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- 1 Solving Cases to Rise Through the Ranks: From County Magistrate to Powerful Minister 断案升官，从县令到权臣 Chen Qingyun earns top honors in the imperial examinations and is sent out to serve as an official. Dressed in a scholar’s blue robe, he takes up his first post as county magistrate. With a meticulous mind and irrefutable evidence from the scene, he cracks one bizarre, wrongful, baffling, major, and sensitive case after another. He clears the wrongfully accused, punishes the wicked, cleans up officialdom, and brings peace to the people. From a humble seventh-rank magistrate in a blue robe, he ri 875Reads—Score10714d adds
- 2 From the Start, I Take a Bullet and Bring an Empress to the Modern World 开局挨枪子，拐个女帝回现代 Ke Xiaotang, once a legendary special forces soldier, let his guard down and was taken out with a single shot by an elite bodyguard. When he opened his eyes again, he was a bottom-rung constable in Qingyang County, Great Xia, so poor his clothes were in tatters and his blade was as dull as firewood. He had a head full of modern technology and the skills to take down ten bandits, yet he had to bow and scrape for a few coins in salary. Frustration: max. Sarcasm: max! From petty street thieves to s 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Taking My Brother's Place as a Court Deputy, I Crush Evil 顶替兄长成大理寺少卿，镇压诛邪 [Alternate history + Ancient-era crime investigation + Ancient-era forensic examination + No System + A touch of martial arts] Modern man Lin Ming transmigrates into an ancient society. After spending three years traveling the martial world, he returns home only to learn that his beloved elder brother has gone missing. To keep the Lin family from losing its official status, his biased father forces Lin Ming to impersonate his brother and take up a post at the Court of Judicial Review. With his e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Detective Couple’s Flirtatious Days 探案夫妻互撩日常 The beautiful eldest daughter of the Chu family can take down scoundrels, investigate cases, and examine corpses. She's a force to be reckoned with! The common people are all curious: what can the Dali Court Minister, who's always at her side, actually do? The shameless Dali Court Minister: “I'm handsome, charming, and brilliant. Being good-looking is a crime, too!” Unable to watch any longer, Chu Hua says, “How about trying out the human-tool role?” 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I’m a Detective in the Ming Dynasty 我在大明当神探 Ye Xi, a mystery novelist, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Hongwu era and becomes a lowly county magistrate. With his extraordinary powers of deduction and observation, he solves one bizarre case after another. From a muddleheaded magistrate mocked by everyone to a brilliant detective renowned across the land, it seems there is no case Ye Xi cannot solve, until one day... 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Painter Transmigrates and Goes on a Killing Spree from the Start 画师穿越，开局就杀疯了 [Transmigration into a fictional world + Portrait Artist + Mystery Solving + Sweet Romance + One-on-One, Both Pure] In her previous life, portrait artist Ge Yunshuang died in the line of duty. She transmigrates into the body of Ge Yunshuang, an orphan in ancient times. After her vile relatives give her a hard time, she shows what she can do, only to be spotted by Pei Yuan, a Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review who has come to investigate a case. When they meet again, they are caught 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 From Corrupt Official to Upright Judge: With the System, What Have I to Fear? 狗官到青天：我有系统我怕谁 Lu Xiaowei transmigrates to a parallel world resembling the Ming dynasty and awakens an unreliable System. As he solves one strange case after another and wins justice for the wronged, he rises to the pinnacle of life. The book generally features a new case every three to five chapters. Readers who enjoy fast-paced quick transmigration stories are welcome to share their thoughts. 971Reads8.2Score10614d adds
- 8 The Court Minister of Justice's Lucky Carp Wife 大理寺卿的锦鲤妻 Xiao Su, the junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review, is a powerful figure at court. The only time you get to see him is when you're dead! As a coroner, Ning Xiaosu naturally gets first dibs! This is a story about a bickering couple who join forces to solve cases! 73Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 9 The County Magistrate's Daily Case Files 女县令破案日常 [Historical Romance + Mystery and Investigation + Ensemble Cast] After dying from overwork, modern-day office worker Jiang Ye is reborn in the womb of a wealthy, carefree family in ancient times. She decides to lie flat and spend her life as a lazy loafer. Unfortunately, bad luck follows her everywhere: her father dies when she is ten, her mother the following year, and then the family falls into decline. Just when she finally reaches eighteen and her twin brother Jiang Ye passes the imperial ex 1.1kReads8.2Score15214d adds
- 10 The Great Ming Case Files 大明奇案 Modern police detective Liang Fei is caught in an accident and transmigrates into the body of Tang Shaolin, a newly appointed second-place palace graduate, five hundred years in the past, during the Ming Dynasty. He soon becomes a seventh-rank county magistrate and enters the world of officialdom. Reborn as Tang Shaolin, he cracks strange cases, clears wrongful convictions, fears no powerful enemies, and rises steadily through the ranks... 187Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 11 The County Magistrate's Wife's Casebook 县夫人探案手札 Qingyuan County is a poor, remote backwater, yet murder after murder keeps taking place. One baffling case follows another. From the distant reaches of the martial world to the highest halls of government, an even greater conspiracy lies behind the truth. Princess Huarong, fleeing an arranged marriage, accidentally becomes the county magistrate's wife. Together with her husband, whom she married by chance, she solves one strange case after another. Though her husband is only a minor official, he 4.6kReads8.6Score48814d adds
- 12 Orders Must Be Followed 令行有则 Pei Lingze, a clerk from Shazhou, is quick with both his tongue and his hands. Zhao Che, a Judicial Review official at the Court of Judicial Review, seems levelheaded but holds a grudge. An old coffin unearthed by the wind and sand sets them on a path through salt marshes, snowy mountains, and Jiangnan. One case follows another, and every clue points to the military provisions that vanished without a trace nine years ago. 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I’m a Divine Detective in Great Qian 我在大乾当神捕 After transmigrating into the body of an ancient constable, he encounters a supposed suicide from the start. He uses plant ash to reveal footprints and mulberry paper to detect marks left by a ligature. “This wasn’t a suicide. It was murder!” From constable to director in the Ministry of Justice, from commoner to a sixth-rank official. Grain stores robbed, scholars murdered, families wiped out, salt merchants smuggling, corruption in the government... He solves the cases no one else can. He inve 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I'm Socially Anxious, and I Traveled Back to Ancient Times to Solve Crimes? 我一个社恐，穿到古代去破案？ The male lead, Han Shenzhi, is a highly intelligent modern man with severe social anxiety who enjoys solving mysteries in his spare time. By accident, he transmigrates into the body of an ancient official, also named Han Shenzhi, who is responsible for solving crimes. His understanding parents dote on him, and he has a mischievous younger brother, Han Jingyu. While investigating a case, he meets the clever, lively, kind, and beautiful heroine, Shen Xiaoxiao. Together, they encounter all kinds of 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Night Patrol: My Nose Can Sniff Out Ghosts 巡夜人：我鼻子能闻出鬼怪 Genre: Classic Chinese supernatural mysteries | Yin-Yang cases | Court intrigue | A little cultivation and mystical arts One-sentence synopsis: In the Great Zhou Dynasty, county offices handle criminal cases by day. When night falls, the Night Patrol Bureau governs the boundary between Yin and Yang. Shen Yanqiu, a young clerk armed with the secret scroll Night Patrol Records, roams through the night across countless households, solves grisly cases involving ghosts and monsters, and investigate 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 I Try Cases in Ancient Times and Leave Everyone Stunned 我在古代审案，震惊众人 After transmigrating to the Great Qian dynasty, Yang Xu finds himself drawn by a twist of fate into one strange and bizarre case after another. It turns out that all of it has been plotted by someone. Using the wisdom of a later age, Yang Xu solves one extraordinary case after another... 41Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 17 Three Months Until My Death After Transmigrating as the Villainess 穿成恶女配后距我被杀还剩三个月 (Just started posting, so you can skip this one.) [No System + No Golden Finger + Straightforward Mystery-Solving + A Touch of Court Intrigue] Just as Zheng Xieyi was about to get promoted, earn a raise, and reach the pinnacle of her life, she was murdered and reborn after transmigrating into a book. She thought she’d become a commandery princess and could finally enjoy a life of luxury and extravagance. But it turned out she was the original story’s vicious female antagonist, and she was imme 9Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 18 The County Magistrate's Sweet Romance: My Lady Constable Is a Sleuth 县令甜宠：我家女捕会推理 A handsome county magistrate newly arrived in town and a brothel girl who disguises herself as a man form the most unlikely crime-solving team. In the little town of Shanhe County, a terrifying string of murders takes place in locked rooms. The two work together, following the clues to unravel the truth. Brothel girl Yun Luoyi transforms into the government office's only female constable, makes a name for herself, cracks one bizarre case after another, and earns the title of “Master Detective.” 85Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 19 The Eerie Genius Artist 诡才女绘师 She died twice. The first time, she was a genius painter in the twenty-first century. A single stroke of her brush was worth tens of millions, yet she suddenly died at her easel on the eve of an exhibition. The second time, she was Nalan Yanran, the legitimate daughter of the Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. When she woke, she was holding an autopsy knife, with an unidentified man's corpse lying in front of her. On her very first day after transmigrating, she had to get to work. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Took My Brother's Place as Deputy Chief of the Dali Court, Leaving Everyone Stunned 顶替哥哥为大理寺少卿，惊呆众人 Chen Zhao transmigrates into an ancient society. With his older brother, Chen Jun, missing for three months, Chen Zhao has no choice but to take his place as a junior minister at the Court of Judicial Review. His formidable modern investigative techniques leave everyone stunned. At the same time, he discovers that his brother’s disappearance is part of a massive conspiracy, and he too is drawn into the maelstrom of a power struggle. 394Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 21 The Minister of the Court of Justice Keeps Trying to Make Me His Mistress 大理寺卿他总想当我外室 [Woman in disguise + devoted couple + sweet romance + light mystery + domineering CEO-like Minister of the Court of Justice falls hard] To get justice for the thirty-four members of her family, Jing Yuchu disguises herself as a man and studies hard for twelve years, finally earning a minor position as a clerk in the Jingzhao Prefecture. While investigating a case, she unexpectedly loses her virginity to Shen Qi'an, the Minister of the Court of Justice, to save him from an aphrodisiac poison. She 1.1kReads8.7Score15914d adds
- 22 The Forensic Belle and Her Ministers Who Rule the Court 仵作娇娘她的裙臣权倾朝野 When she opens her eyes, she is the daughter of a coroner, sold by her stepmother into a brothel. Her father's body is not yet cold, and she has lost every shred of dignity. But the soul of a modern forensic pathologist lets her draw her first blade in desperation: at the Drunken Red Pavilion, she uses nothing but lividity and corneal clouding to expose the murder of a powerful man in front of everyone. A young general secretly investigating the case, Pei Muchuan, takes notice of her. She trades 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Kaifeng Case Files 开封案簿 A tyrant uses his power to force a sale. How can a helpless woman get justice? Once there was a tyrant who set his sights on a shop. But it was the family’s ancestral home, and its owner refused to sell. So the tyrant spread rumors everywhere. The husband was so enraged and grief-stricken that he died. His wife, Zhang Liniang, was left with no choice and lost both her home and her shop. The tyrant’s bullying knew no bounds: he forced her to sell at a low price. Zhang Liniang had nowhere to turn 17Reads8.2Score114d adds
- 24 Embers and Shadows of the Embroidered Spring 绣春烬影 During the Jiajing era, the Yan faction held power, and undercurrents swirled through the imperial court. The Northern and Southern Offices of the Imperial Guards had become the henchmen of powerful ministers, and wrongful convictions were everywhere. The protagonists are at the very bottom of the Imperial Guard hierarchy. Framed in a case of utmost importance involving the Eastern Palace, they are wiped out, leaving the survivors to lie low with a blood feud to avenge. With embroidered spring s 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Case Files of a Palace Eunuch in the Great Yin Dynasty 大殷女宦寻案录 [Historical mystery + woman disguised as a man + two formidable leads and an ensemble cast + court intrigue + bickering enemies] Song Sanchun is the number-one menace in the imperial intelligence agency. In public, she’s a malicious, crafty little eunuch: if she can frame someone, she won’t fight them head-on; if she can silence them, she won’t waste words. In private, she’s the sole survivor of a family massacre, carrying three years of blood debt. She serves her superior as a blade, a shield, 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Setting the Record Straight: A History of Injustice in Ancient China 青史鉴冤：中国古代冤案录 [A somber, stirring lament for the loyal and upright; a record of wrongful convictions that offers profound lessons for history.] The annals shine bright, yet deeds cannot be concealed; wronged spirits linger, their tears of blood not yet dry. Drawing on historical records and clearing away a thousand years of mist, this book recounts wrongful cases through the ages: the tragic upheaval of Xia Qi’s overthrow of Boyi under the guise of abdication; the brutal deaths of Wu Qi and Shang Yang amid th 48Reads8.4Score714d adds
- 27 Nighttime Inquests: Secrets of Ancient Chinese Case Files 夜审乾坤：古代奇案秘闻 On the surface, the realm enjoys peace and prosperity. Beneath it, bizarre cases occur one after another. A single lawsuit uncovers a scandalous affair in a grand household. A coffin opened at midnight reveals a corpse with no shadow. A groom dies on the eve of his wedding. A playboy falsely accused of adultery is left to suffer injustice. A coroner who steals corpses to cheat death secretly plots misdeeds... Every case is shrouded in mystery. See how Censor Li Xing holds court at night and uses —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 28 The Dynasty Dissected: The Empress Coroner Goes on a Killing Spree 解剖王朝：仵作皇后她杀疯了 A modern forensic examiner is reborn as a corpse collector, using her exceptional autopsy skills to expose the imperial court's deadly secrets She opens her eyes to find herself a corpse-collecting maid, condemned to execution after autumn. In prison, she examines bones with her bare hands and overturns an ironclad case in three sentences, stunning the entire court. She only wants to keep her head down and survive, but the unsolved case of “nine nameless skeletons” drags her before the emperor. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Qing Dynasty Mystery: The Son-Killing Retribution 清代奇案杀子报 The Qing-era strange case The Child-Murder Report! A mother kills her own child, then brutally cuts the body into seven pieces. What could drive a mother to cruelly murder her own child? And what would make the child’s sister help bury the body? The ignorant prefect even inexplicably arrests the person who reported the case! Desire and morality clash, fairness and justice collide. Heaven’s justice is clear: can the murdered child’s name be cleared at last? 273Reads8.9Score2314d adds
- 30 A Handsome Young Genius at Solving Cases Joins the Dali Temple 大理寺来了个破案如神的小白脸 At the autopsy table, she makes the dead speak; in the halls of power, she clears the names of the living. One charcoal pencil, two lifetimes of memories, and a three-foot autopsy table where she solves the strangest cases in the land. Ten delicate fingers, a hundred clever tricks, and a thousand palace chambers stirred into turmoil. Gongsun Yan, a top modern forensic pathologist, opens her eyes to find herself the daughter of a disgraced official, awaiting execution. Her family’s blood feud rem 176Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 31 Overtime Diaries of the Dali Temple 大理寺加班日常 Lu Zhao is a modern-day forensic pathologist who works herself to the bone. After 72 hours of overtime, she gets the grand prize: death from overwork. When she opens her eyes again, she's become the pitiful illegitimate daughter of a minor family in the capital, about to be sold off as a second wife. Time to lie flat! She absolutely has to lie flat! No one is ever making her touch another corpse or work overtime again! To that end, she disguises herself as a man and takes the place of her "dece 12.9kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 32 Strange Encounters in the Tang Dynasty 大唐诡遇记 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 People Beneath the Ghosts 幽灵下的人 A middle-aged man transmigrates to a high-martial world where life is one long martial-arts saga. He wants to roam the land as a wandering hero, but before he can even set out, he is burdened with a blood feud. He devotes himself to training in martial arts to avenge his loved ones, only to discover the world's secrets after finally slaying his enemy... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Sword Pointed at the Sacred Mani Emblem of the Ming 剑指大明摩尼圣徽 [Wuxia + Case Solving + Mystery + Ming Dynasty History + Supernatural Suspense + Mind-Bending Mysteries] Main characters: Shangguan Yunhe, Shen Yexue, Liu Rucen The story begins when tax silver being transported to Beidu is robbed. More than a hundred soldiers escorting the silver are found dead, all wearing eerie smiles. Shangguan Yunhe and the others discover that the anti-government Blood Lotus Cult has joined forces with a Western Regions heretical sect, court officials, and people from Japa 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: The Legend of County Magistrate Lin Tao 穿越古代之县太爷林涛传奇 After his soul transmigrates into another world and he becomes a seventh-rank county magistrate, Lin Tao rises from the streets to become a great and upright official. At last, he can turn his chivalrous ideals into strategies for governing the land. Damn it, why are there so many corrupt officials causing trouble? One murder case after another... Who’s afraid of whom? The words “submit” and “back down” don’t exist in my dictionary! Dear readers, watch as I unravel every clue and deliver justice 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Cases of Judge Shi 施公案 The novel tells the story of the honest official Shi Shilun during the Kangxi era, who, aided by Huang Tianba and other heroes of the martial world, roots out corrupt officials, solves cases, and captures bandits. 3Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 37 Hongwu Era: I Became the Ming Dynasty's Top Official Through Forensic Examinations 洪武年，我靠验尸成了大明第一官 [The rating is here!!] [Hardcore forensic medicine + Ming dynasty under the Hongwu Emperor + mystery and crime-solving + steady rise to power + a clash of eras] In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, the Guo Huan corruption case rocked the court, and countless heads rolled. Shen Yan, a top modern forensic examiner, opened his eyes to find himself a condemned petty official awaiting execution. He was about to be taken to the Meridian Gate to be skinned alive! Faced with certain death, Shen Yan wield 355Reads5.9Score10614d adds
- 38 An Investigation into the Three Great Unsolved Cases of the Early Qing 清初三大疑案考实 A Critical Examination of the Three Great Mysteries of the Early Qing is composed of three parts: A Critical Examination of the Empress Dowager's Alleged Marriage, A Critical Examination of Emperor Shunzhi's Alleged Monastic Vows, and A Critical Examination of Emperor Yongzheng's Accession to the Throne. With a historian's rigor, Mr. Meng Sen carefully investigates the three long-circulating mysteries of the empress dowager's alleged marriage, Shunzhi's alleged decision to become a monk, and Yon 2Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 39 The Dragon Map’s Divine Detective Cases 龙图神断公案 A high-energy cut of Bao Zheng solving cases. The mastermind behind the civet-cat-for-the-crown-prince plot, a terrifying scene as a black basin cries out for justice, impostors trading identities as the top scholar… A Northern Song version of Medical Examiner Qin Ming meets Today's Legal Report. When the executioner's blade falls, demons flee! The Kaifeng F4 squad is ready for action! 3Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 40 The Little Coroner of the Dali Temple 大理寺小仵作 Word around town is that Dali Temple Minister Fu Xiujin is a jade-faced King of Hell, a cold beauty with an iron heart who brings down the hammer when investigating cases. Yao Shu glances at the innocent, puppy-eyed man in front of her, blushing just because he drank a bowl of sweet soup she made, and can only wonder: Shouldn’t you people get your eyes checked? See how the Dali Temple Minister and his young coroner examine strange corpses, solve cold cases, and find love along the way. 717Reads8.8Score10614d adds
- 41 Transmigrating to the Great Song: A Young Constable Solves Cases and Becomes a Legend 穿越大宋，小捕快破案封神 A modern SWAT officer transmigrates to the Northern Song dynasty and becomes a low-ranking constable. With his exceptional criminal-investigation skills, he cracks every baffling case under heaven! He solves cases and becomes legendary, his official career skyrocketing. From a petty clerk, he rises to become a powerful figure who dominates the court! 13kReads7.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 42 The Coroner's Wife Is a Swordswoman 仵作娘子是剑客 · The Ultimate Contrast · A Double Life: See how an ugly, mute coroner handles corpses by day and knives by night, playing the most thrilling game of identity in the narrow space between the authorities and the martial world. · Mind and Might · Cracking Bizarre Cases: From the “Faceless Corpse Case” to the “Red-Bride Serial Murders,” one uncanny case after another connects to a shocking conspiracy to wipe out his master’s sect. The coroner’s blade and the swordsman’s sword join forces to tear aw 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Tales of Di Renjie 狄仁杰故事 [Mystery + Deduction + Crime Solving + Ancient China + Tang Dynasty] 1. Story Background During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, the young Di Renjie discovers a case involving a skeleton while on his way to take up the post of magistrate of Luoyang County. As he investigates its hidden secrets, a murder occurs in the Wang family. Everyone is a suspect, but who is the killer? In a secluded manor, the host dies before a banquet ends. No one present could have committed the crime, 736Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 44 There Are Fish in the Northern Sea: A Mystery 北冥有鱼【探案】 Women had low status in ancient times, and female coroners were treated as the lowest of the low. After enduring years of torment from her family, Lin Feiyu ran away and spent eight years studying under an old coroner. Yet the authorities and the public still refused to accept or recognize her. After investigating a series of strange and uncanny cases with Cheng Yu, a fallen scion of a once-prominent family, including a prince’s death, a ghost groom, a mermaid’s tearful pearls, and a mysterious 785Reads8.9Score15014d adds
- 45 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: I Become a Young Master 穿越之我在古代当公子哥儿 A love-interest competition story with an everyone-loves-him protagonist. He wakes up as a noble young master, cherished by his mother and grandmother and protected by his older brother. Watch as he lies flat, takes the ancient world by storm, and lives as a true wastrel. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 First-Rank Coroner: From the Start, I’m Dissecting the Crown Princess 一品仵作：开局解剖太子妃 Modern forensic pathologist Huang Xiaochuan dies suddenly after working overtime for days in a row. When he wakes, he has transmigrated into the Great Sheng Dynasty, becoming an obscure coroner's apprentice. From the start, he is hauled into the imperial court to examine the body of the Crown Princess, who died under mysterious circumstances. If he cannot uncover the truth within three days, he will be buried alongside her. Relying on modern forensic science and criminal psychology, he publicly 131Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Poison-Treating Forensic Doctor: From Cast-Off Consort to Chief Coroner 法医毒妃从下堂妃到首席法医 When she opened her eyes, she was a discarded princess consort, divorced and condemned to drink poison. Her “crime” was plotting to kill the prince's beloved, the moonlight in his heart. In front of the coffin, the assembled guests watched her “atone with her death.” But she held the poison wine and gave her former husband, the powerful prince, a cool, professional smile: “Your Highness, are you sure your beloved really died from my ‘poison’?” “According to my preliminary examination, she died 559Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 48 The Unrivaled Chronicle of the Classic Historian 无双典史传 A thrilling mystery! A young county investigator’s legendary crime-solving career! Chen Xun possesses the secret art of the Heavenly Eye. In just three short years, he rids the region of bandits and thieves, making a name for himself! Just when he thinks everything is finally going well and looks forward to marrying the beauty of his dreams, one murder after another takes place: In full view of everyone, a murder occurs inside the Guanyin Hall. The suspect is the last person anyone would expect. 134Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 49 Owl's Shadow Beneath the Moon 月下枭影 When she opens her eyes, criminal psychology expert Shen Qingxian has become the ultimate villain, “Phantom,” and is about to be executed. The presiding officer is her sworn enemy from the modern world, Gu Zhao, the famed constable of the Six Fan Gate. As the blade is about to fall, she silently mouths to him: “Lord Gu, the monster inside you is watching me.” To stay alive, Shen Qingxian is drawn into a series of bizarre murder cases as a condemned criminal. By day, she is a cool-headed profile 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Tales of Astonishing Cases: Strange Crimes of Ancient Times 拍案惊奇：古代奇案录 Crimes are committed with godlike cunning, leaving no trace; cases are judged with fairness and sound discernment. Wrongful and unsolved cases were common in ancient times, whether confessions were beaten out of the accused or witnesses were silenced by murder. This book explores strange and unsolved cases from ancient times. The plots are full of twists and turns, and the investigations are rife with complications, while also shedding light on ancient China’s bureaucratic politics and social re 2.1kReads9.1Score18814d adds
