Dr. Su, the junior general's physician, arrives at the manor. He tells the father-in-law that a servant named "zhong cheng" has been seriously injured in an accident and that his meridians are broken. The doctor says that the servant's wife and child are very sick, but that it was "weird" for the servant to be injured. He says that it would be great if the servant could wake up, as he is a prince's bodyguard. The father tells the doctor that he can wake up his son, but if he used his "golden needles," he would die within three days. He asks the doctor to look at his family before he dies, and the doctor replies that he thinks that also is what the servant wants. He then asks the general how he knew he had only a few days to live. He thanks the doctor for saving his wife's life, and asks that the doctor take care of his children after he dies.