In this chapter, we are introduced to a new character named xiaoli. He is the chief of a village in Fuping county, which is in the middle of the country. He has just seen a body lying on the banks of the river. He tells his family that half of the county has been the victim of a murderer, and that he fears that the murderer might be caught. . He explains that he saw the body of a female, who had also been murdered. She died the same way that the former eight female victims did, cutting her belly and dragging her intestines out of her body. This new victim is not from the village, but is from another part of China. The chief of the village calls for the police to come and investigate the body, but they are unable to do so because the two suspects are not from his village. He calls them "irrational" because they do not know how to arrest people without investigation. He says that he once was a medical expert, who closed many cases, but six years ago he died in an accident car plotted by his enemy. Then he found himself in a "ping dynasty" , and when he opened his eyes again, he adjusted to survive there. He asks the village chief to investigate the new victim. The village chief tells the village officer that he wants to sue the female because she murdered a girl in his village, and asks the officer to investigate her. The officer is unable to answer the chief's questions because he does