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During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Zhang Yanzhi of Bailu Academy privately taught banned books on Xin Xue. Chen Song, a student from a poor family, reported on his mentor to the government in order to seek fame. Jin Yiwei Gu Yanming was ordered to investigate, but secretly stuffed copies of banned books into the book box. When Liu Hanyan, the bookseller's daughter, risked her life to transport the last orphan copy, the academy was heavily besieged. On a rainy night, Zhang Yanzhi burned all his books in public. When the flames rose, Gu Yanming's Xiuchun knife was placed on Chen Song's neck. "In this academy today, only the blood of traitors can extinguish the fire ignited by the sages' books."