Book 3: Clear River in Turmoil - Chapter 19: Reception (2/2)
Su Chen replied, “Does City Lord not bla an issue as soon as he got here?”
“Hehe, if you’reBloodline nobility Clans, the more the better,” An Siyuan chuckled darkly
Su Chen laughed, “I feel a lot ht fear the ten great Bloodline nobility Clans, but An Siyuan wouldn’t
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As the City Lord, An Siyuan had an immense amount of control Naturally, he wouldn’t be happy if that control was to be usurped
In addition, he himself was from a clan without a bloodline
To become head of a city without a bloodline was an indicator of how strong he was Unfortunately, that had also liet past the Light Shaking Real before his arrival, Su Chen had already discovered that An Siyuan and the Bloodline nobility Clans were always at odds with each other, and their disputes were already public Naturally, this was both because of the differences in bloodline and the struggle for power
An Siyuan said, “Unfortunately, not everyone is as courageous as Knowledge Executor Su and willing to fight the ten great Bloodline nobility Clans”
Su Chen replied, “I never intended of doing battle with them I just felt that I needed to carry out in Bureau The Bloodline nobility Clans think that they are rich and powerful and can ignore the law, so arresting them was the only way As for the battle at Nan’an Street, that was just another exa as if they were above the law is all”
“Mm! Well said!” An Siyuan nodded “Noas the person is a citizen, they need to abide by the laever, there are always people who think that they are exceptions and rely on their own influence to do whatever they want Even though I, An Siyuan, want to deal with these kinds of people, I ahed, “Why does City Lord feel such regret? There is always a place for government officials in this world”
“But Clear River City is about to becoround of the Bloodline nobility Clans,” An Siyuan said as he rubbed his bald head “Knowledge Executor Su, I’ant? Just because they have some hidden tricks? No! They control not only their own clans, but they also have the assistance of the empire! Let’s take you as an example; you saw yourself that even Liu Wuya, the captain of the Origin Bureau, belongs to them If it weren’t for the fact that you are powerful yourself, you would’ve been killed by them! Unfortunately I, An Siyuan, am useless, and I had to punish that dain Bureau’s captain was deterher-ups Even An Siyuan had no way of appointing sorit his teeth and endure
Of course, that didn’t mean that he had no authority whatsoever He was still the City Lord He was saying all of this primarily to address Su Chen’s concerns first
Su Chen had never expected An Siyuan to get revenge for him All he said was, “There must be some people who are loyal to the eht?”
“Of course there are,” An Siyuan replied “The district office has always been loyal to the governyuan Navy It’s just the Origin Bureau and the Investigations Office that haven’t listened totis their oay and won’t listen to anyone apart from the emperor himself”
The district office was responsible for handling the city’s internal affairs The Lingyuan Navy didn’t belong to Clear River City alone but to the Crow Region as a whole, and they were er in scale than the district office An Siyuan controlled both of these critical forces, which were also the biggest reat Bloodline nobility Clans
The Origin Bureau was responsible for handling disputes between Origin Qi Scholars, while the Investigations Office was responsible for solving crimes Both were responsible for public safety and had some measure of force, but An Siyuan couldn’t rely on them
As for the Secret Task Force, just like An Siyuan had said, their sole goal was to serve the country No one could order them around
Anyone who tried to interfere with them would be killed
In reality, the only reason An Siyuan still controlled the district office and the Lingyuan Navy was probably because the ten great Bloodline nobility Clans wanted to avoid offending the imperial family
They couldn’t casually interfere with the arh for them to just control the public safety branches
Even so, Su Chen laughed, “There roup of people that City Lord An wants to control but hasn’t reached out to yet, right?”
An Siyuan paused “You anizations”