The Government Office sent people over a few more times afterward.
But the result was no different from the first time.
Perhaps feeling they had lost face, the County Magistrate dispatched a team of highly skilled constables disguised as guards. They hid in the granary, lying in wait overnight, determined to root out the band of thieves.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~
Heavy snow fell from a starless, moonless sky, and the temperature had already dropped below freezing.
Inside the largest warehouse.
Wang ManCang and several constables from the County Yamen were hidden in the rafters, holding their breath and concentrating, their eyes fixed on the grain cellars below.
The constables, as well as Wang ManCang himself, had all reached the Hard and Soft Realm and were reasonably accomplished martial artists.
Even wearing only thin clothes, they didn't feel the cold. After several hours of lying in wait, they were still full of energy.
"DONG! — DONG, DONG!"
After an unknown amount of time.
