Paper Kills Xuanwumen

In the seventh year of Wude, a minor official from Shangshu Province died outside the archives. Everyone said that he died of a sudden illness, but Du Heng discovered that there was cinnabar hidden in the nails of the deceased, and half of the Tongguan Ordnance List was pressed in his sleeve, and there was a cross mark on the document that should not have appeared. Where did the three hundred pieces of armor that were "reported damaged" go? Why do dead people still receive food on their military rolls? Hu merchants from the West City, secret soldiers from Gyeongju, secret orders from the East Palace, side files of the palace gate... Seemingly unrelated clues all point to the same name - Xuanwu Gate. Du Heng was just a low-level scribe who could read paper, identify seals, and check family records. He doesn't understand the art of war, can't influence the situation of the government, let alone save people who are destined to die. But when he followed the tampered documents one by one, he discovered that the sharpest thing in Chang'an City was never the knife. Some people use documents to mobilize troops, some use rosters to kill people, and some people write down the charges in advance, and just wait for the blood to fall, and then the truth can be refiled. Two years later, the fourth day of June is approaching. In front of the Xuanwu Gate, the light of the sword determines life and death; And before the sword fell, someone had long used a piece of ink to decide who should live, who should die, and who should be written into history. **The power first modifies documents, then modifies facts, and finally modifies history. **