Wei returned to the boundary map after the shed incident. The temporary hold had kept the bitterleaf where it was, but the altered line still crossed Eda’s field and claimed the southern row. Eda met him by the shared ditch with Nao, Ning and two council witnesses. The old notched stone lay exposed beneath the bank where they had found it.
“Show me where you planted,” Wei said.
Eda walked from the stone to the edge of the southern row. She pointed out the irrigation cut and the rows she had tended since the last planting. “The guild marked this strip as part of its contract after the old marker vanished. Before that, this line was the boundary.”
Nao held the newer map. “My office used this copy. I wasn’t on the crew that moved the marker.”
“Do you know who was?” Ning asked.
“I know the survey office had a ditch crew working here. I don’t know who carried the stone or where they put it.”
Wei wrote down Nao’s answer. “The altered line, the missing marker, and a crew whose members may still be in the district. That is what we know. The reason for the change remains open.”
