Judge Bao's Divine Verdict: The Serial Murders at the Ancient Temple

Name: Judge Bao's Divine Verdict: The Serial Murders at the Ancient Temple
Author: Xuan Lin

包公神断古庙连环杀人案

by Xuan Lin (煊霖)

Status: Completed
Length: 15k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Unknown
Updated: 1y ago
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Deep in the mountains, an ancient temple stands beneath a weeping downpour. While taking shelter, Bao Zheng witnesses a bizarre scene: a monk murmurs Buddhist prayers as he holds a tiger-head shoe; a scholar trembles with a poisoned pastry tucked in his clothes; a beautiful woman conceals a cold blade up her sleeve; and the tyrant Lu Zhailang curses arrogantly, “I am the law!” Lightning strikes. His attendants lie in a row, charred corpses. A baked cake rolls across the ground, and Lu Zhailang’s throat turns a dark purple. Beneath the monk’s kasaya are iron needles that summon lightning. Poison residue peeks out from the scholar’s cloth bundle. A blood feud from fifteen years ago comes to light: a silversmith’s wife and daughter were burned to death, a young child was trampled beneath a horse’s hooves, and a courtesan turns out to be the orphaned daughter of the victims. “Karma has come full circle. It’s time you woke up.” Yuan Hai kneels and presents a faded tiger-head shoe, then splashes poisoned wine down his enemy’s throat. Bao Zheng takes up his brush and delivers his judgment: “Private vengeance is no form of justice. The law shines bright as heaven.” Will blood be repaid with blood, or will justice be bought with a life? In the ancient temple, the last candle flickers, illuminating a battlefield of the human heart.

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