[1975] The Kaifeng Prefecture Detective's Code

[An early work: the prose is choppy, the cases aren't rigorously written, and each chapter is available to purchase individually] The gentle, refined, upright hero Zhan Zhao x a neurotic, highly intelligent demoness. One-on-one romance, happy ending. Miss Yu Yikui, hailed as the greatest Sherlock Holmes of our time, has transmigrated. Time: Northern Song dynasty. Location: The Kaifeng Prefecture courtroom. Status: Suspect No. 1. Yu Yikui: "…" What do you do when your start is a total disaster? No problem. Watch a famous detective pull off an extreme display of skill. Profiling, interrogation, trace evidence! Autopsies, deduction, microexpressions! Just as all the criminals think Miss Yu Yikui is only an office worker and plan to secretly finish her off... Yu Yikui: Should I go with Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, or freestyle fighting? Guard Zhan, who was about to come to the rescue: "…" Never mind. I'll go back and make Lady Yu a bowl of congee. Cover character design: @Xuanzia Lin's Chuunibyou Diary tips: 1. The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants is a Qing dynasty novel, so don't compare it to the historical Northern Song. 2. Neither lead has any exes. 3. Romance, mystery-solving, and food. ---- Upcoming works below ---- "[Wuxia Crossover] I Transmigrated on a Broomstick" After transmigrating into a wuxia world, the witch Miss Wen Yu declares: Woohoo! There's no speed limit in the sky here. I'm going to race my broom around the track a hundred times! One! Hundred! Times! At Wanmei Manor lives the Sword God Ximen, and on the South Sea's Flying Immortal Island lives the Sword Immortal, Lord Ye. The two have arranged to fight to the death atop the Forbidden City. On the night of the full moon, atop the Forbidden City, murderous intent hangs in the air. It's a fight to the death. Wen Yu (screaming): Watch out! Coming through! Aaaaaaaaaah! Later, rumors spread through the martial world that on that full-moon night atop the Forbidden City, the poor City Lord of White Cloud was struck by a suddenly appearing broomstick star, breaking three ribs, then whisked away on the spot. To this day, he's neither been seen alive nor found dead... Much later... The City Lord of White Cloud came back alive and married the Broomstick Star. Wen Yu (furious): I'm not the Broomstick Star! I'm the most beautiful and elegant witch in all the East! "After I Used and Abandoned the Demon Lord" A beautiful, powerful, tragic, aloof, obsessive young demon lord x a flirtatious, enchanting beauty with a fiery temper Qu Hongxiao transmigrates into a female side character who is a stand-in for the heroine of a xianxia novel. From the start, she's afflicted with a dual-cultivation curse and must cultivate with a man of an extremely yin constitution within three months, or she'll die. Bad news: The jerk who treats her as a stand-in is of an extremely yin constitution. Good news: He's not the only man with an extremely yin constitution. There's also a cool, lone-wolf rogue cultivator. Qu Hongxiao: The stupid male lead can go to hell. No one wants him. She seduces the cool guy, spends a few months in blissful harmony with him, then slips away, following the principle of parting on good terms. Later... Later, the cultivation world sends her to make peace with the mysterious young Demon Lord. The young Demon Lord looks a little familiar. His face is dark with anger as he stares at her through gritted teeth, as if he hates her to the core. "You're here." Qu Hongxiao: "…" Qu Hongxiao: "Uh, uh, uh..." She thought this obsessive, stubborn young man must hate her and would torment her a thousand times over. But unexpectedly, the young Demon Lord simply swallows a dose of the dual-cultivation curse in front of her, then looks at her with a meaningful gaze, his eyes sparkling. * Fu Sheng was born to be a child of vengeance. His father was the Demon Lord of the demonic realm. He challenged the great immortal sects, but they killed him using underhanded methods. For decades, Fu Sheng trained day after day. He had no family, no friends, no lover, only loneliness and hatred for company as he grew up in pain. He strapped on his sword and concealed his demonic aura, determined to challenge each immortal sect his father had once faced, make them admit defeat, then kill them. But then he met a woman. She took him drinking, played finger-guessing games with him, and set off firecrackers with him, teaching him to enjoy life. She was flirtatious and enchanting, always smiling and laughing. So many people were infatuated with her, yet she had picked him out at a glance. Even he, cold-hearted and aloof as he was, couldn't help falling for her and wanting to marry her. But... after she had her way with him, she... ran off in a flash. Only then did Fu Sheng realize that she had merely been afflicted with the dual-cultivation curse and needed him to cure her. The young Demon Lord stopped hiding his identity and turned the great immortal sects upside down. On the letter proposing peace, he made only one demand. I want her. Then Fu Sheng swallowed a dose of the dual-cultivation curse in front of her and said, feigning composure, "I've contracted the dual-cultivation curse. If I don't break it within three months, I'll die. I'm here to have you cure me." Theme: Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil.