In this chapter, the woman who is the wife of the prefect of the town of yangcheng tries to get Ruan to reveal the identity of the man she is talking about. She tells him that he is actually the son of the woman's husband, acheng. Ruan refuses to reveal his identity, and the woman accuses him of being involved with bandits. She also tells Ruan that covering up crimes against bandits is a punishable offense by death. When Ruan tells her that he does not know the man, she is shocked and calls for guards to come and break his hands