Peach Blossom Town was a small town at the foot of the mountain, near where Yin Chao and Xu Yuan had emerged after following the secret passage from Yao Cai House to the Peach Garden.
The town was not large, and almost every household had a tradition of brewing wine from peach blossoms.
That was what made it famous.
"We shouldn't delay. I intend to head to Peach Blossom Town shortly to investigate."
Long Zang spoke.
Yin Chao suddenly remembered the woman he had seen on the street yesterday, with a peach blossom painted on the back of her neck.
He was not entirely sure it was painted; he had only been able to make out the shape of a peach blossom from a distance.
If a murder had taken place at Yao Cai House, the Court of Judicial Review should have investigated the women there.
"Did the Court of Judicial Review investigate the women at Yao Cai House yesterday?"
He asked.
Long Zang nodded. Early yesterday morning, Midnight had told him about Xiao Xiao and Qing He.
So he began, "Our men practically turned Yao Cai House upside down yesterday."
His gaze grew meaningful before he continued, "We found no signs that anyone had been held captive, nor did we find the secret passage in the woodshed that you mentioned.
"Even that large water vat, the one that would take several people to move...
"Was nowhere to be found.
"The floor of the woodshed was perfectly level, and the soil underneath had not seen daylight in years.
"There was no way someone had only recently filled it in."
That certainly made the case bewildering.
An Nian whispered, "There couldn't really be some... Peach Blossom Immortal, could there...?"
In a world of ghosts and monsters, there was nothing strange about