In this chapter, we learn that the winner of the lottery is a candidate from the province of Jiangxi. The father of the winning candidate is furious that his son has been wrongly accused of stealing from him. He points out that the main criminals in the court were the lake, where his son committed suicide, and the memorial hall, where he built a monument to his dead father. He also points out the hypocrisy of the imperial court, which granted titles to the family just to save face.