Lu Zhishen passed through Peach Blossom Village and learned that a bandit chief planned to abduct Old Master Liu’s daughter. He disguised himself as the girl, ambushed the bandit Zhou Tong, and drove him off, later forcing the Peach Blossom Mountain bandits to abandon the marriage plot when their leader Li Zhong recognized Lu Zhishen. Disdainful of Li Zhong’s greed and criminal ways, Lu Zhishen refused to join them and left. Meanwhile, at Cangzhou’s penal camp, Lin Chong was warned of a murder plot tied to Gao Yaonei. While guarding a fodder yard in a snowstorm, Lin dreamed of his wife and awoke in sorrow.
