Search Results: 'Cao Pi'

The Beheading of a Straight Pine

Words: 2347 · Source Novel:: The Golden Turban

Zheng Ping, a former clerk to Minister Bao Xun, witnesses his upright master's execution on Emperor Cao Pi's personal order. Broken and disillusioned with the court's justice, he is approached in a tavern by an enigmatic preacher who speaks of the Gilded Way—a hidden faith where gold is the true mandate of heaven. Desperate for meaning, Zheng Ping is inducted into the cult.