After An Guoming left, he met up with a few buddies from the village. After a hushed discussion, they all dispersed.
Using various excuses, they lured Chen Mingliang's younger brother Chen Mingyang, Miao Xiaohua's older brother Miao Daniu, and Miao Erniu to an abandoned trap on the mountain.
An Guoming had cleared out the trap beforehand to make sure there was nothing lethal inside, but he had tossed in plenty of thorny black locust branches.
Chen Mingyang was the first to arrive. An Guoming knew he was greedy and couldn't resist a small gain, so when Chen Mingyang saw a five-jiao bill lying over the trap, he ran for it without a second thought.
The next second, with a THUD, followed by a piercing shriek, Chen Mingyang was pricked by thorns and started howling in pain.
At that moment, he had no time to worry about the five-jiao bill as it was yanked away by a thin string.
