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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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- 2 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 48Reads8.4Score714d adds
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The Liu Gong Case Files 刘公案
[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
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- 4 The Secret Chronicles of the Dali Temple 大理寺秘闻录 [Ensemble Cast] [Ancient-Era Mystery] [Plot-Driven] [Power Couple] A human finger turns up in a bamboo steamer, and a headless corpse is found wrapped in a bride's coffin. In public, Pei Zhao, the Grand Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, is a dashing, charming "jade-faced fox." In private, he is a cunning political hunter, smiling as he hides his blade. During the Jinghe era, strange cases plague the capital region, while undercurrents roil through the court. Countless bizarre murders lie 1.2kReads—Score16114d adds
- 5 Bone-Piercing Needle 透骨针 [Crime, ensemble cast, suspense] A suicide case amid a celebrity marriage sends shock waves through the online world. Behind the public scrutiny lies a revenge plot and fourteen years of waiting. The feelings born in the days of youth are tinged with tragedy. Through the notorious “Jujube Needle Hero” serial murder case, the story slowly reveals the shadows that darkened a group of teenagers as they grew up. Branded by their times, those boys and girls lead twisted lives, like stalks of wheat wi 11.2kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
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Evil Bones 2: The Ashen Mystery 恶骨2：灰烬谜踪
[Criminal Investigation + Criminal Psychology + Hard-Core Deduction + Genius Detective + Serial Murders + Fighting Side by Side + Ensemble Cast] The dead can speak, and clues never lie! Thirty years ago, a shooting sent shockwaves through the entire town. A man and a woman died on the spot, while the killer remained at large. Years later, another case brought the true culprit behind the cold case to light! At the same time, a young girl vanished under mysterious circumstances, and every suspect
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- 7 Evil Bones 4: Partners in Crime and Love 恶骨4：罪爱同谋 [Mind-Bending Mystery + Case-of-the-Week Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Stunning Twists + Fighting Side by Side] A shadowy hand controls a deadly game. Out on the sea, a white suitcase drifts slowly across the water. When it's opened, it reveals the bloated, headless corpse of a woman! Is the butterfly tattoo on the body a clue to the victim's identity, or a warning from the killer? A blood-soaked coffin appears on a stormy night, its oozing blood horrifying against the darkness! The 1.2kReads9.3Score49414d adds
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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
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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 Official Has Been Demoted Again 大人又被贬官了
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
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The Chief Investigator 第一提刑官
“The rain kept falling, and spring slipped away unnoticed. Only when the skies cleared did we realize how deep into summer we were.” From coroner to judicial commissioner, Chu Zhaoyun has become an extraordinary woman in the Great Sheng capital of Bianjing! One day, Chu Zhaoyun had just shut her willowwood case and hadn’t even washed her hands when she spotted a man standing in the doorway. She immediately grew wary. “Lord Duan, does this case fall under the Imperial City Division? Is it a major
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- 12 The Astonishing Female Coroner 惊华女仵作 [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, 4.5kReads9.2Score68714d adds
- 13 White Egrets Rise over the Galaxy [Historical Mystery] 星河白鹭起【古代探案】 [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 6kReads9.3Score80314d adds
- 14 The Coroner’s Daughter 仵作千金 [The animated series of the same name is now available] By day, she is the best forensic examiner in the Embroidered Guard. Though a woman, she is decisive and skilled: she performs autopsies, examines bones, and upholds justice. No one dares question her. By night, disguised as a man and impersonating her missing older brother, she is the capital’s most renowned physician. She treats the sick and saves lives, unwittingly capturing the hearts of countless young women and married ladies, and ear 4.3kReads8.7Score56414d adds
- 15 The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作 (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 21.6kReads9.4Score3.1k14d adds
- 16 The First-Rank Female Coroner 一品女仵作 As a female coroner, Xu Chu has no choice but to examine corpses and solve cases to support her family. Then one day, she crosses paths with the heads of the Three Judicial Offices and the Imperial Household of the Great Zhou Dynasty. See how this female coroner joins forces with a powerful prince to solve one baffling cold case after another. The sudden death of the young madam of the Qian family; a case of mistaken identity concealed for twenty years; the bones of a beauty in Hibiscus Lane; th 990Reads9.0Score14514d adds
- 17 The Record of Hairpins (Complete in 4 Volumes) 簪中录（全4册） 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 17.3kReads9.7Score2.8k14d adds
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The Great Coroner: Xilai, Another One’s Dead 大仵作：喜来，又死一个
She was a posthumous child pulled from a pile of corpses. She spent her days among the dead, playing with skulls and amusing herself by catching maggots. To uncover the truth behind her adoptive father's death, she even took it upon herself to dissect a corpse. Others mocked her as a freak and kept their distance, but the ruthless commander of the realm's forces doted on her beyond measure. Dismemberment and cremation, for love or for money. In this bizarre world, joy comes from seeing clearly f
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- 19 The Great Yan Dynasty's Female Investigator 大燕女提刑 The treasury silver has been stolen, yet the locks are completely intact? A headless corpse is found at a mountain temple, and the victim may have done it to himself? One baffling case after another is shrouded in mystery. Suicide, murder, or accidental death? Female detective Yi Chang'an unexpectedly arrives in the Great Yan Dynasty, only to find that the man who saved her life has been caught up in a capital crime! To repay his kindness, she goes along with events and solves one mysterious cas 3.4kReads9.1Score40914d adds
- 20 Tales of Astonishing Cases: Strange Crimes of Ancient Times 拍案惊奇：古代奇案录 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 2.1kReads9.1Score18814d adds
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The Mao Family Cases 毛公案
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
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- 22 The Judge Dee Cases 狄公案 [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 288Reads9.5Score3014d adds
- 23 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 391Reads9.5Score—14d adds
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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
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
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- 25 The Kaifeng Case Files 开封案簿 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 17Reads8.2Score114d adds
- 26 The Qing Dynasty Mystery: The Son-Killing Retribution 清代奇案杀子报 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? 273Reads8.9Score2314d adds
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Married to a Good-for-Nothing, Exiled to Lingnan, I Solve Cases to Return to Court 嫁纨绔，贬岭南，我靠破案返朝堂
[A county lady devoted to solving cases and exceptionally skilled in combat × a carefree playboy with money to burn. Historical romance and mystery + episodic investigations + marriage before love + devoted couple + sweet romance] Ji Lingyan, Grand Commander of the Imperial Guard and the Empress Dowager's closest confidante, kept the powerful in check and executed corrupt officials. Everyone in Chang'an feared her. Yet one month after the Empress Dowager's death, Ji Lingyan was stripped of her
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The Cold Palace Empress Goes on a Case-Solving Rampage 冷宫皇后靠破案杀疯了
Shen Yihan, a police captain, falls off a cliff while pursuing a killer. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the most miserable empress in history: the widow of Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen. The tyrant Zhu Di has usurped the throne, three thousand palace maids have been brutally executed, and danger lurks everywhere in the Cold Palace. She slams a palm onto the imperial desk. “Solving cases is my specialty. Killing people isn’t yours!” Zhu Di flies into a rage. “Seize her!” Who could ha
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Detective Di Renjie 5 神探狄仁杰5
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
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- 30 Detective Di Renjie 5: The Palace Shifts the Stars 神探狄仁杰5下之宫阙换星 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 6.1kReads7.1Score39814d adds
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First-Rank Coroner: From the Start, I’m Dissecting the Crown Princess 一品仵作：开局解剖太子妃
Modern forensic pathologist Huang Xiaochuan dies suddenly after working overtime for days in a row. When he wakes, he has transmigrated into the Great Sheng Dynasty, becoming an obscure coroner's apprentice. From the start, he is hauled into the imperial court to examine the body of the Crown Princess, who died under mysterious circumstances. If he cannot uncover the truth within three days, he will be buried alongside her. Relying on modern forensic science and criminal psychology, he publicly
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The Little Princess Is Always Trying to Undermine Me 小郡主她总想拆我台
[Historical romance + mystery-solving + one-on-one romance + sweet love + ensemble cast] [Quirky young princess × aloof, sharp-tongued heir] After my imperial uncle caught me causing a scene in a brothel, I became an unofficial member of the Dali Temple. My immediate superior, Xie Zhiyan, is the sharpest-tongued heir in the capital. He’s so cutting that even the flies find him harsh when he examines a corpse. “Your Highness, if you’re bored, why not lick the tiles in the morgue clean?” That is,
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Three Days in Luoyang 洛阳三日簿
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
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When a Laid-Back Princess Meets a Top-Tier Client 当咸鱼郡主遇上顶级甲方
[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
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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
[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
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- 36 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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I Solve Cases to Score Free Food at the Court of Judicial Review 我靠破案在大理寺蹭吃蹭喝
Mystery/Detective Frost veils his silver mask, dust stains his white hair, and Pei Shaoqing's fate was written in the Book of Life and Death long ago. Yet he insists on using the last of his strength to defy fate and unravel the mystery that even the gods have fallen silent before, all for her. Born with white hair, he was destined to grow old by her side; and the name Jiang Tang is the only sweetness in his life.
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- 38 The Mind-Reading Coroner Has Driven the Court into a Frenzy 读心仵作把朝廷卷疯了 [Mind Reading + Comedy + Family Favorite + Secret Identity: A money-obsessed female coroner VS a secretly passionate, melodramatic young marquis] Qin Miaoxi was adopted as a child by her master on Mount Kunlun. While recovering from an illness, she obtained a System that lets her trade merit for more years of life. To stay alive, she specially descends the mountain to do good deeds, clear the names of the dead, and bring peace to the living. Life is hard, so all she can do is fight for every bre 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The All-Powerful Detective Princess 神探王妃是全能大佬 Tang Waner, once a top profiler who solved countless cases, has an accident and becomes the wild daughter of a county magistrate. Major cases pile up, from a faceless female corpse to a dried-out body hidden inside a wall. Everyone looks down on her, a despicable man treats her cruelly, and even her family wants to drive her out... Tang Waner: “Father, what do you think?” Her father falls to his knees and begs: “Daughter, you’re in charge of everything, at home and beyond!” The martial world: “Y 53Reads6.7Score—14d adds
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The Dali Temple Vice Minister’s Two-Faced Husband 大理寺少卿的双面夫君
[A couple who start out hating each other and become truly devoted] [Mystery and deduction] [Historical romance] [Clever heroine] [Scheming hero] [The story opens with a political plotline] [The individual cases begin in Chapter Five] Cheng Wanrou, an Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, is married off by the emperor to Xiao Qingyuan, the Censor-in-Chief. Since they are pawns in the emperor's power struggle, they can't stand one another at first. Cheng Wanrou always assumes Xiao Q
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Reborn to Marry the Prince Regent: The Princess Consort Becomes Famous for Solving Cases with Autopsies 重生嫁摄政王，王妃她靠验尸爆红
[Two powerful leads + contract marriage + satisfying angst and revenge + episodic investigations + ever-sweeter romance] Shen Wei transmigrates, waking up in a morgue with her hands on a corpse. A modern forensic examiner turned the daughter of a condemned official, she hides her identity and examines bodies to survive. Then the regent, a man who holds power over the entire court, arrives through the rain and hands her a marriage contract: “Marry me. I’ll protect you and clear your name.” She sn
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The Great Qian Coroner: From the Start, I Dissect the Empress's Favorite Consort 大乾验尸官：开局解刨女帝宠妃
[Forensic Doctor Transmigrates] + [Professional Autopsies] + [Hard-Core Deduction] + [One Major Case Entwined with Three Smaller Cases] + [Impossible Methods of Murder] + The Empress's Favorite Consort Dies Horribly in the Opening Case In his previous life, Qin Feng studied forensic medicine. By accident, he transmigrates to the Great Qian Dynasty and becomes a lowly coroner. From the start, he is confronted with the bizarre death of the empress's beloved consort. The empress orders him to solv
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Dreaming of Yun Wei 云微入梦
[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
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The Female Coroner of Zhenhe Pass 镇河关的女仵作
[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
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A Stick in the Tang Dynasty 大唐一根棍
[Comedy + Suspense + Brainy Wish Fulfillment + Historically Grounded Tang Dynasty] A farm boy with a serious lack of virtue gradually grows into the Tang dynasty's number-one troublemaker (no, wait, strike that). He grows into a pillar that holds up the sky, a beam that spans the sea. If I'm having a good time and you're not, I'll beat you until you are. If I can't reform you, I'll cremate you. I crush foreign kingdoms, dissect the aristocratic clans, discipline princes, and slap emperors I can'
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The Top Scholar and His Night Watchman 状元郎和他的守夜人
On a snowy night amid a raging blizzard, an orphan is rescued by the son of a prominent family and becomes the highly intelligent young master's study companion. The young master passes the imperial examination as the top scholar, then serves as a censor, an imperial inspector overseeing eight prefectures, and the Prince of the Northern Frontier. The study companion becomes his eyes and ears, his bodyguard, and a fourth-rank saber-bearing guard. As the young master grows, the two travel a thorny
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- 47 Six Fan Gate: The Beloved Female Constable 六扇门之团宠女捕 Her family was slaughtered, but she was lucky enough to survive. The Six Fan Gate rescued a mute little girl. What? The little mute is a girl? So now a bunch of rough-and-tumble men have no choice but to dote on this soft, rosy-cheeked little dumpling. Before long, she grows into an imposing female constable who cracks one baffling case after another! She excels at catching criminals, examining corpses, and everything else the job requires! 225Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 48 The Female Detective of the Great Song Dynasty 大宋女刑司 [High IQ + mystery-solving + suspense] She transmigrates straight into a murder scene. Framed for the crime and squeezed dry by her gambling-addict parents, she disguises herself as a man to escape trouble, only to be exposed without mercy by a general. Watch as this lowly servant latches on to the general, examines corpses, and deduces the truth behind each case. She punishes princes above and corrupt officials below, all with a loyal friend by her side. From hunting killers in Jiangnan to trek 6.9kReads9.2Score78514d adds
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Qingdong Journey: Fates Intertwined 青苳旅：命运的交织
[Historical Romance, Mystery and Investigation, Mutual Healing, Political Intrigue] A sweet romance with both hearts in it, and sparks and suspicion beneath hidden identities! The mystery of the lost souls in Xihai Village, the Lotus Tower murder, and one suspenseful adventure after another! A deadly poison plot involving red camellia tea uncovers a shocking secret buried for more than a decade in Fangu City! They were childhood sweethearts, a match made in heaven. But when they meet again, the
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The Northern Song Mystery: The Lotus Case 北宋悬疑密码：莲花案
During the Kaibao era, a murder marked with a lotus pattern shook Bianliang. More killings followed at the West Market Inn and Qingfeng Pavilion, bringing the Lotus Pavilion back into the public eye overnight. The court and the streets were in an uproar, and rumors spread everywhere. Ning Yanzhi, the orphaned survivor of the White Lotus Pavilion, disguises himself as an idle young gentleman and slips into Bianliang under an assumed name. He seeks only to find his former comrades and uncover the
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