Daily Mysteries with the Young Master of the Demon Cult

Shen Muzhi was born into an illustrious family. Gentle and refined, he rescued a beautiful boy covered in wounds when he was thirteen.

When Shen Muzhi learned that the boy had climbed over the wall into the Shen residence to avoid being sold off by his father and brothers to pay their debts, he couldn't bear to see anyone suffer. In a fit of anger, he swore brotherhood with him and said, "From now on, I'll protect you!"

Later, disaster struck the Shen family. Its members were wiped out, and Shen Muzhi never saw the boy again.

Years later, Shen Muzhi, now a senior official of the Court of Judicial Review, was demoted and sent to Xiangluo as its county magistrate. There he met Huo Yu, the young master of a demonic cult, and used threats and enticements to recruit him as his strongest enforcer.

Huo Yu was peerlessly handsome and possessed unparalleled martial arts skills, but his vicious, sinister nature was terrifying.

For example: when they encountered a murderer who refused to confess, Huo Yu simply slit his throat, leaving no survivors.

Shen Muzhi broke out in a cold sweat. "Uh, we're here to investigate a case, not commit one."

Huo Yu smiled with his phoenix eyes and used his long fingers to neaten a stray lock of Shen Muzhi's hair. "I didn't want you to work too hard. Killing him lets us close the case sooner."

For example: while investigating a major case, Shen Muzhi volunteered to go to an enemy kingdom as a political bridegroom.

When he woke up, he found the enemy emperor trussed up and hanging from the rafters.

Huo Yu sat by the bed, his face as cold as frost, staring at him.

Shen Muzhi scrambled up and grabbed Huo Yu by the arm, dragging him toward the door. "Your Highness, how dare you stir up trouble on someone else's turf? We need to run for our lives!"

"This is my turf now," Huo Yu said casually. "Didn't you want to be the prince consort? I'll make it happen!"

Shen Muzhi looked at the enemy kingdom's officials, civil and military alike, respectfully holding out the imperial seal beyond the door. The sky was falling...

One night,

Shen Muzhi heard the person holding him tight call out in a daze of passion, "Tingyu..."

Only then did he suddenly realize: Tingyu... Shen Tingyu was the name he'd had as a boy.

So Huo Yu was the boy who had fallen from the wall all those years ago.

*Gentle and refined / off-the-charts intelligence / shou & obsessive, cunning and ruthless / both a vicious fighter and a chatterbox / gong

Theme: Uphold the law for the people, and know when to be firm and when to be lenient