Fragments of the Night Banquet

In the spring of the seventh year of Yuanhe, a headless female corpse was discovered on Zhuque Street in Chang'an City. The deceased was actually a dancer who had performed in the palace three days ago. Pei Zhao, the young minister of Dali Temple, was ordered to investigate the case, but found half a piece of silk with "Night Banquet in Colorful Clothes" in the clothes of the deceased. This scroll depicting the secret banquet of the palace during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong had been burned as early as the Anshi Rebellion. When the second corpse appeared in Hu Shang's mansion in Xishi City accompanied by burnt black silk, Pei Zhao discovered that all the deceased had heard the sound of Jiegu drums on the night of the full moon...