In Dajing Kyoto, all the injustices in the world are hidden under the night.
The Shen family was once full of injustices, but fell apart overnight. The files were sealed deep in Dali Temple, and the world kept it secret. The surviving Shen Zhiwei concealed his identity, gathered his talents, and wandered between the market and the prison. She is proficient in post-mortem examinations and is good at observing the flaws in people's hearts. She collects clues in the dark, hoping that one day she can clear away the stigma all over her family.
Xie Linyuan, the young minister of Dali Temple, is known as the cold-faced judge. He is in charge of the prison and solves cases like a god. He has a cold and aloof temperament and does not show favoritism. He handles various criminal cases in the capital, but he is also burdened with an old suspicion that has been lingering for many years. The court is turbulent, the powerful are intertwined, many cases have been stopped by the powerful, and the truth is buried in the dark night.
A series of murders on a rainy night tightly entangled the fate of two people.
Shen Zhiwei was involved in the case due to clues and met Xie Linyuan on a narrow road. At first, they were suspicious of each other. He suspected that she had a suspicious background, and she was wary of his unpredictable official power. But layers of mysteries are unfolding, and old cases are implicated behind the murder, pointing to the truth about the destruction of the Shen family many years ago.
Weird murders followed one after another: courtiers who died in secret rooms, witnesses who disappeared, and official documents that had been tampered with. It's obviously a strange case in the city, but it's secretly a dispute in the court. Every step forward brings you closer to a layer of danger. They investigate crimes in the dark night, looking for the truth buried in the light of swords and intrigues.
He saw the tenacity and determination under her weak skin, and she glimpsed the persistence of his true heart inside his cold shell.
Suspicion slowly dissipated, trust quietly grew, and the two of them worked side by side to clear away the fog. But the closer he gets to the truth, the closer he comes into contact with the rich and powerful. Crisis is approaching step by step, and his life hangs on a thread.
The night is long, and the innocent souls are waiting for the snow.
Some people try to bury the past forever and drag them into the abyss together.
Even though the road ahead was full of thorns, the two of them still kept their hearts upright and returned through the long night to address the injustices in the world, restore innocence to the dead, and bring justice to the past.
It turns out that the so-called night return journey means walking in the dark, just to return home for the truth.
Concept: costume detective