The chapter opens with a description of the corpse of a woman named Cui, who was the wife of a wealthy and powerful man. Cui's body was found in the trunk of her father's house, and her son was stolen by Fang. The young master of the house, Lin Yao yue, discovers the body in a scented bag. He smells a "special smell" coming from the bag, and he realizes that the bag contains "baby parasites" that are used to poison the heart. Lin's mother is now raising the child, and the body is being kept by his mother for her own son. Lin tells the doctor that he has found the poison in the bag. The doctor tells him to use a pill to suppress the poison for a few days, and Lin instructs the doctor to burn the bag with the salt.