Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
The bandit suppression event on the vast hills and grasslands had come to a perfect end.
Miao Kuangfeng was stripped of his Wan Fuchang rank and reassigned to suppress bandits in the frontier regions. Before leaving, Miao Kuangfeng made a solemn vow: He would not return alive unless he eradicated all the bandits in the frontier regions!
Bai Daqing, carrying along Hao Niu and Ma Wei, went to the Niu Family to seek redress for grievances. Unexpectedly... the Niu Family played the rogue, refusing to acknowledge their actions. In a fit of rage, Bai Daqing attacked, only to eventually alarm the Niu Family's ancestor, who defeated Bai Daqing within ten moves and left him seriously injured.
What was even more infuriating was that the Niu Family ancestor actually killed Hao Niu and Ma Wei, eliminating any witnesses to the deeds.