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This book is a long detective novel set in the Tang Dynasty and with Di Renjie as the main character. After Empress Wu Zetian became emperor, "fake Tongbao" (counterfeit currency) spread across the land of China, shaking the government and disrupting people's livelihood. The Queen was furious and ordered Di Renjie, the chief minister of Dali Temple, to investigate the case. Shangguan Wan'er, a member of the guilty minister's family, and Chu Chu, the Queen's confidant, were ordered by the Queen to join the criminal gang and assist Di Renjie in handling the case. After going through many obstacles, Di Renjie finally cracked the case of fake Tongbao. Rose is a wild flower in Wu Zetian's hometown. Like rose, Wu Zetian was of low origin but strong in vitality. The intention of rose shows that the female characters in the work are as beautiful and humble as rose, unable to decide their fate but still strong.

This book is a collection of short stories, including eight short stories published by the author in the past two years. It is very commendable to write about characters at the bottom of society, who appear to be rough and insensitive, especially women, in a vivid and delicate way, with long thoughts, calm on the surface but turbulent on the inside. For example, Li Huifang in "The Passage" is a rural woman who is walking from middle age to old age. She is still suffering from illness and struggling in the mud, but she has a delicate mind and her own secret yearning. "Offline" does not simply write about the depression and pain after divorce or the search for new love, but fully demonstrates the multiple desires in people's hearts and fully expresses people's complex and changeable thoughts. In "Color-Changing Mirror", Zheng Ji'an's life can be described as one failure after another. He is obsessed, crazy and confused. Finally, in the mirror, he recognizes that his "ex-husband" is actually himself. The novel describes the situation of people struggling in desperate situations, which is very realistic and accurate, like a sharp knife cutting through glass.

When Wu Zetian came to power in the Tang Dynasty, the Li and Tang royal families launched a rebellion to oppose Wu Zetian's claim to the throne. After the rebellion was suppressed, Zhang Guangfu launched a mass uprising in Yuzhou. More than 5,000 innocent people were imprisoned, and young girls continued to disappear from the prison. At the same time, Right Chancellor Dong Yifu, who had resigned for more than a year, was exterminated, and his beloved daughter Dong Xinglian disappeared. During the investigation, Di Renjie, the new governor of Yuzhou, discovered that there was a hidden secret behind the massacre of the Dong family and the disappearance of the girl.