A Thousand Barriers of Peach Blossoms

The most foolish thing in the world is a family massacre. Xiao Wuying, magistrate of Ninghai County, used to believe that without a doubt. Then, right under his jurisdiction, the entire Feng family, a renowned martial clan of Jiangnan, was massacred. Who was the killer? Who was behind this tragedy? Lou Yuxiao, master of Jiangnan's foremost tower; Lady Mingyue; Xiao Wuying, and others were all swept into the affair. The emperor's own royal uncle, noble meritorious officials guarding the border, the emperor's favored ministers, heretical sects from the frontier... Several forces were drawn into this massacre Mysterious fragments of tung oil, the finger bones of a fetus, terrifying Miaojiang sorcery Secret affairs in the imperial palace from thirty years ago, and factional struggles over the throne Little by little, every mystery quietly unfolds within the Peach Blossoms Beyond a Thousand Barriers. Xiao Wuying wants to know only one thing: who was the killer?