During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Hangzhou Jizi Liu Fagen went to Beijing to take the exam, but he had no choice but to pack his bags and return to his hometown.

On this day, Liu Fagen checked into a post station on the outskirts of Beijing. Thinking of his ten-year cold window, the golden list was unknown, so he couldn't sleep. Seeing the bright moonlight outside the window, he simply got up and walked out of the post station.

Liu Fagen saw a dark and mushy thing creeping in front of him, so he had the courage to pick up a stone and smash it at the thing. This smash didn't matter, only to hear the thing let out a long howl, with sharp fangs like sharp knives, and rushed towards him. It turned out to be a wild boar! Liu Fagen was so frightened that he ran away, and the wild boar was chasing after him. In a hurry, Liu Fagen flew up to a tree.

When the wild boar saw that Liu Fagen was on the tree, it slammed into the trunk. The tree was shaken by the impact, and Liu Fagen was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out. Then the wild boar let out a howl and rushed over again. One of them struck the tree, and the tree fell down with a sudden sound. Liu Fagen was pressed under the tree, and then he heard the wild boar let out a scream, and in the blink of an eye there was no sound. After a while, Liu Fagen opened his eyes and looked, and saw the wild boar fall to the ground, and blood flowed to him. He quickly got up and walked over to take a look, only to see a big cut in the wild boar's throat, which was already dead.

What was going on? Liu Fagen looked carefully and found that a sword was exposed at the root of the tree, and the tip of the sword was facing the wild boar. He immediately understood that the wild boar had rushed too hard and loosened the roots of the tree, and the sword buried under the roots sprang from below, just stabbing the wild boar's throat.

How can there be a sword under the tree? Liu Fagen took a closer look and saw that there was a piece of cloth next to the sword, and there were several lines of dark writing on the cloth, which seemed to be written in blood. Liu Fagen looked at it through the moonlight and saw that it was written on the cloth: Those who are destined see letters as well. Zhou Jinhai of Suzhou and I both went to Beijing to try and failed. For the rest of the decade, the cold window was completely gone, and we will be stuck here. This sword is my friend Zhou Jinhai's favorite thing. If those who are destined to see this sword, I hope to send it to Suzhou and meet Zhou Jinhai face to face. Great kindness and kindness will be rewarded in the next life! Xu Guilin, Haining, Zhejiang, first worshipped in the late spring of the eleventh year of Daoguang.

Liu Fagen looked at the date in the letter. It had been ten years since then. He thought it must be this person Xu Guilin had not been able to trust for ten years, and his soul led him here, and then used the wild boar to bring out the sword and the blood book, and entrusted himself to fulfill his dying wish. It seems that this sword is of great importance. Thinking of this, Liu Fagen turned to the sword a few times and said, "Sir, I will live up to my trust and give the sword to Zhou Jinhai with my own hands!"

The next day, Liu Fagen diverted and headed straight for Suzhou. After a lot of work, he finally arrived in Suzhou City. Then he was dumbfounded: "The sea of people is vast." Where can I find Zhou Jinhai? He had to find a hotel to rest in before making plans.

At this time, the clerk came to deliver tea. Liu Fagen tried to ask, "Do you know that there is a man named Zhou Jinhai here?"

The shop attendant was happy when he heard it: "Are you asking Zhou Jinhai and other Zhou members? He is the richest man in Suzhou, and no one in Gusu City knows it!"

Liu Fagen was overjoyed when he heard this and asked again, "Did he go to Beijing to take the exam ten years ago?"

The clerk said: "Yes, Member Zhou went to Beijing ten years ago to take the exam and failed. After he came back, he invested in the business and monopolized the satin business in Jiangnan for a few years. This story is passed down by word of mouth, and everyone knows it."

"That's him!"   Liu Fagen was overjoyed and rewarded the shop's waiter with copper coins.

Then Liu Fagen found Zhou Jinhai's mansion. The concierge told him that it would take half a month for Zhou staff to come back when they went out to do business. Liu Fagen was afraid that the concierge would deceive him, so he rented a house opposite Zhou's mansion and guarded it every day. Half a month later, Liu Fagen saw a gorgeous carriage parked in front of Zhou's mansion, and a man in his forties got out of the car, well dressed and extraordinary. Liu Fagen thought: This person must be Zhou Jinhai.

The next morning, Liu Fagen came to see him. Zhou Jinhaidan sat on the Grand Master's chair and asked coldly, "Who are you? What are you doing?"

Liu Fagen replied, "Wansheng was entrusted by an old friend of yours to return your beloved."

When Zhou Jinhai heard this, he was not surprised: "Which old friend? What love thing?"

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Jinhai's tea cup fell to the ground. He pointed to Liu Fagen and said angrily, "Nonsense, how can I have the old friend you mentioned?

Liu Fagen hurriedly said, "When you broke up with Mr. Xu back then, you left your love object with Mr. Xu..."

Zhou Jinhai abruptly interrupted Liu Fagen's words and shouted, "Nonsense Come here, see the guest off!"

Two men came in from outside the door and put Liu Fagen up. Liu Fagen struggled to break away and said loudly, "You left the sword with Xu Guilin! I came here specially to return the sword!" During the struggle, the cloth bag on his back fell to the ground, revealing a sharp sword that shone with cold light.

Zhou Jinhai suddenly slumped on the chair, waved his hand weakly, and said, "Boom, blow him away for me."

Liu Fagen never expected Zhou Jinhai to be in this situation. But Mr. Xu Guilin's soul had the grace of saving his life. He swore to hand over the sword to Zhou Jinhai himself, so he must do it.

In the next few days, Liu Fagen came to Zhou Mansion every day to see him, but the concierge refused to let him in, and secretly told Liu Fagen that since the last time he saw him, he had been sick in bed, and he would never see him again. Liu Fagen was very strange and asked, "I just came to return the things, and I left after he received the things, why didn't I see me?"

That night, Liu Fagen wrapped his sword, carried it on his back, walked around the western wall of Zhou's mansion, climbed the big poplar tree by the wall, and jumped into Zhou's mansion. He stopped a maid, pulled his sword on her neck, and forced her to take him to Zhou Jinhai's bedroom.

When Zhou Jinhai saw Liu Fagen come in with a sharp sword in his hand, he was so scared that he fell to the ground like a pile of mud. Liu Fagen stepped forward and pulled him up as if he were lifting a rag bag.

Liu Fagen asked strangely, "Why is it so hard outside the staff?"

Zhou Jinhai gasped heavily and said, "You… why do you have to… be so forced?"

Liu Fagen handed the sword to Zhou Jinhai and said, "Wansheng has no other intentions. Because he was entrusted by others, he only asked the members to accept this sword."

At this time, there was a shout outside the door. It turned out that the maid ran out quietly just now and called a group of servants. The servants rushed into the room and saw Liu Fagen holding a sharp sword and no longer dared to come forward. At this time, Zhou Jinhai was so frightened that he could only vent his anger, but he was no longer breathing. Liu Fagen had the intention to leave the sword behind, but was afraid that he would not be able to leave, so he sighed and said, "Forget it!" He carried the sword and left the door. The servants were afraid that he would try his best to make a way out.

From then on, Zhou's mansion strengthened its guard, and Liu Fagen never had a chance to go in again. He didn't expect it to be so difficult to return something. After waiting at the door for a few more days, Zhou Jinhai was still nowhere to be seen. After he asked carefully, he knew that Zhou Jinhai had already quietly left home and hid in the countryside.

Liu Fagen hurried to the countryside and found Zhou Jinhai's manor in the countryside. The gate of the manor was heavily guarded. When it got dark, Liu Fagen climbed over the wall and entered the Zhou family's courtyard. After some observation, he saw that there were servants coming in and out of the house from time to time.

In the dead of night, Liu Fagen touched the front of the house and climbed in through the window. When he came to the bed, he lifted the mosquito net by the candlelight in front of the bed and saw that Zhou Jinhai was sleeping inside.

At this time, Zhou Jinhai had been awakened. He saw Liu Fagen standing in front of the bed with a sharp sword in his hand, and was immediately frightened. He trembled and took out a bag of things from under the pillow and handed it to Liu Fagen.

Liu Fagen opened the package, and there was actually a bag of gold in it! Just as he was about to return it, he saw Zhou Jinhai's pleading expression, and his body was shaking like a sieve. Liu Fagen thought to himself, it is better to accept gold for his peace of mind. Besides, after such a long time, his entanglement has been exhausted. Liu Fagen accepted the package and said, "I have come all this time to return your sword. This is your reward! I will give you this sword, you keep it. Goodbye!" After saying this, he strode out the door and went straight back to Hangzhou.

After Liu Fagen left, Zhou Jinhai could no longer sleep. He looked at the sharp sword shining in the cold by the bedside, and remembered that ten years ago, he went to Beijing to take the exam, and his name was in the sun mountain. He ran out of entanglements and was trapped in a small store. At that time, he met Xu Guilin, who came to take the exam with him. The two met at first sight and became friends. Xu Guilin settled the cost of food and lodging for him and gave him dozens of taels of silver entanglements. On a moonlit night, the two of them went out to admire the moon and walked to a forest. Zhou Jinhai took advantage of Xu Guilin's unpreparedness and inserted his sword into Xu Guilin's back, took the silver ticket from Xu Guilin, and fled back to Suzhou overnight. Since then, he has been a businessperson and used silver as capital, and he has made a fortune. Unexpectedly, ten years later, Xu Guilin asked someone to send this sharp sword.

Zhou Jinhai pulled a piece of cloth, wrapped his sword, carried a shovel, and quietly walked out of the manor. The moonlight outside was like water, just like that night ten years ago. He stumbled forward, only to feel that a person was following behind him. The faster he walked, the faster that person followed. Zhou Jinhai didn't dare look back, and ran all the way until he couldn't run. He waved the shovel, and tried his best to dig a deep pit, unwrapped the cloth bag, and was about to throw the sword into the pit. He didn't want to slip, so he plunged into it.

The next day, the Zhou family found Zhou Jinhai in the dirt pit. They saw him leaning down, and a sword pierced his back diagonally.