Zhou have appeared in various kinds of media including novels , comic books , and movies . Apart from The Story of Yue Fei and Iron Arm , Golden Sabre , he appear in a novel based around his older martial arts brother , Jin Tai . A recent graphic novel of The Story of Yue Fei , delete all mythological elements from the storyline and present it in a historical manner . Instead of traveling from Hebei to Hubei to inspect land , Zhou travel from Shaanxi to Kaifeng City in Henan to visit an old friend who had been promoted to General . While en route to the capital city , Zhou take note of a great famine plaguing the peasantry and even hear stories of some people resorting to Cannibalism . However , when he arrive in Kaifeng , he see the empire is wasting money on the construction of large imperial gardens , the court officials Cai Jing and Wang Pu have extravagant residencies , and hear that even eunuchs are rich because they are given high government posts . Upon locating his friend , Zhou is distressed to find him in stocks and shackles and being escorted to the farthest reaches of China by imperial guards . He later learn that the General had accidentally offended some court officials and was sentenced to permanent exile on some trumped up charges . Apparently having little or no money , Zhou decide to visit Wang Ming in Hubei ( mistakenly called Hebei ) and become the estate 's tutor .