Peerless ( Meng Xi Shi )

FENG XIAO ( "HIGH HEAVENS" ) - Deputy Chief of the Jiejian Bureau.

CUI BUQU ( "I WON'T GO" ) - Chief of the Zuoyue Bureau.

JIEJIAN BUREAU :-

PIE JINGZHE - Feng Xiao's assistant at the Jiejian Bureau.

ZUOYUE BUREAU :-

QIAO XIAN - Deputy Chief of the Zuoyue Bureau.

ZHANGSUN BODHI - Deputy Chief of the Zuoyue Bureau.

SUI IMPERIAL COURT :-

YANG JIAN - Emperor Wen of Sui, the first emperor of the Sui dynasty. Also known by his Xianbei name Puliuru Jian.

DUGU QIELUO - Empress Wenxian

YUXIU - A mysterious monk who shows up in search of the missing Jade of Heaven Lake.

LIUGONG CITY :-

COUNTY MAGISTRATE ZHAO - The harrier magistrate who governs Liugong City.

LU TI - A businessman and the head of the Lu family, one of Liugong City's wealthiest clans. His manor ends up becoming the site of another case.

LU YOUNIANG - Lu Ti's beloved only child, engaged to Su Xing.

SU XING - The nephew of Lu Ti, engaged to Lu Youniang.

KINGDOM OF KHOTAN :-

YUCHI JINWU - The deceased Khotanese envoy and prince, tasked with bringing the Jade of Heaven Lake to the emperor of Sui.

QIN MIAOYU - Yuchi Jinwu's beloved concubine, who mysteriously vanished with the Jade of Heaven Lake after the assassination of the envoy.

GÖKTÜRK KHAGANATE :-

FO'ER - The foremost martial artist of the Göktürk Khaganate, who pledges loyalty to Ishbara Khagan, one of the most powerful khagans.

JINLIAN - Apa Khagan's lesser lesser khatun who arrives in Liugong city as an envoy for negotiations.

APA KHAGAN - The ruler of the Western Göktürk Khaganate.

PRINCE ADE - The second prince of the Western Göktürk Khaganate and the younger son of Apa Khagan.

PRINCE YIXUN - The first prince of the Western Göktürk Khaganate and the eldest son of Apa Khagan and the greater Khatun.

CITY OF QIEMO -

DUAN QIHU - A former bandit and one of the three great powers of Qiemo.

GAO YI - The country magistrate of Qiemo and one of the three great powers.

XING MAO - A descendant of the destroyed Kingdom of Shanshan's royal family. One of Qiemo's three great powers.

GOGURYEO :-

GO NYEONG - A martial artist who shows up in search of the Jade of Heaven Lake.