Subplot Kudzu

Yes, this is the translation, not his later efforts. I suspect that the later ones are _more_westernized, which would be both good and bad. I was really inspired by van Gulik's introduction that described the more common Chinese detective mystery forms that the Judge Dee novel did not follow - especially the Colombo like bit of the readers knowing right away who the criminals were, but wanting to see how the detective traps them. I'm wondering how well I could make that trope work in a game setting.