This chapter opens with a conversation between the swordsman and the lord chen. The swordsman tells the lord that two days ago, he heard that a secret envoy sent by the Ming dynasty to settle a dispute with the Qing was killed because he was tired of the dispute. The lord asks if there is someone who always obstructs the Mings. He says that if the secret envoy is killed, then the secret letter will be revealed, and the Ming will be able to kill the envoy easily. This is because the person who knows the secrets of the Ming can easily expose the letter and kill it easily in Ming territory