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Kuang Jinfeng understood Wang Dacai's hint. It was the twelfth lunar month of 1940, and the weather was freezing. Late at night, Bacheng Town was as quiet as a deep sleep. Only the cold north wind swept through the streets, making a sharp whistling sound. Suddenly, a woman's heart-rending screams were heard, and the residents were awakened. Everyone knew that the "wolf" was coming again! The young man looked at his wife who was so frightened that she covered her head. He was filled with grief and anger, clenched his fists, and sighed. The old woman put on her clothes and sat up, clasped her hands together, and chanted Amitabha continuously... The "wolf" was a Japanese commander named Tian Kuichiro. After the "August 13th Incident", he arrived in China and became even more unscrupulous. He burned down houses and killed good people along the way, and often raped women. He was a devil who did many evil things. After the Japanese occupied Bacheng, Tian Jiuichiro led a small team of Japanese soldiers stationed at the Dragon King Temple by Yangcheng Lake.

Gong Ziyan is the chairman of the labor union at Rongxu Real Estate Company in Dangkou Town. During the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, it was still very hot, and there was no feeling of autumn coolness at all. Xu Qin, a female quality inspector in the company, went to the construction site to check the construction quality. Because the construction had just begun, the construction site was overgrown and deserted. She was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake on her ankle and was treated at a private clinic in the city nicknamed the Snake Goddess. The Snake Goddess is somewhat famous in this area. Some patients are in critical condition due to delayed treatment, and big hospitals are helpless. Within half a month, the swelling and poison will be miraculously reduced and they will return home after being treated by her.

Along the Jiangnan-Nanjing Railway, there is a large and densely populated town called Wangxianqiao. Three miles north of Wangxian Bridge, there is Hujia Village. There are more than 100 households in Hujia Village. Most of them have practiced martial arts since childhood, and their folk customs are strong. The leader is Hu San, who is chivalrous and fearless. Hu San has a round waist and thick legs, and he is good at fists and kicks. He is so powerful that even ten men can't get close to him. It was the early Republic of China, when warlords were separatist, wars continued, rural political power was paralyzed, bullies and bandits were rampant, and it was difficult for the people to live in peace.

On the bank of the Yangtze River in the south of the Yangtze River, there is a garden tomb with green tombs, beautiful trees, and greenery. For many years, a poignant story has been circulating. During the Beiyang Government period, warlords separated the country and wars continued. In the autumn of the 13th year of the Republic of China (AD 1924), Qi Xieyuan, the governor of Jiangsu Province of the Zhili clique, fought against Lu Yongxiang, the governor of Zhejiang Province of the Anhui clique, in order to compete for the opium market in Shanghai. This was known as the Qi-Lu war. The battlefield was between Shanghai, Jiading and Kunshan. The two sides fought and the Soviet army suffered a defeat. The Soviet army was originally a mob with extremely bad military discipline. Wherever the defeated soldiers went, they raped, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. From then on, the peaceful south of the Yangtze River was involved in the troubled times where soldiers and bandits were rampant. But more than 20 miles west of Kunshan City, there is a large lake of ten thousand hectares, which is famous for its clam production and is called Clam Lake. There is an island in Clam Lake called Clam Mountain.

In the south of the Yangtze River, thirty miles away from Qingjiang City, there is a large lake with high waves and fast waters called Jiuyue Lake. Jiuyun Lake is rich in fish, shrimps, crabs and turtles, and is especially famous for its eels. The lake eels here are large and delicious, and are the best delicacies in restaurants in Shanghai, Qingjiang and other places. There is a saying that "eats from Jiu Eel Lake will not change even the gods". There is a market town Maple Bay beside Jiuyun Lake, which is the transportation hub from Jiuyun Lake to Qingjiang River. Thousands of loads of aquatic products are collected and distributed here every day. Therefore, although the town is small, it has several markets every day and is very lively. The people of Maple Bay have "ten farmers and nine fishermen", and there is only one household left, which is inseparable from the word "fish", which means selling fish.

At the border of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang provinces, there is a small city called Guangde. Although Guangde is small, it covers a vast area with rolling hills and dangerous terrain. It leads from Langxi to the north, controls the Yangtze River ferry, and goes to northern Zhejiang in the east. It is a barrier to Hangzhou and has always been a battleground for military strategists. According to the romance "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan", the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and King Kang Zhaogou Fleeing south, Ni Ma crossed the Yangtze River and met Yue Fei's army in Guangde. In order to block the pursuit of the Jin soldiers, Yue Fei and Jin Wushu launched an earth-shattering and dangerous protracted battle at Niutoushan. Later, internal strife broke out in the Jin Dynasty, Jin Wushu retreated, and Zhao Goucai went to Hangzhou to establish the Southern Song Dynasty in a peaceful corner. From then on, Niutoushan became a famous ancient battle in the south of the Yangtze River.

Gu Yanwu (AD 1613-1682), named Tinglin, was born in Qiandun Town, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. His original name was Jiang, but he changed his name to Yanwu after entering the Qing Dynasty. Gu Jiang was smart and studious. When she was 13 years old, she ranked first in the annual examination and became a scholar. She was called a child prodigy. However, Gu Jiang has an upright temper, hates evil as much as hatred, and refuses to go along with the secular world. Therefore, after he was selected as a scholar, although he took part in many provincial examinations, he failed to pass the examination. The only one who had the same problem as him was Guizhuang. In the 13th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1640 AD), on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Gu Jiang left Qiandun and came to Kunshan to visit his friend Guizhuang who shared the same illness. Guizhuang, courtesy name Xuan Gong, was the great-grandson of Gui Youguang, a great prose writer. He was well versed in his family's studies and was especially good at writing large characters in wild cursive and ink bamboo.