Once he was sure Mu Tipo’s entourage couldn’t catch up to them, Shen Qiao finally let the coachman leave with the carriage. Then, with Mu Tipo as his hostage, he entered an inn close to the border in Yanshou County. He knocked the prince out, castrated him to prevent him from harming others in the future, and then tossed him into a random room at the inn. Only when all this was done did Shen Qiao leave, alone.
