The Yongle Ghost Case Files

[Female assassin + female physician: a purely revenge-driven historical romance, featuring high-IQ court intrigue] The ghost doctor Shen Hua can communicate with the dead and question spirits. She trusts only corpses, never the living. She stakes herself in the game without regret, and each time she summons a ghost, she loses a memory. Lu Chenzhou, an investigating secretary in the Ministry of Justice's Office of Judicial Review, spots the truth in a single glance while examining a corpse: the upward-slanting cut is a military technique. He has spent ten years concealing his true abilities, plotting within the confines of a small space. Together, they investigate strange cases that lead to the secrets of former Jianwen officials, a conspiracy involving heretical martial arts and corpse refinement, the bizarre deaths of imperial consorts, and a ghostly procession through the imperial examination halls. The Netherworld Pavilion, the Hundred Ghosts Formation, a sacrifice of one's own body, a soul scattered across the altar. Before a new grave, a bone flute is broken; a blood edict goes up in flames. The road to the Yellow Springs is long, yet those who travel different paths arrive at the same end.