01678cam a22003373u 4500 24113 UtSlPG 20260610133543.0 m cr n 260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG zh iso639-1 PL Wu, Jianren, 1866-1910 九命奇冤 Jiu Ming Qi Yuan Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2008 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Strange_Case_of_Nine_Murders Release date is 2008-01-02 Produced by Hsiang-Yun Lin "九命奇冤" by Jianren Wu is a murder mystery novel published in 1906. Set during the Qing Dynasty's Yongzheng Emperor reign, the story follows two families—the Liangs and Lings—transformed from relatives into bitter enemies over feng shui disputes. When the powerful Ling family orchestrates a deadly fire that kills eight members of the Liang household and bribes officials to suppress justice, the survivors must journey to Beijing to appeal directly to the emperor. This tale of corruption and redemption uses innovative flashback techniques influenced by foreign literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 Short stories, Chinese https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24113 65114 65114