"They? Yao'er, you suspect the entire Six Gates?"
Yang Yao narrowed his eyes, then said:
"Grandfather, before I went there, the Six Gates in Nansha County had five constables in total.
The leader among them had brought three over, leaving these two.
At first, I only thought they were unwilling to go along with him, or that they wanted to stay out of trouble.
That sort of thing was common enough.
But as my investigation gradually deepened, I discovered something very strange.
That was, I always felt as though the person behind this could quickly sense my movements.
Of course, this sort of thing was difficult to hide in the first place, so I did not pay too much attention to it at first.
It was only after I came out of the Ghost Market that I sensed something was wrong.
Last night, I thought it over for a long time and went through everything from the beginning. That was when I found some problems.
Li Hao and Zhou Han were not fools. They could even easily grasp my intentions.
They could help me with many things."
The little old man smiled upon hearing that.
"Isn't that a good thing?"
Yang Yao sighed. "Yes, if they were loyal to me, that would naturally be a good thing.
But they were clearly not.
Those two had been in the Six Gates for quite some time. Even Li Hao, that young-looking constable—
he had already been here for five years.
Grandfather, tell me, is it normal for a constable who had served for five years not to know how to investigate cases?
Six Gates constables were not like the yamen runners in the County Office.
Those men might simply be looking to make a living.
But anyone who entered this place and