The Wanli Mystery: the Movable Type Blood Book

During the Lantern Festival in the 23rd year of Wanli, Suzhou's lantern market was bustling, but a murder occurred in a secret room in the movable type workshop - the craftsman hung from a beam and died. The word "greed" was written in movable type with blood on his chest. The doors and windows were locked from the inside, and the suicide note was actually printed with movable type. Shen Yanzhi, the former editor of the Hanlin Academy who was demoted to Suzhou, used his keen insight to see through the secret room conspiracy composed of Luban locks and pine oil, but he also led to a shocking whirlpool of forbidden books, secret seals and water smuggling. The three deceased people fell one after another under the bloody words of "greed", "loyalty" and "death". Each secret room contained movable type codes and magnetic mechanisms, pointing directly to the collusion between the Weaving Bureau and the Dongchang. The attitude of the former mentor is wavering, the mysterious bookshop owner comes with the secret of revenge, the dragon pattern movable type hides the code of the court's conspiracy, and the water transport terminal hides the blood debt that spans ten years. Holding the "Shou Zheng" folding fan in hand, Shen Yanzhi is squeezing through the web of collusion between officials and businessmen. He must not only crack the sophisticated chamber created by craftsmen's skills, but also face the difficult human choice of loyalty and treachery. When the truth about the movable type spelling came to light, he was shocked to realize that behind the case was not only the eunuchs fighting against the power of the Donglin Party, but also closely related to his father's unjust and tragic death that year. Bloody words serve as a guide, and movable characters serve as a plan. Secret rooms cannot lock people's hearts, and power and tactics cannot cover justice. An investigative journey intertwined with suspense and conspiracy and the righteousness of family and country kicked off in the mist and rain of the south of the Yangtze River during the Wanli period. Every twist and turn has a hidden foreshadowing, and every detail has a mystery.