The Pale Verdict

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The Pale Verdict

The water in the quarry lake was so blue it looked like a bruise that would not fade. I stood before the desk of Minister Zhao, my hands sweating through the paper of my petition, asking for the Senior Auditor post, not for glory, but because the fever in my wife’s lungs was eating away the last of our coin. He did not look at the paper. He looked at my shoes, cracked at the toe, and laughed, a...

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