The Xu family, with their humiliated daughter Lin Xi'er, sues the local bully Huang Xiuwen in court. However, Huang Xiuwen's father is precisely the magistrate presiding over the case, Magistrate Huang. Magistrate Huang and his son collude, coercing and bribing the assembled commoners into silence. Due to insufficient evidence, Magistrate Huang falsely accuses the Xu family of slander and orders them to be severely punished. Just as the mother and daughter are brutally beaten and despairing, Lin Yuanlong, returning from the battlefield, gallops home. The horrific scene before him ignites his fury, and the prelude to the story's revenge begins.
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