Ren Tong lives with her father as the bandit chief of Black Dog Peak. When he dies, she takes over.
Five Ghosts Stockade on Black Dog Peak is a place where people lose their lives. Ordinary bandits mainly rob people and only kill them at worst. They may not be good people, but in times like these, you can't survive without being ruthless. But this gang of vile scum, who deserve to die without heirs, don't just take everything from their victims. They show no respect even for gods or spirits.
Ren Tong, the new chief of Five Ghosts Stockade, grew up among villains. They say she picks her teeth with splinters of human bone after meals. She's a blue-faced, snake-bodied demoness who drinks human blood when thirsty and eats rotten flesh when hungry. When she needs money, she smashes Buddhas and digs up graves. She's bound for the eighteenth level of hell.
Ren Tong: You all make up such vivid stories. Wouldn't it be a shame if I didn't dig up a grave?
With winter coming, a few unlucky old bandits gathered around the table for a meeting. They looked at the heavy snow outside, then at the stockade that was about to be squandered away, and at their unreliable chief. They clenched their teeth and slapped their thighs. "Dig! Who cares what grave it is? Let's dig the damn thing up!"
Who could have guessed that a single swing of the shovel would uncover a ghost?
Ren Tong: ? Who are you?
Pei Ji: I... don't know.
Who am I?
In the second year of Jingxing, the Battle of Yishan ended with the young emperor of Nanwei throwing himself into the sea. The Wei dynasty was utterly destroyed.
The Mongol armies from the grasslands swept through the land, slaughtering the people of Wei until not one was left standing. Their name struck terror into the hearts of all who heard it.
On the night the kingdom fell, the land was shattered and the people wept in misery. It seemed no one could remember the female general who had once held a spear astride her horse and guarded the border for eight years.
Her homeland was gone, her family destroyed.
She had spent her life repaying kindness with betrayal. Her teachers and friends were gone, and she had no name in life or death.
Ren Tong: "Hey, Pei Xiuran, who gave you that courtesy name? It's awful."
Pei Ji: "I can't tell you. If you knew, my teacher would never know peace."
Ren Tong: "Tch. I don't dig up just any grave."
"Pei Ji."
"Pei Ji!"
"Hm?"
"I have a horse. Come with me."
Theme: Give the world a heart.
