Xia Ji Case: Three Thousand Years of Testimony

One woman, two identities; one corpse, one year late; one page of old letters, knowing the truth twenty-seven years earlier than the bamboo slips were unearthed. Historical records handed down from ancient times say that Xia Ji was the mother of the regicide Xia Zhengshu; however, the newly published Bamboo Book of the Warring States Period records that she may have been the wife of Xia Zhengshu. In 2019, ancient books researcher Gu Yan took over a batch of dusty manuscripts. In the file, an old letter marked "1984" actually wrote the "wife story" that was made public many years in advance. Is this a seer that has been omitted from history, or has someone used old paper to forge the past? As the investigation deepens, missing manuscript pages, repackaged envelopes, conflicting catalogs and tight-lipped organizers emerge one by one. At the same time, Gu Yan returns to the Spring and Autumn Period along the gaps in "Zuo Zhuan": the death of Chen Linggong, the Chu State's destruction of Chen, the remains of Xiang Lao, Xia Ji's return to Zheng, the sorcerer's escape... Behind every erotic news, there are wars, prisoners, marriages and transactions of historical rights. "If you don't get the corpse, I won't resist." Is she waiting for a corpse, or a way to escape from Chu? When everyone wanted to prove that Xia Ji was a troublemaker, a lover or a victim, Gu Yan discovered that what really needed to be asked was never what kind of woman Xia Ji was. Rather: Who needs her to be that kind of woman?