The story begins on the banks of the Yongding River in the southern suburbs of Kyoto, where a strange corpse of a bride dressed in red is floating on the river.
Basic background: This is an oriental fantasy world where the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism exist, and the Demon Suppressor and the Qin Tianjian share the control of yin and yang. On the surface, singing and dancing are peaceful, but in fact, there is a hidden danger of evil.
Chapter summary
Bloody River Lamp: Shen Hanzhou, a trainee Bronze Guard of the Demon Suppression Department, discovered a strange floating corpse of a bride on the bank of the Yongding River. The corpse had bronze weights tied to its feet and a blood-stained jade hairpin in its hand.
Yin and Yang weights: The autopsy found that the deceased's birth date was yin, and the weights coincided with the number of the nine palaces. The hosta was engraved with the emblem of "Chen Ji Yinlou", pointing to the murder of the family three years ago.
Si Zheng's Suspicion: Song Zhiyuan, Si Zheng of the Demon Suppression Department, suddenly appeared and used a jade bone compass to detect the residual demonic energy, implying that the case was related to the forces of the court.
Undercurrent: Shen Hanzhou discovered that black mist remained on the wound on the corpse, which was similar to the case of the demon fox three years ago, and Song Zhiyuan was the person in charge.
Exploring the Silver Building at Night: Sneaking into the old site of Chen Jiyin Building late at night, it was discovered in the broken account books that the deceased was actually the Miss Chen family who was supposed to have died three years ago.
Appearance of the phantom: A sealing spell was found in the ancient well in the backyard of Yinlou, and he was suddenly attacked by a phantom in red with red eyes.
The golden cicada escapes from its shell: At the critical moment, the mysterious power in Shen Hanzhou's body awakens, breaking the talisman seal, and blood with fox fur gushes out of the well.
Hidden clues in the court: On the way back to the Demon Suppression Department, he bumped into the carriage of the Minister of Tobe. When the curtain was lifted, half of the face similar to the Phantom was revealed.
We will start from the protagonist Shen Hanzhou's discovery of the strange floating corpse of the bride. Through the details of the autopsy and clues about props, we will gradually uncover the tragedy of the family extermination three years ago and the relationship between the powerful people of the day.
