Inkstone Detective Agency

In the 18th year of the Republic of China, the ten-mile foreign market in Shanghai was half glitz and half purgatory. The French Concession suppressed the case with force, foreign banks smuggled black gold, the officialdom was reversed, gangs were secretly running rampant, countless little people died unjustly, and the truth was buried deep under the neon lights and shadows. Shen Yan, an independent detective, is meticulous and observant. He specializes in cracking down on secret cases, strange cases, and unjust cases that others dare not touch, patrols dare not investigate, and the powerful can suppress them. Su Wanqing, the daughter of a lampmaker in Huai'anfang, inherited her father's ability to recognize jade and treasures. She is as meticulous as a hair and understands the hearts of the people in the market. From an orphan in desperate situation, she grew up to be Shen Yan's most tacit detective partner. The two set up Yanzhi Detective Agency in troubled times—— When the inkstone falls, the case becomes clear; when the light turns on, the injustice is cleared up. The detective agency takes on shocking and mysterious cases one after another: The injustice of ancient jade in Huai'anfang, the murder of fans at the Shikumen lanterns on Xiafei Road, the fall of a Paramount dancer, the gunshots in the theater in the middle of the night, the theft of money from the concession bank, the opium caisson at the dock, the dark shadow of the girls' school in the middle of the night, strange stories in the mansion, antiques and weird things, transnational smuggling, serial murders... The forces behind the scenes are unfathomable. They reach up to the senior management of the concession and go down to the gangsters in the city. They kill, silence, frame, and cover up. They cover the sky with one hand. And Yanzhi Detective Agency is the thorn in their side that they most want to get rid of. Shen Yan and Su Wanqing used their humble bodies to fight against the overwhelming power: Do not kneel to the powerful, do not avoid danger, do not spare the perpetrators, and do not bury the truth. Destroy traps, solve puzzles, find out the real culprit, expose the shady story, and clear up the injustice. The world is dark, but there is still an inkstone to know; It's hard to see the light in the long night, but there are still lights. The first private detective agency in Shanghai was officially opened.