During the reign of Emperor Hui Tsung in the Sung Dynasty, in the Ch'inghe county of ShanDong Province, there was a wealthy young man called Hsi-men Ch'ing who included among his possessions a herbal medicine shop. Hsi-men Ch'ing was a shrewd, cunning man and so powerful that he had the local authorities, and even important officers in the capital under his control. Therefore, everybody in the county feared him and called him Lord Hsimen.
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