"Let's ask the chief," Miao Changhong said. "Scum like him shouldn't be allowed to live in this world."
Miao Chengtang, who had "surrendered," felt rather uneasy in He County.
The place was simply too close to the Valley of Thousands of Medicine. Based on what Yang Guanfeng and Lu Xiufeng said, there were people from the village helping them with the case. The ones who came were Miaoxi River's most trusted subordinates, Miao Qingfeng and Miao Changhong. If those two knew that he was in He County, they would have come to greet him in a very special way. Miao Qingfeng was not so bad, but he knew Miao Changhong very well. Miao Changhong was an expert at using poisons. Miao Changhong's methods of using poisons were praised by even the Miaoxi River. Things like that were no secret in the village.
There were different ways to die. To Miao Chengtang, dying a painful death by poisoning was one of the most tragic ways to die.
As such, he eagerly went to find Yang Guanfeng.
"Where do you want to go after leaving this place?"
"Far away from here," Miao Chengtang said. "Away from southern Yunnan."
"Why?"
"Are Miao Qingfeng and Miao Changhong still in He County?"
"Yes."
"They probably already know that I'm here," Miao Chengtang said.
"How can you be so sure? Information about you is highly confidential. Very few people know about it."
"You still know too little about the Miaoxi River," Miao Chengtang said. "Maybe someone in your police force will provide him with information."
"Is that so? Is he that good?"
"Indeed."
"How about this? Stay here for a day," Yang Guanfeng said. "We'll think about where to send you."
"Sure, please do it as soon as possible," Miao Chengtang said.
After leaving Miao Chengtang's temporary residence, Yang Guanfeng went to find Lu Xiufeng to discuss the matter.
"He's very scary," Lu Xiufeng said. "He doesn't seem to be faking it."
"Tsk, do you think this Miaoxi River is really so resourceful? What does he have?"
"Didn't you hear what Miao Chengtang said? While the Valley of Thousands of Medicine looks like a paradise that stands aloof from worldly affairs, they actually have businesses outside. You saw it when we went to the village last time. Some things just can't be hidden. Those people in the village are probably practicing medicine outside."
"No matter what, we have to take care of this matter and ensure his safety."
"Alright, I have no objections to that."
After the two of them finished their discussion, they reported it to their superiors. Due to Miao Chengtang, they were able to make a breakthrough in the case. Their superiors agreed to let him go to a nearby province for temporary refuge.
"Thank you." Miao Chengtang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news.
"Don't worry, we will ensure your safety."
Somewhere hundreds of kilometers away.
A man wearing a baseball cap looked at a wanted poster on a telephone pole. It was not a portrait but a picture, a real picture.
"Do they look alike?" He turned his head and asked the man beside him.
"That's weird," the man said. "It was a portrait yesterday. Why is it a picture now?"
A picture and a portrait were two completely different concepts. A portrait was a conjecture, so there would be some discrepancies between the two. Furthermore, the discrepancies could have been huge. However, a picture was different. It was real.
"I never expected Miao Chengtang to give me such a big surprise!"
The two men were none other than Miao Tianchuan and Miao Qingshan, who had disguised themselves. Even if one were to compare the pictures, one would not be able to tell that they were the ones in the picture unless one was paying close attention.
At that moment, Miao Tianchuan was extremely angry and heartbroken. The betrayal of a friend was even more heartbreaking than the betrayal of an enemy.
"Cousin Chengtang?" Miao Qingshan was dumbfounded.
"Are you saying that he was the one who provided the picture?"
"Take a look," Miao Tianchuan said. "This is a recent picture of us. Who else could have provided it other than him?"
"Him? Why?"
"To draw a line between us and save his own life," Miao Tianchuan said.
"Qingshan, if you want to leave, I won't stop you."
"Leave? Where would I go? I'll just follow you," Miao Qingshan said.
He wanted to leave as well, but he had nowhere to go. He did not want Miao Chengtang to have contacted Yang Guanfeng and the others long ago.
"Don't worry. I'm here." Miao Tianchuan patted him on the shoulder.
He stared at the picture on the telephone pole and smirked. No one knew what he was thinking.
Hundreds of miles away in the Valley of Thousands of Medicine …
"Miao Chengtang has become a tainted witness. Interesting. Very interesting." Miaoxi River had a smile on his face after hearing the news. He seemed to be very happy.
"I think Tianchuan must be very pissed."
"Master, I'm pissed just hearing about it. He must have said a lot of bad things about us."
"Indeed, people like him value their lives a lot," Miao Xihe said. "In this regard, he's not as ruthless as Miao Tianchuan. He's not ruthless enough."
"We can't let him go so easily."
"Yeah, tell Qingfeng that we can't let him die. We have to keep him alive. If he doesn't want to die, we'll make him suffer worse than death."
"Yes."
"Suffer worse than death?" Miao Qingfeng was dumbfounded when he heard the news.
He turned to Miao Changhong and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I know what you mean," Miao Changhong said with a smile. "Poison and bug him. Do it both ways and make him suffer." That smile was terrifying to look at.
"Leave it to me."
"Sure, be careful. He's probably under heavy protection right now."
In a teahouse somewhere in He County …
"Uncle Xu, what's the rush?"
"It's about Miao Chengtang."
"Him? What about him?"
"I've been in contact with someone from a village," Xu Xinyuan said. "I'd like to get in touch with him and introduce him to us."
"Introduce him to us? What's the point of that?" Guo Zhenghe asked.
He only wanted people who were of value. He knew that Miao Chengtang was of little value at the moment. He was tasteless, but it would be a pity to just throw him away. He was unable to help them capture Miao Tianchuan, the man he hated the most.
"He knows quite a lot about the Valley of Thousands of Medicine."
"I don't want to know too much about that place, and I don't want to have too much interaction with them," Guo Zhenghe said after taking a sip of tea.
"But, Sir, I think we need to get in touch with those people more," Xu Xinyuan said. "Based on what I've seen so far, there's an 80% to 90% chance that we'll come into contact with the Valley of Thousands of Medicine again."
"How about this, Uncle Xu? Get Miao Qingyuan to get in touch with him. Don't expose me."
"Sure, I know what to do."
It was getting late into the night.
Miao Chengtang had just finished dinner when he received a call. It was a call that he had not expected.
"Is that you, Qingyuan?" Miao Chengtang was very happy to hear the other person's voice. The two of them were rather close back in the village.
"Yes, it's me. Are you in He County?"
"How did you know?" Miao Chengtang was shocked.
"He even said that the news of him being here is absolutely confidential. Now that he's called, and it's from someone he didn't expect at all. How did the other party know? If the other party knows, does it mean that more people will also know?"
"Don't worry about it. There's something I need to tell you. Think about it."
Miao Chengtang quickly knew what the other person meant.
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