After he was released at the age of 27, he found an opportunity to burn down the house of the person whose arm he had chopped. And during the fire, he blocked their door.
With a lot of lives being lost at once as a result of the fire, he knew he was in trouble, so he fled to Gulin province, changing his name slightly. Later, he got acquainted with Fang Kui and began stealing dogs. To hide his identity, he also chose to feign dumbness and act as though he was Fang Kui's lackey.
Who would have imagined that such a bloodthirsty murderer would be acting as the lackey of a dog thief?
Furthermore, Zheng Yuan was rather generous. He only took just enough for his living expenses from the profit they got from catching and killing dogs; therefore, Fang Kui enjoyed working with him.
Today, Fang Kui had targeted One Finger Village, resulting in this turn of events.