The Teahouse Owner Who Cut Through the Martial World

Name: The Teahouse Owner Who Cut Through the Martial World
Author: Mu Fengxu

那个茶馆老板杀穿了江湖

by Mu Fengxu (牧风旭)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 206k Words
Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Subgenre: Eastern Cultivation
Updated: 12mo ago
English: RandomTL: Request

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Synopsis

The Daily Life of a Green-Robed Teahouse Owner Forced to Work

Su Buyan had planned to open a teahouse in a small town and spend his days in retirement, but a puppet-murder case toppled his signboard. The puppeteer’s mechanisms, the shifting lights and shadows on the stage, the silvery-gray powder beneath the victim’s fingernails...

How could this be an ordinary murder? Someone was clearly treating human lives like puppets on strings!

Even more absurdly, three strange people suddenly barged into the teahouse:

Wen Tingyun hugged a mechanism box and chuckled. “I’d like to study it.”

Shen Jianwei demanded a search with a stony face, the iron ruler at his waist swaying in plain view.

Lu Wujiu sprawled at the counter, stealing pastries. Caught red-handed, he still had the nerve to talk back. “What’s wrong with eating one of your osmanthus cakes? I’ll give you thirty percent of the loot for solving the case!”

The four were forced to team up to investigate. Along the way, they picked up an icy beauty carrying an ancient zither. A sword was hidden in the instrument, yet she showed mercy with her blade. Her music could both save lives and take them.

Seven unsolved cases formed a chain: puppets, poisonous ink, a ghost village, mirages...

Every mystery they unraveled led to a deeper conspiracy. The shadow of a mysterious organization loomed in the background, and Su Buyan discovered that the Qingya Post Station Incident, which had driven him into retirement three years ago, was the very first move in this grand scheme.

Wen Tingyun: “What a clever mechanism! But, Boss Su, the beams in your teahouse are riddled with rot. How about I take them apart and rebuild them with mechanisms?”

Lu Wujiu: “Constable Shen, can your iron ruler pick a lock? Lend it to me, will you? Hey, don’t glare at me. I promise I’ll only break into the bad guys’ homes!”

Yan Xianzhi: “Su Buyan, you still haven’t taught me the seventh move of your Green Cliff Sword Song.”

Su Buyan: “...Let’s solve the case first, then talk.” He touched the Xuantong Sword at his waist and wondered how this martial world could be even more complicated than the teahouse accounts.

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