The Lin family has been serving as underworld officials since its founding. The position is hereditary, passed down through the generations.
The Underworld has seventy-six departments, and only the Lin family is eligible to serve in one of them.
The Department of Oversight investigates and impeaches the other departments, redresses injustices, and supervises the various circuits. It serves as the emperor's eyes and ears, overseeing discipline. It stands above the other seventy-five departments, with imperial authority to execute first and report afterward.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
