Chapter 33: Leading the Team into the Mine
It was still that same wooden hut, but along the way, countless miners were staring at Yang Ling, their eyes full of astonishment.
This was precisely the effect Yang Ling wanted.
If he concealed his constable identity, it would more easily invite unnecessary speculation.
But if he openly displayed this layer of identity, then when the Mountain and River Sect discovered Wu Que had embezzled a batch of Fire Crystal Rock and 'disappeared without a trace', they wouldn't overly trouble him, a constable of the Ironclad Department.
His only suspicion was entering and leaving the city with Wu Que.
The constable identity could make the Mountain and River Sect overlook, or simply ignore, this minor suspicion.
For a sect power to want to act against the Imperial Court's yamen?
That was impossible.
Inside the wooden hut, Yang Ling invited the two to sit down.
