Qingtan

Jade Cicada Tribulation In the winter of the 34th year of Guangxu's reign, Tianjin's Wei Hanxue shrouded his body. The shopkeeper of the silk shop, the owner of the opium den, and the owner of Mihang died suddenly one after another - the signs of death were exactly the same. They all held white jade cicadas in their hands, their clothes were stained with rosin, and empty wooden boxes were left at the scene. Lu Yanqiu, a former official of the Qing Dynasty's Ministry of Justice, investigates the case and leads to an old case of arson in the Yufeng opium shop ten years ago: Chen Afu's family was destroyed, Zhang Er was buried in the flames, and the accountant Lin Wenyan disappeared mysteriously. When rumors of "the jade cicada seeking life" spread throughout the streets, Lu Yanqiu peeled off the cracks in the nanmu box, the cloud patterns on the cicada wings, and the ink stains in the rosin, and discovered that the so-called "resurrection and revenge" was nothing but a bloody reckoning hidden in the shadow of troubled times. Old people are dying one after another, and foreign businessmen in the concession are secretly involved. Is the cold jade cicada a relic of the deceased or a war invitation from the murderer? In the gap between the law and people's hearts, Lu Yanqiu is approaching the truth step by step, but he does not know that he has already stepped into a chess game where life is at stake - some people are stained with blood for revenge, and some are buried for greed. The sins that could not be burned in the fire ten years ago will eventually be repaid one by one in this cold winter, using the jade cicada as a guarantee. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.