Novels like The Ghostly Jade Shadow
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- 51 Incense Beneath the Waters 沉水引香 At Sinking Fragrance Pavilion, on an old street in Jiangnan, Su Shenshui uses incense to guide those burdened by obsession. Fragrant powders, balms, and sachets all contain spiritual power, and must be exchanged for memories, years of life, talent, or other prices. Visitors seek to return home, gain fame, reunite with loved ones, atone for their sins, find protection, or make up for past regrets. Drawn in and struck back by the fragrances, they come to see the human heart, understand their obses 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 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
- 53 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
- 54 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
- 55 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
- 56 What? I Traveled Back to the Wu Zhou Era, Solved Crimes, and Fell in Love? 什么？穿回武周破案还谈了个恋爱 [One-on-one romance + transmigration + crime-solving + romance + happy ending] Criminal profiler x Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Miao Chenshuang, a criminal profiler who'd been single for twenty-two years, never imagined that one day she'd transmigrate back to the Tang Dynasty… only to take up her old profession again and become a judicial officer at the Court of Judicial Review! Miao Chenshuang rolls up her sleeves. All right, let's see what I've got! Anyone can solve a case! Mu Bai, 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Fate-Weaver Beneath the Cauldron 鼎下织命者 Lin Yan, who becomes Zhao Hua after transmigrating, is a modern graduate student in history. After touching an ancient bronze ding, he transmigrates to the State of Zhao at the end of the Warring States period, bearing the supernatural ability known as “Weaving Fate.” By touching objects, he can sense faint “threads of fate” and slightly alter the course of minor events, but he cannot change the core destiny of things. Overusing his ability brings backlash. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Yuan'an Chronicles 元安录 [Tang-era mystery cases + episodic stories + formidable hero and heroine + one-on-one romance + ensemble cast] [The Night Owl Cries] In the twenty-third year of Yongwei, a woman’s corpse is discovered in a house beneath a locust tree on Sanshui Alley in Chang’an. Rumors spread that a ghostly song is killing people... [The Thousand-Faced Buddha] Nine lifelike clay statues made from living people are discovered at Huazhen Temple. What do they have to do with the children who vanished three years a 969Reads6.8Score18614d adds
- 59 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
- 60 How Funny, Yet I Still Like You 好笑，偏偏还是喜欢你 Hidden on Lingxi's phone screensaver is Huo Qiu's graduation photo, the unspoken love she had cherished since she was seventeen. When Tan Xiao knelt in the rose field and said, “I’ll wait for you for the rest of my life,” she quietly locked the photo away in the cloud. That was until she found an AI face-swapped erotic photo on Tan Xiao's phone, showing her in a wedding dress and being mass-sent to all their coworkers. Just then, Huo Qiu's Rolls-Royce crushed the roses scattered across the groun 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 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
- 62 At the Foot of Gemstone Hill 宝石山下 At the foot of Gem Mountain lives Li Muzi, a Taoist priest with boundless powers. He can communicate with the past and present, is skilled at solving crimes and catching demons, and is open to discussing anything as long as the price is right. This is the story of the young Taoist priest Li Muzi solving cases across time and space. A mix of deduction, ghosts and romance. More deduction, less romance. 1kReads8.8Score12614d adds
- 63 Strange Case Files 奇案集 A modern office worker and homebody transmigrates to ancient times to solve cases. Strange mysteries, endless court conflicts, and a mysterious person bound to his fate: how will he face them all? Does the truth really matter that much? 330Reads8.5Score11614d adds
- 64 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
- 65 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
- 66 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
- 67 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
- 68 The Academy’s Divine Detective 书院女神探 Seven years ago, Song Nanzhi escaped the fire that engulfed the Song family home. Seven years later, she returned to the capital under an assumed name, but Prince Qi Yuan saw through her disguise. Amid the mysteries surrounding the imperial examinations and the secrets of the academy, she bore a blood feud and joined forces with him to uncover the shocking truth. Also known as: The Young Prince Can’t Stop Flirting at Crime Scenes! Song Nanzhi: “I think the young prince is quite kind. Why is ever 89Reads8.9Score2314d adds
- 69 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
- 70 The Dali Temple Couple’s Daily Case Files 大理寺夫妇探案日常 Completed [Detective husband-and-wife duo + episodic cases + deduction + fair-play mysteries + everyone's favorite] A transmigrated policewoman obsessed with solving cases VS a Minister of the Court of Judicial Review just as obsessed with solving cases. Bound together by their sense of justice, these two workaholics gradually fall for each other as they investigate. Together, they solve one baffling mystery after another and find a love forged through the bonds of comradeship. 421Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 71 The Chanzhou Mystery 澶州迷案 [Looks-obsessed, talented bandit heroine × smiling, brilliant male coroner] Zhu Hongyun grew up in a bandit stronghold and had planned to make her fortune in the bustling capital. By a twist of fate, however, she ended up in a small county in Chanzhou and became a constable at the local yamen. Chanzhou was remote, and its yamen offices were understaffed and overwhelmed with frequent cases. She had no choice but to team up with the coroner Liu Weinian, pack her bags, and travel around Chanzhou so 167Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 72 Strange Encounters in the Tang Dynasty 大唐诡遇记 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 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
- 74 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
- 75 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
- 76 Transmigrate and Be Reborn, Slaying Demons Together 穿越重生共斩妖 Shen Qingci dies suddenly from overwork and wakes up as the legitimate daughter of a minister, who had attempted suicide. The heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, whom the original owner would rather die than marry after being reborn, turns out to be a thousand-year-old snake demon that devours souls. To break out of her deadly predicament, she is forced to ally with Xue Jue, the heir to the Marquis of Yongning, who has returned reborn with memories of the Dao. He has his memories of the Dao arts, while 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 I Won the Pavilion Master’s Heart by Solving Cases 我凭断案拿下阁主大人 [Cool and aloof on the outside, adorable and clueless on the inside: a young detective girl X a poker-faced Pavilion Master who talks himself into falling for her] [Transmigrate + contrasting personalities + love and hate + love grows over time + secret identity] Wen Sheng transmigrated. The original owner was a top-tier constable, skilled in both letters and arms, with ruthless methods. As for Wen Sheng, she was a weak, reclusive shut-in. Yet the original owner had broken into the imperial pala 75Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 78 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
- 79 The Missing Visitor 消失的访客 [Mystery + deduction + revenge + wild imagination + plot twists] A novelist skilled at disguises and makeup * A rough-around-the-edges cop who’s straight but unexpectedly detail-oriented Shi Zhili * Yan Ziyao A mysterious jewel that vanished decades ago resurfaces at an auction in Haizhou. A mysterious businessman bids an enormous sum for it, unaware that the jewel is connected to an old case... A mysterious visitor, missing evidence, secrets hidden for years: it all begins when Yan Ziyao recei 27Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 80 The Forensic Fault Line 法医裂缝 A gaze from the abyss of death usually means just one thing: fear is being etched deep into your memory! A mother who embodies the evil of humanity, a college girl whose unborn child dies tragically, an unexplained truth hidden in a tennis club: every case tells them that the truth behind it all is not as simple as it seems. Two childhood friends stumble into this trap by accident. Will they uncover the truth first, or find the hand behind it all? Waiting for them, in the last sliver of light be 60Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 81 The Song Dynasty Ministry of Justice Case Files 2 大宋刑部侦缉档案2 In the early summer of the second year of Shaoxi in the Southern Song, a string of bizarre beheading cases shakes Xiangyang, the city on the border between Jin and Song. The cases draw in both courts, inflaming tensions until war seems imminent. The emperor sends an imperial inspector to Xiangyang to investigate. With the situation proving difficult, he seeks help from Han Zhiyuan, a young gentleman who has retired to Xiangyang after repeatedly helping the court solve major cases and earning a n 58Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 82 Light the Yin-Yang Lamp, Bargain for a Hundred-Year Life 点盏阴阳灯，讨价百岁命 “Shen Qingci, you used sorcery to extort money and take lives. What do you have to say for yourself?” “My lord, all I did was light a lamp and ask... ‘Would you trade your life for a wish?’” Shen Qingci, owner of the Everlasting Lantern Shop in the capital, has a pair of yin-yang eyes that can see how long people have left to live. She collects years of life only to extend the life of her childhood sweetheart, Xie Changsheng, who is cursed to die before turning twenty-five. Until he is framed fo 302Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Bone Painter 绘骨师 Su Qing, a forensic sketch artist in modern times, dies unexpectedly while protecting a crucial piece of evidence, the Seven Hells Diagram. When she opens her eyes again, she has become Yun Zhi, the daughter of a disgraced official in ancient times. Faced with her family’s ruin and the desperate plight of being reduced to a slave, she relies on her extraordinary skills in “reconstructing faces from skulls” and “drawing a person as they will look at three” to carve out a chance to survive at the 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Mind-Reading Coroner Has Driven the Court into a Frenzy 读心仵作把朝廷卷疯了 [Mind Reading + Comedy + Family Favorite + Secret Identity: A money-obsessed female coroner VS a secretly passionate, melodramatic young marquis] Qin Miaoxi was adopted as a child by her master on Mount Kunlun. While recovering from an illness, she obtained a System that lets her trade merit for more years of life. To stay alive, she specially descends the mountain to do good deeds, clear the names of the dead, and bring peace to the living. Life is hard, so all she can do is fight for every bre 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Cold-Faced King of Hell's Little Coroner 冷面阎王的仵作小娘子 Laughs and high-stakes thrills collide! The wildest ancient crime-solving adventure imaginable! The moment she opens her eyes, Shen Zhiwei, a top modern forensic pathologist who worked herself to the bone, finds she has become the daughter of a despised coroner in the ancient capital! Her home is bare, creditors are at the door, and she’s facing the miserable prospect of being sold off as a servant. To survive, and to uncover the truth behind her father’s bizarre death, she has no choice but to 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 86 The Great Qi Dynasty's First Female Coroner 大齐第一女仵作 Forensic pathologist Ding Yuning died unexpectedly after staying up late to write an autopsy report, when it triggered the toxins in her body. She transmigrated into the body of a mysterious woman in ancient times, also named Ding Yuning. When they first met, he was Zhao Xingren, the top constable in Qingping County, and looked exactly like Zhao Xi, her late boyfriend who had worked in law enforcement. But because she was dressed in black from head to toe, Zhao Xingren mistook her for the culpri 280Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 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
- 88 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
- 89 Lin Xia, Does This Look Like the Killer to You? 林夏，你看这个像不像凶手 Ever since her father died, Lin Xia has gone down the “wrong path.” That’s not what Lin Xia thinks, but what all her aunts and uncles think. The reason is that she didn’t fulfill her father’s dying wish and quietly marry, support her husband, and raise children. Instead, she chose a path of no return... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Mystery in Lin'an 迷踪临安 [The rating has just been posted and is still slowly climbing. For feedback, please refer mainly to the comments : P] How could a solemn, pure Buddhist sanctuary have become a den of filth and corruption?! During the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song, several young women vanished mysteriously one after another in Lin'an, only to be trapped in a brothel and subjected to endless humiliation. A young married couple had barely arrived in Lin'an when misfortune struck. Can the husband, desperately se 481Reads8.2Score7614d adds
- 91 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
- 92 The Transmigrated Woman Was Humiliated, Then the Real Princess Returned to Tear Her Husband Apart 穿越女受辱，真公主归来手撕驸马 [Female-Lead Focus + Multiple Male Leads, All Inexperienced + Episodic Investigations + Female Lead’s Growth] Ambitious Princess * The Feared Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard A year ago, an accident left Jiang Qiwuwu’s body occupied by a transmigrator. Though she was a princess, the woman insisted on preaching equality for all and even wanted to serve her husband by cooking for him. In the end, the household servants bullied her, and her husband walked all over her. When her husban —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 After Moving into a Haunted House, the Male Ghosts Set Their Sights on Me 住进凶宅后，男鬼们盯上我了 [One female lead, three male leads] [Male ghosts] [All characters are sexually inexperienced] Ruan Xi wanted some peace and quiet, so she bought a century-old haunted house outright. But she never expected the “residents” to have no intention of leaving her in peace. Three male ghosts trapped there had all set their sights on her. They thought she was a helpless prey who had wandered into their trap. But they had no idea that she was the hunter who had walked into the cage. 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The New Cases of Judge Bao 新包青天案 Wrongful cases pile up in Bianliang, and Bao Zheng takes charge of the Kaifeng Prefecture alongside Zhan Zhao, Ding Yuehua, and Gongsun Ce. They stand up to the powerful, solve miscarriages of justice, and punish the wicked, digging deep into an international conspiracy involving Youyun. They wield the law as their blade: a betrothal gift is no license to sell a woman, and justice will never bow to the powerful! 7.2kReads6.6Score22814d adds
- 95 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
- 96 The Ninth Prince's Forensic Princess 九王爷的仵作小王妃 A marriage meant to bring good luck brings home an ancestor, and a postmortem examination uncovers a golden age! Modern forensic pathologist Feng Jiuling transmigrates into the role of a princess consort in a marriage meant to bring good fortune. On her wedding night, she exposes her supposedly sickly husband's secret identity as a God of War. She wields a scalpel like a sword, uses bloodstain analysis to crack a massacre, toxicology to dismantle palace intrigue, and psychological profiling to c 16Reads—Score114d adds
- 97 The Golden Cabinet Prisoner 金匮囚 The Golden Coffer Prisoner 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The City of Layers 重城 The City of Chong 14Reads—Score214d adds
- 99 The Moon Sets over the Western Palace 月沉西掖 The Moon Sets Over Xiye 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Entering the Inner Palace 入深宫 Entering the Inner Palace 4Reads—Score—14d adds
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