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After dying while escorting hostages, Li Changtian wakes up in ancient times as a beggar next to a body. While trying to save her, he’s seen and assumed to be a murderer. Grand Inspector Yan Shu gets involved, trying to solve the case and prove Li Changtian killed her.

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The original novel this manhua is based on is by the same author who wrote This Villain Emperor’s Gotta Charm the Male Lead to Survive, aka How to Survive as a Villain. Just like Villain Emperor, this one features a transmigrator, but this one focuses more on solving mysteries than the intrigue between an emperor and a prince. The people working on this are different from Villain Emperor, so I can’t say if this is better or worse than Villain Emperor, though. I chose to keep reading it more out of curiosity about how it compares to the other Yi Yi Yi Yi stories I’ve read and not because it’s all that good.

Also, ngl, I’m kinda impressed I could remember the Villain Emperor title in full without looking it up.

Update March 1, 2024: Having read more after the review was written, I actually liked it more. So the story either got better or grew on me over time.

This was originally posted as an entry in a post with several shorter reviews and was reposted on March 1, 2024. It’s been edited to work as a stand-alone post.