Detective Tai Siyi: The Four Great Positions

After the battle at the thatched cottage, Tai Siyi was convinced that Wuming was still alive. He traveled far and wide in search of him, but months passed without a trace. In the end, he returned home in sorrow, changed his name, and withdrew from the world.

Meanwhile, Prince Yan Zhu Di raised an army under the banner of "Defending Heaven and Punishing the Rebels," with the Jianwen Emperor as his target. In the fourth year of the Jianwen reign (1402), Zhu Di's forces broke through Nanjing. He formally ascended the throne and changed the era name to Yongle.

To consolidate his imperial authority, Zhu Di not only revived the Embroidered Uniform Guard, but also created four special posts to strengthen his control. Yet before long, a bizarre string of murders sent the capital into a panic. To get to the bottom of the mystery, Zhu Di took his personal guard Zhu Zhen and went in person to the secluded thatched cottage to visit Tai Siyi, pleading with the reclusive master to come out of retirement and help unravel the case.

The third novel in the Detective Tai Siyi series!