When a team of soldiers suddenly barged into the county office and stamped down the doors, all of Yangcheng descended into chaos.
Everyone thought it was the murderous Jurchen or the war spilling over, and were prepared to flee the city with their families.
Fortunately, a large group of bureaucrats came from the Ze prefecture and Taiyuan offices. The commoners did not recognize these officials, but saw that they were wearing bureaucrat uniforms. With them were soldiers shouting that they were arresting a Jurchen spy. They weren't breaking doors, burning, killing, or looting, so everyone soon settled down.
It wasn't the Jurchen or spillover from the war. It was just some spies; nothing that scary.
This way, the streets of Yangcheng County were full of soldiers, but the atmosphere of panic was quickly dispersed. There were even people who dared to inquire about the details.
