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- 1 Young Di Renjie: The Chang'an Mysteries 少年狄仁杰之长安诡事 A bizarre massacre at the City God Temple in Chang'an County leads young Di Renjie to uncover a shocking conspiracy while investigating the case: the powerful court official Changsun Wuji is using the ghost market to raise a force of deathsworn, hoping to drag Crown Prince Li Zhi into a rebellion! Forced to navigate between a cool, beautiful female general, a spoiled princess, and a mysterious beauty, Di Renjie's tangled romances cut into the truth like knives. Li Shimin lies on his sickbed, his 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Red-Sleeved Dragon Slayer: Raising a Gu King in the Imperial Palace 《红袖斩龙：我在深宫养蛊王》 The Red-Sleeved Dragon Slayer: I Raise a Gu King in the Deep Palace —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Uncle Di and I Solve Strange Cases 狄叔携我破诡案 My name is Yun Xiaomu, and I live in the ancient city of Luoyang. I’m just a college freshman, but I never expected to dream my way back to the Tang dynasty, where I joined the great detective Di Renjie in solving case after major case. Haha, now that was a heart-pounding adventure of life and death. In one word: awesome! Come on! Let’s step together into the time tunnel to the Tang dynasty and experience those thrilling moments! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Detective Di Renjie: The Tale of Su Ling 神探狄仁杰之苏泠传 Her name is Su Ling, Di Renjie’s adopted daughter. Rescued from the streets at age nine, she spent the next ten years solving cases alongside her father. Examining corpses, identifying poisons, escaping with her light-footed agility: she has never been the one holding anyone back. But she has a secret: fragments of memories from another era sometimes surface in her mind. She has a vague sense that Li Yuanfang and Ru Yan are destined to be together, and that certain tragedies are about to unfold. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Two Years After Our Breakup: My Ex-Girlfriend Came Back with a Son 分手两年后：前女友带回一个儿子 Two Years After the Breakup: My Ex-Girlfriend Came Back with a Son —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Detective Di Renjie V 神探狄仁杰五 High stakes + suspense + mystery + invincible protagonist + no heroine + history. This novel continues the story after the fourth installment of Detective Di Renjie. After Di Renjie defeats the Turks and returns to court, a series of events unfolds, all of which he resolves with ease. In her later years, Wu Zetian’s misplaced trust in her male favorites throws the court into turmoil. Despite his advanced age, Di Renjie turns the tide and saves the Great Zhou, making an invaluable contribution to 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Di Renjie: The Yama King's Edict 狄仁杰之阎王令 As the saying goes: Once the Yama Order is issued, no one survives. To investigate where the order came from, Di Renjie is secretly sent by his father to look into it. He uses a scheme to bring along his good friend Wang Yuanfang, and the two set off on a path through the martial world, where bloodshed and crime lie hidden. During their investigation, they uncover a connection to Wang Yuanfang's father. The two friends fall out, but when Wang Yuanfang's father learns that his son is being hunted 127Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 8 Detective Di Renjie: The Storm Rises Again 神探狄仁杰之风云再起 In the main hall of the provincial governor's residence, a lantern bearing a human face stood in the center. It tilted at an unnatural angle on the floor. A layer of ghastly pale human skin was stretched over its bamboo frame, its once-smooth surface now covered in cracks. Dark red blood seeped steadily from them, like a twitching mouth silently wailing. The pool of blood beneath the lantern had congealed into dark purple scabs, yet fresh droplets still fell from its edges, striking the blueston 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Detective Di Renjie: The Mysterious Case 神探狄仁杰之迷案 During Wu Zetian’s reign, the empire enjoys peace and stability on the surface, but undercurrents swirl beneath. Court intrigue, strange happenings on the borders, and bizarre cases among the common people all test the wisdom and courage of those who uphold the law. Di Renjie, the brilliant detective later hailed as the “Sherlock Holmes of the East,” solves one strange case after another with meticulous reasoning and keen insight, upholding justice. Set during the Wu Zhou era, this book features 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Calming the Waves: The Road Home 定风波之归去来 In the final years of the Wu Zhou dynasty, Di Renjie, frustrated by his repeated and fruitless remonstrations, angrily retires to his hometown. From the moment he leaves the capital, assassins dog his every step: killers from the martial world, corrupt officials, and enemy spies. An invisible web stretches from Luoyang to the East Sea. Every step of his three-thousand-li journey home takes him across the blades of the two Zhangs' faction. What should have been a quiet retirement becomes a deadly —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Di Renjie: The Mysterious Case 狄仁杰之玄案 My new story is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Detective Di Renjie: Shadow of the Heavenly Secret 狄仁杰之天机玄影 (An ancient-style mystery: not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Readers who prefer otherwise, proceed with caution.) In the winter of the third year of Shengli under the Wu Zhou, a hundred miles of the Luo River outside Luoyang lie frozen solid. Within seven days, seventeen elderly river-construction workers die one after another. Their bodies bear no wounds, and their faces are peaceful, but each has a pitch-black snake pattern in the palm that cannot be wash 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 13 Di Renjie: I Am the Great Tang's Most Powerful Minister 狄仁杰：我，大唐第一权臣 He transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and becomes the famous detective Di Renjie, complete with a System and a golden finger! He moves freely through officialdom, winning both imperial favor and the people's hearts. With his literary skills, he can govern the realm; with his martial prowess, he can secure the empire. Neither internal troubles nor foreign threats can faze him. Behold the legendary life of the Tang Dynasty's foremost official! 170Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Judge Dee of the Great Tang: Temple of the Sea of Sand 大唐狄仁杰之沙海神殿 Empress Wu Zetian moved the capital to Luoyang and planned to celebrate the first Mid-Autumn Festival there with her ministers. But unexpectedly, the grand feast turned into a funeral banquet. Discontented with a woman ruling the empire, someone plotted to seize the Tang throne, and Di Renjie was dispatched to investigate. A series of hidden secrets gradually comes to light, including the Temple of the Sea of Sand, the Vast Sea Labyrinth, and the Snowbound Dome. 211Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 15 Detective Di Renjie: I Am a Once-in-a-Generation Talent 神探狄仁傑，我，不世之才 Thrills; suspense; immortal martial arts; detective; An eternal lamp hung in the ancient tomb, its wavering flame sending chills down the spine… Rustle… “Who's there, ” The Twin-Dagger Murder Case: Because her husband was always away on business, Fan Yuniang was unbearably lonely and began an affair with Jia Jun, a debonair opera performer. Du Wei, the Overlord, sought revenge and subjected Fan Yuniang to every kind of humiliation… A beam of light pierced through from the mountaintop. The sun 538Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Detective Di Renjie: A Case Within a Case in the Capital 狄仁杰之京城案中案 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Detective’s Eye for Flavor: Reborn in Di Renjie’s Body to Solve Bizarre Cases 舌尖上的神探，魂穿狄公破奇案 [Transmigration] [National Fate] [Di Renjie] [Great Tang] [Master Detective] [System] [Mystery] [Deduction] [Political Intrigue] [Passionate] [Feel-Good Story] [Alternate History] [High Intelligence] His soul transmigrates to Great Tang, where he starts as a death-row prisoner in the imperial prison! Modern criminal investigation expert Chen Mo transmigrates as Di Renjie, burdened with the crime of treason, but unexpectedly awakens the "God-Tier Crime Reconstruction System." With intelligence an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Detective Di Renjie: Conquering the Martial Dynasty 神探狄仁杰之武朝称霸 After transmigrating into the world of Judge Dee, he solves cases alongside Dee Fatty while gradually building up his own power! Dee Fatty, you’ve exposed so many masterminds. But can you find the one who’s been hiding the deepest? Years later! Wu Duxiu sat upon the imperial throne! “Minister Dee, will you bow before me?” 454Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 19 The Six-Fingered Boy’s Starry Road 六指少年的星光路 The Six-Fingered Boy's Road to Stardom —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Pines’ Song Remains, While Their Sharpest Edge Stays Hidden 松风未改，锋芒自藏 The pines remain unchanged; their sharpness stays hidden —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Belated Moonlight Illuminates My Entire Youth 迟来的月光，照亮我整个青春 The moonlight came late, but it lit up my entire youth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 From Fast-Track Promotion to Forced Resignation: At 24, My Life Was More Thrilling Than a TV Drama 从破格提拔到被迫离职，我24岁这一年，比电视剧还刺激 From an exceptional promotion to being forced to resign, the year I turned 24 was more thrilling than a TV drama 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Peking Opera, Classical Poetry, and Cranberry Cookies: She Once Loved Me Without Hiding It 京剧、古诗词与蔓越莓饼干：我曾被她明目张胆地偏爱 Peking opera, classical poetry, and cranberry biscuits: I was once the one she openly favored —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Once Had a Place on the List of People You Trusted Most 在最信任的名单里，我曾拥有姓名 I once had a place on the list of people you trusted most 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Summer of Math Olympiad Class and the Missing Number 奥数班的夏天与消失的号码 The Summer of Math Olympiad Class and the Missing Phone Number —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Commendation, Dismissal, Two Job Offers: My Half-Year Was More Thrilling Than a TV Drama 表彰→辞退→双offer：我的半年，比电视剧还刺激 Recognition → Resignation → Two Job Offers: My Past Six Months Have Been More Thrilling Than a TV Drama —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Taizongs of the Dynasties: Winning the World Takes Might, Ruling It Takes Wisdom 历代太宗：能打天下，更要懂天下 The Taizongs of Every Dynasty: You Must Know How to Win the Realm, and How to Rule It —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Drumbeats and Starlight: My Comeback Story in Elementary School 鼓点与星光：我的小学逆袭之路 Drumbeats and Starlight: My Comeback Journey in Elementary School —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 After Injustice, I Became Number One 不公之后，我成了第一 After Being Treated Unfairly, I Became Number One —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Double Starlight Through Time: A Boy’s Secret Language of Youth 时光里的双份星光：少年的青春密语 Double Starlight Through Time: A Boy’s Secret Words of Youth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Di Renjie: The Pearl Lost in the Blue Sea 狄仁杰之沧海遗珠 [Mystery] [History] [Detective Fiction] [Thriller] The former officials of the Li-Tang dynasty guard the ancestral temples, while the throne passes to the ruler’s relatives by marriage. The struggle for imperial power leaves the people in misery. Wu Zetian orders Di Renjie to act as her imperial inspector and Grand Councilor, and a bizarre case that will shock the realm comes to light… This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate. 621Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 32 The Strange Cases of Detective Di Renjie in the Great Tang 狄仁杰之大唐诡事录 Detective Di Renjie: Strange Tales of the Great Tang is a historical mystery novel starring the famed Tang chancellor Di Renjie. It cleverly blends real history with folk legends, unfolding a series of baffling cases beneath the grand panorama of the flourishing Tang dynasty. Set during Empress Wu Zetian's reign, the divine capital of Luoyang is rife with undercurrents. As Di Renjie investigates one bizarre murder after another, he unexpectedly uncovers palace secrets, arcane arts from the mart 376Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Transmigrated into the Best Plum Blossom Guard and Made Wu Zetian Weep! 穿越最牛梅花内卫，虐哭武则天！ From the start, Chang Qing becomes the chief commander of the Plum Blossom Guards, serving under Empress Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty during an era when cruel officials run rampant. The empress's goal is simple: use an investigation into corruption as a pretext to purge her political enemies from the Li clan and secure peace for the Wu Zhou. But Chang Qing has other ideas... Since he's investigating corruption, he can't just go through the motions like the four opportunistic political lackeys, 725Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Di Renjie: I'm a Detective in the Wu Zhou Dynasty 狄仁杰：我在武周当神探 [Ancient China] [Mystery Solving] [Suspense] [Not Historically Accurate] [Multiple Female Leads] [Amazing Detective Di Renjie + Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty] Zhang Chen, a seasoned mystery buff, transmigrates into the world of Amazing Detective Di Renjie and becomes a county magistrate. He obtains a Case-Solving System. Each time he cracks a case, the System offers a different reward depending on its difficulty, ranging from mobile phones and computers to toilet paper and drinks. Chancellor 24.5kReads8.4Score2.3k14d adds
- 35 The Tang Dynasty's Famous Detective Di Renjie: Conan 大唐名侦探狄仁杰之柯南 Di An, a third-year medical student, tripped and fell into a sewer. When he opened his eyes, he was in Chang'an during the Zhenguan era. His starting kit: a hoodie, a phone, a power bank, and over a thousand downloaded episodes of Detective Conan. A survival guide to the Tang dynasty? Not a chance. To make ends meet, he used his amateur medical knowledge and memories of the Detective Conan manga to land a job as a coroner at the county yamen. But after casually solving a few strange cases usin 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Nightmare at the Throne: The Complete Story of Emperor Gaozong's Abdication to Emperor Xiaozong 噩梦惊龙座：宋高宗禅位宋孝宗全传 A Nightmare for the Dragon Seat: The Complete Story of Emperor Gaozong of Song Abdicating in Favor of Emperor Xiaozong 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Eastern Palace Changes Hands: Two Crown Princes, Switched Fates Across Time 东宫易主：双太子跨时空错命 The Eastern Palace Changes Hands: Two Crown Princes, Fates Switched Across Time 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Endgame: The Doctor's Mask and the Silver Bullet 终局：博士的假面与银色子弹 The Final Showdown: The Doctor's Mask and the Silver Bullet 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Hidden Dragon in the Deep: A Half-Step from Ascending to the Heavens 潜龙在渊：半步真龙腾九霄 A Hidden Dragon in the Deep: One Step from a True Dragon, Soaring to the Ninth Heaven 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Final Page of Testimony 最后一页证词 The Last Page of Testimony —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Vermilion Walls of the Forbidden City: The Consorts' Struggle for the Throne 紫禁朱墙：三妃夺鼎录 Vermilion Walls of the Forbidden City: The Three Consorts’ Struggle for the Throne —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn as the Legitimate Son: Six Generations of Single Heirs Guard the Family Home 重生嫡子：六代单传镇家宅 Reborn as the Legitimate Son: Six Generations of Only Sons Guard the Family Estate 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Detective Di Renjie: The Case of Crown Prince Zhanghuai’s Return from the Dead 神探狄仁杰之章怀太子还魂案 During Wu Zetian's reign, strange omens appeared in the divine capital of Luoyang. The late Crown Prince Zhanghuai suddenly returned from the dead, leading a powerful Black-armored Army in an assault on the palace and the murder of court officials. The divine capital was thrown into panic... Wu Zetian reinstated Di Renjie, who had retired from office, and ordered him to unravel the bizarre case! The Crown Prince's faction, the Prince of Liang's faction, the eunuchs, and Wu Zetian's own forces... 2.8kReads8.3Score35814d adds
- 44 Detective Di Renjie: The Phantom Soldiers' Road 神探狄仁杰之阴兵借路 Legend has it that after a great catastrophe, many wronged souls refused to leave the mortal realm. To keep reincarnation running smoothly, the Underworld sent ghost soldiers and bailiffs to the human world to collect souls, giving rise to the eerie phenomenon known as “ghost soldiers borrowing the road.” In the first year of Changshou, Di Renjie is framed and demoted to Pengze. Though small, Pengze is rife with turmoil: the county magistrate, deputy magistrate, and constable are killed one afte 20Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 45 Detective Di Renjie: Ghosts in the Canyon 狄仁杰之峡谷幽魂 After one hundred thousand soldiers of the Right Guard perished in Eastrock Gorge, Di Renjie, a high-ranking minister, was secretly dispatched by the emperor to Yingzhou to investigate the truth behind the fall of the Great Zhou. There, he meets Ling Yun, the former right battalion general of the Right Guard, now one of the most wanted criminals in the land, and unexpectedly learns about the past turmoil of the Ling family of Yingzhou… Around this time, a series of ghost murders take place in Y 2.7kReads7.5Score15914d adds
- 46 Detective Di Renjie: The Serpent's Shadow 神探狄仁杰之幽蛇惊变 [Detective Dee, Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty, Phantom of the Serpent Spirit, political intrigue and criminal investigations] A ghostly serpent gnaws at the bones, a murderous spirit haunts a frozen temple, a coffin sinks in the Luo River, a serpent talisman claims lives, and disguises change the dynasty... Is a serpent demon behind it all, or is this a deadly plot from the imperial court? An express courier finds a serpent-shaped wooden token at night. The next day, he is found dead in the 5Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 47 Detective Di Renjie 5: The Palace Shifts the Stars 神探狄仁杰5下之宫阙换星 Jiangnan and Jiangzhou are riddled with deadly traps, while the capital, Luoyang, conceals the roots of disaster. The undercurrents in the north and south echo one another and are secretly intertwined. Layer by layer, a tangled web of conspiracies is exposed, and a shocking upheaval capable of bringing down the Great Zhou dynasty and sweeping through the entire imperial court is about to begin. This work continues the previous volume, "Detective Dee: The Blood Jade Mystery", and centers on a maj 6.1kReads7.1Score39814d adds
- 48 Detective Di Renjie: The Great Villain 神探狄仁杰之大反派 Zhang Tianlin transmigrates into the world of The Great Detective Di Renjie. Though he was a huge fan of Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang, he unexpectedly becomes an assassin under Jin Mulan. He plans to find a chance to break away and follow Di Renjie, but then he activates the Villain System. From then on, this world gains another peerless expert, highly skilled in martial arts and unmatched in lightness kung fu! Xiao Qingfang: “Wonderful! The Snake Spirit has gained another chief with peerless m 82Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 49 Detective Di Renjie: The Mystery of the Orchid Pavilion 狄仁杰之兰亭疑案 The Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion is known as the finest running-script calligraphy in the world. Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was so obsessed with Wang Xizhi's masterpiece that some say it was buried with him in his tomb, while others claim it was interred in Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi's Qianling Mausoleum. To fulfill Gaozong's final wish, Wu Zetian set out to find the lost Orchid Pavilion Preface and bury it with her husband. Her investigation revealed that the pavili 647Reads9.1Score10614d adds
- 50 Di Renjie's Casebook: Solving Mysteries with Corpse Speech, Judging the Fate of All Under Heaven 大唐狄刑录：尸语破诡，权断乾坤 A modern forensic examiner transmigrates to the Wu Zhou era and becomes a lowly coroner nobody respects! One bizarre case after another, all written off as “vengeful ghosts claiming lives,” drives the Tang court's justice system to the brink! “The dead cannot speak, but their bodies bear witness!” Massacres, serial murders, court conspiracies... Armed with nothing but an autopsy knife, he face-slaps the powerful, tears apart rebel factions, helps Judge Di restore order, and becomes the Tang Dyna 6Reads—Score—14d adds
