Detective Di Renjie: The Ghost Ship Case in Luoyang

Amid the shifting fortunes of the prosperous Tang dynasty, grain and goods boats continued to crowd the waterways of Luoyang as usual. Then a sudden string of murders shattered the ancient city’s tranquility. Two cargo ships belonging to a Jiangnan silk merchant guild mysteriously disappeared within three days. Not a single crew member survived. The dead wore smiles, yet nothing had been stolen from the holds. The only clue left behind was a piece of silk bearing an image of the “Headless Guanyin”…