Bound by Luoyang

The first few chapters introduced three characters, and later on, the Northern Gate Scholar, the Emperor, the Tubo, the assassin, and the bandits appeared. Is this some kind of multi-narrative structure? After reading the first nine chapters, I was still full of questions and didn't know what kind of story the author was planning to write.

Why rush things? Why keep pushing things along like this? Every case is written at this pace.

The author writes quite well, but it lacks a bit of fun. There's not much explanation or psychological description; it just follows the flow of the story, and the pacing isn't great.