In the former City Lord's Mansion of a small town in the southern part of the Tang Kingdom, the office, now retrofitted with glass, was exceptionally bright.
Sunlight fell upon the original City Lord's vast desk, warming its surface and making it extremely comfortable to rest one's elbows upon.
A young man and an older man sat facing each other, a large stack of unprocessed documents lying before them. However, one was reviewing the files while the other was talking.
"My lord, please be mindful of your safety. You've impacted these people's interests, and they definitely won't leave you be," an official who served as the deputy warned gravely, a native of Zheng Country.
As an experienced official of Zheng Country, he knew the ropes. He was aware that if someone didn't play along with the script of the powerful clans, they were likely to make the non-cooperative individual suffer an "accident."
