The patriarch tells the young man that he has to go back to the jia-lie clan's house to thank him for his help in restoring the family's power. The young man says that he wants to thank his father for his kindness, but that he is afraid that the man will be worried about him. The patriarch says that the family has received the kindness of the old man, and that the only thing they can do to repay him is to obtain the ingredients for his medicine. The old man tells him to go to the meeting hall and get the elders to meet and discuss the situation. He says that they should ambush the elders and get some medicine for the sick young man, but the patriarch refuses to do so, saying that he came by himself on the mountain road 30 miles outside the city. The elders are coming out of the city in a single carriage, and the entire family has been killed. The only person with the power to help the family is the old patriarch, and he will have to travel for at least a year to get there.