In a certain year of the Tang Dynasty, the capital city was suddenly attacked by a strange plague. The emperor and his officials left the capital in a hurry, and the entire imperial city became a ghostland on earth.
Yin Di Renjie, who stayed behind in Jingzhao, sat alone on a high platform, facing the dead streets and the growing number of corpses, feeling exhausted mentally and physically.
At this time, the respected Mei Gong, the leader of the three major old clans in the city, "accidentally" fell to his death on the steep staircase of his house, and his forehead bone was shattered on the tip of a white jade pillar.
All signs pointed to a mistake, except for a few ink marks on the deceased's cheekbones, which aroused Duke Dee's alarm.
At the same time, a gloomy nursery rhyme circulated in the market: "One, two, three, Mei Huyi, one removes his bed, the second removes his eyes, the third removes his head." Mei Gong's death seems to be in response to the prophecy of "loss of head".
Immediately afterwards, the dignitary of the old clan who named himself "Marquis of Yi" was brutally killed on the promenade near the river. The left side of his face was completely destroyed, and his death was tragic;
The sign of "losing sight" suddenly came true. Two of the three old clans were wiped out in an instant, leaving only the Hu family. The last sentence of the prophecy, "lost head," was like a sword hanging from the ceiling, making the whole city panic.
When Judge Dee finally exposed the perfect fake scenario of falling down the stairs, another murder hidden under the embroidered curtains of the boudoir surfaced...
