Novels like Elegy of Pure Bones
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- 1 Max-Level Forensic Doctor in the Southern Dynasties: Identifying Loyalty and Treachery from the Start 满级法医穿南朝：开局验尸辨忠奸 A top forensic expert transmigrates into the war-torn Northern and Southern Dynasties, becoming a young coroner condemned to servitude after his family is found guilty of a crime. With no System or cheat to rely on, he uses modern forensic science, trace evidence analysis, and criminal psychology to solve cases through autopsies. Drawn into court factionalism and conspiracies in the martial world, he ultimately clears his name and uses his “uncanny techniques” to shake the power of the great cla —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 After Examining the Corpse, I Became the Nightmare of the Powerful 验尸后，我成了权贵们的噩梦 #Historical Romance #Mystery and Crime Solving #Transmigration #No Romance #Strong Female Lead #Face-Slapping Satisfaction #Hardcore Deduction. No romance, hardcore deduction, a smart heroine takes on the entire feudal dynasty alone. A forensic doctor transmigrates into the body of a lowly coroner and is sent to examine a corpse from the start. When she says, “The deceased didn’t drown,” the county magistrate sneers, “How dare a woman of your lowly status reopen this case?” Later, she makes sure —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Coroner Who Reads Hearts Through Bone 仵作她剖骨问心 Her entire family was sentenced to death, and she was the only survivor. Clutching half a charred waist token, Shen Hegui crawled out of a pile of corpses at a funeral home in Suzhou. She became a female coroner whom everyone avoided. People called her ill-omened, claiming that women who touched the bones of the dead offended Heaven. They blocked the gates of the Court of Judicial Review to keep her out. But she was determined to use her scalpel to dig the real killers out of the bones, find clu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Little Brother, Your Big Sister Will Train You to Become the Eastern Depot's Chief Eunuch 弟弟，姐姐培养你做东厂督公 [Hard-core political scheming, no forced romance, fast-paced, and absolutely no padding. The author has no patience: life-and-death partings, an empire on the brink of collapse, all wrapped up in just a few chapters. No dragging things out.] Huang Jinyue’s mother hanged herself because the son she gave birth to was born without male genitals, destined to become a eunuch. To give her younger brother, Huang Jinsong, a chance at survival, Huang Jinyue resolutely gave up her status as the Huang fami —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Starfall Over Chang'an: The Calamity Star Returns 星陨长安：灾星归来 “Calamity Star” Shi Buyu enters a game of chess where death is inevitable, only to become the sole, secret adviser to Yan Shi'an, the hidden crown prince. He is a descendant of the former dynasty, outwardly a merchant but secretly guarding the dragon's veins. The regicide holds all the power in the land, while the two of them bear a blood debt for three hundred lives and harbor the ambition to overturn the realm. This is a desperate gamble with the world at stake, and they are each other's only —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Great Yong's Greatest Detective: A Young County Magistrate 大雍朝第一神探小知县 [The latest masterpiece from the original author of The Great Zhou Dynasty's Unrivaled Divine Detective County Magistrate. Join us once more on a journey through bizarre and treacherous cases.] [Mystery and deduction] [Battle of wits] [Ancient crime-solving] [Constant twists] [Scheming male lead] Song Buyi, the newly appointed magistrate of Yunxi County, encounters a bizarre murder case as soon as he takes office: eerie, horrifying paintings made from human skin keep appearing at the crime scene 4.4kReads—Score275Shelves
- 7 A Lone Jianghu Girl Pursues a Killer! Where Can the Xie Family’s Hound Run? 江湖孤女追凶！谢氏狗贼哪里逃 [Lone Jianghu Girl vs. Crown Prince Who Pulls the Strings | Court Intrigue | Mystery and Investigations] In the end, who lowered their head? Who asked? And who knew! “Xie Junyi.” “Mm.” “Nothing else to say?” “I do. I can’t say it.” “Then don’t.” “…I’ll leave that window open.” “What for?” “So when the wind returns, it’ll have somewhere to rest.” On a snowy night in the mourning hall, she offered him a cup of tea that had not been tested. He drank it, swallowing his murderous intent with it. He w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Dali Temple Deputy Minister’s Female Coroner: Case Files 大理寺少卿家的女仵作【探案】 [The rating is low because it just opened!] [Lazy, lie-flat coroner x aloof workaholic Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] Modern forensic pathologist Du Yexin was in a car accident and unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a farmer’s daughter in Sui’an County, where she became entangled in a murder case. To clear her name, Du Yexin had no choice but to use her modern forensic knowledge to find the real culprit. - Xu Mian, son of the Minister of Justice, solved the theft from t 1.2kReads6.6Score175Shelves
- 9 Reborn as the Killer, I Clear My Name Through Forensic Autopsies 穿成凶手后我靠验尸洗白 [Hilarious + satisfying revenge + sweet romance + transmigrate + mystery] Modern forensic pathologist Jiang Ci transmigrates into the body of a murder suspect. The moment she wakes up, there’s a corpse under her bed, and it’s naked. Jiang Ci is speechless, especially since the man in charge of the investigation is her fiancé, His Highness Prince Yu of the Great Liang Dynasty. Unwilling to spend even a day in the Ministry of Justice’s prison, Jiang Ci decides to land herself a job directly with t 622Reads8.2Score100Shelves
- 10 The Twin Mystery: My Sister Is a Coroner 双生谜案：我的姐姐是仵作 [A genius coroner sister is murdered, and her kitchen novice sister is forced to step in] [Autopsies ✙ golden finger ✙ twists ✙ bickering partners ✙ swapped identities] Also known as: Lord Shaoqing! There’s another big case! The greatest thing A Wan can do is toss a wok and stir-fry. Her worst nightmare? Having to perform an autopsy on her dead sister! Five days ago, her sister A Qing was murdered while investigating the “Hairpin Flower Case.” She left behind only one word: Live! To uncover the 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I Solve Cases with My Forensic Skills, Stirring Up the Court 我凭一手验尸探案，搅动朝堂风云 Case-of-the-week mysteries + woman disguised as a man + secret identity + no romance. Note: Each case is about ten chapters long, and there is an overarching plot! Back then: Qingyang County had an external forensic examiner who was cold by nature, taciturn, and stubbornly blunt. She had a gift for solving cases and examining corpses, but disdained taking a post in the government and being bound by its rules. She worked as an outsider, taking money for her services, caring nothing for personal 9.3kReads8.5Score800Shelves
- 12 The Noblewoman Coroner 权门女仵作 A forensic medicine doctor accidentally transmigrates into the body of the capital's most famous daughter of an influential family, becoming its foremost female coroner. A skeleton in the lake with an unknown cause of death? A single zither string that kills with its eerie sound? Watch her boil bones to test for poison, solve cases with a keen eye, punish bullies, fight corrupt officials, and expose corrupt clerks to clear the names of the wrongfully accused! But the Duke is not pleased! “Your o 357Reads6.1Score107Shelves
- 13 The Failed Art Student Rebels: From the Start, I Design the Dragon Robe 落榜美术生造反，开局设计龙袍 After transmigrating into the body of a poor scholar who keeps failing his exams, Li Mu uses modern art to crush the competition, and his ready-made clothes take the country by storm. His wealth draws wolves to his door, and troubled times force him to take up a blade. From a foot soldier in the rebel army to the beloved “King of Benevolence,” his growing power soon makes the ruler wary, and a Hongmen Banquet is laid out for him. His subordinates kneel and plead, “General, please ascend the thro —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Dream Brook's Record of Strange Investigations 梦溪探异录 During the Northern Song dynasty, a boy named Shen Kuo sets out in pursuit of the truth after a strange calamity known as the Black Apparition. This learned man, hailed by later generations as “a landmark in the history of Chinese science,” led a life filled with mysteries far stranger than those recorded in Dream Pool Essays. From his years as a young scholar in Qiantang, Hangzhou, to the treacherous political currents of the court in Bianjing; from the smoke and flames of war on the northwes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn as a Science Girl in Late Qing China 重生之理科女在晚清 With only a month left before the college entrance exams, science-track student Xu Mengxian suddenly became reborn in the late Qing Dynasty as the second young lady of a century-old tea factory. Using what she had learned in high school chemistry, physics, and biology, she helped her friends escape the practice of foot binding, protected her older sister from the harm caused by her opium-addicted brother-in-law, saved her family’s factory from losing a major order, helped the headmistress of a g 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 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. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 I’m Done Being a Try-Hard 本姑娘不卷了 In the modern world, Zhou Xiao was a formidable woman. At first, she worked hard to build a business so she could escape poverty. Later, she simply couldn't let it go... She founded the Tianlai Zhiyin brand from the ground up, turning it into a publicly listed company. She sacrificed all her time to manage the business, until the moment she collapsed. Then she suddenly realized that she had never enjoyed a single moment of happiness in this world... She thought that if she had another life, she 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Detective Bieyang: The Dali Temple Deputy Minister's Personal Advisor 女探别漾，大理寺少卿的私人参军 By a twist of fate, Bie Yang and her adopted younger sister Zhong Ling save Xiao Rui, a former junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review who has been demoted to county commandant of Linglong County. They assume their paths won’t cross again, but when two unidentified skeletons are discovered in a secret room at Xiuwei Pavilion, they are brought together once more. Hoping to solve the mystery quickly and keep it from hurting the pavilion’s business, Bie Yang and County Commandant Xiao join 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Black Lotus Female Official Rejects Lovesickness 黑莲花女官拒绝恋爱脑 [Palace intrigue|high-IQ heroine|alternate Ming Dynasty|no romance|mind-bending twists|ensemble power struggles] While everyone else fights for favor in the palace, Xie Yunxiang investigates cases. From laundering money through charcoal tribute to an edict written on human skin, from a fake imperial seal to the true dragon vein “Your Majesty, the Emperor asks when you’ll investigate his true feelings.” “No time. I’m calculating his father’s coffin savings!” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Divine Coroner and the Charming Princess 仵作神探娇王妃 [Historical romance + female detective + handsome prince + mystery] A coroner-detective versus a handsome prince: shouldn’t he repay the debt of saving his life by giving himself to her? It begins with the mysterious death of a medium who successfully predicted a flood. From Jiangzhou to Bianjing and then to the borderlands, people keep dying and disappearing, while assassinations and kidnappings follow one after another. The incidents seem unrelated, but countless hidden threads connect them. F 264Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 21 The Dali Temple Minister’s Botanical Witness 大理寺卿的植物证人 Botany assistant Lin Xiaoman transmigrates into the body of an orphan girl in ancient times and unexpectedly gains the ability to sense plants at crime scenes. To earn a living, she applies to become an apprentice coroner at the Dali Temple, but the aloof Assistant Minister Pei Yu keeps staring her down. “How did you know there was moss under the victim’s fingernails?” As she digs in the dirt, she bluffs, “My lord, I inferred it from the soil’s moisture!” Behind her, the roses shriek wildly: “Th 48Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 22 Love and Crime: The Forensic Beauty and Her Obsessive Prince 谈情说案：强迫症王爷的法医美妃 She was a genius forensic pathologist in the 21st century. Her hands had dissected the dead and saved the living; with a turn of her wrist, she could command the winds and clouds. After being murdered, she became the eldest daughter of the Qin family, a foolish beauty whom everyone in Shengjing despised. He was His Highness Prince Jinyang, Gu Yanci, a cold and aloof man with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. A level-ten case, by all accounts. While everyone waited to laugh at her, Qin Yan jo 61Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 23 Love Amid the Flames of War 烽火劫缘 During the Shaoguang era, the flames of war swept across the Nine Provinces, and the divided realm had long since become a board where warlords vied for supremacy. Xiao Junhong, Great Zhuo’s Grand General of the Western Expedition, was hailed by both court and country as a true dragon in waiting. He led his troops to the borders of Xuanxi, his iron cavalry trampling across frozen mountains and rivers. Wherever his sword pointed, he proclaimed, “Unify the realm,” vowing to carve out a bright new 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 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—Shelves
- 25 Reborn in Northern Wei: The Powerful Minister Crushes East and West to Win His Wife's Heart? 重生北魏：权臣踏平东西为宠妻？ When Northern Wei split apart, five years into the chaos, Princess Fengyi Yuan Yue, sister of Emperor Xiaowu Yuan Xiu, died a horrible death in a whirlpool of political intrigue. Her body was dumped in a mass grave! Reborn in a new life, her soul enters the body of A Yue, a palace maid framed for a crime. But the moment she opens her eyes, she’s pinned down beside a burial pit, about to be buried alive again?! At the critical moment, the Western Wei powerbroker Yuwen Tai, a mad demon feared by a 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Lone Phoenix 独凰 [Sole Protagonist + Political Intrigue] Within the imperial family, there have never been brothers, only prisoners and hunters. Crown Prince Chu Lianguang has only just entered the Eastern Palace. On the surface, the princes serve together and get along like brothers. In secret, the Third Prince schemes with deep cunning, while the Fifth Prince commands troops and acts with impunity. Other princes are watching from the sidelines, closing in step by step, all with their sights set on the Eastern 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 I'm a Coroner, and Looking Like a Girl Won't Hurt My Career 在下是仵作，长得娘点不影响就业 [Female Coroner]+ [Disguised as a Man]+ [Sweet Romance, Both Leads Have No Past Relationships]+ [Autopsies and Solving Cases]+ [Mystery and Romance]+ [Mystery and Imagination] A hilarious scaredy-cat heroine VS a cold, scheming man Chu Jiu must have been out of her mind to turn down the chance to marry the famously handsome young man who was said to be beautiful enough to outrage the gods, and take up the mantle of a coroner instead. She yelled at the old man, “What’s the point? You want me to i 286Reads8.5Score110Shelves
- 28 Planning to Rule the World: Everyone Is a Pawn 谋定天下，一切皆为棋子 This is a novel whose characters will live on in readers' minds. Each one has their own reasons for doing what they must. No one schemes for the sake of scheming. Eastern Turkic soldiers collapse in droves after their drinking water is poisoned. Lin Yan did it. Xueyantuo cavalry is shredded by the “three-by-three formation and Mo Dao line.” Lin Yan taught them that. At the Four Crossings of the Yellow River, Lin Yan uses modern military thinking to crush the steppe cavalry. On their wedding n —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 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. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 A Phoenix Rises in the Northern Frontier 北疆有凰 [A powerful female lead and political intrigue + fixed male-female pairing + seizing power + unconventional happy ending + grounded story + no shipping male characters] [⚠️ Important content clarification: This is not a no-romance story centered on the heroine, a harem story, a story about a flirt who dates many people, or a story about a live-in son-in-law. Readers looking for any of those, please leave.] When the Hua family was massacred, seventeen-year-old Hua Qing crawled out of a mountain o 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Charming Coroner 仵媚 [Money-loving, obsequious heroine × scheming prince] Wu Yinbing was the daughter of a wealthy imperial merchant in Chang’an, but in a single day, her life was turned upside down. Her entire family died by the blade, and she was reduced to life in a military camp, where she became an untrained amateur coroner, waiting for a chance to take revenge. There was just one unfortunate detail: the man who saved her life was none other than Prince Shu, Li Yi, who had nearly taken liberties with her in a b 164Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 32 Northern Song: I Solve Murder Cases with Medicine 北宋：我靠医术查命案 In the sixth year of Xining, in Mizhou City. The body of a blacksmith exposes a shocking conspiracy. Shen Yang, an eighteen-year-old medical officer, follows in his father’s footsteps, using his medical expertise to examine corpses, investigate cases, and hunt down criminals. Bai Ji, a fifteen-year-old girl disguised as a boy, meets him in Xinghua Village while seeking revenge for her father. The exemption levy was meant to benefit the people, but corrupt officials turned it into a cash cow. Thr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 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? 326Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 34 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 175Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 35 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 13.2kReads8.9Score2kShelves
- 36 The Azure Blade Shines on Snow, Its Book Secures the Realm 青锋照雪书安山河 Dark clouds loom over the Great Qian court. The loyal and honorable Duke of Zhenguo's household falls in a single night. Qin Zhenyue, Minister of War, is framed for treason, and his entire family is in grave danger. His daughter, Qin Shuan, has an unyielding spirit and a sharp sword. She refuses to let the loyal dead remain falsely accused, or to see their land fall into ruin. Disguised as a man and living under an assumed name, she presses forward through blood and hardship. With nothing but c 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 My Tamed Childhood Friend Killed His Master, Then Was Reborn to Dote on Me 驯养的竹马弑主，重生怀中只溺她 [Both leads reborn + A restrained, outwardly gentle but secretly ruthless male lead + Difference in status + Winning back his wife, political intrigue, and anguished romance + A clear-eyed, beautiful, capable, and tragic heroine + Classic historical romance + Mutual salvation, happy ending] Jiang Xixue was reborn. In her previous life, she mistook the Fifth Prince for a worthy husband and ended up forced to die by poison alongside him. As she lay dying, the one who personally brought her the poi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Cold Case Princess: The Dead Never Lie to Me 冷案王妃：死人从不欺我 Forensic pathology PhD Wen Nanxu transmigrates into Jiang Nanxu, the ill-fated concubine-born daughter of the Marquis of Yongning. As a child, she was sent to the Jinxi funeral parlor, where she spent her days among corpses. The villagers’ superstitions say she brings misfortune to her family. Her heartless marquis household treats her as a pawn in an arranged marriage. Only Prince Chengyuan, Lu Shiyong, trusts her autopsy findings. “Do as she says. I’ll take full responsibility for any conseque 9.6kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 39 The Path of the King of the Infernal Realm 无间王途 [Transmigrated into a Book + Everyone Is Clever + Devoted to Each Other + Political Intrigue + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Song Li transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder spy. She only wants to survive, and thinks she accidentally changed the plot, but discovers that other transmigrators are behind the changes. The gears of fate push her forward, one step at a time. She wins people over, makes a fortune, and develops explosives... In the end, unable to win love, she has no choice but to sei —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 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 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I Found a Female Coroner by the River 河边捡个女仵作 The rating is a little low at the start, but it will go up as the story continues~ Bonus chapters are coming out now, and I hope to give everyone a more satisfying ending. [Funny, unconventional female coroner vs. cool, serious, emotionally clueless prince] Lighthearted + lively + bickering couple + crime-solving Forensic examiner Su Zhao died a heroic death, while unlucky country girl Su Zhao came back to life. From the start, she rises from the dead by the river and becomes the only witness wh 1.4kReads8.4Score187Shelves
- 42 Bone Reading and Skin Painting 摸骨画皮 Qin Zhao is one of the finest forensic experts in the field. She made her name through sheer professional ability and is known as an oddball with sky-high IQ and rock-bottom EQ. Thanks to her remarkable skill at reading bones and reconstructing faces, she can restore the appearance of the living from even the most severely decomposed corpses. But during a field assignment, she was hit by a stray bullet and died on the spot! For no apparent reason, her soul ended up in the body of Zhaor, a countr 2.5kReads8.2Score375Shelves
- 43 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 50Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 44 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—Shelves
- 45 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 355Reads5.9Score106Shelves
- 46 The Lady Investigator of the Ming Dynasty 大明女提刑 [Female Investigator × Imperial Guard] Shen Zhiwei, a bondservant, is the county magistrate's darkest secret. A corpse from the canal and a handful of green salt force her into an uneasy partnership with Gu Changfeng, the feared Imperial Guard. He uses her as a pawn, while she relies on him for protection. From the salt case in Jiangnan to a regicide at court, every wrongful conviction they overturn becomes a blade aimed at the empire's most dangerous enemy. Until one day, Gu Changfeng corner 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Tears of Dew: Tang Branch Takes Revenge and Schemes for Power Behind Silk Curtains 泣露策：棠枝雪恨，锦帐谋权 [Ratings just released and still climbing | legitimate daughter + household intrigue + palace intrigue + political scheming] How deep the palace walls, where camellias weep cold dew; brocade curtains veil layers of screens, concealing plots and schemes. Yun Qingyuan, the general’s legitimate daughter, spent half her life plotting to protect her family. With deft hands, she set chaos right and watched the rise and fall of fortunes with a cool gaze. At the time, her birth mother had died suddenly 3Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 48 The Great Court of Justice's Case Files 大理寺断案实录 In Yong’an Ward stands a tavern called Eastern Corner. Its proprietress is a lovely, smiling young woman who draws admiring glances from young men. One day, a handsome young gentleman arrives with a jade token to declare his affection. When he turns around, he finds the tavern full of people! “You like our young lady? Then what’s your family’s standing? What do you do for a living? Do you even have what it takes to become top scholar? Our young lady is clever and kindhearted. Only someone with b 4.1kReads8.7Score514Shelves
- 49 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. 742Reads8.8Score101Shelves
- 50 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 9Reads—Score—Shelves
