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Hunter's Mask Falls
Words: 2987 · Source Novel:: The Mourning Hunter
Ling is cornered in an underground hunting ground lined with bones of previous victims. He Bin and imperial guards follow the trail and breach the chamber. There, Zhang sheds his mask, revealing he collects the desperation of youths like Ling—those without kin, whose disappearance no one investigates. He names his hunts “mourning offerings,” twisting the Xie Hong principle. A brutal struggle ensues, and Ling turns Zhang’s own ritual blade against him, surviving long enough for the law to arrive.
The Grief Alibi
Words: 3247 · Source Novel:: The Mourning Hunter
He Bin confronts Master Zhang, who presents an unassailable alibi—he has not left the mourning hall for forty-nine days, witnessed by monks and officials, exactly like the filial exemplar Xie Hong. But the coroner's scalpel speaks louder. Maggot age and stomach contents prove the latest victim died during a ritual banquet Zhang led. The facade cracks as He Bin testifies that grief does not slow the digestion of rice, exposing the alibi as a meticulously crafted lie.