The Distant Affair
Act I "Item 4: Mulberry leaf supply, deficit 120 kg. Item 5: Archive seal, broken." I read the notice pinned to the corkboard in the magistrate’s office, the paper yellowed and curling at the edges. The ink was smudged, as if the hand that wrote it had trembled, or perhaps the paper had been wet. I am Lei Song, thirty-two, a junior clerk who has spent ten years counting beans and filing ledgers...
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