My name is Lin Xu, a "folklore consultant" specially hired by the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Every day when I go to work, I do two things:
First, use the secret techniques of Feng Shui to track down the murderer and solve the case.
Second, compile the process of solving the case into a watertight scientific report.
Until a series of "Bronze Bell Suicide Cases" occurred, the murderer used forbidden folk techniques to provoke the entire criminal investigation team.
The report I handed in was thrown on the table by the director: "'Penin organ invasion'? Consultant Lin, how long will you continue to engage in feudal superstition!"
I pushed up my glasses and added a line at the end of the report:
"It is recommended that there should be a Song Dynasty copper coin dissected inside the chest of the deceased - inside the heart."
That afternoon, when the autopsy results came back, there was total silence.
And my phone lit up, and a strange text message came into view:
"'Ask the underworld'? Your father's debt should be repaid with your life."
——The truth about the "accidental" fire that burned my parents to death three years ago finally emerged.
Reader comments
The rhythm control of this book is superb. Each chapter ends abruptly at just the right place, tightly grasping your curiosity like a pair of invisible hands, making you stay up all night and just want to turn to the next page. The subtlety of the author's foreshadowing is impressive. All the seemingly random details in the early stage have become a key piece of the puzzle in the end. When the final reversal comes, it brings not only a scalp-numbing shock, but also an intellectual pleasure of all the clues being perfectly connected. It is not only a story about a mystery, but also a subtle exploration of the depths of human nature. The characters' choices in extreme situations are real and complex, making the thriller penetrate into the bones from the plot. After reading and closing the book, the feeling of being completely 'cheated' yet completely 'respected' is exactly the kind of enjoyment that top-notch suspense novels can bring.
The rhythm control of this book is superb. Each chapter ends abruptly at just the right place, tightly grasping your curiosity like a pair of invisible hands, making you stay up all night and just want to turn to the next page. The subtlety of the author's foreshadowing is impressive. All the seemingly random details in the early stage have become a key piece of the puzzle in the end. When the final reversal comes, it brings not only a scalp-numbing shock, but also an intellectual pleasure of all the clues being perfectly connected. It is not only a story about a mystery, but also a subtle exploration of the depths of human nature. The characters' choices in extreme situations are real and complex, making the thriller penetrate into the bones from the plot. After reading and closing the book, the feeling of being completely 'cheated' yet completely 'respected' is exactly the kind of enjoyment that top-notch suspense novels can bring.