"This whole thing has a lot to do with those two people who climbed out a few days ago. I'd guess the Lord Prefect is suspicious and has sent people to secretly keep an eye on us." As Village Chief Li said this, he gave He Cao Gen a pointed look. 'Who else was to blame? It was people from his village who had brought all this trouble.'
"Tsk, tsk, you should have seen it. They even inspected the old oxen in our group, the ones that are about to die of thirst, several times."
"What's there to inspect on an ox?"
"You don't get it, do you? A miracle, remember? Maybe they think it's the work of some Ox God." Village Chief Li chuckled at his own joke.
"Speaking of which, I'd say He Tuliang from your village got his just deserts. Yesterday, his family's old ox couldn't hold on any longer and died of thirst.
Last night, they tried to find people to help butcher the ox, but no one was willing to go. The whole family is still over there struggling with it now."
