The people couldn't stand their atrocities and launched an uprising to kill them. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Xia went to Jianchuan to be an official and did many evils. Because he sent people to dig graves and treasures, which aroused the public anger of Jianchuan people. Finally, a peasant uprising led by two old people, Su and Yang, broke out. Armed with hoes and axes, the rebels, with black cloth as the flag, vowed to attack Jianchuan City and kill Xia.