It wasn't just wild beasts that were a threat, even humans could be dangerous. The foreign spy, in an attempt to avoid alarming the quarry, didn't dare confront them head-on, and thus turned to flee before Little Flower could get close. During the escape, a part of a firearm accidentally got left behind, which was then brought back by Little Flower and eventually ended up in the hands of Xiao Ruiyuan.
With this piece of iron, it took Xiao Ruiyuan only two days to confirm that the mute person was a foreign spy. There were more foreign spies in Jingji, and in order to ensnare them all and gather more intelligence from the foreign tribe, Xiao Ruiyuan held his forces back, setting up a trap and waiting for them to fall into it.
