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The Strange Injustice of Nine

The Strange Injustice of Nine

Author
鸳鸯蛋
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"The Strange Injustice of Nine Lives" is a novel written by Wu Woyao, a renowned late Qing Dynasty novelist, during the Guangxu reign. It is ranked among the Four Great Strange Cases of the Late Qing period. Based on actual historical events, the book exposes the corruption and darkness of the feudal officialdom through its twisted and extraordinary plot.

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Chapter 1: The Clamorous Bandits Make Their Opening Move; A Leisurely Prose Sets the Stage
June 178.1K2.
Chapter 2: The Guangyuan Partners Dissolve Their Share — A Star-Reader Holds Court on Horseshoe Street
June 1714.6K3.
Chapter 3: Magistrate Chen Sells an Examination Pass on a Letter from the Capital — Ling Guixing Sits the Provincial Examinations After Lifting His Mourning
June 1715.0K4.
Chapter 4: Waiting for the Examination Results with a Heart Like Boiling Water — Talking Geomancy with Wild and Baseless Claims
June 1714.7K5.
Chapter 5: Bickering Over Firewood and Rice Reveals the Household's Ugly Character — Fanning the Flames, Zongkong Stirs Strife Between Cousins
June 1714.8K6.
Chapter 6: Zongkong Burrows Through Walls Like a Rat — Juexing Schemes Like a Wolf Devouring Its Prey
June 1714.6K7.
Chapter 7: A False Three-Thousand-Tael Debt Used to Rob Three Hundred in Silver — Brigands in High Spirits; Five Slaps Exchanged for Five Loads of Rice — A Village Elder Profits
June 1714.0K8.
Chapter 8: Knowing Gratitude and Grievance, Husband and Wife Come to Blows — Showing Filial Love, Mother and Son Grieve Together
June 1716.2K9.
Chapter 9: A Gift of Clothes and Silver — A Virtuous Mother Shows Mercy to the Poor; Hanging by a Silk Sash — A Good Woman Departs This World
June 1714.6K10.
Chapter 10: On the Heels of One Calamity, the Villain Meets Disaster — The Peacemaker Quietly Lines His Pockets
June 1715.6K11.
Chapter 11: A Violent Uproar at Yugeng Hall — Jue Xing Profits Twice from Private Dealings
June 1713.2K12.
Chapter 12: Thousand-Commander Huang Knowingly Shields Ruffians — Ling Gui Xing Leads a Robbery in Person
June 1713.9K13.
Chapter 13: Jue Xing and Zong Kong Both Recommend Hired Killers — Ye Sheng and Jian Dang Suffer a Crushing Defeat
June 1713.4K14.
Chapter 14: At Three Virtues Hall, Da-You Devises a Cunning Scheme — At Yugeng Hall, Jue Xing Fraudulently Claims His Fee
June 1714.4K15.
Chapter 15: Da-You Breaks an Oath Made Before the Altar — Zhang Feng Listens through the Window and Carries Word
June 1715.2K16.
Chapter 16: Qu Jue Xing Issues Commands at the Banquet Table — Ling Qi-Bo Employs Fire in the Assault
June 1712.6K17.
Chapter 17: Liang Tian Lai Dies of Shock at the Dreadful News — Magistrate Huang Examines the Bodies After Breaking Open the Stone Hall
June 1714.7K18.
Chapter 18: Zhang A-Feng Steps Forward as a Witness — Shi Zhibo Writes the Complaint in a Spirit of Justice
June 1715.8K19.
Chapter 19: In His Indignation at the Great Injustice, Tian Lai Files His First Complaint — With a Heavy Bribe, Jian Lexian Seeks out the Magistrate's Kinsman
June 1715.0K20.
Chapter 20: Jian Lexian Cunningly Deploys His Brother-in-Law; Yin Ruren Storms the Office of Magistrate Huang
June 1715.0K21.
Chapter 21: A Thousand in Gold Delivered to the Inner Quarters; Eight Lives First Sink Beneath a Sea of Injustice
June 1714.3K22.
Chapter 22: Zhang Afeng Refuses a Bribe Out of Upright Character; Secretary Bao Accepts Corruption for a String of Pearl Bracelets
June 1713.8K23.
Chapter 23: Prefect Liu Listens to Persuasion and Makes a Fatal Error; Judge Jiao Deliberately Buries Nine Lives in Injustice
June 1715.3K24.
Chapter 24: Shi Zhi Bo Takes Counsel at the Tianhe Trading House; Ling Guixing Spends the Night at the Governor's Yamen
June 1714.7K25.
Chapter 25: Zhi Bo Breaks His Brush and Departs This World; A Child's Song Leads the Governor-General to Investigate the Injustice
June 1713.9K26.
Chapter 26: Military Inspector Yang Bravely Captures Dayou; Governor-General Kong Conducts a Night Interrogation of Xilai
June 1714.5K27.
Chapter 27: One Imperial Edict Transfers the Governor-General; A Hundred Thousand in Gold Again Buries the Nine Lives
June 1714.7K28.
Chapter 28: A Grand Feast Spread Purely to Revel in Another's Misfortune; An Alarming Message Arrives and Fills Every Heart with Dread
June 1713.2K29.
Chapter 29: Jue Xing Marshals His Forces with Flawless Cunning — A Seven Eavesdrops on Private Words
June 1713.6K30.
Chapter 30: Xilai Absconds with a Fortune — Juexing Sets Out for the Capital
June 1712.9K31.
Chapter 31: Cai Xian Hong Gives Gold for an Old Friend's Sake — Su Peizhi Champions an Extraordinary Injustice
June 1714.7K32.
Chapter 32: Liang Tianlai Crosses the Ridge and Takes the Long Road — Lin Dayou in the Study Presents a Secret Plan
June 1713.8K33.
Chapter 33: Peizhi Enters the Tiger's Den to Probe the Case — Li Feng Sets Out for Jiangxi to Arrange Bribery
June 1713.7K34.
Chapter 34: Lin Dayou Is Arrested Without Warning — Ling Guixing Is Seized in the Night
June 1714.1K35.
Chapter 35: The Ruffians Are Thrown Into Prison Mystified — Li Feng Presents His Scheme by Going Over to the Other Side
June 1716.0K36.
Chapter 36: The Original Petitioner Pleads for a Descendant to Be Spared — The Commissioners Close the Case and Redress the Injustice
June 1719.8K