I, Jian Xingzhi, have arrived at the foot…

I, Jian Xingzhi, have arrived at the foot of Mount Tai and taken a room at the Fortune's Favor Inn. There are eight other guests, plus the innkeeper. Snow fills the sky, and heavy thunder grumbles. Strange weather for deep winter. "The fiend walks free to a thousand thunders' roar," some say. I fear that may be more than rumor. According to our records, the fiend was of the Daozhen lineage. After the An Lushan Rebellion, the line faded into obscurity. But how did Lan He acquire the Daozhen legacy? Rumor has it that he faked his death and is now at Mount Tai. Does he want the fiend's power? Or to free her, and loose her upon the world? I came to investigate the "Plum Blossom Letter". As I am already here, I shall wait for the fiend to emerge, to question her myself and close this case. Let this be a record of the truth of this day. I will follow this mystery's path to its end. Should anything befall...