When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
Movie tag line: "The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands."
Production companies:
Character: Detective Dee (Di Renjie)
Character: Shangguan Jing'er
Character: Pei Donglai
Character: Shatuo Zhong
Character: Wu Zetian (The Empress)
Character: Wang Lu (before face-lift)
Character: Wang Lu (after face-lift)
Character: Xue Yong (Crime Inspector)
Character: Li Xiao (The Duke)
Character: Umayyad Ambassador
Character: Asst to Umayyad Ambassador
Character: Xiazi Ling (Blind Prisoner)
Character: Prison Officer
Character: Zhang Xun
Character: Lu Li