The Mystery of Zhang Gong

By chance, the poor examinee Zhang Ping encountered Assistant Minister of Rites, Lan Jue – the two became attached since then.

Zhang Ping, who likes to solve cases, solved numerous murders, with the erudite Lan Jue providing him with much help.

The prelude revolves around Zhang Ping’s flamboyant life from a poor scholar to a Prime Minister. Knowledgeable on the ways of officials, Lan Jue, who’d always only cared about saving his own skin, found his manner and life gradually changing soundlessly…