Sixteen Words to Take Action

Winter of 1978, Eagle Mouth Cliff in Northeast China. Retired scout Chen Xiangbei received an urgent telegram and rushed back to the village where he had been away for five years - his father, Chen Laowen, died in front of the tabooed "Xianjia Tomb" on the cliff. The village said that Huang Xian was seeking his life. Ma Shouye, director of the brigade, took the opportunity to encourage the closure of the tomb to allow the construction project to begin. But Chen Xiangbei didn't believe it. After three nights of vigil, a pair of footprints walking from outside to inside appeared on the ashes scattered at the door. The pair of Jiefang shoes his father wore before he was buried. An oilcloth bag was found under the bed - inside was half a manuscript of "Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Secret Technique", half an old map, and five crooked words on the first page: