Fang Ke enjoyed socializing.
Yang Ge also enjoyed shutting the door on Fang Ke.
Add to that the fact that there had been no response from the capital for some time.
The affairs of Luting County had thus been left in a state neither warm nor hot.
The warrant for the notorious Zhang Mazi remained posted on the city gates, but no one had ever really pursued it.
The people from Fengyu Rice Shop had been detained in the county jail with somewhat ridiculous charges, yet no amount of interceding could get them out.
From an observer's perspective, this situation was bizarre!
Logically speaking, with a peasant uprising and looting happening in such a critical area, the court, if not dispatching nearby troops to enter the city and arrest people, should have at least sent a large number of officials to investigate thoroughly.
But none of that happened...
No troops entered the city for martial law.
Nor did any officials come to investigate.
