I Was Born a Man of Style: The First-Rank Judicial Inspector

In short, this is a story about a psychologically disturbed criminal psychologist and special police officer who is reborn in the body of an unknown person and turns the world upside down while investigating the mystery of her identity.

Yu Gu spread her hands and smiled, serene and untroubled. “You’re putting me in a difficult position.”

Heaven and earth, the universe, and humanity are bound to the Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which are not encompassed by yin and yang.

The art of divination, the Nine Secret Words: Rin, Pyo, To, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen. They do not belong to the ways of exorcism.

Strange happenings and rotting corpses in criminal cases: humans, gods, ghosts, demons, and monsters. These are beyond the workings of the human heart.

She has done it all: raiding tombs, opening coffins, solving locked-room mysteries, dissecting bodies, boiling flesh, and scraping bones, everything the Criminal Court and its coroners were supposed to do.

And still, she wasn't satisfied.

Hauntings and vengeful spirits, sealing souls and making offerings to the dead: guiding souls, capturing shikigami, dispelling yin energy. She has done everything an onmyoji is supposed to do, too.

And still, she wasn't satisfied.

So the bloodshed began.

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“You’re not afraid to die?”

“I was afraid enough in my last life.”

So in this life, she intends to enjoy herself to the fullest.

A beauty with skin like ice and bones like jade, naturally alluring, her charm all in her eyes.

When the land is torn apart and the seas are thrown into chaos, she never expects there to be something in this world she cannot unravel or see through.

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“I’m peerlessly beautiful!”

Yet her body is covered in livor mortis.

“I rule the world!”

Yet vengeful spirits haunt her.

“My family is powerful!”

Yet her entire clan is executed.

“I’m a brilliant scholar!”

Yet she’s an utter fool.

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“If you know this is your fate, why bother?”

“For her, it’s worth it.”

“She’ll never know.”

“She doesn’t need to know. In this turbulent world, with its shifting fortunes, I’m willing to brave it all for her.”

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Official blurb:

Smoke rises from the battlefields, war breaks out, the emperor falls, and the lords rise.

In the twelfth year of the Da Cheng dynasty, the capital, Shengjing, is swept by upheaval. The king is debauched and treats human lives as worthless. A secret history of the palace is unearthed. Why does a thousand-year-old female corpse appear at night, demanding souls? What hidden horrors lie behind the locked-room murders amid the procession of ghosts?

Whose greed corrupts human nature in the ranks of the army?

Whose devotion has endured for a thousand years in an ancient tomb?

From the desert to the imperial court, from political schemes to the battlefield, watch a First-Rank Female Judicial Commissioner master the game of yin and yang and compose a legendary portrait of a glorious age.

Notes:

1. All technical information in this book comes from Baidu. If you are an expert, please take it with a smile.

2. This is an original work. Constructive suggestions are welcome. I’m a newcomer, not thin-skinned, but any verbal attacks or insults will be deleted.

3. One-on-one romance.