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Submission 臣服
[Historical mystery + political intrigue and the jianghu, female lead plays the fool to catch her prey] [Two-faced, unhinged female assassin VS rebellious, powerful minister] Ever since she boarded the “pirate ship” Gu Xingzhi had prepared for her, Hua Yang felt that her career as an assassin could be summed up in one word: humiliating. She fell into a trap while trying to assassinate a witness, then had no choice but to retreat with serious injuries; She was caught red-handed while sneaking int
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Galloping to the Azure Heavens 骏驰青霄
The Eighth Prince, Gong Jun, has been frail and sickly since childhood, and his mother, Noble Consort Zhao, died under suspicious circumstances. Uninterested in the position of heir, he devotes himself to uncovering the truth behind her death. But one young attendant isn’t enough! There’s also a hidden expert by his side who can’t reveal his true identity. He really needs a few capable helpers, so what’s with being sent a blunt, headstrong daughter of a military family?
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The Mandarin Ducks’ Martial World: One Sword Through Dust and Wind for Thirty Thousand Miles 鸳鸯江湖：风尘一剑三万里
Lin Yueqi was an ordinary scholar who accidentally killed a thousand-year-old toad, bringing disaster upon his family and the village where he had grown up. From then on, he was swept into a shocking conspiracy. Danger lurked at every turn, with traps layered upon traps. In this vast world of martial arts, how many people could he truly trust? In the teeming mortal world, he met Yu Qingyan, the “Penglai Heroine,” and became entangled in a torturous romance. A love that defied death, brotherhood,
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Tales from the Jianghu 戏说江湖
When will the strife of the jianghu ever end? The twin cries of the Divine Dragon summon wind and rain. Whose hands will receive this burning passion? When will love and beauty intoxicate the heart? A treasure map sets everyone chasing, while flowers fall with longing and the flowing water shows no feeling. So let us turn to the vault of heaven and ride freely across the land!
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Eerie Game: I Can Refresh Rewards Without Limit 诡异游戏：我可以无限刷新奖励
[Supernatural Horror Game] [Infinite Flow] [No Heroine] [System] [Mystery Solving] [Smart Protagonist] [Slow Burn] [Decisive and Ruthless] Three hundred years ago, a mysterious gate swung open, and countless horrors descended upon the world. Humanity has faced their predation at every moment since. At some point, a group known as Players appeared. They gained tremendous power by hunting the horrors, and thanks to them, humanity built one base city after another to resist the invasion. Xu Tian op
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- 56 Livestreaming Fortune-Telling: All My Top Supporters Are in Jail 直播测字：我的榜一全在局子里 A ghost-seeing girl and a genius young detective make the perfect supernatural duo! Jiang Chen: Can you check whether there are any nasty things around us? Su Su: Do you think I'm a ghost-hunting police dog or something?! Ghost: You're the nasty thing! Your whole family is nasty! The supernatural duo always cracks the case! 18kReads9.1Score2.5k14d adds
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The Crane Calls in the Ninth Heaven 鹤鸣于九天
Has martial arts fiction really died? I don't believe it! Who among us didn't dream of the martial world when we were young? Martial arts fiction is a romance unique to us Chinese, deep in our bones! A chivalrous heart, tender affections, drinking and singing with abandon, brewing tea with snow: this is a martial world full of love, loyalty, gratitude, revenge, poetry, wine, flowers, and tea!
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The Tang Dynasty's Thousand Mechanisms 大唐千机志
[Eastern Martial Arts + Supernatural Science Fiction + Western Fantasy] The Tang dynasty flourishes, with two empresses ruling from court. They navigate the tides of the imperial court and turn the turbulent rivers and lakes upside down. Across the land, extraordinary people possess countless strange talents; beyond the heavens, unfathomable wonders conceal countless mysteries. Zhang Ju, a noble-born heir; Shen Tian, a cold-blooded killer; Zhong Chan, a chivalrous doctor who saves the world; and
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The Patrol Office 行捕司
Lu Fengzhu is a retired soldier who has killed countless enemies, while Gu Tingyue is a rookie member of the Hidden Dragon Guard. Through a twist of fate, they both join the Xingbu Bureau and begin investigating all kinds of cases: some involving romance, some gang rivalries, some court power struggles, and others the rough-and-tumble world of the martial clans. There are plenty of cases. Let me tell them to you one by one...
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The Return of the Condor Heroes: The Sequel 神雕大侠后传
(A traditional martial arts novel, primarily a crossover between The Return of the Condor Heroes, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. No System, not a power fantasy, so please don't read it if that bothers you. Jin Yong's martial arts stories have several versions. There is a gap of sixty to seventy years between The Return of the Condor Heroes and The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber that Jin Yong never wrote about. The author seamlessly fills in those missing d
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A Consultant in the Martial World 咨询顾问在江湖
A highly intelligent male lead pulls the strings of the jianghu in another world! The jianghu is full of passion, and its characters leap off the page! [Deciphering a treasure map] + [Foiling a villain’s conspiracy] + [Taking part in a martial arts tournament] + [Joining the court struggle over the succession] + [Defeating a villain who transmigrated] + [Settling a feud spanning lifetimes]. No System, no golden finger, no mindless wish fulfillment, and no incoherent nonsense. Just [beautiful pro
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Chronicles of Qiwucheng 栖梧城传记
A classic martial-arts detective tale, historical mystery, youthful passion, with no System or cheats. During the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, the realm had only just been pacified, and every trade was waiting to be rebuilt. The balance of power in the martial world shifted dramatically. The influence of the four great martial families, who controlled the Seven Gangs (power), Eight Associations (wealth), Nine Mountains (letters), and Ten Strongholds (arms), waned noticeably. The world's Fiv
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Frost Sword Sweeps Away the Breeze 霜剑扫清风
The whole village was drenched in blood and reduced to ruins in a single day. Young Zhang He escaped a mountain of corpses and a sea of flames, clutching an unparalleled manual to his chest. From then on, he was a fugitive with nowhere to go. To conceal his lethal skills, he went into hiding at Wudang, content to serve as a young kitchen acolyte. Smoke and fire could not dim his soaring ambition. With a woodcutter's knife in hand, he secretly trained in peerless inner arts. One day, the disc
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A Record of Strange Jianghu Cases, Inked in Vengeance 水墨恩仇江湖奇案录
(Alternate History + Transmigration + Rebirth + Historical Romance + Mystery + Crime Solving + Wuxia) Ye Xiaoyan is a modern girl who loves all things ancient and enjoys visiting historic cities, old towns, and film sets. After an encounter with a mysterious pearl, she unexpectedly transmigrates to ancient times. She discovers that she has been reborn in the body of Ye Muli, the daughter of a chief escort. For reasons unknown, the entire escort agency was wiped out. Ye Muli was stabbed through t
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- 65 The Great Song Coroner, Part Three 大宋提刑官第三部 At the end of the Southern Song, Song Ci, the founding father of Chinese forensic science, resigns from office and retreats into seclusion after losing all faith in the court. He devotes himself to completing the work of a lifetime, The Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified. But the tides of the age will not let him stand apart. Mongol cavalry rides south, and the realm is shattered. In his twilight years, Song Ci is forced to return to public life. From a corruption-murder case at the Jianyang 795Reads7.1Score—14d adds
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Detective Di Renjie, Book Five 神探狄仁杰第五部
In the final years of Emperor Wu of the Tang dynasty, the capital Luoyang had finally begun to settle down. After the brilliant detective Di Renjie exposed the Burning Heaven Fire at the Shanjin Bureau, the rebellion in Youzhou, and the Blood Eagle's chain of murders, he retired from public life and settled in the Southern Market, hoping to enjoy his twilight years in peace. But when all is quiet, trouble is never far away. After a banquet in the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Li Xian suddenly fa
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- 67 The Sword of Snow Stride: Northern Mang 雪中悍刀行之北莽 My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 6.2kReads6.3Score35214d adds
- 68 Perfect Punishment 完美罪罚 When the bones begin to speak, the truth sinks into even deeper darkness. Forensic pathologist Xu Yanwu believes firmly that “bones never lie; only the truth is beyond deception.” In 1996, in Canghai City, a skeleton sealed away for fifteen years leads to a secret mark bearing the code name “451.” From a bizarre sudden death at a state-owned factory to a “ghost” terrorizing the entire city, a mysterious organization known as the “Judge” quietly emerges behind a series of seemingly unrelated mur 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Warrior King Xie Baoqing 兵王谢宝庆 Li Yunlong: Xie Baoqing! Get your sorry ass out here! Hiding in your hole like a turtle, are you? Xie Baoqing: C-Commander Li! Let’s talk this out! Our Black Cloud Stronghold has already agreed to join the Eighth Route Army under Commander Kong. We’ve even got our unit designation: the Independent Detachment of the New Second Regiment! Li Yunlong: The Eighth Route Army? You think you’re fit to say those words? Your men chopped off my guard’s head. You didn’t know about that? Xie Baoqing: Comm 421Reads8.4Score—14d adds
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The Last Embroidered Uniform Guard: A Blade Without Edge 最后的锦衣卫之悍刀无锋
In the final years of the Ming dynasty, the eunuch faction led by Wei Zhongxian seized power, throwing the court into chaos and persecuting anyone who opposed them. When the new emperor took the throne, he purged the faction. Wei Zhongxian killed himself out of fear of punishment, while his followers were either demoted or imprisoned. The new emperor appointed Cao Huachun of the Directorate of Ceremonial to investigate and overturn wrongful convictions from the previous reign, and to hunt down
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Record of the Blood Blade of Langya 琅琊血刃录
In the twelfth year of Yonghe, as Northern Wei cavalry invaded the south, rumors spread through the martial world that the Heavenly Craftsman's Secret Manual had resurfaced. This rare book, which recorded Mohist mechanisms and ancient martial arts, drew the elite forces of two great clans, the Langya Wangs and the Chenjun Xies, and also set the refugee warlords of the Six Garrisons in the Northern Dynasties plotting in secret. Xie Zhao, a swordsman of humble origins bearing the grudge of his fam
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The Imprisoned King 囚王
Who am I? I woke up in a prince's manor after a seven-day dream. I had forgotten who I was, where I came from, and where I was going. It seemed I had once been plotting something, but before I could investigate, an assassination attempt sent me stumbling into the martial world. Thus began the weaving of a conspiracy spanning both court and martial world.
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The Legend of Junxiang: A Prequel to The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Part 2 倚天前传之君襄风云录2
Another work by the author of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: The Ming Cult's Revenge. [The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber] [The Legend of the Condor Heroes] [The Return of the Condor Heroes] [Wuxia] [System] [Transmigration] [Jin Yong fan fiction] This isn't a wish-fulfillment story about seducing other men's wives and taking in one's master's wife or junior sister. Xiangyang falls, and Guo Jing and Huang Rong die. On Mount Emei, the “Little Eastern Heretic” Guo Xiang uses her sword as a brus
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- 74 The Blade Masters of the Myriad Heavens Empower Me 诸天刀客加持我身 The age’s turmoil belongs to my generation; once I enter the martial world, the years rush by. Empires and ambitions are the stuff of idle talk; nothing compares to getting drunk beneath the human sky. Chen Sheng accidentally transmigrates to another world and becomes a blind boy. He thinks he’ll spend his life playing the erhu and singing for alms to scrape together enough to eat, wasting away ten years. But then he unexpectedly figures out how to use his golden finger. All he has to do is defe 20.2kReads8.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 75 Blade Sovereign 刀尊 The path of martial immortality is shrouded in mist, where truth and illusion are impossible to tell apart. I have a blade that can cleave through endless sands, clear the skies for ten thousand miles, and bring every mountain, river, and starry sea into view! 1.6kReads8.2Score13614d adds
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The Reticent Blade 刀不语
Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu.
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- 77 EN Blade's Edge: Rebellious Start in a Chaotic Jianghu 开局叛出镇抚司，我刀问江湖 [Court and martial world] + [Strong wuxia flavor] + [Following one's convictions] + [A story of growth] The dynasty was nearing its end. Regional princes carved up the realm, and chaos was about to descend. Great sects and hidden clans entered the world; monks and Daoists roamed the martial world. Barbarians, demonesses, foreign tribes, and demonic cults all took advantage of the turmoil. Shen Yi transmigrated into the role of a low-ranking guard in the Pacification Office. From the start, he ki 72.8kReads8.5Score6.1k14d adds
- 78 Fish of the World 天下游鱼 By the Canglan River, a young man wears a straw raincoat and bamboo hat, holding wine in one hand and a fishing rod in the other. His heart has no place in the world, yet he finds himself in the jianghu... I come from a place beyond knowing. I want to see this world, just as unknown to me... 91.4kReads9.0Score8.9k14d adds
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The Clue System: No Criminal Can Escape 提示线索系统之犯罪分子无处可逃
(Urban crime investigation + System + mystery and deduction + team investigations.) The protagonist, Song Mozhou, unexpectedly awakens a System that provides clues to criminal cases. Follow along as he solves one baffling case after another with the System’s help. This is a pure crime-solving novel, with no romance, featuring a series of standalone cases. All cases and characters in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Here’s hoping you’ll enj
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- 80 Major Crime Investigation Files 刑侦大案录 6.5kReads6.9Score42414d adds
- 81 Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty: The Great Tang’s Female Coroner 唐朝诡事录之大唐女仵作 A spin-off story inspired by the TV series Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty Main characters: Dugu Xiasu and Chuntiao One hundred days after Dugu Yang’s death, Chuntiao formally takes Cao Hui, her mother-in-law, as her mentor and begins learning the art of forensic examination. After this case, Dugu Xiasu becomes much more steady in temperament. The two embark on a new chapter of strange and supernatural tales. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 What?! I've Become My Idol's Child 惊！我成了我担的孩子 [Mystery and crime-solving + rekindled romance + two powerful, devoted leads + sweet romance and a happy ending + father-son bonds + exhilarating wuxia] Ye Fuyao is the only male outer disciple in his sect, and the one nobody takes seriously. He’s bad at martial arts and not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. Then a dream-come-true protagonist’s script falls right into his lap, and he becomes the beloved son of the idol he’s admired since childhood. Just like that, he lands a life of easy wi 984Reads8.2Score10114d adds
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The Whole Martial World Is Waiting for Our Ship to Get Sweet 全江湖都在蹲我盟发糖
An ensemble cast in a historical setting, with mystery and deduction, martial arts, crime-solving, episodic storytelling, a plot-driven narrative, and any CP you like. A mysterious martial arts alliance seemed to appear overnight within the Great Chang realm. And yet, no one could say who its members really were. Even stranger, though their identities were a mystery, one thing was common knowledge: Their bond was so strong that they each saw the others as the most important people in the world,
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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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New Bao Qingtian Fan Fiction: The Fragrant Consort of Luoshen 新包青天同人：洛神香妃
Bai Yutang x Original Female Lead She is the reincarnation of the celestial realm's narcissus flower goddess, with a pure and holy soul. She has no noble status, only a mysterious and extraordinary background. She cares for all under heaven, is high-minded, excels in both letters and arms, and brings blessings to all living beings. … An adaptation of The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants, beginning when Zhan Zhao receives the title “Imperial Cat” from
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Moonhide: Part Two 隐月行【贰】
[Mystery Solving + Political Intrigue] Five years after they parted, the jianghu is once again in turmoil. The young heroes have outgrown their innocence. What strange adventures await them now? The wheel of fate rolls on, and somehow, it seems that everyone’s destiny was set long ago.
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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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Where Longevity's Star Falls 长生星落
In the 48th year of the Tianshu era, the Great Su Dynasty worships the Goddess. From the emperor to the nobles, everyone is obsessed with her in hopes of attaining immortality, and all sorts of elixirs promising eternal life have become widespread. At this time, Shen Ke is ordered to return to Qiongsang to establish an official school and advance new policies. Appointed as its headmaster, he recruits students from poor families and sets a precedent by opening a school for girls, causing an uproa
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Seeking Truth Against the Tide: I'm No Rebel 逆世寻真：我才不是反贼
[Ensemble cast + mystery + revenge + growth + friendship] [Cheerful puppy-like doctor + sincere but laid-back prince + warmhearted embroiderer + rebel swordsman + loyal guard + haughty rich heir + brothel successor + eccentric shaman doctor] Lu Changfeng's greatest dream is to pay off his gambling-addict mother's debts, then become a carefree traveling doctor, with the added bonus of hearing the common people sing his praises. That dream is derailed, and it all starts with those rebels. Lu Chang
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Wu Zetian's Four Great Mystery Cases 武则天四大奇案
[Historical Mystery + Four Great Cases + Ancient-Era Deduction] From strange cases in the countryside to courtly intrigue, Di Renjie carefully unravels the truth at every turn. Newly appointed magistrate of Changping County, Di Renjie is immediately faced with a bizarre murder: a merchant from Huzhou is found mysteriously dead at an inn in Liulidun. The local headman, Hu De, abuses his power, but the identity of the real culprit raises even more questions. Disguised as an ordinary traveler, Di R
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The Emissary of Light, Volume One 光明使者卷一
[The last traditional wuxia novel on the entire internet: ensemble cast, factions, sects, training, and battlefields] Of life’s three great misfortunes, the worst is achieving success too young. In the prime of her youth, Feng Xiangyue succeeds as head of the Emei Sect, leading its three thousand disciples. Behind all the glory, undercurrents swirl through the martial world. Many want her dead, and at this moment, the only person who can save her is her junior brother from the criminal underworl
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A Literary Youth in the Han Dynasty 大汉文艺青年
[History] [Alternate World] [Transmigration] [Witty and Humorous] [Multiple Heroines] Fan Li, a rogue who runs a bar, undergoes Transmigration into ancient times. One poem stuns the literary world, and one song brings listeners to tears. From his initial, desperate flight to making his first splash at a grand literary gathering; from showing off his divine prowess at Chongli Terrace to fighting bloody battles in a lone northern fortress, the rascal laughs and curses his way through it all. In t
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Twin Blades of the Blue Blood 碧血双锋
During the Taipingxingguo era of the Northern Song dynasty, the succession arrangements of the Alliance of the Golden Coffer cast suspicion on Prince Qi, Zhao Tingmei, and the political and martial worlds were plunged into turbulent intrigue. By a twist of fate, two young heroes find themselves drawn into a battle against destiny. As the saying goes: One promise stirs up dust and wind, and the long road brings waves. So many things happen in the martial world, yet none dare ask what goes on at c
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The Seven Stars Chronicles of Chivalry 七星侠义录
In a modern city, an evil force is quietly taking root. Seven chivalrous heroes from Jin Yong's stories possess seven ordinary people from different walks of life. Through training, they gain powerful martial arts skills and, guided by a mysterious figure, join forces to fight evil...
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Songs of the Bamboo Shadow Spear 竹影枪歌
[Wuxia + Mystery + Crime Solving + Historical Romance] The Great Qian’s Black Armored Guard once defended the border and struck fear across the land. But three years ago, they were branded traitors, and three thousand cavalrymen were reduced to ashes in a single night. Zhan Feng, an instructor of the Iron-Clad Guard, narrowly escaped a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He hid his identity in the bamboo groves of Tongyu Town, scraping by while looking after Zhuxi, an orphan girl he had take
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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 Heroine’s Trial of Love 侠女闯情关
“She protects him from every danger, and he gives her a lifetime of devotion” Ouyang Xueer never imagined that the cold-faced constable she saved on a whim would become the one person she could rely on most. “Lord Ren, your injuries...” “Nothing to worry about. I’m more concerned with who hurt you.” “Mutual protection in a time of turmoil” When she was abducted in the martial world, he rode through the night with his elite troops to save her. When he was ambushed at court, she spent three slee
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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 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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- 100 The Feathered Deep 羽化深渊 The story takes place in the modern East Asian coastal city of Linyuan. Linyuan is a port city plagued by year-round rain, industrial decline, and a mix of religions. It is home to: * Abandoned Taoist temples * An underground black market * A seaside altar * A sealed-off mountainous region * Folk villages * An old, quarantined psychiatric hospital * A secret religious sect left over from the Republican era Ordinary people believe the world is normal. But in truth, the world has been infiltrated 32Reads—Score—14d adds
