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The Pariah’s Errand

Words: 3217 · Source Novel:: The Tainted Comfort

A landslide isolates Shijian Town. The captured gentry Zang Jian is discovered dead with a wooden stake beside him, having driven it into his own wounds after the town head sent the noseless thief Sha Wei to offer food and comfort. The death is ruled a suicide born of ritual shame, but Zang’s son senses a deeper malice—someone knew the comfort would kill.