Dream Shattering Sabre《碎夢刀》is the eighth story in Wen Rui’an’s 溫瑞安 The Four Great Constables series. The series was made into a trilogy of movies beginning with The Four in 2012 starring Deng Chao, Liu Yifei, Ronald Cheng, Collin Chou, and Anthony Wong, though they aren’t based on this story. It’s a standalone novel, so you don’t have to have read any of the previous stories first.
The story follows two of the Four Great Constables, Ironhands and Coldblooded, as they investigate the strange goings-on at the Xi Family Village, in which the village head Xi Xiaofeng forces his own brother to strip naked and jump into the river!
Dream Shattering Sabre was first published in Wuxia World Magazine《武俠世界》in 1982.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Coldblooded Red Azaleas
Chapter 2: Ironhands Breaks the Longblade
Chapter 3: Bright Moon and Gentle Breeze Over Straddling Tiger River
Chapter 4: Third Manager and Second Steward
Chapter 5: How Fast is the Blink of an Eye?
Chapter 6: A Name in Exchange for a Nose
Chapter 7: Moonlight on the Riverbank
Chapter 8: Ironhands’ Hands, Coldblooded’s Sword
Chapter 9: A Scream