Early the next morning, Chen Miao and his two companions set off again.
Behind them stood Liu Yun, the local Bureau Chief of Quicksand Town, his face filled with emotion.
When Chen Miao and his companions had arrived the previous evening, Liu Yun had still been wondering what the three corpses were about.
Once he learned that the three men had been lurking near the entrance to Quicksand Town, most likely waiting to ambush Chen Miao's party, he broke out in a cold sweat.
What alarmed him even more was how those three Evil Cultivators had known Chen Miao's movements.
Only he and a few Demon-Suppressing Guards in the bureau knew that he had requested reinforcements from their superiors.
Did that mean there was a mole in the bureau?
If there really was a mole, how could he ever sleep soundly again?
Originally, Liu Yun had planned to take everyone in the bureau to the Prefecture City afterward and pay a visit to Prison Suppression.
The people in Prison Suppression would be able to determine whether any of them were moles.
What Liu Yun had never expected was that, shortly after their first meeting, the Junior Banner Officer of the Indigo Cavalry would point at his deputy right in front of him and declare him a traitor.
Before Liu Yun could react, the two Demon-Suppressing Guards beside the Junior Banner Officer had already struck.
That alone would have been one thing. The real shock was that his own deputy had struck back!
His deputy attacked indiscriminately from the outset, and was even slightly stronger than Liu Yun.
Had Chen Miao and his companions not been there, Liu Yun, caught completely unprepared, might well have died in the fight.
His deputy had now been arrested. Liu Yun had interrogated him through