Return to Azure Clouds

A noble young master from the Qiguo Duke’s estate was slapped by his own father and sent off to serve as an official in a godforsaken county. Zuo Yi had never seen a father so determined to sabotage his own son. On his first day in office, the county’s welcoming gift was a corpse swinging from a tree. Zuo Yi had never seen such an extravagant inauguration ceremony. A string of seemingly unrelated murders conceals struggles for imperial power and the fate of an entire nation. With help from his patron Shi Qianlan, his secretary Gong Wenbai, and the beautiful coroner Wenren Qing, he gradually lifts the veil hiding the truth and takes one step at a time toward returning to the capital.