Director:
The exiled No. 1 detective Di Renjie was pardoned by Empress Wu and appointed as an imperial envoy to investigate the case. Unexpectedly / he was assassinated on his way back to the city and fell off a cliff and lost his memory. He was rescued by Lu Zhaoyuan / a down-and-out businessman who came to Luoyang to find his wife but could not enter the city. The two men's identities were swapped by mistake / and the fake Judge (Lu Zhaoyuan) was forced to investigate the case under the supervision of the Prime Minister. The real Judge / who was suffering from an injury / also returned to Luoyang by chance. With his investigative instinct and astonishing insight / he quickly grasped the key evidence of the strange smell of the corpse. The real and fake Judge Dee cooperated tacitly / using their respective advantages to continuously approach the truth. The real culprit behind the "female ghost seeking her life" finally revealed her true identity.
Cast:
Yang Shulin / Xiao Hongpeng / Wang Yitian / Wang Meiying / Bao Yanxi
武周年间，洛阳当红舞妓含冤被斩，化厉鬼索命连环杀人。流放在外的第一神探狄仁杰被武后特赦并委任为钦差调查此案，不料在返城途中遭人刺杀坠崖失忆，被来洛阳寻妻却无法入城的落魄商贾吕昭元所救。二人阴差阳错身份掉包，假狄公（吕昭元）不得不在国相的监管下被迫查案，因伤痴巅的真狄公也机缘巧合回到洛阳，凭借查案本能和惊人的洞察力迅速掌握尸身奇香这一关键证据。真假狄公默契配合，利用各自优势不断逼近真相，“女鬼索命”
