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This book tells the story of the final years of the Ming dynasty. After the rebel king Li Zicheng captured Beijing, he seized 70 million taels of silver from the homes of nobles and court officials. The Manchus bribed Wu Sangui to open Shanhai Pass, then fought Li Zicheng in a decisive battle. Li was defeated and fled. Hoping to rise again, he ordered his trusted followers to hide the money. He split the treasure map into eight parts and hid them in eight copies of The Forty-two Chapters. Li Zicheng was eventually killed, and the eight sutras vanished into the martial world. A bloody series of events followed as people fought over them.