Although Wen'an itself was no smaller than an ordinary prefectural city and had Outer Scenery experts within its walls, Six Doors had mainly stationed only one Half-step Outer Scenery Blue Ribbon Constable there, assisted by two Nine Apertures clerk constables.
However, Wen'an's location was not particularly strategic, and all the renowned Outer Scenery experts in the city belonged to local family factions. To a certain extent, they were under Six Doors' supervision.
At the same time, in consideration of maintaining local balance and keeping the people appeased, the experts Six Doors had stationed here were exactly sufficient for the present situation.
The Six Doors constables did not manage the local affairs much, but their authority earned them quite generous tributes. Though they lacked the say-so of those petty tyrants in remote rural corners, it was still a lucrative, cushy post for retirement.
Yet Constable Niu, the Blue Ribbon Constable who had always looked like a smiling Maitreya Buddha, wore an extremely worried expression after hurriedly issuing several orders.
He was no longer young and had been planning to quietly rake in profits for another two years before resigning and returning home.
He had always been quite lenient toward the situation in Wen'an and the city's families. So long as they did not cross the red line and paid their tributes properly, he simply turned a blind eye.
Originally, the Shen Family's slave trading had not been much of an issue, nor was it anything remarkable in Wen'an. After all, the Shen Family knew its limits and only targeted poor families and refugees.
However, now that a demon had suddenly emerged from the Shen Family, even someone as slow to react as him knew that things had become troublesome.
If it was merely an isolated case, it would have been fine.