With a wanted notice hanging over him, the young master secretly makes his way through Jiangnan. He encounters strange cases and makes remarkable friends. After years of twists and turns and two bloody battles, he finally finds the mastermind, only to discover that the culprit is the descendant of an old enemy.
A side story to Reborn in the Northern Song: My Senior Brother Yue Fei. It follows on from the first two volumes, in which the boys learn their craft and make a name for themselves on the training grounds, and leads into volumes three and four, which center on the key to the Jingkang Disaster and the training of troops in Jiangnan. The two books are closely connected, yet each also stands on its own.