The Dead Witnesses

In the aftermath of the Ouyang She bribery scandal, a skeptical scholar uncovers a darker truth: the revered Confucian master did not simply embezzle funds—he systematically murdered everyone who knew his humble, criminal origins. As the investigator pieces together fragmented testimonies from the Eastern Han dynasty, a portrait emerges of a man who sacrificed justice for reputation, leaving a trail of unavenged dead that undermines the very fairness of the law.