Are There Any Novels About Ancient Divine Constables or Catchpoles Solving Cases? 有没有古代神捕，捕快之类破案的小说
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I’m a Divine Detective in Great Qian 我在大乾当神捕
After transmigrating into the body of an ancient constable, he encounters a supposed suicide from the start. He uses plant ash to reveal footprints and mulberry paper to detect marks left by a ligature. “This wasn’t a suicide. It was murder!” From constable to director in the Ministry of Justice, from commoner to a sixth-rank official. Grain stores robbed, scholars murdered, families wiped out, salt merchants smuggling, corruption in the government... He solves the cases no one else can. He inve
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The Blind Divine Constable’s Martial Arts World 盲眼神捕的江湖武侠世界
[Fantasy martial arts + classic heroic growth + transmigration + a power-scaling System that stays consistent] [This work is complete. The completed tag was left off to make after-sales support and bug fixes easier.] All under heaven is black; I alone speak in white. After passing the White-Eyed Black Fish's trial, Xiao Mai transmigrates to a martial world where might makes right, accompanied by a System that makes him stronger whenever he champions justice. Here, martial artists temper their bo
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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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The Six Gates: A Battle Against the Demons 六扇门：与魔争锋
[Full-cast audio adaptation now available] [Court and martial world, political intrigue and mystery, decisive and ruthless] Who is caught in the scheme, and who stands outside it? Who is a pawn, and who has been cast aside? The only thing that makes their enemies tremble isn't the pair of blades in their hands... With a group of like-minded friends by their side, they can find the strength to keep going, no matter how dark the road ahead!
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- 105 The Six Gates: A Masterstroke 六扇门：通天之局 [Wuxia Mystery Solving + Political Scheming and the Struggle for Power] [Scheming Hero vs. Cool, Aloof Heroine] The Six Fan Gate: The Second Book of Confronting the Demons. Conspiracies and stratagems? Tricks and clever ploys? A trap lies around every corner. A pawn can become a player. The key is whether they have the power to sway the game. Life is the same! Will you accept being manipulated, or dare to fight against fate? First ask your heart, then ask the blade in your hand! I want a clear a 76Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Slaughter Pigs Until I Go Mad, and Somehow I Can Talk to Their Organs 杀猪杀到疯，竟能与内脏对话
Zhang Sheng transmigrates to another world and becomes a butcher. However, the county magistrate entrusts him with an important task: becoming a coroner. Zhang Sheng knows nothing about the profession. Luckily, he can talk to organs. He also awakens the [Autopsy Compendium]. Every time he performs an autopsy, he receives a reward. Zhang Sheng: “How did you die?” Kidney: “I died from overwork.” [Examine a kidney: Multiply the strength of your waist and abdomen by a hundred!] [Examine a heart: Mul
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The Embroidered Uniform Guard Solves Cases with Spirit Sight: From the Start, I Get the Lingbo Microstep 锦衣卫通灵破案：开局获凌波微步
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Is It Really So Strange for a Delivery Driver to Show Up at a Crime Scene? 外卖员出现在案发现场很合理吧？
[System + crime-solving mystery + one heroine] Food delivery driver Su He accidentally gets caught up in a murder case and binds to a God-Tier Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him a reward! With the System's help, his life starts taking some unexpected turns. “Hello, I need to report a murder. Mingjia Community, Building 1, Unit 2, Apartment 603. Someone's been killed... Yes, I'm safe right now... Two people are dead... The killer? Well, I locked him outside... I had nothing to do with
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The Ten Great Mysteries of the Song Dynasty 大宋十大奇案
No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no golden finger, and no transmigration. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own discretion! A pure historical mystery set in the jianghu, offering an immersive experience of everyday life in an ancient town and the suspenseful twists and turns as officials use their wits to solve cases…
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- 110 I’m the Demon-Slaying Constable of the Suppression Bureau, and I’m Doomed from the Start 我，镇妖司神捕，开局就要凉 For eight hundred years, the Great Qin has been plagued by demons and spirits running rampant. Chu Xuan was a ninth-rank demon-suppressing constable with a bright future ahead of him. After standing up for a stranger and beating the Left Chancellor’s son to a pulp, he was thrown into prison and sentenced to execution. By a twist of fate, however, he became an executioner in the Celestial Prison, an executioner acting on Heaven’s behalf. From then on, he carried out Heaven’s judgment. Those who d 1.7kReads7.9Score107Shelves
- 111 I’m at the Six Fan Gate, and I’ve Become a Divine Constable? 人在六扇门，我成神捕了？ [Martial Arts + No Female Lead + Dynasty + Crime Solving + Mystery] Humans and demons coexist, while martial and Confucian cultivation stand side by side. Chen Wu transmigrates into the role of a constable in Qingshui County, only to find himself imprisoned from the start. He activates the Crime-Solving System, which grants him all kinds of rewards and boosts his cultivation whenever he solves a case. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on solving the robbery of government silver. Reward: cultivation 13Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn in Great Qi, I Crack One Strange Case After Another 重生大齐，我屡破奇案
[No System + no golden finger + funny mystery-solving.] The Great Qi has an organization called the Embroidered Guard, with the authority to execute first and report later. It is known as the imperial court's lapdog. In this world, there are no elaborate cultivation systems, only martial artists. See how Qing Yan, given a second chance at life, uses his position as an imperial lapdog to crack one bizarre case after another and stir up a storm in the Great Qi dynasty.
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I Just Joined the Constables, and You Already Caught a Notorious Bandit? 刚入职捕快：你就抓了江洋大盗？
After transmigrating, Fang Ping'an arrives in the Great Kang Dynasty, a place he's never heard of, and becomes a newly hired constable about to report for duty at the county yamen. Luckily, he awakens the “Ace Constable” System. From then on, Yunxiang County becomes famous across Great Kang as a place where people can leave their doors unlocked at night. On his very first day reporting for duty, he catches a notorious bandit. He visits his father in prison and discovers that the old man is a wan
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My Drunkard Dad 我的酒鬼老爹
I really didn’t get the Burning Technique… A drunkard for a father and a scheming mother gave birth to a clueless boy. Mystery + political intrigue + deduction + crime-solving + martial arts world No System, no golden finger, and no reloading a save to start over. No invincibility, no brainlessness, no harem, and no saintly hero. Life is full of ups and downs, and people come in all sorts. With a broken sword in hand, the young man roams the world, gradually unraveling the mystery of his birth!
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Bowing Low to Prove the Bones 伏身证骨
[Historical mystery + overturning wrongful convictions with evidence + ensemble political intrigue + plenty of foreshadowing and twists + heroic spirit + one heroine] Modern police detective Shen Yan dies during a pursuit and transmigrates into an alternate dynasty, where he becomes the second son of the Shen family, the chief suspect in the massacre of his clan, locked away in death row and sentenced to execution in three days. Back from the dead, he uses his modern forensic and investigative k
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- 116 The Twin Lords' Case Files 双君探案记 Pei Su transmigrated. The bad news: no golden finger. The good news: he was born into a marquis’s household. The bad news: he was an abandoned son. Even worse, he was exiled for murdering his fiancée. Worst of all, when he opened his eyes, the escorting guards were about to kill him. Luckily, someone showed up. But that person was his enemy. It was over. He was as good as dead... 35.9kReads8.4Score3.9kShelves
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A Female Magistrate Joins the Jingzhao Office 京兆司来了一位女理正
A new female magistrate takes office at the Jingzhao Bureau. As unsolved cases pile up and mysterious symbols streaked with blood emerge, she uses her meticulous reasoning to unravel the clues, advancing cautiously along a perilous path to catch the culprit. Each bizarre case she solves is like opening a hidden compartment in her memory, gradually lifting the veil over her mysterious past. Where does the truth lie? A heads-up: The story is told primarily from the heroine’s perspective. The hero
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The Secret History of Yang Guifei in Japan: The Millennium Bloodline Mystery 杨贵妃日本秘史之千年血脉密码
Present Day: Yamauchi Misaki is caught in a mysterious shooting at a Kyoto antique shop and discovers a genetic map hidden inside the bronze Qingluan mirror her family has guarded for generations. Lin Shen, a former war correspondent, becomes an accidental witness. Secrets of a Thousand Years: On the night of the Mawei Station uprising in 756 CE, the dancer Qingluan receives a secret order from Gao Lishi. Carrying a jade casket containing the secret of immortality, she sails east to Japan, wher
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The Five-Corpse Copper Coin Case: I’ll Handle What the Eastern Depot Won’t Touch 五尸铜钱案：东厂不敢管的事我管
In the sixth year of the Tianqi reign, unidentified bodies begin appearing one after another in the capital. They are found hanging upside down, each with a Wanli Tongbao coin stuffed in its mouth. Beggars, merchants, students of the Imperial College, military officers, eunuchs, the victims’ status keeps rising, but their manner of death is exactly the same. Lu Chen, a constable with the Shuntian Prefecture, takes the case. He checks the old records and discovers that this isn’t the first time.
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The Crab Coroner 螃蟹仵作
[Modern professional elite & proud, scheming constable] [Classic mystery format & twist after twist & transmigration and transformation & top-notch investigations & two strong, complementary leads & so thrilling it’ll make your head spin] After solving a paranormal case on Mianbi Island and losing her job, rookie doctor Wang Xiaoxia resolutely sets off for home. Forced to enter a mysterious ancestral tomb, she unexpectedly gains a miserable cheat ability imbued with mysterious power, and begins
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The Silent Sword’s Path to Immortality 默剑长生
Modern painter Shen Mo transmigrates into the body of a constable’s son in the Great Liang dynasty. Using the Daoist art of ink painting as a key to cultivation, he turns ordinary skills into a path to immortality, practicing amid the everyday bustle of life as he sets foot on the road to becoming an immortal...
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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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Transmigrating to Become the World’s Greatest Detective 穿越之天下第一神捕
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Sword Pointed at the Sacred Mani Emblem of the Ming 剑指大明摩尼圣徽
[Wuxia + Case Solving + Mystery + Ming Dynasty History + Supernatural Suspense + Mind-Bending Mysteries] Main characters: Shangguan Yunhe, Shen Yexue, Liu Rucen The story begins when tax silver being transported to Beidu is robbed. More than a hundred soldiers escorting the silver are found dead, all wearing eerie smiles. Shangguan Yunhe and the others discover that the anti-government Blood Lotus Cult has joined forces with a Western Regions heretical sect, court officials, and people from Japa
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Night Patrol: My Nose Can Sniff Out Ghosts 巡夜人：我鼻子能闻出鬼怪
Genre: Classic Chinese supernatural mysteries | Yin-Yang cases | Court intrigue | A little cultivation and mystical arts One-sentence synopsis: In the Great Zhou Dynasty, county offices handle criminal cases by day. When night falls, the Night Patrol Bureau governs the boundary between Yin and Yang. Shen Yanqiu, a young clerk armed with the secret scroll Night Patrol Records, roams through the night across countless households, solves grisly cases involving ghosts and monsters, and investigate
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The Great Ming’s Master Thief: The Imperial Guards Forced Me to Investigate a Case 大明神偷：被锦衣卫逼去查案
Transmigration to the Jiajing era | No System | Embroidered Uniform Guard | Mystery and Investigation | Political Schemes | Lighthearted Comedy During the Jiajing era, modern master thief Chu Zhongtian transmigrates into the Ming Dynasty and becomes the legendary thief known as "One Plum Blossom." No System, no status screen, no golden finger handed down from heaven. The moment he arrives, he's captured by the Embroidered Uniform Guard. His handwriting is so sloppy when he signs his confession
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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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The Dali Temple Minister’s Botanical Witness 大理寺卿的植物证人
Botany assistant Lin Xiaoman transmigrates into the body of an orphan girl in ancient times and unexpectedly gains the ability to sense plants at crime scenes. To earn a living, she applies to become an apprentice coroner at the Dali Temple, but the aloof Assistant Minister Pei Yu keeps staring her down. “How did you know there was moss under the victim’s fingernails?” As she digs in the dirt, she bluffs, “My lord, I inferred it from the soil’s moisture!” Behind her, the roses shriek wildly: “Th
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Judge Dee: Cracking the Case 大唐狄公案·破局
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
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The Young Judge of Cases 少年青天断案录
[Mystery and Crime Solving] [Court and Jianghu] [Political Scheming and Wits]… A bizarre, earth-shaking case shattered twenty-seven years of peace in the Great Yan Dynasty. In a single day, three prefects of Jingnan Circuit died under mysterious circumstances. Xu Xinghe, the nineteen-year-old Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, was entrusted with the task in a moment of crisis and sent to investigate the southern frontier with the emperor’s sword. After enduring countless dangers and pain
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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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Ninghai in the Mist: The Transmigrated Detective 迷雾宁海：穿越来的神探
After an accident, modern detective Zhang Yunxin transmigrates to Ninghai County in 1990, where he becomes the new captain of the county's criminal investigation team. In those days, there is no DNA technology or surveillance network. Solving cases depends entirely on pounding the pavement, making connections, and trusting experience and intuition. Barely settled in, he faces a tricky “locked-room suicide”: Li Mei, a factory worker, is found dead in a dorm room locked from the inside. There are
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Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动
[Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on
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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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The Constable’s Secret Order 捕快密令
The heroine, Shang Xian, is reborn as Xi Min, a constable in the Wugou Bureau. Just after her rebirth, she learns that the strong and strapping General Dingyuan has suddenly died of a mysterious illness. While investigating his death, Xi Min unexpectedly discovers that the person responsible for the Shang family’s massacre is none other than Minister Lu, a man renowned for his integrity. Meanwhile, the hero, Wu Quzhuo, is also secretly investigating the massacre of the Shang family. The two are
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Strange Tales of the Great Song: The Headless Corpse 大宋诡事：断头记
[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
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- 137 Setting the Record Straight: A History of Injustice in Ancient China 青史鉴冤：中国古代冤案录 [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
- 138 Nighttime Inquests: Secrets of Ancient Chinese Case Files 夜审乾坤：古代奇案秘闻 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
- 139 The Three Great Cases of the Late Ming Dynasty 明末三大案 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 857Reads9.3Score114Shelves
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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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A Record of Monster Containment in Tang Dynasty Luoyang 大唐神都妖怪收容日志
Foxfire Illuminates the Iron Case: Together, They Guard the Three Realms **Everyone knows she was a femme fatale, but no one knows she took the poisoned wine in his place.** The blood before Zichen Hall had yet to cool, while the historians’ pens carved “demon consort” into the record like blades. But when she broke free from the cold prison of the River of Forgetfulness, all she remembered was the blood-stained moonlight before Nuwa’s Temple, and a truth drowned beneath a thousand years of c
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- 142 Strange Tales of Food and Water Transport in the Tang Dynasty 大唐漕运食异录 During the Changshou era of the Wu Zhou dynasty, the Grand Canal’s grain transport routes weave together the empire’s wealth and secrets. Su He, the third princess of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, is escorting tribute goods along the Bian River when her ship is mysteriously scuttled in the middle of the night. The incident leads to the eerie prophecy, “The Luo River takes none back; shadows crowd the grain routes,” and a palace secret tied to the “dream of drowning.” Disguised as “Young Master Su,” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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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!
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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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The Kill Order Has Been Issued 杀令已下
Three underworld bosses join forces to put out a contract, offering a million in gold to kill the mysterious assassin "Heavenly Shadow." The Killing Prison accepts the contract. The kill order is issued, and the plot is set in motion! But no one expected that when the contract arrived at the Killing Prison, the target's name would have been changed to... him! He had signed the kill order with his own hand, only to send himself into a deadly trap. Poisoned, surrounded, betrayed, and hunted, h
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Judge Dee Case Files: The Lakeside Case 狄公案·湖滨案
[High suspense, nonstop twists, and ancient-style detective stories] Di Renjie, county magistrate of Hanyuan, attends a banquet aboard a pleasure boat. What should have been an elegant evening becomes the scene of a locked-room murder. Beneath the moonlit sky, at the heart of the lake, the music suddenly stops, and a woman’s corpse surfaces. Then an unsolved chess game from seventy years ago reappears, a bride mysteriously “comes back to life” on her wedding night, a carpenter is found dead in a
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- 147 Judge Dee Case Files: Chaoyun Temple 狄公案：朝云观 While returning home with his family, the famed detective Di Gong is caught in a violent storm. Their carriage is wrecked, forcing them to seek shelter at the mist-shrouded Chaoyun Temple. The temple is celebrating its founding anniversary. Pilgrims fill the grounds, and a theater troupe takes the stage. It all seems lively and festive, yet something sinister lurks beneath the surface. Late that night, Di Gong looks out his window and catches sight of a burly man in an iron helmet in the opposit 5Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 148 Judge Dee Case Files: The Red Pavilion 狄公案：红阁子 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 28Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 149 Judge Dee Case Files: The Bronze Bell Case 狄公案：铜钟案 [Historical mystery + locked-room murders + Detective Di Renjie + interwoven serial cases] A new official takes office, and the county yamen stays lit late into the night. On his first day in Puyang, Di Gong encounters a strange case: on Half-Moon Street, a butcher’s daughter is brutally murdered in her bedroom. A love poem and a gold hairpin point to a scholar. But hidden clues and the night watchman’s clappers reveal the real killer: a wandering fraud posing as a Daoist, using holy robes to di 19Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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The Great Ming’s Mightiest Ant 大明最强蝼蚁
[No System | Late Yuan, Early Ming | Officialdom and Case-Solving | Power Plays and Wits | Rags-to-Riches Comeback | Meticulous Historical Research] He transmigrates on the eve of the Red Turban Rebellion, facing three capital crimes from the start. A blade rests at his throat, and his life hangs by a thread! A senior corporate auditor and risk-control executive is suddenly reduced to a lowly porter, trampled by anyone who pleases. All he has are a stopped watch, a lighter, and cigarettes. He ca
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