The Truth

Also known as Feng Guo Liu Hen, The Truth (Chinese TV series)

The Truth is a 2026 Chinese television series co-produced by Tencent and Laoyou Yingshi, directed by Zhang Tong, adapted from the novel "Shi An Diao Cha Ke" (尸案调查科) by Jiu Di Shui. It starred Gong Jun, Jiang Wu, and Sun Yi in the leading roles.

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The Truth (Chinese: 风过留痕; pinyin: Fēng guò liú hén) is a 2026 Chinese television series co-produced by Tencent and Laoyou Yingshi, directed by Zhang Tong, adapted from the novel "Shi An Diao Cha Ke" (尸案调查科) by Jiu Di Shui. It starred Gong Jun, Jiang Wu, and Sun Yi in the leading roles.

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Plot

The series is set in Forensic Technology Division of the Yunxi City Public Security Bureau, where Captain Leng Qiming (played by Jiang Wu) leads a young and elite investigation team comprising Ye Qian (played by Gong Jun), Si Yuanlong, Jiao Lei, and Zhang Ziwu. Through forensic analysis, psychological profiling, and other advanced investigative techniques, the team unravels a series of bizarre and intricate cases. Guided by the creed of "decoding the language of death and safeguarding the dignity of life", they seek into each mystery to uncover the truth and uphold justice.

Cast

Gong Jun as Ye Qian

Jiang Wu as Leng Qiming

Sun Yi as Dan Qing

Zhang Kaitai as Si Yuanlong

Wang Mengli as Han Zhao

Liu Hailan as Zhang Ziwu

Production

On 27 May 2023, the main leads, along with the producers and the production companies were announced. The opening ceremony was held on the same day. The series wrapped up filming on 18 July 2023. On 1 February 2026, the series is scheduled to premiere on 3 February 2026 on Tencent Video and iQIYI.

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Also known as Feng Guo Liu Hen, The Truth (Chinese TV series)

Notable quotes

“Fate wins. At least, so it is claimed. Whatever happens, they say afterwards, it must have been Fate.‡”
— ‡When someone is saved from certain death by a strange concatenation of circumstances, they say that's a miracle. But of course, if someone is killed by a freak chain of events—the oil spill just there, the safety fence broken just there—that must also be a miracle. Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous. (p. 1)
“Over the last year or so Tiffany’s mother had been quite surprised, and a little worried, at Tiffany’s sudden thirst for education, which people in the village thought was a good thing in moderation but if taken unwisely could lead to restlessness.”
— Chapter 1, “Leaving” (p. 24)
“Presumably he was insane, by the usual human standards, but it was hard to tell; the phrase “differently normal” might do instead.”
— Chapter 7A, “Post Haste” (p. 223)
““The king is insuring against ‘what everyone knows’ being wrong. It so often is.”
— Chapter 1 (p. 3)
“His hands had closed automatically into fists because he had always been a man who thought with them. Soon he would try to use them; she knew it, because it was easier to punch than think.”
— Chapter 2, “Rough Music” (p. 27)
“There are quite a lot of reasons why that course of action might not, with ease, be rescued in any coherent way from the category of the insanely unwise, Dean.”
— Ponder Stibbons, in Ch. 11

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