Shady backroom deals, morally flexible guards, and a stretch of dodgy woods: Things are not looking good for Lin Chong.

Lin Chong buys a shiny new toy, and then discovers he got sold out.

We see how the “throw Lu Zhishen into a fecal pond” plan turns out, and then watch as he turns pest removal into a Strongest Man event.

A couple duels, a few corpses, and a big fire. Just another day on Lu Zhishen’s trip to the capital.

Lu Zhishen unexpectedly runs into an old friend. Well, a friend. More of a passing acquaintance, really. What do you call someone you don’t mind stealing from?

Lu Zhishen meets an old man in need and offers to use his monk training to help the guy out. Wait, what monk training?

Lu Zhishen’s new monastic family comes to the sobering realization that they just accepted a hard-drinking, mean-punching, latrine-spurning public-health menace into their midst.

On the lam after committing murder, Lu Da first runs into an old friend, and then runs into religion.

Shi Jin makes a new friend, and we explore the question on everyone’s mind: Exactly what DO you do with minced pork fat?

Shi Jin and the bandits from the nearby mountains make it a Mid-Autumn Festival to remember.