The doors of the Taiji Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Tribunal had just been pushed open when a monkey wearing an abacus hat scampered out, holding up a garlic-skin sign bearing the character for "Injustice." Huwa, wearing a judge's cap made from the leftover scraps of a chamber flag and clutching a set of bamboo slips titled *The Twenty Rules of Commerce* that turned their pages automatically, rubbed his eyes as he looked at the crowd below dressed like an opera troupe. "Did you guys move the entire hustle and bustle of Chang'an into the courtroom today?"
Case One: The "Magical Sesame Cake" That Solves Crimes
Uncle Zhang wore a woeful expression as the basket of sesame cakes in his arms shook. "My sesame cakes have been plagiarized! The new shop in the west market sells 'Detective Sesame Cakes'—take a bite and a strip of paper with a clue pops out!" The young proprietor opposite him waved a folding fan, pointing to his sesame cake stall sign, which featured an ox wearing a magnifying glass. "This is improved using Manager Wang's movable type printing and Su Wanyue's herbal mechanism arts. It doesn't count as infringement!"
Huwa broke open a sesame cake, and sure enough, a small slip of paper fell out. On it was written: "Math problem: Three guan for five cakes, how much is each? Answer correctly to receive Clue Two." Protagonist tapped an abacus-shaped gavel. "The two sides shall cooperate to develop 'Chamber Crime-Solving Sesame Cakes,' and all the clues will be replaced …
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