[Seven Heroes and Five Gallants] The Kaifeng Prefect Is a Badass Detective

My name is Pang Yu.

My biological sister is the famous Consort Pang. Even Empress Cao has to back down when she sees her.

My biological father is the famous Grand Tutor Pang, a professional at going up against Bao Qingtian, the Kaifeng Prefect!

And now, thanks to a bit of maneuvering, I, Pang Yu, the Marquis of Anle, have taken up my new post as the Kaifeng Prefect.

This appointment came right after the Chen Zhou famine-relief case...

Right after I, Pang Yu, nearly got my head chopped off by the Dragon-Head Guillotine...

Exciting, huh?!

As soon as the imperial decree announcing my appointment came down, all the loyal officials in the Song Empire were stunned. They knelt and pleaded, "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

The treacherous officials plotting to usurp the throne laughed. "Emperor Renzong is good in every way, but he's too easily swayed to make a suitable emperor."

The common people across the Song Empire crowded outside the Kaifeng Prefectural Office, throwing rotten vegetables. "Corrupt official! Get out!"

Pang Yu had no choice but to write a new couplet and hang it in front of the gate:

For disputes over family property, don't sweat the pennies. Better follow my father's example and have a daughter to secure three generations of wealth.

For cases of treason, stop messing around for decades. Better follow my father's example and have a daughter to secure three generations of wealth.

Once that infuriating couplet went up, everyone, from imperial relatives and nobles to ordinary folk, embraced the idea of making trouble until the Marquis of Anle was dead and the Pang family ruined. Every old case, mystery, and difficult case that had piled up over the years was sent to the Kaifeng Prefectural Office.

So young Lord Pang, the Kaifeng Prefect, had no choice but to hold court and hear them.

Zhan Zhao, once the Southern Hero and now ordered to protect Pang Yu's life: "Today, I have to worry about the criminals getting so mad they die again."

After all, every would-be assassin had been slaughtered without exception by Qiu Anle, the mighty Lord of the North, whose name was renowned throughout the Song Empire.

Everyone knew that Lord Qiu Anle, who had reclaimed the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and forced Western Xia and the Liao to bow in submission, was cold and ruthless, and hated evil with a passion. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, he was blind enough to fall for the Marquis of Anle, and was willing to use his achievements in bringing peace to the realm to beg the emperor for mercy and a reinvestigation of the Chen Zhou famine-relief case.

Even the crafty old Grand Tutor Pang was so shocked that he nearly checked whether he had given birth to a son or a daughter.

Then one day, the masked Lord of the North slowly removed his mask and chuckled. "Exciting, isn't it? I used to be called Pang Yu, too."

Everyone: "?!"

Content warnings:

1. Selfcest.

2. Side pairing: Zhan Zhao x Bai Yutang.

Theme: Base conclusions on facts and use the law as the standard.