To Take One's Life

In the 137th year of the Yanli calendar, Xu Jiezhang, the governor of Nanyang, destroyed his family, leaving only his eldest son Xu Yi, who was studying in Yanjing, to escape. Bad news spread to the capital, and the government and the public were in an uproar. Emperor Yan sent several ministers to investigate the case thoroughly, but they all died suddenly on the way to Nanyang. People were panicked for a while. Just when there was no one available in the court, and Xu Yi could hardly sit still and investigate the case on his own, his master, Zhou Hanguang, the Minister of Dali Temple, took the initiative to ask Ying to investigate the matter thoroughly... This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.