National Treasure

In the northeastern corner of Tianjin’s Old East Gate Hutong lived Li Banye, a direct descendant of a notorious eunuch. A local rascal, he was a favorite target of the neighborhood’s jokes over tea and after meals. Then one day, an old friend of his father, Li the Blind, suddenly arrived from Hong Kong.

An imperial folding fan personally inscribed by the Qianlong Emperor, an unmarked spirit tablet... A series of mysteries began to unfold, and the long-buried stories of Tianjin’s Four Generals from bygone days gradually came to light. A transnational antiquities-smuggling ring bared its fangs...