A Republican-Era Record of Killer Hunts

He entered the Lu Academy of Criminal Investigation at the age of twelve and became a disciple of Mo Yisheng, Minister of Justice. He rose to the rank of a third-grade official. Under the rule of the New Calendar regime, he was appointed to oversee the constables of nine provinces, living undercover among the people and secretly helping the Ministry of Justice investigate strange cases throughout the land. One after another, the cases seemed neither ghostly nor divine: fox spirits wreaking havoc, bodies dismembered across the city, treasures stolen from the Heavenly City... Fate sent him up to the heavens and down into the earth. Life was nothing but misery.

“I’m an official. Why do I live like a beggar every day?”

“I treated you as a friend. What do you take me for, a monkey to fool?”

“This ancient city may well be the final resting place for both of us. Do you have anything left to say?”

“I may not be able to remain an official, but that won’t stop me from bringing you to justice...”