The historical prototype of Pang Taishi, the villain in Bao Gong's drama, is Zhang Yaozuo, who is Zhang Renzong's uncle. Ponzi took the blame for him for thousands of years.

Introduction to the work:

The novel tells the story of Bao Zheng's efforts to try strange cases and rehabilitate unjust imprisonment with the help of many chivalrous men, and the chivalrous men's efforts to get rid of violence, calm down and help others.

In the book, an image of an impartial and honest official who is not afraid of power is created, which fully reflects the wishes of the people at the bottom. Among them, such plots as fair and unfair imprisonment, "Pang Yu" and "clearing the captaincy" exposed the darkness of feudal rule to some extent and showed the fighting spirit of the people. The book is interspersed with a large number of chivalrous people's just acts of drawing swords to help each other when they see rough roads, showing their essence as heroes serving the country and the people.

The appearance of "three chivalrous men and five righteous men" initiated the confluence of case-solving novels and chivalrous novels. The novel tells the story of Bao Gong's birth in the Northern Song Dynasty's Renzong period, and he went to Dingyuan County to take charge of Kaifeng House. At the order of the emperor, he distributed food to Chen Zhou for disaster relief. Gongsun Ce designed three bronze spears for him, while Anle Hou Pangyu sent someone to assassinate Bao Gong, and Zhan Zhao in Nanxia secretly protected and helped Bao Gong so that he could chop spears.