In a nutshell: This is an uplifting story about a ruthless female coroner and a cold-hearted, aloof commander outsmarting each other and joining hands to reach the pinnacle of life!
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Rumor has it that the female coroner in Yuan’an County is built like a bear and hideous to behold.
Rumor has it that the female coroner in Yuan’an County is eccentric and temperamental.
Rumor has it that the female coroner in Yuan’an County loves corpses most of all and often sleeps beside them.
Rumor has it...
Looking at the young woman in green seated in the courtroom, everyone pursed their lips. The rumors were completely untrue. She was a lovely young woman, graceful as a pine or bamboo and radiant as the moon in the sky. Anyone could see that!
She wields a willow-leaf knife, dissects the dead, solves baffling cases, and earns the respect of the green-robed judge!
Ruan Zining says the rumors aren’t just rumors. For instance, she’s a woman, and her passion is... corpses!
Rumor has it that Xiao Jing, the Northern Pacification Commissioner, can turn the clouds with one hand and the rain with the other, wielding immense power.
Rumor has it that Xiao Jing, the Northern Pacification Commissioner, is bloodthirsty and merciless, and that no blade of grass survives wherever he goes.
Rumor has it...
Looking at the handsome man in a dark robe and cloak, his embroidered spring saber at his waist, everyone trembled in fear. The rumors were true. He was three parts more beautiful than an immortal, yet his cruelty surpassed even the King of Hell’s. The title “Jade-Faced Rakshasa” suited him perfectly!
When the Rakshasa meets the Judge...
Then
The woman, dressed in green and as ethereal as an immortal, held up a gleaming silver knife. “I’m not interested in the living. If you were dead, though, I might make an exception and preserve you as a specimen!”
The man lowered his eyes. “That’s fine.”
“Huh?” Her hand slipped.
“We’ll share a quilt in life and a grave in death.” The man smiled softly, his jade-like face captivating. “I hear a specimen can keep a body from decaying for a thousand years. We could be made into specimens and buried together after we die.”
The woman gritted her teeth. “Pah! Who said anything about sharing a grave with you? I said I’d make you into a specimen.”
“I know.” He nodded, his gaze tender as water. “In life or death, I belong to you, Jiao Jiao. You can do whatever you like with me!”
Watching the man deliver sweet nothings with a straight face, the woman covered her face and stormed off. Damn it, Jiao Jiao! She never should have been so full of herself that she saved this sly fox!
You kill, and I’ll hand you the knife;
You set the fire, and I’ll pour on the oil.
Heaven or earth, this life or the next, since there’s no escaping it, then
Let’s join hands and wreak havoc on the world!
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The world slanders, defames, deceives, and insults me. What should I do?
Come into my arms, and I’ll beat them up for you!
In this life, I’ll only ever be widowed, never divorced. You’d better think it through.
How convenient. I’m cursed to be alone, and nobody but you can keep me in check!
Then let’s get drunk with a beauty in our arms!