Green Horse Bone

Mystery, adventure, realistic fiction, a short story of around a hundred thousand words.

The no-man's-land is full of dangers, but the worst was the great fire beyond Yangguan. The owners of a roadside inn robbed their victims and set the place ablaze, burning an entire scientific expedition of more than a dozen people to charred corpses. The killers, however, vanished without a trace. The locals keep quiet about it, turning pale at the mere mention.

The down-and-out writer Wen Zhi travels there to gather material. On the train, he meets a young man returning to his hometown.

West of Yangguan, there are many old acquaintances. When one comes calling, misfortune follows.

[On my bones, spring breezes green the wilds, while ten thousand horses fall silent]

Theme: Justice is never absent