One secret room case after another was solved in Yongzhou. The victims showed no signs of knife wounds or blood, and the authorities hastily convicted someone, claiming the killings were the work of ghosts.
Zhao Mingcheng led a six-person team to investigate the case thoroughly, only to discover that these supposed locked-room murders were more like a carefully plotted game of chess.
Old case files, broken roof tiles, ink batch numbers, and old cases from four provinces all pointed to the same truth: this was no ordinary corruption. Someone was using wrongful convictions as a template to plot across provincial borders and select those to draw into the game.
Su Zimo possessed an uncanny sense. By touching old objects, she could read the thoughts left behind, but every use brought agonizing pain, ringing ears, and even temporary deafness.
They thought they were investigating a case, unaware that every step they took had long since fallen into their opponent's calculations.
In the shadows, someone left behind a tile engraved with a name, inviting her to come to Jiangnan in person.
Zhao Mingcheng looked toward Jiangnan and said, word by word:
"You make your move. I'll solve my case."
"I'll take you up on this game of chess."
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