Modern lawyer Gu Xiaoxi transmigrates to Qingping Town in the Great Sheng Dynasty. Using modern knowledge and her unusual ability to communicate with the dead, she teams up with the Embroidered Uniform Guard Xiao Yu to solve bizarre murder cases and uncover cheating in the imperial examinations and the schemes of a mysterious organization. The story also follows the tangled feelings between Gu Xiaoxi, Xiao Yu, and Lin Yuxuan.
