The title of this book is the name of a rhyme. It indicates
a place where a great amount of treasure was buried. The main character, Di Yun, of this
novel was neither intelligent nor excellent in martial arts, but an honest and reliable
young man from the western rural area of Hunan Province. One
day Di with his master, Ci Changfa, and his master's daughter, Ci Fang, attended a
birthday party hosted by Wan Jhenshan. This party ended unpleasantly; Ci Changfa ran way
because he was accused of planning to kill Wan. Di was put into jail because Wan's son,
Wan Gui, wanted to marry Ci Fang and framed Di. In the jail Di gradually became friends
with his jail-mate, Ding Dian. One day they freed themselves from the jail to visit Ling
Shuanghua. Ding was in love with Shuanghua, but Shuanghua was just a lure. Shuanghua's
father, the chief official of the Prefecture put Ding into Jail because Ding refused to
tell him about Iiancheng Jyue. This visit ended miserably; Din was poisoned to death
because he still refused to talk about Iiancheng Jyue.
Di came across a devious monk, Bao Siang. Di killed Bao
Siang and put on his monk costume. Then Di confronted two swordspersons who thought Di was
Bao Siang because he was dressed in the monk's clothes and they intended to kill Di.
Syuedao Laotsu rescued Di and captured one of the swordspersons, Martial arts mistressShui
Sheng, for the similar reason that he believed Di was Bao Siang's disciple. |
