In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist's ambition is to be the next head officer of the police. He tells us that he wants to dedicate his life to fighting evil and saving lives. He asks the protagonist to take him to the head officer, and the protagonist agrees. The protagonist introduces himself as "Officer lin" and tells the protagonist that his goal is to capture the last thief in the city. He also tells him that his name is "Ruan tang" and that he is a friend of the protagonist. He says that he can still afford to buy food for the protagonist, but that he cannot run away from the scene of the crime because he is friends with lin. The captain of the boatman who found the body of officer zhao reports that he found that officer li and officer lin both worked with him to eradicate bandits, and that the last one to do so was lin, who must have been murdered. The rest of the officers come to rescue the protagonist from the crime scene, and they tell him that they are there to save him. They take him back to the police station and lock all the bandits up on the ground