The Red Dragon Gu of the Ming Dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard

In the twenty-third year of the Wanli era, Shen Mo died suddenly, with poisonous insects emerging from his ears. Zhan Qingya is given three days to solve the case. What seemed like a poisoning case leads to the insect records of the southern border, ear canal ointments, and a fragment of the Eastern Depot's token at the bottom of a late-night noodle bowl. Cao Wubing, the overseer of the Eastern Depot, seems both enemy and official, while the palace consort fond of occult arts looms in the shadows. One case after another, the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Xiuchun knife can cut open corpses, but cannot cut through the rotting flesh beneath the sweet fragrance of the Ming court. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Red Dragon Gu of the Ming Dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠