Qi Xiaotang, Inspector of the City

Name: Qi Xiaotang, Inspector of the City
Author: Han Guang

巡城御史戚小塘

by Han Guang (晗光)

Status: Completed
Length: 23k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Mystery & Supernatural
Updated: 3y ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

Qi Xiaotang was also a seventh-rank censor.

Why “also”?

The Imperial Censors of the Thirteen Circuits and the Censors-in-Chief of the Six Offices were the emperor’s guardians of public conduct, each one an important figure. But Qi Xiaotang, a patrol censor for the Five Wards, spent every day rushing around the streets, dusty from head to toe. Most of the cases he handled were trivial neighborhood disputes, and the locals had even affectionately nicknamed him the “Street-Sweeping Censor.”

Still, Qi Xiaotang, a seasoned drunk with a low-ranking post, had no shortage of big cases on his hands. For instance, Yan Shifan, son of Yan Song, the Grand Secretary and chief minister of the current dynasty, and known as the “Second Prime Minister,” had died, and his head had gone missing...

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3Chapters

854Reads

9.5Score

107Shelves

148Listens

426.1kReads · all time

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