Убийства в Башне пяти элементов (#3)

KULʹTOVYĬ T͡SIKL O KITAĬSKOM ShERLOKE KhOLMSE - ĖKST͡SENTRIChNOM MATEMATIKE ChĖNʹ T͡SZI͡UĖ. ODIN IZ LUChShIKh KITAĬSKIKh INTELLEKTUALʹNYKh DETEKTIVOV. Ėta prichudlivai͡a zhilai͡a piramida posvi͡ashchena pi͡ati ėlementam. Chetyre ėtazha simvolizirui͡ut zemli͡u, ogonʹ, vodu i derevo - i vystroeny s primeneniem ėtikh materialov. Pi͡atyĭ ėtazh - vershina piramidy. On sostoit vsego iz odnoĭ komnaty, t͡selikom sdelannoĭ iz medi, imitirui͡ushcheĭ zoloto, - zakli͡uchitelʹnyĭ ėlement. Eshche pri stroitelʹstve Bashni͡a pi͡ati ėlementov obrosla slukhami. Govorili, chto ona prokli͡ata i svodit s uma tekh, kto selitsi͡a v neĭ. Pervyĭ khozi͡ain ne pridal ėtomu znachenii͡a; naoborot, on veril, chto zhiznʹ v "Zolotoĭ komnate" prineset emu neveroi͡atnui͡u udachu. Poka odnazhdy ne otkryl okno i ne sprygnul vo tʹmu. Pozzhe ego primeru posledoval i vtoroĭ vladelet͡s…Linʹ Chzhėnʹ, syn poslednego, uveren: otet͡s ne pokonchil s soboĭ. Ego ne smushchaet dazhe to, chto "Zolotai͡a komnata" vo vremi͡a int͡sidenta byla zaperta iznutri. Chtoby poni͡atʹ taĭnu smerti roditeli͡a, Chzhėnʹ reshaet perenochevatʹ v neĭ i… tozhe pogibaet. A vskore bashni͡a rushitsi͡a vo vremi͡a zemletri͡asenii͡a, pogrebai͡a pod svoimi oblomkami nadezhdu na razgadku trekh strannykh smerteĭ. Odnako ėto vovse ne kazhetsi͡a pomekhoĭ genialʹnomu matematiku i detektivu Chėnʹ T͡Szi͡uė, k kotoromu obrashchaetsi͡a za pomoshchʹi͡u sestra Chzhėni͡a…Roman pereveden s kitaĭskogo. _____________________________________________________________"I͡A schitai͡u, chto Shi Chėnʹ obladaet v dostatochnoĭ mere obladaet chestoli͡ubiem i navykami pobezhdatʹ, chtoby schitatʹsi͡a dostoĭnym avtorom detektivnogo zhanra". - Lu Ekhua, izvestnyĭ v Kitae avtor ostrosi͡uzhetnoĭ literatury, perevodchik Agaty Kristi, chlen Shankhaĭskoĭ assot͡siat͡sii pisateleĭ.

THE CULT SERIES ABOUT CHINESE SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE ECCENTRIC MATHEMATICIAN CHEN JUE. ONE OF THE BEST CHINESE INTELLECTUAL DETECTIVES. This bizarre residential pyramid is dedicated to the five elements. The four floors symbolize earth, fire, water and wood — and are built using these materials. The fifth floor is the top of the pyramid. It consists of just one room, made entirely of copper imitating gold, which is the final element. Even during the construction of the Tower of the Five Elements, rumors grew. They said it was cursed and drove those who lived in it crazy. The first owner did not attach any importance to this; on the contrary, he believed that living in the "Golden Room" would bring him incredible luck. Until one day I opened the window and jumped down into the darkness. Later, his example was followed by the second owner... Lin Zhen, the son of the latter, is sure that his father did not commit suicide. He is not even bothered by the fact that the "Golden Room" was locked from the inside during the incident. To understand the mystery of his parent's death, Zhen decides to spend the night in it and... also dies. And soon the tower collapses during an earthquake, burying under its rubble the hope of solving three strange deaths. However, this does not seem to be an obstacle at all to the brilliant mathematician and detective Chen Jue, to whom Zhen's sister turns for help.…The novel is translated from Chinese. _____________________________________________________________"I believe Shi Chen has enough ambition and winning skills to be considered a worthy author of the detective genre." – Lu Yehua, a well-known Chinese author of action fiction, translator of Agatha Christie, member of the Shanghai Writers Association.