The Rouge Curse: Ghost Flute

[After Gu Long, read Huang Ying] [New-school wuxia: The Legend of Shen Shengyi: The Rouge Curse and The Ghost Flute] The Rouge Curse: Shen Shengyi bids farewell to Rouge by a willow-lined embankment stretching for ten miles. After they part, she encounters Liu Guyue, the fourth of the Five Masters of Zhongzhou, known as “Demon Blade.” Drunk and overcome by lust, Liu Guyue sees Rouge's beauty and tries to molest her... Han Fang and Rouge are later hunted by the other four of the Five Masters: Du Yunfei, “Immortal Sword”; Bai Songfeng, “Ghost Axe”; Guo Changxi, “Divine Fist”; and Sun Xingyu, “Unrivaled Hidden Weapons.” They agree to meet at Huancui Manor in ten days. Rouge seeks Shen Shengyi's help, and Shen Shengyi joins forces with Long Fei to fight the Four Masters of Zhongzhou... The Ghost Flute: On the night of a wedding, a strange flute melody suddenly drifts from the Tingtao Courtyard, where the bridal chamber is located. Geng Liang and the others rush over at the sound. When they break down the door, they find the newlyweds dead, apparently stabbed by the sword hidden inside the flute, the signature weapon of Fang Xuan, “Ghost Flute.” But strangest of all, there are no footprints leading to the Tingtao Courtyard, and the doors and windows are locked from the inside. The killer is nowhere in the bridal chamber. It is a locked-room murder. Geng Liang asks Shen Shengyi to investigate...