Wu Ming

**Residence** | Roman Empire

Southeast France (formerly)

 **Family** | Wu Ling (sister; deceased)

Sürkhakhan (wife; deceased)

Unnamed mother (deceased)

Unnamed father (deceased)

Unnamed sister(s) (deceased)

**Wu Ming** was the killer of his sister, Wu Ling in Quiver In Death (Case #9 of Graecita). He was punished by being escorted to Nova Roma where he appeared as suspect in the murder investigation of his master, Eusebius Abelardus in Who Holds The Whip (Case #26 of Graecita). Furthermore, he appeared as a quasi-suspect in An Orgy To Kill (Case #28 of Graecita) and Can’t Be Tamed (Case #29 of Graecita).

## Profile

Ming is a 27-year-old former soldier of the Song Dynasty, who has black hair and black eyes.

In his first suspect appearance, he wears a navy green traditional Chinese dress and a straw hat over his head. He also has dark circles under his eyes.

In his second suspect appearance, Ming was stripped off his clothes and his shirtless body is covered in several burns and bruises.

In his quasi-appearance, he wears a short-sleeved green kimono over brown undergarments. Furthermore, he sports a silver breastplate with brown leather shoulder straps.

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## Events Of Criminal Case

### Quiver In Death

Ophelia and Mia collected enough clues to confront **Wu Ming** for the murder.

Expectedly, Ming denied involvement in his sister’s murder but when Ophelia accused him of trying to pin it on them, he confessed that he didn’t mean to get them in trouble, that he didn’t even know they were here and was waiting for Ling near the stables just to kill her. Ophelia asked Ming why would he kill his own sister where Ming told her that Ling lost her right to be called “family” after what she did to them. Ming explained that during a battle the Songs had with the Mongols, he was captured by the Mongol general, Subutai who made him a slave and had him serve his wife, Tangzi Khatun. During his days as a slave in Mongolia, he met Sürkhakhan, the beautiful daughter of Ogedei Khan and the two fell in love. Sürkhakhan frequently visited Ming and when the Mongols were having another battle with the Songs, Sürkhakhan set Ming free and the two took a horse from the Mongol army, fleeing to China while the soldiers were battling. Ming’s family was happy to see him alive and back, but Ling noticed Sürkhakhan was with him and identifying her as a Mongol through her clothes, asked Ming what she was doing here. Ming introduced Sürkhakhan to his family, telling them that she was the one who helped him escape. Ming’s parents and his younger sisters accepted Sürkhakhan with open arms out of gratitude for returning their only son, but Ling who the Mongols turned into a widow did not approve with her twin brother marrying a Mongol princess and stormed out of the house. Ming didn’t see her until his and Sürkhakhan’s wedding day where she came with a bow and arrow and shot Sürkhakhan on the spot right on the back of her neck. A week after Sürkhakhan’s death, Ming committed suicide out of depression but nearly 800 years later he was brought to life, making a living at a little hobbit in Southern France. When the huntresses dropped by, Ming instantly recognized Ling but avoided her at all times so she wouldn’t recognize him and took any opportunity to kill her. Ophelia and Mia felt bad for Ming, but to prove their innocence in Ling’s murder, they took him to Artemis who didn’t have the same sympathy and to punish Ming she decided that once they are done with what they came here for, the huntresses will drop him at Rome where he would be forced into slavery.

## Case appearances

* Quiver In Death (Case #9 of Graecita).
* Who Holds The Whip (Case #26 of Graecita).
* An Orgy To Kill (Case #28 of Graecita).
* Can’t Be Tamed (Case #29 of Graecita).

## Gallery

Wu Ling, Ming’s late sisterSürkhakhan, Ming’s late wife