My name is Shen Du. In my previous life, I was an investigative reporter who won an annual award. In this life, I am the owner of a coffin shop in Beijing. Because of the elegiac couplet of "I was born great, I died a bitter death", I was noticed by the empress Wu Zhao who had just ascended the throne and was thrown into the Ministry of Household Affairs as a sixth-rank chief.
Sixteen officials died mysteriously and suddenly. Their bodies were intact and without any external injuries, but their marrow had been sucked out, and a strange fragrance lingered around them. The Dali Temple of the Criminal Department was helpless, but the empress left this shocking case to me.
Squatting in the autopsy room, eating sesame seed cakes, digging graves and opening coffins in the middle of the night to examine autopsies, I used my forensic knowledge and interrogation skills from my previous life to uncover from the tiny pinholes in the deceased's mouth the shocking conspiracy of Yan Shifan, the chief minister of the dynasty, to kill the king and seize power.
From the young owner of the coffin shop to the official minister of Qiu Dynasty, I let the dead speak and the living tell the truth. I used evil schemes to defeat powerful officials, rectify unjust cases, and protect mountains and rivers. And the way the empress looked at me slowly changed from looking at a sharp blade to looking at her only shield.
Purpose: Use the corpse as evidence, guard the truth with your heart, protect the truth, protect your family and country, and protect each other in the whirlpool of power and conspiracy.