Da Tang Pi Zhu Ji

The Tang Dynasty’s beloved Princess Wanshou, showered with imperial favor, dies of illness at the tender age of seventeen.

When a petty thief secretly slips into her eerie underground tomb, he makes a horrifying discovery: the princess was buried alive. Covering her face is a ferocious qitou mask.

Deadly schemes lurk within the palace, the court seethes with intrigue, and the jianghu rises in restless turmoil...

But none of that has much to do with the two of them.

You ride the donkey, I hold the reins. Like a ragtag pilgrimage party bound for the Western Paradise, we trudge eastward instead, hoping to seek refuge with an elder brother.

Their greatest concern is not imperial conspiracies, but money. Travel expenses are always running short. Food, lodging, transport, three meals a day, every coin must be stretched to its limit. Worse still, wherever they go, a major case seems to break out... and whenever a major case occurs, they somehow end up the prime suspects...