Chapter 704: Three Four Eight: Suo Lun’s rage, a river of blood!_2
Ling Ao was stunned; he never expected his foster father, Gui Xingfu, to utter such words.
Gui Xingfu continued, "In fact, once Suo Lun completely annexes the Southeast Province, he will almost be in an invincible position."
As soon as these words were spoken, Yan Wuzhi beside him burst into laughter.
Gui Xingfu asked, "Why are you laughing, Chief Historian?"
Yan Wuzhi replied coldly, "Gui Xingfu, you are overly dismissive of others. I am the brother of the kingdom’s Prime Minister, the Chief Historian of the Governor’s Mansion of the Southeast Province, the leader of the civil officials in the Southeast Province, and one of the leaders of the Yan Party. Do you really regard me as nothing?"
Before Gui Xingfu had a chance to speak, Yan Wuzhi continued, "Suo Lun, speaking for himself, has self-appointed as the acting governor of the Southeast Province. But apart from Linhai City and Tianshui City, which county can he lay his hands on? Which district can he control? The 12,000 officials of the Southeast Province all look up to me, can Suo Lun command even one official from the Southeast Province? Even a minor clerk? Therefore, your repeated claims that Suo Lun is annexing the Southeast Province are incredibly far-fetched, as if you regard me and the ten thousand officials of the Southeast Province as nonentities."
Yan Wuzhi was almost ten years younger than his elder brother Yan Wuji.
Prime Minister Yan Wujie had a scholarly appearance, while this Yan Wuzhi in front of him was strikingly handsome and resolute, a man in his early forties with a strand of black beard, a thin face, and deep, piercing eyes.
Although a civilian official, he always wore a precious sword, and his unfriendly, cold demeanor made him look exceptionally sharp and formidable.