Inside the study, Shentu Yuan looked at the corpse of Han Guancang, which had slumped over the desk. On the small square table sat wine and a plate of partially eaten sashimi. In his final moments, Han Guancang had not cried out, because his cause of death was a fish bone stuck in his throat. Indeed, a Fifth Grade "Reflecting" scholar of the Historian School had choked to death on a fish bone.
He had struggled to scrawl the character "Zhou" on the table before he died.
Mei Juncang’s earlier analysis had left many questions unanswered. Why, knowing he was doomed, would Han Guancang leave such a glaring "signal" for everyone to see?
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