My Invincible Years at the Tribunal

The Great Sui Dynasty has only thirty years of fate remaining. The Directorate of Punishments, which administers all criminal justice for the Great Sui, is in even more precarious straits. At most twenty years from now, it will be erased in the torrent of history. Countless Inspectors of Punishments are making one final effort for the people of the Great Sui, risking their lives and shedding their blood… We keep ourselves apart from the world and watch the Great Sui’s final days, staying especially far away from the Directorate of Punishments lest we become tainted by misfortune, said the Buddhist monks. Alas, fate is already decided. The old dynasty is doomed to fall, and the Directorate of Punishments, the old dynasty’s greatest weapon, will also be broken, said the dean of the Celestial Mirror Academy. The Directorate of Punishments… What a pity, said the Daoist sects. Righteousness and integrity can no longer suppress the atmosphere of chaos, while the power of punishment is gradually dying out, said the Confucian Sage. In an environment where every great figure had written off the Directorate of Punishments, Lu Shaoling opened his eyes once more and became a lowly probationary Inspector of Punishments under the Xigu Commandery branch of the Directorate of Punishments.