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Death's Honest Verdict
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Emperor Cao Pi presides over the trial. The autopsy reports, presented as irrefutable evidence, strip away every layer of filial pretense. Zhang is sentenced to execution, and his estate is purged. Cao Pi issues a decree: filial piety shall not shield monsters. The coroner’s scalpel, having exposed the cold truth under warm lies, becomes a symbol of justice. Ling, granted a new identity, walks free, carrying the lesson that only death remains absolutely honest.
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.