That day, I saw a woman in red waving at me from the boat. From then on, I became a walking corpse step by step.

There are many evil people in the world, and they are not monsters, beasts, ghosts, or demons. They are often... cultivators. Evil is not the opposite of good, it comes from fear! All living beings are afraid of me, so I am evil! If there is really evil retribution, then I will continue my evil to the end and become the person whose life and death are determined by me...the worst! Zongheng Xianxia, the evil ghost asked. My path to becoming an immortal begins with the smoke coming out of my head...

In the past, her wish was very small, small enough to only have a home was enough. Even if she had to helplessly watch her beloved marry someone else, she would still be able to smile and offer her blessings. But why couldn't such a simple wish be fulfilled? What went wrong? She didn't understand. This enmity and hatred between countries, the common people in this world, it was just a joke in the human world.

The arrival of a band of Spanish mercenaries brings new danger for Margaret Beaufort and the House of Lancaster in this richly-imagined medieval mystery. November, 1471. With Edward of York on the English throne and her son, Henry Tudor, in exile in Brittany, the newly-widowed Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, is alone, without protectors. All she can do is wait and watch, planning for a time when she’s in a position to make her move. But new dangers are emerging. En route to England is a band of Spanish mercenaries known as the Garduna. With no allegiance to prince, prelate or people, they are a lethal fighting force, utterly ruthless and implacable killers. But who has hired them . . . and why? The discovery of the body of an unexpected visitor, found murdered in a locked room in her London townhouse, heralds the start of a series of increasingly menacing incidents which threaten Margaret and her household. Is there an enemy within? It’s up to Margaret’s wily clerk Christopher Urswicke to uncover the truth and ensure Margaret survives to fulfil her destiny.