Not so Easy

"We best ask the chief first," Miao Changhong said. "Scum like that doesn't deserve to live."

In He County, Miao Chengtang, who had surrendered, seemed rather restless.

His current location was simply too close to the Valley of Thousands of Medicine. Furthermore, he had heard from Yang Guanfeng and Lu Xiufeng that there was someone in the village helping them with the cases. The people who came were likely the ones most trusted by Miao Xihe—Miao Qingfeng and Miao Changhong. If those two knew that he was in He County, they would come to "greet him," and they would do so in ways that were anything but conventional. Miao Qingfeng was still somewhat easygoing, but he knew Miao Changhong well enough to tell that he was very proficient in the art of poisons. Miao Changhong's proficiency in using poisons was so extraordinary that even Miao Xihe lauded him to be quite a genius. None of that was much of a secret back in the village.