Hearing the commotion, Bai Yutang, who had been wielding the Dragon Pattern Sword like an ordinary sword, immediately ran outside with his four older brothers.
Actually, Bai Yutang had returned but still hadn't seen Wang Yue, so he hadn't had a chance to return the sword.
But the Five City Patrols immediately backed down. They had all seen the dragon patterns on the sword and thought Wang Yue really was prepared to start cutting people down.
Actually, they had come this time on the orders of an influential figure, to see whether Wang Yue had brought the sword back to enshrine it.
If he had only brought it back to enshrine, they wouldn't need to worry about it anymore. After all, it wasn't something that would be used lightly.
But now that a child was holding the Dragon Pattern Sword, it confirmed that the spy beside Yang Xian hadn't lied. They understood that Wang Yue was willing to use force.
Since they had achieved their purpose, the men from the Five City Patrols—who had taken silver and acted arrogantly—asked just a few perfunctory questions. Once they learned that Kang Ning had been staying at the Wang family's villa all along, they immediately wrapped things up and reported back.
As for the Liang family, they quickly received word that Kang Ning had been cleared of suspicion.
The Liang family was deeply disgruntled, but there was nothing they could do. They were just an ordinary family. They couldn't even take on the Chai family, let alone Wang Yue.
And so the matter was settled. The only one who ended up unlucky was Liang Junqing.
But Liang Junqing was a spoiled wastrel who had brought it on himself, so no one felt sorry for him.
Chai An had actually received the news