Fake Pen

In the 22nd year of Wanli, a case of missing military rations broke out in Guangning Guards, Liaodong. Jin Yiwei's handwriting appraisal expert Liu Wen was ordered to go deep into the ice and snow border town with a piece of paper. The seemingly flawless official document hides a mystery - the receiving officer's trembling signature reveals life and death threats, and behind the "truth" each of the seven handlers insists on is a huge web of forged military orders, tampering with military status, and false claims of military merit. Liu Wen used his pen as a blade to unravel the truth between the shades of ink, but found that he had stepped into the trap carefully woven by the "pensmiths": this mysterious group that can imitate anyone's handwriting is not only an intelligence cancer left by the Japanese army, but also a reflection of the festering bureaucracy of the Ming Dynasty. As the investigation deepens, Uncle Tie's secret past, Li Rubai's insight into human nature, and Liu Wen's belief in handwriting continue to collide. When he is forced to trap the real murderer with forged documents, the pen in his hand suddenly becomes a shackles to torture his soul. In the final confrontation on the ice field, Liu Wen not only had to solve the mystery of the identity of the "pensmith", but also faced a question that could subvert the creed of life: In the game of truth and survival, how many ink marks are there between him and his enemy? The whole book outlines the military and political chaos in Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty in a cold and stern style, blending the details of documents and the struggle of human nature into a bloody ice song.