They possessed a t.i.tle that could be pa.s.sed down through generations, but they were not n.o.bles. Their family’s ancestry was long and ill.u.s.trious, yet they were not powerful. The current scion of the family believed he had secured his employment for a lifetime by inheriting the position that had been pa.s.sed down from his forefathers. However, this prison chief of a yamen, a government establishment, had his little world unexpectedly thrown on its head by a swindler acting like a mystical being. Thus, a tyrant who could cover the sky was created. Yang Ling[1] was known as Yang the Beheader, and Yang Fan[2] was known as the Plague Doctor, but our protagonist was dubbed with many names, the Insane Dians.h.i.+[3], the d.i.c.khead Prefectural Judge, Night Emperor… Every one of those nicknames represents his legend. —————————————————— [1] Yang Ling is the main character of one of Yue Guan’s early works called 回到明朝當王爺之楊凌傳 which can be loosely translated as Return to Ming Dynasty as a prince : Yang Ling’s biography. It’s still a very popular novel which will be turned into a TV series due to be out on 2017 under the t.i.tle of Royal Highness. [2] Yang Fan is the main character of another one of Yue Guan’s novels called zuì zhěn jiāngshān (醉枕江山). In fact, it’s the previous complete work before Night Emperor. It’s a historical novel similar to Night Emperor. [3] It’s an unranked government post which is outside of the nine rank system in the imperial officialdom and tasked with various miscellaneous jobs.