"Constable Wei, you came so early. If you'd come this early, there wouldn't have been any grilled skewers for you." Lu Yang stood at the entrance and teased him with a smile.
It was still morning when Constable Wei arrived at the barbecue shop with two constables and a silk pennant.
"Here it is—the pennant I promised you yesterday. I've brought it over."
Constable Wei unfurled the pennant on the street, deliberately displaying it. Written across it were the words: "Bravery in the Face of Injustice, Spreading Righteousness."
The act naturally drew quite a few onlookers.
The two constables held up the pennant and hung it on the wall directly opposite the entrance to the main hall. It was exceptionally conspicuous.
Originally, two huli jing were stringing skewers in the main hall, but Lu Yang had sent them to the back courtyard in advance and told them not to show themselves.
Lu Yang brought over three cups of tea and casually asked, "Did you get anything out of those foolish thieves yesterday? Where did those outsiders come from, and how did they dare provoke the famous Iron-faced Constable?"
"Ha, don't mention it. We got nothing out of them." Constable Wei picked up the tea with its boiling water and tea leaves and drained it in one gulp.
A Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator's throat wasn't afraid of being scalded by boiling water.
"How so?"
"That bunch of idiots had weak wills. A little intimidation and they started talking. Just as they were about to explain why a group of cultivators had come to Yanjiang Commandery, assassins from who knows where killed them. Nine ox-hair poison needles were stuck in their necks, and they died in an instant. The room was sealed, so we had no idea how the assassins got in."