Rainy Night Strange Dream

Author: Lan Ma
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: A black figure, climbing up the dense foliage of the century-old mulberry tree, moves with agility like a weasel. In the blink of an eye, it leaps onto the wall of the Hanlin Mansion, arms slightly spread, and lands silently in the damp flower bed behind the courtyard wall. The person presses close to the wall, quickly scanning the surrounding terrain, and finds that this landing spot is quite concealed. Not far ahead is a screen wall over a dozen feet wide, with a large porcelain fish tank on each side. In the southeast corner stands a cluster of bamboo, its shadows hiding a low wall. Judging by this, that must be the back courtyard. At this moment, a series of strange cries come from the other side of the screen wall, sounding particularly eerie in the silence.