The Strange Cases of Bianjing: Shen Mo

Name: The Strange Cases of Bianjing: Shen Mo
Author: Evening Glow in a Coarse Cloth Shirt

汴京诡案录沈墨

by Evening Glow in a Coarse Cloth Shirt (粗布衫兜晚霞)

Status: Completed
Length: 293k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Mystery & Supernatural
Updated: 9mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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In the third year of the Xuanhe era, Bianjing.

Rain fell in a fine, steady curtain in late spring, washing the bluestone slabs of Imperial Avenue outside the Vermilion Bird Gate until they gleamed faintly. The hour of the dog had just passed. Shops along the street were closing one by one, leaving only a few wind lanterns swaying beneath the eaves, turning the raindrops into golden threads.

Shen Mo, a magistrate of the Kaifeng Prefecture, stood beside the third stone pillar west of Rainbow Bridge, holding an oil-paper umbrella. Rainwater ran down the ribs and gathered in a small puddle at his feet. He was about thirty, dressed in a dark blue-green official robe, with a fish-shaped tally and a copper badge hanging from his belt. The badge was a special credential issued by the Commission for the Supervision of Criminal Cases.

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