Дело Судьи Ди

Alʹternativnai͡a istorii͡a. Nashi dni. Mnogoli͡udnai͡a i roskoshnai͡a stolit͡sa blistatelʹnoĭ Ordusi - Khanbalyk, gde ot veku prebyvaet dvor kitaĭskogo imperatora, ozhidaet prazdnovanii͡a Chunʹt͡sze, otmechaemogo po lunnomu kalendari͡u Novogo goda. Velika chestʹ udostoitʹsi͡a priglashenii͡a na imperatorskiĭ priem na ploshchadi pered Dvort͡som Velikogo Soglasii͡a. Zaslugi lanchzhuna Bagatura Lobo i minfa Bogdana Oui͡ant͡seva-Si͡u ot͡seneny po dostoinstvu - ikh ozhidai͡ut na prieme: Baga - s khvostatym prezhderozhdennym Sudʹeĭ Di, nyne sostoi͡ashchim na sluzhbe, a Bogdana - s semʹeĭ i proslavlennym svekrom bekom Kormibarsovym, dli͡a chego nadobno vospolʹzovatʹsi͡a vozdukholetom. Kazalosʹ by, chto mozhet sluchitʹsi͡a? Odnako somnitelʹnogo roda prikli͡uchenii͡a nachinai͡utsi͡a eshche v puti, a vsego odna progulka po Zapretnomu gorodu privodit k nesoobraznym i nepredskazuemym posledstvii͡am…

An alternative story. Our days. The crowded and luxurious capital of the resplendent Ordusi, Hanbaliq, where the court of the Chinese emperor has been for centuries, awaits the celebration of Chunjie, celebrated according to the lunar New Year calendar. It is a great honor to be invited to the imperial reception on the square in front of the Grand Concord Palace. The merits of langzhong Bagatur Lobo and minfa Bogdan Ouyantsev-Xiu are appreciated — they are expected at the reception: Baga — with the tailed premature Judge Dee, who is now in service, and Bogdan — with his family and the famous father-in-law bek Kormibarsov, for which it is necessary to use an airship. It would seem that what could happen? However, questionable adventures begin on the way, and just one walk through the Forbidden City leads to incongruous and unpredictable consequences.…