Seeing Ghosts

In the final years of the Dayong Dynasty, the old dynasty was nearing its end, while the new one had yet to rise. Warlords carved up the land, life was unstable, and strange incidents were frequent. Foreigners from the west had even come to spread the glory of their Divine Lord.

The emperor on the throne in the imperial city had changed three times in five months. With two more armies of religious warlords about to march in, train after train steamed out of Shangjing, carrying its old residents and their families as they fled.

Jin Buhuan had been born into this world and lived in it for eighteen years. She was now the only daughter of a bodyguard agency owner, watching as machines replaced human labor and trains replaced the escort business. When she heard that Shangjing was about to fall, Jin Buhuan set out with her father's coffin in tow, escorting it out of the capital and through the pass so she could return to her hometown and lay him to rest.

Along the way, she encountered people from every walk of life and all kinds of figures from the martial world. She met a mountain spirit wandering by night and asking for directions, saw white bones combing their hair before a mirror, lamented the flourishing martial arts in Cangzhou, and witnessed unorthodox factions competing in Jinmen. A silver compact revealed a thousand different faces, while the beauty on a calendar appeared in a dream to entrust her with a delivery...

The escort flag, black with gold lettering, fluttered in the wind. Jin Buhuan carried the goods entrusted by the living and accepted the final requests of the dead. An escort rider's name was built on trust. She rode out!

Complete manuscript screenshots uploaded and archived on August 4, 2026.

Road novel, an alternate-history fantasy Republican-era martial world + steampunk + eerie folk tales

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