Novels like The Tales of Di Renjie
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- 101 Deduction: Murder Game 推理：杀人游戏 Have you ever witnessed a murder with your own eyes? Do you know how the killer escaped after a crime unfolded right in front of you? Do you want to know who was really pulling the strings? You saw the crime scene, but not the layers of seemingly simple riddles behind the case. With her meticulous mind, she will take you on a journey to uncover the astonishing twists and turns hidden behind each case... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 From Abandoned Slave to Powerful Minister: A Fallen Heiress Is Forced to Solve Cases 弃奴成权臣，落魄千金被迫探案 [Abduction and possession + love and hate + rekindled love + Tang Dynasty supernatural tales + mystery and political intrigue] Historical mystery romance with a happy ending * A cold-hearted, cold-blooded, black-lotus heroine with a snake-like edge x a happy puppy of a hero who has become a bitter, fallen man It was an ordinary day in the sixteenth year of the Zhenguan era. The Crown Prince was once again holding a nighttime banquet for the Turkic chiefs when maggots suddenly poured from the st 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Brocade-Clad Commander Can Read Minds, and the Greedy Girl Can't Hide 锦衣指挥使读心，馋丫头藏不住了 [Cold, dark, mind-reading Brocade Guard + mercenary, lecherous junior constable + mystery romance + lighthearted, sweet love] Chi Li is a junior constable with the Six Fan Gate. The handsome new top graduate she had her eye on at a restaurant was seized right off the street by Xiao Ce, Deputy Commissioner of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The whole city says she’s a jinx no one would dare marry. Everyone says Xiao Ce is the most handsome man under heaven, so Chi Li latches onto him. At crime sce 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Cold King Dotes Only on Me: His Princess Consort Is a Master Detective 冷王独宠：我的王妃是神探 She was once a child prodigy detective who caused quite a sensation. Now that her entire family has been slaughtered, she comes alone to the capital and becomes Prince Ning's maid! To win his favor, she solves one strange case after another. A dead man beneath the bed, his eyes refusing to close! An old woman found dead at home in a bizarre manner! A man turned into a dried corpse! The legendary Gu-raising practitioner! Once she has unraveled each mystery, she realizes an even greater enigm 6Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 105 Long Live King Jinhua 锦婳大王千千岁 [Mystery, political intrigue, two powerful leads, no brainless characters] I, Wei Jinhua, am the most notorious and spoiled young noblewoman in Zhaocheng. My favorite pastimes are flipping over noble young men's banquet tables, dealing with the scheming women who try to seduce them, and pining after my delicate childhood friend. Then the masked man who'd been watching over me took off his mask “Wei Er, wake up. I've taken your father's military power and the man you love for you.” From a genera 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Cold-Faced County Magistrate Suspects My Identity Every Day 冷面县令他每天都在怀疑我身份 [Soul Transmigration] + [Mystery and Wild Speculation] + [Detective Reasoning] Lu Xiao, a modern-day office drone, opens his eyes at the scene of a caught-in-the-act affair and discovers he's become Lu Xiao, a male constable in ancient times! Three headless bodies lie neatly arranged before him. His subordinate looks close to tears: “Chief Lu, if we don't catch the killer in three days, we'll all end up in jail!” He'd just escaped the grind of the capitalists, and now the county magistrate is th 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Prosperous Age Case 盛世案 Li Shengyuan is the greatest painter in the Great Sheng. Rumor has it that his fate brings death to his wives. In his early thirties, he has already lost two wives. Though fabulously wealthy, he is a man no woman dares marry. During the Ghost Festival, he goes to a temple to light a lamp for his late wife. When he wakes after fainting, he has lost his memory! He later finds work as a shop assistant at Jing's Grain Store, where he hits it off with the owner's daughter, Jing Ruyu, and the two bec —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Celestial Bus: The Mystery of Chang’an 《天机巴士：长安迷踪》 The Heavenly Secret Bus: The Mystery of Chang'an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Young Lady from the Physician’s Household 郎中家的小娘子 Other people who transmigrate end up marrying emperors or princes, but she is a psychologist who used to charge by the hour and now finds herself married to a penniless young physician. So, guided by the principle that “everyone is mentally ill, whether in ancient times or the modern age,” Lingzhi begins providing psychological treatment to people in the past. From then on, the couple build their fortune together, one healing the body and the other the mind, and rise to the top! 37Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 110 Tempest of Unsolved Cases: A Battle Between Good and Evil 悬案风云：正邪之弈 Su Qingcen is an imperial official who solves one unusual case after another alongside his close friend Liu Chenzhou and the physician Ye Jinghong. A copper token bearing the character “Medicine,” found in a poisoning case at the Imperial Medical Academy in the capital, leads to a fraud scandal in the Ministry of Rites uncovered during the imperial examinations. Then a theft at the Treasure Pavilion reveals a conspiracy involving a “shadow network” orchestrated by the Profound Shadow Pavilion. F —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Detective Di Renjie: Transmigrating to Binge-Watch the Show 神探狄仁杰之穿越追剧 A college student who loves watching the TV series Judge Dee transmigrates into its world. Li Guanyun, a student from a later age, follows Judge Dee around and gets to watch the story unfold up close. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 My Father Is Grand Tutor Pang 我爹是庞太师 After transmigrating, Pang Yu was shocked to discover that the father of the body he now inhabited was a famous figure: Grand Tutor Pang! But none of that mattered. The real problem was that his mind also contained a bizarre System that promised to give him the perfect life. Its very first mission was to find Grand Tutor Pang a wife... So, while chatting and laughing with Chen Shimei, Pang Yu happily decided to introduce Qin Xianglian to Grand Tutor Pang! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Judge Bao: Strange Cases 包青天之奇案 My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Solving Cases at the Ministry of Justice: This Is My Kind of Work 刑部打工破案：这波操作我熟 (The low rating is only because there aren't many ratings yet. If you like it, please leave a rating as you pass by!) After transmigrating into the body of a former assassin, Ling Xi thinks she's got a solid start from the start. Solidly doomed to starve! Her home is bare, she's so hungry her front and back nearly touch, and she has to sneak into a mass grave at night to look for “pocket money”... This iron rice bowl is hard to chew! Luckily, the DNA of her former life as a forensic trace-eviden 1.2kReads8.4Score14414d adds
- 115 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
- 116 It's Perfectly Reasonable for a Scholar to Solve a Case 读书人断个案很合理吧 [Crime Solving] [Alternate History] [Wild Imagination] [Wits and Strategy] [Cool-Headed] [A Keen Mind] My name is Ning Fan, a top scorer in the college entrance exams who dropped out of school. After dying in an accident, I transmigrated to an alternate historical dynasty called the Great Rong. Given a second life, I planned to take it easy in ancient times: pass the imperial exams for fun, go into business and become the richest man around, and follow in the footsteps of the greats by inventing 259Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 117 The Assassination of Bao Qingtian 刺杀包青天 Told in the style of a traditional storyteller, this novel follows a protagonist who accidentally transmigrates to the Song dynasty and discovers he has the unusual ability to leave his body as a spirit. He keeps developing new skills, helping Magistrate Bao of Kaifeng Prefecture solve criminal cases and assisting Zhan Zhao in dealing with the martial arts world's villains. The first volume introduces the protagonist's career as a lawyer; the second covers Bao's inspection tour and investigation 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Great Zhou Detective 大周女探案 Ever since Ye Sheng took office, Jiangning has been far from peaceful. The Wu family’s bride mysteriously dropped dead, and the Lu sisters were both found with their throats slit. One strange incident followed another, leaving everyone on edge. To clear his father’s name, Tan Xin traveled a thousand miles to Jiangning. There, he and Ye Sheng supported each other as they sought the truth. Amid shifting fortunes, greed, anger, delusion, truth and falsehood, who is right and who is wrong… 12Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 119 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
- 120 The Legendary Detective Liu Luoguo 神探刘罗锅传奇 This story is adapted from folk legends and traditional opera. Liu Yong earns Emperor Qianlong’s favor with his outstanding performance in the imperial examinations. Starting as a local county magistrate, he rises all the way to Grand Secretary of the Tiren Pavilion, always upholding impartial justice and winning the people’s love. When famine strikes Shandong, Prince Anle Yelü Qi embezzles disaster relief grain and funds. Wielding the authority of an imperial envoy and assisted by Zhuge Jin an 2.9kReads6.5Score13814d adds
- 121 At Midnight, I Witnessed a Killer at Work 半夜，撞见杀手杀人 After accidentally stumbling onto a crime scene, he becomes a murder suspect. As he tries to clear his name, he realizes he never wandered into the scene by chance at all: someone had led him into a trap… No grand ambitions here, just a story that will uncover the truth. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Two-Sided Mirror: Blossoming in Secret 双面镜：暗自生花 A crime story grounded in reality [Suspense + twists]. A carefully orchestrated game of murder begins in secret. Behind the mask, is someone hunter or prey? When the perfect facade falls away, what emerges is hidden evil and a cold reckoning. Some seek the truth, while others lay traps. At the edge of the abyss of desire and revenge, anyone could be a pawn, and anyone could be the one moving the pieces. One wrong step, and there is no coming back. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The System Makes Me Solve Cases, but All I Want Is to Flirt 系统逼我探案，我却总想撩汉 [A blunt, looks-obsessed office drone who’s forbidden from falling in love vs. a cold-faced, sharp-tongued King of Hell who secretly dotes on his people] [Modern person transmigrates into an ancient setting + fictional world + System + mystery investigations + one-on-one romance, very sweet and angst-free; the romance takes off at lightning speed + a little comedy] Mu Fengge’s romance never got off the ground. She had barely transmigrated when she was falsely accused and thrown in jail. Her hear 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 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
- 125 Judge Bao: Washing the Tassels in the Canglang River 包青天：沧浪濯缨 In the first year of the Jingde era under Emperor Zhenzong, Western Xia rose to power and continued to expand, leaving the Song dynasty facing one crisis after another. In the second year of the Dazhong Xiangfu era, the school in Suiyang, Songzhou, was granted the name Yingtianfu Academy, and its reputation soared. On the Northern Song's Qianyuan Festival, Yan Shu, the prefect of Yingtian, held a grand banquet. Among the invited guests were prominent officials and famous figures from across the —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 126 When the Fog Lifts: The Mystery of the 307 Ghost Ship’s Appearance 迷雾散尽时，307幽灵船现身之谜 When the fog clears, the mystery of Ghost Ship 307’s appearance —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Terror at the Girls’ School: The Mystery of the 307 Fall 女校惊魂之307跳楼之谜 Terror at the Girls’ School: The Mystery of the 307 Jump —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Great Ming Judge 大明刑王 The soul of a modern police officer transmigrates into the body of a condemned prisoner named Song Wuya, who is awaiting execution at the execution grounds. He does not, however, inherit the man's memories. Through a strange twist of fate, he ends up becoming a “police officer” in the Ming Dynasty, using modern knowledge and criminal investigation techniques to solve one bizarre case after another! 100Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 129 The Tianxi Storm 天玺风云 In the thirty-fifth year of Jingchang, during the Great Yong dynasty, Emperor Jingchang’s illness grows steadily worse, and turmoil grips the court amid internal strife and external threats. At this time, a series of strange, baffling cases takes place in the capital, Tianxi City. From street vendors and commoners to powerful ministers and nobles, everyone is implicated, and the people of Tianxi City are gripped by fear. Bo Ziye, the emperor’s close aide and Earl of Jiayi, is ordered to invest 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Solving Strange Cases in the Southern Song Dynasty 我在南宋探破诡案 Lin'an, during the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song. A bizarre fire consumes the entire household of Zhou Xianzong, an official in the Revenue Department, killing all twenty-seven members. The case is on the verge of being closed. Yue Lin, a vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review, examines the scene and unearths a twenty-eighth, unidentified skeleton deep beneath the rubble. A unique imperial gold-threaded glass bead is tied around its wrist, and the victim died long before the fire. As —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Strange Cases of Bianjing: Shen Mo 汴京诡案录沈墨 In the third year of the Xuanhe era, Bianjing. Rain fell in a fine, steady curtain in late spring, washing the bluestone slabs of Imperial Avenue outside the Vermilion Bird Gate until they gleamed faintly. The hour of the dog had just passed. Shops along the street were closing one by one, leaving only a few wind lanterns swaying beneath the eaves, turning the raindrops into golden threads. Shen Mo, a magistrate of the Kaifeng Prefecture, stood beside the third stone pillar west of Rainbow Bri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Back to Republican-Era China to Solve a Bizarre Case: Bloodshed in the Bridal Chamber 回到民国破奇案之血溅婚房 Back in the Republic of China: Solving a Strange Case of Bloodshed in the Bridal Chamber —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 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
- 134 The Heiress Coroner Returns 千金仵作归来 His first case after transmigrating: performing an autopsy for the cold-faced King of Hell, then becoming his contractual princess consort. When she goes from a modern forensic pathologist to a discarded daughter in ancient times, her very first task is to “spend the night” with the most feared man in the capital, right in the middle of a public cheating scandal! Song Jiuning, a 21st-century forensic pathology PhD, wakes up as the legitimate daughter of the Right Chancellor’s household, long 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Prison Breaker 断狱 Solve bizarre cases with brilliant wit, clear wrongful convictions with ingenious insight. A modern forensic pathologist transmigrates to the late Southern Song dynasty, where the upper classes revel in luxury while the poor struggle to survive. The world is in turmoil, and strange murders are rampant. Human lives are as cheap as grass, and fate cuts like a sword. Come and see what I can do! 1kReads8.4Score11414d adds
- 136 Secret Files of Lin’an 临安暗卷 My name is Chen Xiu. Before I transmigrated, I was a PhD in archival studies from a top-tier university. After transmigrating, I became an eighth-rank assistant magistrate in Lin’an Prefecture. Put simply, I’m in charge of the archives. On my first day at work, the dust in the archive vault nearly killed me. Yellowing case files were piled into mountains, and mice had made themselves at home among them. My colleagues shook their heads. “This place hasn’t produced a capable person in three hundre 194Reads—Score10014d adds
- 137 Strange Cases of the Court of Judicial Review 大理寺诡奇案 Mystery and crime-solving. (The male and female leads have feelings for each other, but they will not end up together. They see the world differently and have their own ideas about their futures. The female lead gets far more page time than the male lead. He barely appears in some cases, and there is very little romance. I’m putting this upfront so you can decide whether to read it. Updates are often irregular, and I write wherever the story takes me.) To clear her family’s name, Qiao Lanzhi ent 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty: The Rebellious Son of the Cui Family 唐朝诡事录之崔家逆子 Don't be put off by the rating, it just came out! (Tang Dynasty Strange Tales fanfic + original plotline + standalone cases + making up for regrets) Among the great aristocratic clans under heaven, the Cui clan of Qinghe stands above all. For a hundred years, they have upheld the rites and passed down their traditions, earning praise for their noble character. But now there is a rebellious son of the Cui family who neglects the rites, loves nothing but banned books from the previous dynasty, and 5.5kReads6.2Score44014d adds
- 139 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
- 140 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
- 141 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
- 142 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
- 143 The Final Page of Testimony 最后一页证词 The Last Page of Testimony —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 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
- 145 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
- 146 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
- 147 True Records of Strange Cases: The White-Faced Detective and the Ace Constable 诡案实录之白面神探与金牌捕头 [Mystery and deduction] [Standalone cases] [A master detective, a constable, and a coroner: the perfect investigating trio] [Impossible crimes + mysterious cases] He is Li Mozhi, an unassuming scholar who loves traveling across the land and solving cases. “He” is Luoyang, a gold-badge constable from the world-renowned Divine Constable Bureau. She is Qin Shuang'er, a skilled martial artist and medical expert who serves as the gold-badge constable’s trusty sidekick. When a person dies, their light 419Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 148 Strange Encounters in the Tang Dynasty 大唐诡遇记 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 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
- 150 When a Forensic Doctor Meets a Taoist [Crime Solving] 当法医对上道士【破案】 (Two equally strong leads + mystery + sweet romance + transmigration) Episodic investigations weave into the main plot, bringing science and the supernatural into their ultimate collision. Enter a fantastical world woven from truth and lies! When the blade of science strikes at the mysteries of the supernatural, what is the ultimate answer to the truth? Modern top forensic pathologist Lu Zhiwei is killed while tracking a serial killer. She transmigrates into the body of a calamity-bringing illeg 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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