In the thirteenth year of Cheng'an in Daye, an old case of family extermination that had been sealed for five years pushed two people who should not have crossed paths onto the same chessboard.
Lin Ruoxi, the fourth-ranking young minister of Dali Temple, has been both civil and military since she was a child. She is an expert in solving cases. She is a rare young female official in the court and is deeply loved by the people.
Gu Mozhi, the third-rank Minister of Household Affairs, comes from a well-known family, behaves in a low-key and calm manner, and is in charge of the world's money and food. He is the most behind-the-scenes chess player in the court who cannot be underestimated.
They once had a common friend - the eldest young master of the Li family. Five years ago, all one hundred and thirty-seven members of the Li family died in one night. The case was hastily classified as "rogue bandits" and nothing further happened. And the eldest young master of the Li family was the only person whose whereabouts were unknown that night.
Five years later, His Majesty secretly ordered Lin Ruoxi to investigate a new case, but the clues pointed to the massacre of the Li family that year. At the same time, Gu Mozhi was also secretly investigating old cases. In his hand, he held half of the blood letter sent by the eldest son of the Li family before his death.
The fate of the two people intersected due to the same old case. From testing each other to solving the case side by side, they gradually discovered in the layers of fog that the massacre of the family was not caused by rogue bandits. The real murderer was hidden deep in the court, and the truth recorded in the blood letter was enough to subvert the entire power structure of Daye.
One of them is facing the sun and the other is facing the wind.
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Purpose: The two work together to solve the case and clear the innocent people's names