The Embroidered Uniform Case Files

[Arrogant, domineering female Embroidered Uniform Guard × Scheming, sweet-talking scholar] Updates every other day before entering the paid section, at 9 p.m.

In the final years of the Chenghua era, the Black Blight, an omen of a dynasty's impending fall, appeared once more on the streets of the capital. Three Embroidered Uniform Guards turned into puddles of pus in an instant, before the eyes of a crowd.

An investigation pointed directly to the wealthy Ye family of Ningbo.

Zhang Zhixian, an Embroidered Uniform Guard, was ordered to go to Ningbo Prefecture, only to discover that the Ye family had become entangled in a string of mass murder cases.

Three households, more than a hundred people, all vanished overnight, leaving only bloodstains everywhere.

Just as the investigation reached a dead end, Ye Zhuo, the Ye family's eldest son who should have disappeared, reappeared and became the prime suspect in the murders...

A ghostly figure carrying a peony lantern by Moon Lake; a Sea Monk who rides the waves to kill and shave heads; a green-skinned goddess holding a treasure of gold; a missing Flower Cave girl; a magistrate's chair that solves cases; an ancient temple that smokes without fire; and a Dragon-Locking Well churning with blood.

As the cases connect, a trap hidden beneath the dynasty gradually rises to the surface.

Follow the Embroidered Uniform Guards' investigation squad as they travel around the Great Ming, solve cases, and root out evil!

Male lead's perspective

Falsely accused of being the culprit behind a string of mass murders, Ye Zhuo hides in a shabby alley.

He hears that an Embroidered Uniform Guard has arrived in town: Zhang Zhixian, notorious for throwing her weight around in the capital and loving beautiful things and good food.

To find his family's killer, Ye Zhuo grits his teeth and turns himself in.

His cooking skills and handsome face get him what he wants.

But when he unwittingly gives away his true feelings and hopes for the same in return, he realizes she has no heart.

PS: Both are sexually inexperienced. 1v1.

A road-trip story with standalone cases.

The other three members of the main cast are Shen Muhua, a steady, dependable big sister; Wang Jian, a gloomy, weak doctor; and Zhu Yan, a mad dog younger than the others.

Set in an alternate Ming dynasty during the Chenghua era.

Two new historical mystery novels are now available to pre-save on my author page.

The Official and the Clerk: A proud, scheming female clerk × a straightforward, impulsive county magistrate. As the title suggests, they're on opposing sides. A classical-style locked-room mystery.

Wei Chuo, the county office secretary in Luoyang, is the most popular gentleman in town. In everyone's eyes, Wei Chuo is not only a refined gentleman of the world, but also a brilliant detective!

With a single glance at a crime scene, she can reconstruct the entire case.

But no one knows that she is a woman, or that she has an unsolved case that has haunted her for years, inherited from her mother, a coroner.

Before her mother died, she handed Wei Chuo a black notebook.

To solve the case, Wei Chuo gave up the wealthy life of a noblewoman in her family, put on men's clothes, and went undercover as a lowly clerk in the county office, using her humble position to control the entire office.

Just as everything was going according to plan, the court appointed a new county magistrate, Huo Zhao.

Huo Zhao? She frowned and quickly opened the black notebook.

On the first page, it clearly said... Huo Zhao of the Taiyuan Huo clan died in the fifth year of Xianyuan!

A man returned from the dead?

Wei Chuo began paying close attention to him, only to discover that the new county magistrate really was strange.

He could sing opera and perform with uncanny realism. He seemed like an impulsive fool who was easy to fool, yet every so often he would manage to trick her instead.

Strangest of all, he seemed to like her?

Ridiculous! She would never like a foolish man who could think of nothing but climbing the ranks and getting rich.

As for why she kissed him...

Wei Chuo's ears turned red. “It was a matter of expediency! Just expediency!”

Male lead's perspective:

Huo Zhao was appointed county magistrate of Luoyang. Before he left, his predecessor and senior fellow disciple told him that Wei Chuo, the county office secretary, was capable, shrewd, and far-sighted, and would make an excellent right-hand man.

He followed that advice to the letter.

Several bizarre cases were solved perfectly thanks to her.

But... why could this “right-hand man” always manipulate him without his noticing, trying to influence his decisions? That was no good for his career!

Then he would have to have a proper contest with her and see who was the official and who was the clerk!

Who could have imagined that this clerk was actually a woman!!!

Wei Chuo held a blade in one hand and spoke honeyed words.

“Your subordinate lost both parents at a young age and was forced to do this just to survive. If you, my superior, are willing to help conceal the truth, I will give myself to you.”

Huo Zhao, a career-minded but upright man, did not even blink.

How could a woman matter more than his future?

“There's no need to give yourself to me. Just keep doing a good job supporting me.”

It was a very sensible decision. At last, he would be able to keep this unruly subordinate in check!

Until one day... he saw her fling herself into the arms of a man who was strikingly handsome and seemed perfectly suited to her.

At once, he went back on his word.

“About what you said before, about giving yourself to me... does that offer still stand?”

Another novel, The Case by the Shore: a wooden-headed female lead × a fake-serious male lead. The leads are childhood friends.

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Theme: Stay true to yourself