The Strange Stories of Chang'an

In the sixth year of Yonghui, all nine ever-bright lamps in Taiji Palace went out overnight. Chen Bo, the eunuch who was guarding the lamps, died suddenly in the room, his face distorted as if he had seen a ghost. Shen Mubai, the young minister of Dali Temple, was ordered to investigate the case, but found that his father Shen Zheng's crime of "rebellion" fifteen years ago was closely related to the case. As the investigation deepens, the theft of the jade hairpin, the murder of the star observatory, and the death of the painted skin... One after another, mysterious cases occur one after another, and every clue points to the same mastermind behind the scenes - Sun Wuji, the commander-in-chief of the dynasty. The truth is hidden in three secret places; witnesses die mysteriously one after another. In a desperate situation, Shen Mubai formed an alliance with Empress Wu and used the list of secret guards of Tianshu Academy as an edge to finally tear open the veil of Changsun Wuji's thirty-year plan. Five cases in a row, a secret. Truth never dies, justice never dies.