Memoirs of a Faqiu General

The Grave Robbers + The Bronze Gate + The Little Brother's Origins + The Zhang Clan

Zhang San lived in Zhangjiatun, at the foot of the Baishan Mountains. Orphaned young, he also lost both of his older brothers. In 1935, with the world in turmoil and no way to make a living, he left home alone for the capital to seek his fortune. There, Li San, the owner of Yawenzhai, took him in, and Zhang San began learning how to identify antiques and cultural relics from him.

Two years later, he acquired a leather-bound notebook from an old monk. It described more than a hundred tombs, large and small. But the notebook also brought trouble down on him.

The Japanese had set up a geological survey team to raise funds for the war effort. In reality, it was a professional tomb-raiding outfit, and their pursuit of the notebook dragged Li San into danger.

To save Li San, Zhang San had no choice but to travel with the Japanese geological survey team into the ancient forests of Baishan in search of treasure. Thus began Zhang San's extraordinary life.