Plum Blossom Fist Novels: The Righteous Plum Blossom Fist

In old China, countless farmers made a living as crosscut sawyers, pulling large two-man saws. Many came from hard circumstances, and those who traveled far and wide in the underworld of Jianghu developed extraordinary courage.

This novel is based on several crosscut sawyers from the eight eastern counties of Xingtai, Hebei. Born in a region famous for its martial arts, they struggle to make a living in the old society. To survive, they have no choice but to fight against its evils, outwit the Japanese, and match wits and courage with bandits and local tyrants.

They battle a headless ghost by night in Liaodong, rout Japanese ninjas at Heitugang, shed blood at Wutou Ridge, fight Pu Shiren three times, wipe out the Black Wind Pass bandits, secretly deliver a message at Lugou Bridge, and see the fleet-footed Liu Changqing wreak havoc at the military police headquarters. There is also Luo Changqing’s battle of wits with the Flying Immortal, a forced marriage at the Luo family stronghold, a clever encounter with a fox spirit at Tiger’s Mouth, a nighttime investigation of the fox’s lair in the Bamboo Leaf Forest, magic performed at Sanmiao Pass, the Five Tigers fighting a flock of sheep, a riot on the Henan Flats, and much more.