One day, Yue Fei was talking with his mother at home when someone knocked on the door. Yue Fei invited the visitor into the house and, through conversation, learned that the visitor was Wang Zuo, a general from the rebel army of Yang Mo by Dongting Lake. Yang Mo had long admired Yue Fei's talents in both literature and martial arts and had specially sent Wang Zuo to invite Yue Fei to join and assist them. At that moment, Wang Zuo took out a lot of gold, silver, and jewels as a gift for the invitation. Yue Fei said sternly, "Yue Fei is a man of the Song Dynasty when alive, and a ghost of the Song Dynasty when dead!" He firmly refused to accept the bribe. Wang Zuo had no choice but to pack up the gifts and return to the mountains.