The Case Files of Zhong Yanzhi

Zhong Yanzhi, skilled in authentication and case-solving, works as an assistant in the county office purely out of a passion for uncovering the truth, with no ambition for official rank. Magistrate Zhou of Yuping, valuing talent and seeing merit in recommending the worthy, quietly records all of Zhong's achievements and secretly recommends him for promotion. After a series of major cases—including counterfeiting rings and human trafficking—are cracked, an unexpected appointment as acting registrar arrives. He never sought office, yet his accomplishments speak for themselves; he only wanted to solve cases, but fame and rank came to him anyway. This story depicts the daily investigative life of a scholar and a virtuous official in a Song dynasty county office. Planned length: 300,000 characters. — Description from novelcodex.org