, and the burden of the household falls entirely on Xie Yinyin. To pay off her father's debts and save his life, she accepts money to represent people in court. Unlike her father, Xie Fangzun, who cares only about profit, she focuses on uncove 831Reads8.8Score104Shelves
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The Tang Dynasty’s Female County Magistrate 大唐女县尉
Tang Dynasty, women-focused suspense, mystery, crime-solving She is a rare female official under the laws of the Tang Dynasty. On her very first night in office, a strange case lands at her door: deep in a rainy alley, night watchman Chen San lies dead, wearing one brand-new red bridal embroidered shoe, while the other has vanished. Rumors that a “fox spirit has taken a husband” sweep through the city in an instant.
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Disaster Profiling: The Entire Song Dynasty Is Hunting Me 侧写天灾：我被全大宋通缉了
[Crime Solving] [Brotherhood] [Extreme Contrast] [Dynastic Espionage] [Transmigration] He is a walking “profiling disaster,” and every time he uses his gift, he comes closer to becoming a monster. I am a constable sent by the court, yet I have become the only one who can “bring him back to himself.” When the whole world wants him dead, I tear up the wanted notice. “If you want to touch him, you'll have to get past the blade in my hand.”
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The Bureau's Twin Years: A Record of Strange Herb Mysteries in the Martial World 局编双年：奇草谜案江湖录
(Not a power fantasy + no System + plot-driven + crime-solving and deduction + mind-bending twists) (The author spent a full year crafting all the murder cases. They’re sure to be gripping and mind-bending, so enjoy!) One year ago, on a dark night, I was a lowly cleaner working in the City Lord’s Hall when I was dragged into a murder targeting the three great families. Everyone said I was the killer! One year later, by day, I’d turned my fortunes around and become deputy director of the Security
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The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了
[Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of
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The Great Yan Dynasty's Female Investigator 大燕女提刑
The treasury silver has been stolen, yet the locks are completely intact? A headless corpse is found at a mountain temple, and the victim may have done it to himself? One baffling case after another is shrouded in mystery. Suicide, murder, or accidental death? Female detective Yi Chang'an unexpectedly arrives in the Great Yan Dynasty, only to find that the man who saved her life has been caught up in a capital crime! To repay his kindness, she goes along with events and solves one mysterious cas
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- 133 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge 69.2kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves
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Record of a Thousand Lanterns 千灯录
[Mystery solving + palace intrigue and household scheming + face-slapping and revenge + powerful families + court and kingdom] Fifteen prospective husbands are locked in a fight to the death in my family’s back courtyard, while all I want is to become a nun. Schemes and deceit, suspicion at every turn, bloodshed and tragedy piling up, a deadly battle in the back courtyard with no survivors allowed. [The high-born judge of the Court of Judicial Review, who loves wiping out entire households] x [T
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- 135 The Case Files of Zhiyou Hall 知幽堂笔录 [First Person] [Soul Transmigration] [Political Intrigue] [Mystery Solving] [Wuxia] [Court Politics] In the twenty-fourth year of Jingde, during the Great Qian dynasty, I was an ordinary modern man who unexpectedly transmigrated into the soul of Chu Jinglan, the greatest swordsman in the realm, trapped in a death row with no way out. My execution was set for three days later, and I had no idea how to survive. Then Sikong Zhiyou, the Great Qian dynasty's eldest princess, famed for solving the re —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Gaining a Villain's Legacy, Starting with Detective Di Renjie 从神探狄仁杰开始获得反派传承 Bai Yunfei is at home watching TV, tuned to Detective Di Renjie. When he sees Hu Jinghui die, he can't help feeling that Hu Jinghui deserved better. He had peerless martial arts, yet fell for a woman like Li Qingxia. What a tragedy! That night, Bai Yunfei is taken away by the System in his sleep because his obsession runs too deep. Thus begins his journey through other worlds, experiencing different lives. With a different position in each world, he sees more and makes choices unlike the ones he 187Reads6.8Score—Shelves
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Tales of the Cloud Patterns 云纹秘闻录
Gongsun Moyu, a famed general of the frontier army, is wrongly accused and brought before the Court of Judicial Review. Just after solving a locked-room murder, he picks up a “walking headache”! Zhan Yunxi has peerless lightness skills and an unbeatable silver tongue. He can pry open classified court archives and dig up secrets of the martial world, yet he spends every day mooching food and drink from Gongsun Moyu. “Brother Moyu, there's something fishy about these serial murders. Why don't we t
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Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异
A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read!
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Strange Cases from the Tang Dynasty Jianghu 唐朝江湖诡案志
In the golden age of the Tang dynasty, undercurrents churn through both the martial world and the imperial court. Ji Xuan, a judicial officer at the Dali Court, vows to investigate injustices across the land. Zhong Lingfan is a wandering martial artist burdened by ten years of love and vengeance. Lin Yao arrives in Chang'an alone and is drawn into a gruesome dismemberment case. Ling Xiyue possesses extraordinary medical skills and becomes entangled in a major counterfeit medicine case. A case in
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