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Historical Chinese Mystery and Crime Stories 古言悬疑破案

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  1. 301 I Reign Supreme in the Coroner World with My Case-Cracking System 我凭破案系统冠绝仵作界 The Sixteenth Day of the Twelfth Month腊月十六Mystery653k WordsCompleted A modern female forensic examiner suddenly finds herself in the body of a medicinal herb gatherer in the Great Wei dynasty, only to discover that her younger brother has been framed and imprisoned. After painstakingly piecing together clues and learning to read the language of corpses, she joins forces with the “Heaven’s Eye” System to clear her brother’s name. But just as one case is solved, another arises. A corpse-burning case, a massacre, an iron mine case, a case involving a young thug, a c 6Reads6.8Score—Shelves
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  2. 302 I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score191.7kShelves
  3. 303 Frostfire: Unraveling the Turmoil at Cloudwatch Tower 霜灼：云阙探波澜 Weizhiwz未枝wzAncient Romance628k WordsOngoing Also known as: The General Won’t Leave Me Alone After I Return to My Family [A cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside guardian general vs. a calm, collected daughter of a Ministry of Revenue official] [Two formidable leads solving cases x wuxia adventures x a touch of ensemble cast x reunion after years apart] When Yun Xi returns to her family home, she sets out to investigate the truth behind her mother’s death. By chance, she crosses paths with a young general whose face is as cold as ice. 27Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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  4. 304 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 Dragon-Taming Pool御龙潭Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 35kReads9.4Score3.6kShelves
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  5. 305 Judge Dee: Cracking the Case 大唐狄公案·破局 Mo Yu莫逾Mystery196k WordsCompleted What makes this book a great read: the victims’ bizarre deaths, painstaking deduction, and a style that shifts from witty and humorous to serious and meticulous. It’s a boy’s version of The Cases of Judge Dee and a Tang Dynasty version of The Washing Away of Wrongs! Rather than sketching out the plot in broad strokes, the story offers detailed, vivid depictions of the crime scenes. This makes the cases feel authentic while keeping the focus on the investigations! The Golden Mystery, The Secret T 1.6kReads9.2Score101Shelves
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  6. 306 The Dali Temple Mascot Has Come to Life 大理寺吉祥物成精了 Ren Wen任纹Mystery501k WordsCompleted [Mystery and deduction + ancient forensic investigation + two strong leads] A quirky young woman who is a stone lioness x the aloof chief of the Court of Judicial Review. With her uncanny ability to spot clues in the dust, Jixiang joins forces with the “ghost catcher” Pei Yanzhou to crack one strange case after another: the grieving blood coffin, the Yin-Yang Bodhi, the curse of the stone stele, the beauty of the haunted village, the butterfly bones of the Flower Festival, and rouge-fueled obses 98Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. 307 The Jade Pendant Decree 解佩令 Mi Luo米螺Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted The Qiankun Alliance earns its living by taking commissions, selling three high-priced tokens every half month. The first is the Qiankun Token, used to kill and take lives; the second is the Zhanli Token, used to stir up trouble and disrupt people’s lives; the third is the Jiepei Token, used to steal and rob. A Yu dislikes killing and making trouble, so she often takes jobs with the Jiepei Token. Swift as the wind, she can disguise herself and pick pockets with ease. She thought she could live o 44Reads—Score—Shelves
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  8. 308 This Assassin Is a Hopeless Romantic 这个杀手，恋爱脑 Little Forest Whale森森小鲸鱼Ancient Romance271k WordsCompleted Secret identity + Marriage first, love later + Second chance at love + The husband’s arduous pursuit + Fleeing while pregnant No palace intrigue + Mystery and deduction Money-loving, looks-obsessed assassin vs. aloof, scheming, jealous king Tao Shiyi would do anything for money. She married a useless prince for two bags of gold leaves. Seduced by his good looks, she boarded the wrong ship and nearly lost her life several times. She had no idea he saw her as nothing more than a disposable pawn. 17Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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  9. 309 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 161.3kReads9.6Score22.3kShelves
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  10. 310 The Snowbound Blade 雪藏刃 Xie Xue Hanyan邪雪寒嫣Ancient Romance894k WordsCompleted 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 3.7kReads—Score152Shelves
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  11. 311 The Peerless Jingzhou 绝京洲 A Wish Like a Song锦愿如歌Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Two equally powerful leads + both from the capital's foremost families + famous far and wide + evenly matched + multiple identities + exceptional intellect + high status and influence + powerful secret identities] [Likes: having fun.] Shang Ran is the young legitimate daughter of the Shang family, one of the capital's foremost clans. She studies in a small city and is known at school for her beauty. She seems quiet and cool, yet carries an inexplicable air of laziness and ease. Outside school, 20.9kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves
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  12. 312 Dreaming of Yun Wei 云微入梦 Five-Finger Peach k五指毛桃kAncient Romance256k WordsOngoing [Mystery + Detective Work + Political Intrigue + Soul Transmigration + Romance + Strong Female Lead] After Lin Xuan, a 21st-century master surgeon, committed suicide, she unexpectedly found herself in the body of Duan Yunwei, the daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Courage in the Great Yao Dynasty. Though she had forgotten her past, she used the original owner's memories to join the Imperial City Office and even rose to become its commander. She was a formidable martial artist and a brilliant 32Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 313 The Brocade Cage of the Palace 宫锦笼 YeziYzz12叶子Yzz1210k WordsCompleted The Brocade Cage 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 314 Zero Point Detective Agency 冰点侦探事务所 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [Standalone Cases + Republican-Era Crime Investigation + Crime + Hard-Boiled Deduction + Stunning Twists] One head, two heads, three... Look at those heads, swaying precariously in the depths of a cold well, their dark blue hair spreading out. Deep in the memory, crimson blood blooms like flowers. ...There’s a famous detective agency in Shanghai. They say its owner is a young lady, yet everyone insists on calling her Second Young Master! There’s no case in this city she can’t solve! Six people h 417Reads—Score100Shelves
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  15. 315 Lord Shaoqing, Please Have Some Tea 少卿大人请喝茶 Xiao Wuqie Feng小无且逢Mystery334k WordsOngoing Xie Jue, junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and Yan Qinglan, the Prime Minister's daughter, join forces to solve one baffling case after another. On the day the much-anticipated Xingjiu Pavilion is completed, the missing former Fourth Prince, Prince Zhou, suddenly reappears under mysterious circumstances. A fleeting encounter from eighteen years ago left behind a feud that has yet to be resolved. As Hanyue Kingdom welcomes back its princess, the winds of change stir across Chongyao 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 316 The Three Great Cases of the Late Ming Dynasty 明末三大案 Wine and Poetry斗酒诗篇Mystery19k WordsCompleted Throughout history, whenever dynasties changed or major political events unfolded, intrigue ran rampant in the imperial harem, where women were forbidden from meddling in government. It was common for high-ranking consorts to try to seize control of the court. In the final years of the Ming dynasty, political rivalries at court grew increasingly fierce. Amid this age of turmoil, a series of palace secrets later known as the “Three Great Cases of the Late Ming” quietly unfolded. The Palace Assa 1.4kReads9.3Score130Shelves
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  17. 317 Setting the Record Straight: A History of Injustice in Ancient China 青史鉴冤：中国古代冤案录 Cold Wind冷风Historical112k WordsCompleted [A somber, stirring lament for the loyal and upright; a record of wrongful convictions that offers profound lessons for history.] The annals shine bright, yet deeds cannot be concealed; wronged spirits linger, their tears of blood not yet dry. Drawing on historical records and clearing away a thousand years of mist, this book recounts wrongful cases through the ages: the tragic upheaval of Xia Qi’s overthrow of Boyi under the guise of abdication; the brutal deaths of Wu Qi and Shang Yang amid th 47Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  18. 318 Judge Dee Case Files: The Red Pavilion 狄公案：红阁子 Gao Luopei高罗佩66k WordsCompleted Three curses in a secret chamber, a beauty’s debt from hell On Paradise Island, the nights are a whirl of luxury and revelry. Di Renjie, magistrate of Puyang County, is just passing through when he is forced to stop and take on what seems like an open-and-shut suicide case: Li Hanlin, a newly appointed top scholar, is heartbroken and has slit his throat in the Red Pavilion at the Yongle Inn. Thirty years earlier, the wealthy merchant Tao Kuang also cut his own throat in this room. Three days lat 15Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  19. 319 As a Court Investigator, Is It Really So Strange to Flirt with an Opera Star? 身为少卿，撩个花旦很正常吧 Flowers and Trees, Simply花木于简Two Male Leads777k WordsCompleted [Historical Mystery and Crime-Solving]+ [Dual Male Leads]+ [The Imperial Court]+ [The Martial World]+ [The Perils of the Human Heart]+ [Happy Ending]= Everything you want Twenty bizarre cases that cut straight to the heart! Cheng Qi, the third young master of Prince Ping’s household, was born into the imperial family. Handsome and clever, he was deeply favored by the emperor. Arrogant, aloof, and carefree by nature, he somehow ended up at the Court of Judicial Review just for fun. Yu Nu, the le 498Reads8.9Score101Shelves
  20. 320 The Banquet of Huaiqin 怀慬之宴 Lu Guiyin路归引Two Male Leads229k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Pure Love + Extra Sweet + Mystery Solving] This is a gently told story of various murder cases that take place in the Great Liang Kingdom during a time of peace and prosperity. With all the tangled connections between them, let’s see how the two male leads solve the cases! 172Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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  21. 321 When a Transmigrated Little Ghost Detective Meets a Two-Faced Prince 当穿书小诡探遇上双面王爷之后 Jing Xiaoshi荆小十Two Male Leads1.1M WordsOngoing [I dug a hole and never filled it. Serves me right for having to fill it myself.] [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + solving cases + two-faced prince + political intrigue] A wisp of green smoke rises, and every injustice in the world is brought to an end. A mere novelist dares to leave plot holes unfilled, slacks off whenever the story reaches an important part, and even ignores readers begging for updates. Well, look what happened: for some reason, he transmigrated into his own unfini 74Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  22. 322 When a Laid-Back Princess Meets a Top-Tier Client 当咸鱼郡主遇上顶级甲方 A Trivial Reason渺小的理由Mystery499k WordsCompleted [The rating has just been released and will keep rising] [Historical mystery + case-of-the-week investigations + ensemble character growth + lighthearted daily life] Shen Zhiyi, Princess of Jing'an, has one goal in life: save enough for retirement, then lie flat in Jiangnan. Until Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Ji Yan drafted her into service. “Help solve cases, or become a suspect. Pick one.” Shen Zhiyi: …I choose a third option! Get paid to slack off! She promptly rounded up: A care 5.8kReads7.5Score1kShelves
  23. 323 Nighttime Inquests: Secrets of Ancient Chinese Case Files 夜审乾坤：古代奇案秘闻 The Breeze and Cold Wind Howl微风冷风呼呼吹Historical112k WordsCompleted On the surface, the realm enjoys peace and prosperity. Beneath it, bizarre cases occur one after another. A single lawsuit uncovers a scandalous affair in a grand household. A coffin opened at midnight reveals a corpse with no shadow. A groom dies on the eve of his wedding. A playboy falsely accused of adultery is left to suffer injustice. A coroner who steals corpses to cheat death secretly plots misdeeds... Every case is shrouded in mystery. See how Censor Li Xing holds court at night and uses —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  24. 324 A Promise in Blue Robes 青裳一诺 The King Is Thirteen大王十三岁Ancient Romance398k WordsCompleted In their previous life, Qingshang (Heguan) and Duruo (Houpu) died together in a car accident, bound by death as they had been in life. In this life, Qingshang carries her memories of their past and journeys across mountains and rivers to reunite with him... But he no longer recognizes her, and love and resentment pull them in opposite directions... She practices medicine to save lives, solves one strange case after another, and uses her wisdom to stop a war between two nations and protect the pe 28Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  25. 325 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 50.4kReads9.4Score6kShelves
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  26. 326 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery937k WordsCompleted 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 46.2kReads9.5Score8.5kShelves
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  27. 327 The Great Ming Mystery 大明悬案 Wu Gou w吴钩wHistorical1.1M WordsCompleted This is the story of an ordinary man's struggle. As the protagonist solves one major mystery after another, he proves himself upright and selfless, a common man with a broad heart that encompasses the world. The novel vividly portrays both the twists and turns of his career in officialdom and his extraordinary love story. 827Reads7.3Score—Shelves
  28. 328 The Mad Crown Princess Refuses to Behave Like a Proper Wife 疯魔太子妃她不守妇道 Youde Linluosi由得林洛斯Ancient Romance407k WordsOngoing At first, they’re bickering enemies; later, he chases his husband to the crematorium. [A loyal dog who says one thing but means another] x [A willful, arrogant troublemaker] Has this crown princess gone mad? She’s lost her virginity to a stranger before the wedding! What a disastrous start! Xu Xinyu was the crown princess appointed by imperial decree, but both parties wanted to resist the marriage. She was secretly in love with the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard! Sun Yi came to the capit —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 329 What Do You Think, Master? 师爷，您看呢？ Hu Lulu呼鹿鹿Historical111k WordsOngoing After dying in a bombing case, auxiliary police officer Liu Wei unexpectedly transmigrated, his memories intact, and was reborn in another world without magic or cultivation. This world was much like ancient China. Now going by the name Han Fei, just see how he uses his meager store of knowledge to begin an entirely new life in this other world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. 330 Murder on Chang'an Street 长安街探案 Yu Ji虞姬Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted This is a lighthearted mystery-detective novel about an obscure neighborhood beat cop who transmigrates to the prosperous Tang dynasty and somehow becomes the nation's greatest detective. 7.2kReads8.9Score769Shelves
  31. 331 Undercover in Great Ming 我在大明当卧底 Must-Read必看Historical1.9M WordsCompleted An old detective transmigrates into the body of a young Ming Dynasty page. From the start, he's in a deadly predicament: a series of mishaps gets him tangled up in a murder case. He investigates the crime to clear the wrongfully accused while going undercover and playing a double agent... Emperor: “Are you willing to serve me?” Page: “My old ma says I don't have many faults, but I've always been stubborn!” The relationships between the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the eunuch faction, and the civil 72Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. 332 Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 286.4kReads9.7Score34.7kShelves
  33. 333 The Two Great Detectives of the Jing Dynasty 2 景朝探案双杰2 Xi Xi希熹Two Male Leads84k WordsOngoing (Dual male leads + episodic cases + Book One: The Jing Dynasty Case Files) I’ll wrap up the two cases in Book One within the first twenty-five chapters. I hope everyone understands. If you don’t want to read them, you can just skim ahead when the time comes. Bizarre murders break out one after another, shrouded in layers of mystery and strange phenomena. Just as Xuanyuan Jingyi faces the storm of political intrigue alone, Ye Che breaks free of the shackles of time and space. His soul returns to 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 334 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 145.1kReads9.5Score18.2kShelves
  35. 335 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 201.5kReads9.6Score31.8kShelves
  36. 336 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 55.5kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves
  37. 337 The Thirteenth Year of Yongli 永历十三年 The Little Student Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的小同学Ancient Romance774k WordsCompleted Now being serialized~ [Nation and people above all + no golden finger, transmigration, or rebirth + one-on-one romance + happy ending] [Cunning, ruthless, brilliant villainess VS a lone official who has endured humiliation + mystery and investigation] To find her father's whereabouts, Xu Mingyu leaves her home and travels far to Lan County. There, amid the Yellow River's towering, turbid waves, she strikes a dangerous bargain with a tiger. She never expects to cross paths with Pei Wenzheng, the 830Reads8.3Score157Shelves
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