[The hot-blooded, food-loving swordsman Jiang Wangshu x the sharp-tongued, money-grubbing boss Wen Fuguang]
Jiang Wangshu is on imperial orders, heading to Jiangzhou to take up his post as a sword-wielding officer in the Bureau of Yin and Yang. On the way, he takes shelter from a snowstorm in a music house called Bie Meng Lou. There, an unexpected murder brings him together with the establishment's owner, Wen Fuguang.
1.
Wen Fuguang: "There are clear ligature marks around the corpse's neck, and so on..."
Jiang Wangshu's eyes widen. Who would have guessed that the music house's owner, dressed in fine silk and draped in an expensive fox-fur cloak, would know how to examine a corpse?
His first impression of Wen Fuguang: This guy is loaded!
Wen Fuguang folds his arms and arrogantly tells a troublesome customer, "Draw a circle on the ground, and may you sleep forever."
Jiang Wangshu's second impression of Wen Fuguang: Sharp-tongued!
Jiang Wangshu starts scheming, hoping to recruit Boss Wen for his own purposes.
"Brother Wen, why don't you help me investigate the case? I'll give you half my monthly salary!"
Wen Fuguang nonchalantly waves a hand. "No thanks. Your whole monthly salary wouldn't earn as much as one plate of white jade shrimp at my Bie Meng Lou."
Jiang Wangshu tosses out some silver with a flourish. "Hmph! Then I want three plates of white jade shrimp every month!"
The sight of silver immediately puts a smile on Wen Fuguang's face, and his eyes light up. "You got it, Officer Jiang. Let's get on with the investigation."
2.
Jiang Wangshu furrows his brow. "Oh no, Wen Fuguang! There's a giant python!"
"Aaaah, Wen Fuguang! There's a female ghost!"
"Yikes, that person has no head!"
Wen Fuguang rubs his forehead. "..."
Wen Fuguang has long since gotten used to seeing Jiang Wangshu jump around in fright. Who would have thought that the Bureau of Yin and Yang's most powerful swordsman would be afraid of ghosts?
And this coward still wants to make him work for a living...
"Wen Fuguang, why don't you join the Bureau of Yin and Yang? Let's build a bright new tomorrow for Great Yue together!"
Wen Fuguang nonchalantly waves a hand. "People need ambition. Maybe I should become emperor."
Jiang Wangshu is stunned. What?! My dear Boss Wen, you value money more than your own life, and now you want the whole imperial treasury, too?
After that, the two of them face danger while investigating all kinds of bizarre, supernatural cases, and are constantly targeted by assassins sent by the greatest fighters around...
"Wen Fuguang, why don't you just become emperor after all? There are too many assassins, the cases are too terrifying, and I'm exhausted. Let's just destroy the world..."
Wen Fuguang: "You have a point."
Jiang Wangshu and Wen Fuguang: We give up. Please let us go!
Theme: "Evil cannot triumph over good, and darkness cannot hide the light."
