The Hollow Men of Fengjing

In the twilight of the Western Zhou, the infamous lawsuit recorded on the Xun Yi bronze vessel—Mu Niu falsely accusing his superior—is merely the official mask of a far darker truth. Following the chilling style of Bu Xiao, this novel unravels a "swindle within a swindle" orchestrated by a nameless phantom in the criminal underworld. This predator hunts the most sophisticated liars of the aristocracy, not for wealth or vengeance, but to prove a singular, terrifying maxim: true evil requires no justification. As his trap ensnares corrupt officials, perjured nobles, and cutthroat manipulators alike, the story reveals the primeval law of the jungle beneath the gilded veneer of ritual and law, where the apex con artist devours all without conscience.