Chen Chou first met Xu Dong back when he and Zhang xiong were first preparing for the Capital Examination, when they all got drawn into the series of weird cases that led up to a failed coup and everyone in the capital nearly dying from a mist of red pollen.
Their relationship has only been like this since Chen Chou and Zhang Ping moved to Yiping County, though.
Chen Chou and Xu Dong's arrangement through the years, and how everyone else arranged themselves too.
Jim stays on the road, and practices what John taught him.
Tom and Peter, partners in disguise.
Fowler and Bennett lock horns, again.
Sui Zhou was never made for precisive work with frangible things, but that has not once stopped Tang Fan from taking him in hand and seeing him put to that purpose.
He may not always be the most patient man, but Sui Zhou has come to be good at waiting. He has taken well to the lessons Tang Fan has taught him.
Ava has never seen so many women in her life.
Caleb lives. Nathan lives. Not for very long, though.
I see the blood wash'd entirely away from the axe,
Both blade and helve are clean ...
Boyd flees to the mountains. Ives pursues him.
Three possibilities for the same lost girl.