Settler

The strange things in the world are not all ghosts. Some people owe incense, some borrow children, and some have their names sewn into their lives. Liu Sanniang's body floated ashore in Huishui County. She had no fetus in her belly and half a burnt black copper coin in her mouth. That night, the red rope in Qiuzi Lane tightened, and the baby's cry came from the empress's niche. What the woman in labor called out was a name that should have disappeared long ago. Shen Zhaoye was ordered to settle the account, and the more he investigated, the more he discovered: this was not a murder case, but an old account of life exchange that had been hidden for many years. Before the account was settled, the door rang first. If the account book turns to your page, do you owe money, reputation, or life?