Severance

In this chapter, we learn that the young master's servant, Shu-Liang, is a descendant of a famous painting, which depicts a deity. The servant is li-chen, and he explains that the painting is an heirloom from his family, and that the deity in it looks exactly like his master. He explains that his master left him with the secular world in search of the painting, but that years have passed, and no one has found him. He is now running out of money, so he gives the servant ten silver coins to take with him on his way to collect rent. The young master is delighted to learn that his servant is a merchant and that he is carrying a medicinal herb with him.