Wu, Jianren 1866-1910 creator text utu 2008 monographic zh 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Original publication data not identified Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 Short stories, Chinese PL Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24113 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24113 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133543.0 24113