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Meeting in the Blind
Words: 3018 · Source Novel:: The Model's Shadow
In a deserted temple, Lin sets an elaborate trap and finally corners the stalker: Zhao Ming, a young clerk from the Board of Punishments, is actually Zhao Dehou's estranged nephew. His father was Li Dahu's descendant, and he believes Zhao Dehou murdered his father using a flawless scheme. The two form a reluctant alliance, pooling their observations. Zhao Ming reveals that the victim's body showed no defensive wounds, the weapon was spotless, and an alibi placed the suspect miles away—a "perfect crime" that a provincial magistrate had already dismissed as accident.
The Smudge
Words: 3147 · Source Novel:: The Ink-Stained Domino
Winter, 1729. Shen Yan, a lowly copyist in the Board of Punishments, accidentally drips ink onto a routine personnel evaluation while transcribing the Lu Shengnan verdict. In panic, he tears the stained corner, an act witnessed by his supervisor, Ma Qixian. To deflect an audit, Ma accuses Shen of deliberately mutilating sensitive documents. Thrown into the same prison where Lu died, Shen shares a cell with a dying old convict who whispers of a hidden letter that could expose the fabricated charges—and then is executed at dawn.