The Jiangnan Mission/江南役 [Chinese]

By 海飞

The latest work in the period spy series by Hai Fei, screenwriter of Sparrow. 《麻雀》编剧海飞古装谍战系列新作 The 30th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, the eighth lunar month. The bustling city of Hangzhou, jewel of the Jiangnan region. Tian Xiaoqi, chief of the Bei Dou Men division of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and his squad receive a top-secret mission: escort a legendary treatise on firearms manufacturing, *The Divine Armory or Inquiries*, to the capital. But at this very moment, Hangzhou is rocked by a bizarre child abduction case, and with the children vanish Zhao Shizhen, the director of the Qiantang Firearms Bureau, and the very military manual they were to protect. Beset by troubles from within and without, Tian Xiaoqi joins forces with Zhao Shizhen's daughter, Zhao Kexin, to investigate. A parade of characters soon takes the stage: the seedy underbelly of Depravity Street, the hidden caves of Nanping Mountain, a treacherous and cunning master of disguise, and a string of mysterious numerical codes... The investigation unfolds like peeling layers of bamboo shoots. In just seven days, it feels like an eternity. The truth seems tantalizingly close, yet impossibly far away. On the 18th day of the eighth month, the day of the year's most spectacular Qiantang River bore. The Emperor himself arrives unexpectedly in Hangzhou, insisting on ascending the Six Harmonies Pagoda, now surrounded by gunpowder, to view the tidal bore. Tian Xiaoqi, burdened with immense responsibility and stretched to his limits, must protect his sovereign and vanquish his foes simultaneously. The mission and the tidal wave race towards their climax. As the great tide approaches, the chill of the embroidered saber's blade surges forth... 明朝万历三十年八月。江南繁华之城杭州。 锦衣卫北斗门掌门田小七和他的小分队领命执行绝密任务：护送火器制造技术奇书--《神器谱或问》进京。而此时的杭州城突发离奇儿童被劫案，随之失踪的还有钱塘火器局总领赵士真以及这部军火奇书。 内外交困之际，田小七和赵士真女儿赵刻心一起展开侦查。各色人马纷纷登场，鱼龙混杂的堕落街，无人知晓的南屏山山洞，凶险狡诈的易容高手，神秘难解的数字代码...... 侦查如层层剥笋，短短七天恍如一世。 真相似乎近在眼前，又似乎远隔千山。 八月十八，天下壮观钱江潮。皇帝突然亲临杭州城，执意要登上已被火药包围的六和塔观潮。身负千斤重担的田小七，分身乏术之中需要护驾，也需要杀敌，任务和潮水都在路上，绣春刀的刀光在大潮来临之际，寒意汹涌......

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN: 7521214633
• ISBN13: 9787521214635
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: China National Publications Import & Export C
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"