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时漏悬案：晚清钟楼秘录
Warm Winter In The Twelfth Lunar Month
In the winter of the 21st year of Guangxu's reign, strange cases occurred one after another in the capital: The minister of the Ministry of Industry, the comprador of a foreign bank, and the embassy translator died suddenly and peacefully. The only thing they have in common is that there must be a stopped Western clock next to them. The hands all point to the third hour of the day. Shen Moqing, editor of the Hanlin Academy, a Neo-Confucian disciple who hated "strange techniques and obscene skills" had nothing to do with this. Until he discovered that his brother, who had been missing for ten years, That's where it all started. In order to find out the truth, he is forced to cooperate with a mysterious blind watchmaker. But an even more terrifying secret was discovered: The Forbidden City, embassies of various countries, the Prime Minister's Office... There are 700 new clocks in the whole capital. All have been transformed into eavesdropping devices. Every time the gear turns, a secret conversation is recorded.
In the winter of the 21st year of Guangxu's reign, strange cases occurred one after another in the capital: The minister of the Ministry of Industry, the comprador of a foreign bank, and the embassy translator died suddenly and peacefully. The only thing they have in common is that there must be a stopped Western clock next to them. The hands all point to the third hour of the day. Shen Moqing, editor of the Hanlin Academy, a Neo-Confucian disciple who hated "strange techniques and obscene skills" had nothing to do with this. Until he discovered that his brother, who had been missing for ten years, That's where it all started. In order to find out the truth, he is forced to cooperate with a mysterious blind watchmaker. But an even more terrifying secret was discovered: The Forbidden City, embassies of various countries, the Prime Minister's Office... There are 700 new clocks in the whole capital. All have been transformed into eavesdropping devices. Every time the gear turns, a secret conversation is recorded.