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  1. 1 Nighttime Inquests: Secrets of Ancient Chinese Case Files 夜审乾坤:古代奇案秘闻 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 —Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  2. 2 Strange Tales of the Great Song: The Headless Corpse 大宋诡事:断头记 Mystery26k WordsCompleted [Song Dynasty mysteries + suspense + detective work + headless corpses + shocking twists] On a dark, windy night, it’s the perfect time for murder and arson! The newly appointed magistrate of Changqing County dies suddenly in a woman’s chambers in the middle of the night. The next day, his headless body turns up in the countryside! Qiaoniang, the famous courtesan who spent that night with the magistrate, flees in a panic and becomes the prime suspect! Ye Jun is ordered to investigate, only to di 394Reads9.1Score—Shelves
  3. 3 Setting the Record Straight: A History of Injustice in Ancient China 青史鉴冤:中国古代冤案录 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 50Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  4. 4 Secret Files of Lin’an 临安暗卷 Mystery181k WordsCompleted My name is Chen Xiu. Before I transmigrated, I was a PhD in archival studies from a top-tier university. After transmigrating, I became an eighth-rank assistant magistrate in Lin’an Prefecture. Put simply, I’m in charge of the archives. On my first day at work, the dust in the archive vault nearly killed me. Yellowing case files were piled into mountains, and mice had made themselves at home among them. My colleagues shook their heads. “This place hasn’t produced a capable person in three hundre 214Reads—Score100Shelves
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  5. 5 The Female Coroner of Zhenhe Pass 镇河关的女仵作 Mystery555k WordsOngoing [Set in ancient times] [Mystery and crime solving] [Episodic] [Focused on investigating strange cases] [Clever characters] [No System, no golden finger] Song Nianci was born into a family of forensic examiners. The trade had been passed down from father to son since ancient times, never to daughters. But misfortune never comes singly: hers was a generation with only one daughter. To keep the family business from dying out, her grandfather came up with a plan: find a husband to marry into the fa 8.4kReads—Score1kShelves
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  6. 6 Ning Jinge 宁烬歌 Ancient Romance697k WordsOngoing [Female commander × top-tier spy and assassin | Two equally matched leads | Court intrigue and the martial world | Standing together in troubled times | Devoted 1v1 romance] The sweeping scale of a male-oriented story, with the emotional depth of a female-oriented one. Fast-paced and tightly plotted, with no filler or dragging. The political intrigue is logical, and long-laid clues are brought back into play. A serious world with lighthearted, hilarious everyday moments, and an incredibly sweet 374Reads8.5Score103Shelves
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  7. 7 The Official Has Been Demoted Again 大人又被贬官了 Ancient Romance926k WordsCompleted Originally titled The Official Has Been Demoted Again On the day the Left Chancellor's daughter was to be married, she was dismembered inside her bridal sedan in full view of the crowd. Everyone said the crime had to be beyond human capability. So the most famous Master He in Chang'an was thrown into jail. He Jingxin: ...But I'm not really a master of the occult! I'm just a con artist! He Jingxin couldn't tell fortunes. She'd never read the Book of Changes and didn't know how to read faces. Song 25.9kReads9.5Score4.5kShelves
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  8. 8 Three Months Until My Death After Transmigrating as the Villainess 穿成恶女配后距我被杀还剩三个月 Ancient Romance430k WordsOngoing (Just started posting, so you can skip this one.) [No System + No Golden Finger + Straightforward Mystery-Solving + A Touch of Court Intrigue] Just as Zheng Xieyi was about to get promoted, earn a raise, and reach the pinnacle of her life, she was murdered and reborn after transmigrating into a book. She thought she’d become a commandery princess and could finally enjoy a life of luxury and extravagance. But it turned out she was the original story’s vicious female antagonist, and she was imme 9Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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  9. 9 The Laid-Back Doctor’s Case Files 佛系医女探案集 Mystery292k WordsOngoing A small courtyard, a peach tree, and a vegetable garden. When Yu Jingzhi first arrives in the capital, she practices medicine and enjoys a quiet life. She thinks things will stay that way for a long time, but after she gets unwillingly caught up in a case, she forms an unbreakable bond with the Shuntian Prefecture court. At the invitation of Investigating Judge Qin, she takes the opportunity to join the government service. As she works with the others to solve cases, painful memories are stirred 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 10 Case Files: Solving Unsolved Murders 悬案缉凶实录 Mystery212k WordsOngoing Born into a family of police officers, You Lü served in a special forces unit in the southwest. After his older brother, You Ju, went missing, he transferred to the police force where his brother had worked. Determined to carry on his brother's legacy, he also hopes to uncover the truth behind his disappearance. Six months into the job, You Lü is nearly fired for beating up a suspect. Instead, he is reassigned to the archives to sort through old case files. Under the guidance of his brother's te —Reads—Score—Shelves
  11. 11 A Small Town of Clear Waters, Kind People, and Countless Murders 小镇水清人善多命案 Ancient Romance217k WordsCompleted [Mystery-focused, with a touch of romance, an everyday writing style, and a warning for readers who care about historical accuracy] One night, unnoticed by anyone, Granny Qiao, a widow who had been ill for years, died in Willow Lane in Pingxiang County. Did she die of illness, or was there more to it? What stories lie behind the cases of the corpse in the dry well, the missing girl, and the man of unknown identity? Beneath the seemingly peaceful and harmonious surface of Pingxiang County, how ma 408Reads8.3Score102Shelves
  12. 12 The Mao Family Cases 毛公案 Historical22k WordsCompleted The Mao Gong Cases is a classic of Ming and Qing courtroom fiction. Centered on the legendary cases solved by Mao Dengke, an imperial censor sent to inspect Zhili during the Jiajing era, it presents the moral codes and judicial ideals of Ming society through shocking cases such as “A Wicked Brother Harms His Younger Brother” and “A Rebellious Son Kills His Mother.” The book consists of six chapters and follows the loyal official Lord Mao as he goes undercover to investigate and cleverly solve st 108Reads9.6Score—Shelves
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  13. 13 The Judge Dee Cases 狄公案 Mystery200k WordsCompleted [Four Great Mysteries of Empress Wu Zetian + Di Renjie + detective mystery + stunning reversals + Chinese-style horror] When Di Renjie takes up his first post as magistrate of Changping County, he never expects one murder after another to rock the small town! News arrives that a Huzhou merchant has been murdered at the Li Lidun inn. The innkeeper, Kong Wande, protests his innocence, but the local headman, Hu De, refuses to let him off the hook. When Di Renjie investigates, the evidence points st 275Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  14. 14 The Mao Gong Cases in Plain Language: A Deadly Dispute Over an Inheritance 白话毛公案:兄弟争产酿血案 Mystery36k WordsCompleted Modern Vernacular Translation of the Mao Gong Casebook retells the ancient casebook novel The Mao Gong Casebook in contemporary vernacular. It mainly tells the story of a tragic and inhuman murder during the Jiajing reign of the Ming dynasty, when the Yao brothers of Liangxiang, Zhuozhou, fought over their father’s inheritance. The elder brother, Yao Geng, and his sister-in-law, Liu, were consumed by greed and plotted to seize the family estate. They went so far as to murder Yao Yi, the younger 126Reads9.3Score102Shelves
  15. 15 The Liu Gong Case Files 刘公案 Mystery308k WordsCompleted [Mind-Bending Mystery + Qing Dynasty Cold Cases + Shocking Twists + Chinese-Style Horror + Liu Luoguo] The Great Qing is at peace, but beneath the surface, unrest stirs in Jiangning Prefecture, Jinling. Liu Yong has barely arrived and settled in when he stumbles upon a shocking case: a married couple spends the night at an inn, but the husband dies under mysterious circumstances and the wife vanishes. The county magistrate beats a confession out of the innkeeper, who is then declared the murdere 191Reads9.6Score—Shelves
  16. 16 Tales of Astonishing Cases: Strange Crimes of Ancient Times 拍案惊奇:古代奇案录 Historical62k WordsCompleted Crimes are committed with godlike cunning, leaving no trace; cases are judged with fairness and sound discernment. Wrongful and unsolved cases were common in ancient times, whether confessions were beaten out of the accused or witnesses were silenced by murder. This book explores strange and unsolved cases from ancient times. The plots are full of twists and turns, and the investigations are rife with complications, while also shedding light on ancient China’s bureaucratic politics and social re 2.1kReads9.1Score178Shelves
  17. 17 The Kaifeng Case Files 开封案簿 Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted A tyrant uses his power to force a sale. How can a helpless woman get justice? Once there was a tyrant who set his sights on a shop. But it was the family’s ancestral home, and its owner refused to sell. So the tyrant spread rumors everywhere. The husband was so enraged and grief-stricken that he died. His wife, Zhang Liniang, was left with no choice and lost both her home and her shop. The tyrant’s bullying knew no bounds: he forced her to sell at a low price. Zhang Liniang had nowhere to turn 13Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  18. 18 The Qing Dynasty Mystery: The Son-Killing Retribution 清代奇案杀子报 Mystery28k WordsCompleted The Qing-era strange case The Child-Murder Report! A mother kills her own child, then brutally cuts the body into seven pieces. What could drive a mother to cruelly murder her own child? And what would make the child’s sister help bury the body? The ignorant prefect even inexplicably arrests the person who reported the case! Desire and morality clash, fairness and justice collide. Heaven’s justice is clear: can the murdered child’s name be cleared at last? 326Reads8.9Score102Shelves
  19. 19 The Defeated General 败将 Two Male Leads602k WordsCompleted A chef has come to Liangxi County, his skills so astonishing that he draws food lovers from far and wide. A scholar has come to Liangxi County, writing letters and painting pictures while cursing people to die soon and be reborn. They have only one thing in common: they are both handsome, with perfect figures, and together they have become the county’s most striking sight. The young ladies of every household are practically tearing their handkerchiefs apart, only to learn that the two men are a 2.2kReads9.7Score378Shelves
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  20. 20 Detective Di Renjie 5 神探狄仁杰5 Male-Channel Fanfiction189k WordsCompleted In the first year of the Wu Zhou era, during the Lantern Festival, it should have been a peaceful night of celebration, with every household rejoicing and the whole nation in high spirits. But in Yangzhou, the ancient Qionghua tree, which had been withered for many years, suddenly came back to life. Scarlet droplets seeped from its petals and slid down like bloody tears. Rumors spread like wildfire, and panic over “Heaven's punishment descending upon the world” swept through Yangzhou. The people 5.9kReads8.6Score373Shelves
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  21. 21 Detective Di Renjie 5: The Palace Shifts the Stars 神探狄仁杰5下之宫阙换星 Mystery445k WordsOngoing Jiangnan and Jiangzhou are riddled with deadly traps, while the capital, Luoyang, conceals the roots of disaster. The undercurrents in the north and south echo one another and are secretly intertwined. Layer by layer, a tangled web of conspiracies is exposed, and a shocking upheaval capable of bringing down the Great Zhou dynasty and sweeping through the entire imperial court is about to begin. This work continues the previous volume, "Detective Dee: The Blood Jade Mystery", and centers on a maj 6kReads7.1Score390Shelves
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  22. 22 Night of the Zhulong 烛龙夜 Mystery152k WordsCompleted [Chinese-style mystery + two brilliant investigators] A legal advocate and a fallen noblewoman. At the third watch of the night, a bride died in the bridal chamber. Her phoenix crown was still on, and the red candles had burned halfway down. Wax pooled on the candle stand, solidifying into a tiny white pagoda. The bride lay on her back, still covered by her veil. By local custom, on the wedding night, the groom had to lift that red cloth himself. The groom lifted it. There was no face beneath it 224Reads—Score—Shelves
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  23. 23 The Record of Clearing Injustice: The Divine Detectiveress 昭雪录之神断女提刑 Mystery4.2M WordsOngoing [Historical setting + mystery-solving + orthodox detective fiction + suspense + master detective + female protagonist] Her father was implicated in a massive case, stripped of his official post, and died in despair. Before his death, he compiled a lifetime's worth of experience solving cases into a book titled Records of Clearing Injustices, and instructed his daughter: If you lack the resolve to seek justice for the people of the world, you must never open this book. Determined to clear her fat 2.4kReads8.9Score267Shelves
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  24. 24 Solve It! I Solve Cases, That's What I Do! 破!破的就是案子! Mystery358k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Pure Friendship] In the seemingly glamorous capital, there is a mysterious organization that specializes in putting every kind of troublemaker in their place: the Office of Rectifying Corruption. Its members have always marched to the beat of their own drum: Wen Tingxiu: The only "normal person" in the office. Every day, he's either solving cases or stopping his teammates from tearing down the building. He's earned the title of the Office of Rectifying Corruption's 814Reads8.7Score165Shelves
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  25. 25 The Treacherous Minister 佞臣 Mystery549k WordsCompleted [Amnesiac, Highly Skilled Detective X Cold-on-the-Outside, Warm-Hearted Eunuch in Power] [Historical fantasy + Mystery-solving + Two Beautiful, Powerful, Tragic Leads + Taking Another's Place + Marriage Before Love + Amnesia] After Zhao Yuqing is gravely wounded and loses her memory, she wanders to Jianzhou, where she is rescued by the kindhearted young lady of the Jia family. To repay her, Zhao Yuqing, gifted with both martial prowess and intelligence, solves the Jia family's murder case, only 808Reads9.1Score125Shelves
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  26. 26 The Female Constable (Complete in Three Volumes) 女捕头(全三册) Mystery678k WordsCompleted “I never dared believe I could fall in love with a man, but that’s how things turned out,” the young emperor said. “What does it matter if you’re a man or a woman? I don’t care, as long as it’s you,” said her young superior. Xia Chu was feeling rather down. She had been a pretty young police academy student, but ended up disguising herself as a man and making a brothel her home. In this world, the person who had saved her became a wronged spirit. In her anger, she revealed her talent for solving 2.5kReads9.5Score527Shelves
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  27. 27 Three Days in Luoyang 洛阳三日簿 Historical511k WordsCompleted If you open the account book titled The Luoyang Three-Day Ledger, every line of numbers represents a life. Three days before the Lantern Festival in the first year of the Zhengsheng era, Li Suan, a low-ranking clerk in the Ministry of Revenue, discovers a ledger that could turn the entire court of the Wu Zhou dynasty into a river of blood. The charcoal and ice gratuities are bribes; the sunken grain ships are murder. And the bloody fingerprints of twenty-seven ministers on the final page point t 630Reads—Score143Shelves
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  28. 28 Judge Dee: Cracking the Case 大唐狄公案·破局 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 1.6kReads9.3Score101Shelves
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  29. 29 The Astonishing Female Coroner 惊华女仵作 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one, mutual devotion, ultra-sweet romance] A modern forensic doctor lands at an ancient crime scene and is branded a murderer by the Dali Court! To clear her name, sociable go-getter Wen Yu clings to Gu Yan, the powerful and influential minister of the Dali Court, while examining corpses and solving cases, all to secure herself a steady living... Who could have guessed her powerful patron would be so ruthless and capricious? His signature talent is making a small problem into a big one, 4.6kReads9.2Score689Shelves
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  30. 30 White Egrets Rise over the Galaxy [Historical Mystery] 星河白鹭起【古代探案】 Mystery642k WordsCompleted [Film and television rights sold] [Historical romance + Mystery and investigation + One-on-one romance + Sweet romance + Ensemble cast] [Quick-witted, resourceful ancient-era deliverywoman with post-traumatic stress disorder x aloof Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] Fang Xiaoqi, the ancient delivery service’s ace courier known as Flying Swallow, is delivering a meal when an arrow from an Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review knocks her off a rooftop. By a twist of 6kReads9.3Score826Shelves
  31. 31 The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作 Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Comic adaptation of The Beautiful Coroner now available) (Print edition of The Beautiful Coroner now on sale) After the mysterious death of her father, a coroner, Ye Caitang was saddled with a huge debt of fifty taels of silver. She had no choice but to sell herself to the Six Doors and work like a beast of burden for her creditor, Xia Yue, a renowned detective. Fortunately, Ye Caitang possessed the soul of an experienced modern forensic pathologist. Using modern forensic science, she deciphere 21.6kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
  32. 32 Against the Meridians: Liar, Stop! 逆经:骗子住手 Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Original novel for the animated series This Taoist Is Not Quite Right] Life is unpredictable. The fit thrive under Heaven's law, Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born into the lowest of professions, he refuses to live like a nobody, He waves the yin-yang banner and sees through the Six Lines of Divination. Watch him play at being a spirit medium, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch him rise like a hidden dragon f 43.3kReads9.4Score4.5kShelves
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  33. 33 While Others Solve Cases, I Just Look Up the Answers 别人破案我直接看答案 Mystery860k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + golden finger + light mystery + historical workplace drama + career advancement and raises + 30% feel-good power fantasy, 70% hard work] A heroine who grows over time, with a love interest. She isn’t ruthless or vengeful… If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Thank you. By now, Yan Dan has become a renowned chief constable, famous throughout the land. Someone once asked how she went from being a lowly, unknown county constable to one of the most sought-after investigator 7.3kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
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  34. 34 True Records of Strange Cases: The White-Faced Detective and the Ace Constable 诡案实录之白面神探与金牌捕头 Mystery260k WordsCompleted [Mystery and deduction] [Standalone cases] [A master detective, a constable, and a coroner: the perfect investigating trio] [Impossible crimes + mysterious cases] He is Li Mozhi, an unassuming scholar who loves traveling across the land and solving cases. “He” is Luoyang, a gold-badge constable from the world-renowned Divine Constable Bureau. She is Qin Shuang'er, a skilled martial artist and medical expert who serves as the gold-badge constable’s trusty sidekick. When a person dies, their light 408Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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  35. 35 The Little Princess Is Always Trying to Undermine Me 小郡主她总想拆我台 Mystery337k WordsCompleted [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, 287Reads6.3Score101Shelves
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  36. 36 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 Mystery238k WordsCompleted [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
  37. 37 The Divine Doctor Assassin and Her Green-Tea Scholar 神医杀手和她的绿茶书生 Ancient Romance125k WordsOngoing [Green-tea male lead + assassin-doctor heroine + secret identities exposed + play the pig to eat the tiger + hilarious mystery + bickering couple] I’m the greatest assassin in the martial world, yet I got saddled with a sickly man while on a mission. At a black-market auction, he outbid me and snatched my target. I pretended to cry in public: “I’m carrying your child!” From behind the curtain, he feigned weakness. “Cough, cough… Miss, we’ve never even met.” Then he calmly bid, “One hundred taels 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 38 The Eerie Case Coroner 诡案女仵作 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A lazy salted-fish coroner who just wants to lie flat VS a workaholic commander who knows nothing about romance. They crack bizarre cases and fall in love over time. As religious sects rise to prominence, people commit murder in the name of gods and ghosts, and strange cases erupt throughout the Great Qing Dynasty. After dying from overwork, forensic pathologist Jiang Ning joins the Yuning Guard, an organization of imperial investigators, hoping to lie flat and coast along as a low-ranking nobod 1.7kReads9.2Score226Shelves
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  39. 39 The Ministry of Justice Promotion Diaries 刑部升职记 Mystery670k WordsCompleted The story of a hopeless intern lawyer who plays the fool to fool the wise, gradually becoming a major figure in the Ministry of Justice. A collection of short ancient-era mysteries, with a quiet, everyday romance. No golden finger, no wish fulfillment, just mysteries and a little romantic interaction. 6.9kReads9.3Score980Shelves
  40. 40 The Record of Hairpins (Complete in 4 Volumes) 簪中录(全4册) Mystery992k WordsCompleted The little red fish Agashnie, which feeds on human blood; the mysterious talisman that had followed Li Shubai for years; Empress Wang, the peerless beauty of the Daming Palace; three clusters of doodles written by the late emperor himself before his death; a marriage contract made with Wang Yun in their youth... Every mystery returns to its point of origin. Every choice remains beyond anyone’s control, as impossible to resist or escape as fate itself. Yang Chonggu has returned to the palace and 17.3kReads9.7Score2.8kShelves
  41. 41 The Great Court of Justice's Case Files 大理寺断案实录 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted In Yong’an Ward stands a tavern called Eastern Corner. Its proprietress is a lovely, smiling young woman who draws admiring glances from young men. One day, a handsome young gentleman arrives with a jade token to declare his affection. When he turns around, he finds the tavern full of people! “You like our young lady? Then what’s your family’s standing? What do you do for a living? Do you even have what it takes to become top scholar? Our young lady is clever and kindhearted. Only someone with b 4.1kReads8.7Score514Shelves
  42. 42 The Strange Female Detective: Too Few Days of Romance 诡案女奇探:少逢烂漫时 Mystery393k WordsCompleted They first met while investigating a case in the morgue. Lou Bai: “That woman climbs walls pretty fast.” An arrow shot straight into the woman's shoulder. Tang Tang'er: “Black clothes, pale face. What kind of lousy ‘King of Hell’ are you? You have a dog's nose, though.” She flung a cloud of medicinal powder into his face. Lou Bai and Tang Tang'er: “What a nuisance!” When they met again, a misunderstanding made them colleagues at the Bai'an Prefecture. Together with a group of young men from the 1.5kReads9.4Score252Shelves
  43. 43 The Major Crimes Unit's Female Constable 重案女捕快 Mystery374k WordsCompleted 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
  44. 44 Storms in Officialdom: After My Divorce, I Make My Mark in Politics 宦海风云:离婚后我官途纵横 Urban383k WordsOngoing Pure political intrigue + multiple heroines + uplifting themes Yang Qingzheng hides his identity for love, but his wife loses her way in matters of the heart. How could the Yang family bloodline endure such humiliation? He returns to a career in politics. Only those who keep the people in their hearts can govern for their sake. Serve as an official, benefit the people! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 45 The Official's Path Through the Seas of Bureaucracy 宦海官途 Urban6.5M WordsOngoing Amid the struggles of the workplace and the ways of the world, he holds fast to his sincerity and principles. Through trials and hardships, he handles each matter with calm and steadily moves forward, finding himself through the passage of time and taking each step along the road with care. 498.7kReads9.4Score20.9kShelves
  46. 46 The Laws of Power 权力法则 Urban3.9M WordsCompleted After an unexpected incident, Qin Shan is ostracized and pushed to the margins. His prospects grow bleak, and his wife’s family treats him with contempt. Then an unexpected classified document gives him access to secrets no one else knows. From that moment, the wheels of fate begin to turn. He thrives, and his career takes off without a hitch! 2.7kReads9.1Score502Shelves
  47. 47 A Scandalous Path Through the Political Arena 宦海绯途 Urban549k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 129Reads—Score—Shelves
  48. 48 Everyday Cases in Great Yong 大雍破案日常 Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Zhu Ning, a forensic doctor, returned to her old line of work. So what if coroners have low status? So what if people look down on female coroners? Want to solve a case? Then you’ll have to listen to me! 6.3kReads9.0Score973Shelves
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  49. 49 The Female Physician Xin Yi: A Case Investigation 女医辛夷【探案】 Mystery600k WordsCompleted Completed. A cool-hearted female physician and a male lead from the Court of Judicial Review join forces to track down mysterious cases. Relief silver is stolen, 130 bandits are found dead, corpses litter a small town, blood grapes bewitch the minds of men, a daughter who vanished ten years ago, and a tree that begins singing folk songs at midnight... In the eerie capital, strange cases abound, but no crime can escape the law. 6.3kReads9.3Score1kShelves
  50. 50 The Chief Secretary's Adorable Forensic Surgeon Wife 首辅家的法医娇妻 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted She was a forensic doctor in the 21st century. One day, she transmigrated into the body of a farmer's daughter. When her younger brother became entangled in a murder case, she stepped in to save him. The newly appointed county magistrate was impressed by her forensic skills and hired her as the county office's female coroner. For the sake of her family, Xie Ziyun resolutely accepted the new magistrate's offer. She helped him solve one strange case after another, until he rose to become the Grand 11.4kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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