绣花大盗 (The Embroidery Bandit)
core novel 1973 Lu Xiaofeng Series
Record
| First published | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  ZH |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
A thief known as the Embroidery Bandit is believed to have stolen a large quantity of gold and even to have broken into a prince's residence. The famed constable Jin Jiuling asks Lu Xiaofeng to catch the criminal within eight days, and Lu, who is as fond of wine and women as he is of solving puzzles, accepts a task that puts his reputation at stake. He follows trails of evidence across the capital and meets a range of suspects, each with a reason to want the gold or to hide something. As the deadline closes in, Lu must decide whom among the men who watch him he can trust.
Where it sits
- Universe: Lu Xiaofeng Series
- Series: Lu Xiaofeng Series core; position 2 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Gu Long
Notes
- Serialized 1973-1974; first published in Ming Pao's Wuxia and History as Phoenix Flies Southeast.
- From the series record (Lu Xiaofeng Series): Seven wuxia detective novels about the swordsman Lu Xiaofeng, serialized from 1973 to 1981.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Lu Xiaofeng Series: position 2 of 7: previous 陆小凤传奇 (The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng) (1973) · next 决战前后 (Before and After the Duel) (1974)
Sources
← Lu Xiaofeng Series dossier · All universes
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