This chapter's epigraph comes from a poem by the late poet Duan-hong, who was a member of the ye clan. He wrote the poem after he had been forced to give up his position as commander of the darkmoon army to Duan, who had asked him to do so. Duan gave Duan the money he needed to search for a treasure in the mountains, and Duan asked Duan to give it to his son, who gave the money to his uncle, the patriarch of the subsidiary families. The patriarch is shocked that Duan would give such a large sum of money to such a lowly man, and he asks Duan if the rumors are true that the ye clans have found a treasure, and if so, how much of the treasure will go to the patriarch? Duan replies that he doesn't know, but that the source of the rumor is reliable, and that the Ye clan has obtained a treasure. He asks the patriarch if he would take Duan for an idiot, if he thinks that the patriarch would just take the treasure just by wiping it out, and then use it to interrogate the Ye clansmen. He says that he can help the patriarch by capturing the Ye Clanmen and interrogating them. He adds that if the patriarch can round up all