This episode tells how, after Lin Chong arrived at Liangshan, he incurred the jealousy of Wang Lun, the head of the stronghold, who ordered him to go down the mountain and take a life as a pledge of allegiance. At the foot of the mountain, Lin Chong met Yang Zhi. Yang Zhi refused to stay at Liangshan and went to the Eastern Capital to seek a military post, but was rejected by Gao Qiu and ended up stranded in Kaifeng. While trying to sell his family heirloom saber, he was harassed by the local bully Niu Er. In a rage, he killed Niu Er and was exiled to Daming Prefecture. Prefect Liang ordered Yang Zhi to compete in martial arts with his subordinate officers. Yang Zhi emerged victorious and won Prefect Liang's favor. Prefect Liang collected jewels from among the people and prepared to send Yang Zhi to escort them as birthday tribute to his father-in-law, Grand Tutor Cai Jing.The translation of this book series was assisted by various AI tools, but the translator has manually reviewed the content sentence by sentence, with particular care given to correcting potentially confusing expressions. The result is fundamentally different from content directly generated and edited by AI.