Search Results: 'Wolong Temple'

The Vermilion Copy

Words: 3247 · Source Novel:: The Forger's Silence

Xi'an, 1923. Chen Yunsheng, a mute painter famed for flawless reproductions, receives a clandestine commission from antique dealer Du Wenxuan: replicate a rare Yuan-dynasty illustration from the Wolong Temple sutra—right as Kang Youwei attempts to claim the original scriptures. Chen's isolated studio hums with the silent precision of forgery, but he soon deciphers coded letters revealing that the copy is a decoy in a wider ring smuggling national treasures abroad.