Qin Mo listened, dumbfounded. Although he had spent some time in Yunwen Provincial Capital, no one had ever discussed this with him in detail.
"The Prefect has five hundred Prefectural Soldiers under his command, and a third of them are equipped with Powerful Crossbows. How many soldiers and crossbows must the Prefectural Governor of a provincial capital have?"
Qin Mo only had to imagine it for his heart to start pounding.
With that kind of setup, even a charging force of hundreds of Ninth-, Eighth-, or even Seventh-rank Experts would be no match.
After a few rounds of Powerful Crossbow fire, their ranks would likely collapse.
"Besides Brother Yang and Master Yun Ruo, all the other masters in Changhe Prefecture are Eighth Rank. Some of their subordinates are Ninth Rank, but most are ordinary Constables who haven't even been registered as ranked martial artists."
"Even if the Anti-Theft Division, Public Security Division, and all three branches of the Patrol Division joined forces, they could only muster seven or eight hundred men. They'd still struggle against a force of Prefectural Soldiers like that."
Qin Mo had realized this, and so had Yang Ling.
"Master Yun Ruo, does that mean there's no way for us to investigate Lan Yue?"
Yang Ling mused.
"We have no authority to enforce the law against them."
Yun Ruo looked grave.
"To investigate a prefecture, we'd need the Iron Clothes Department in the provincial capital to take action, as well as the cooperation of the provincial government office, which would have to provide a Permit Letter."
"Then let's go to Yunwen Provincial Capital and ask Steward Lu to step in."
Yang Ling said.
Yun Ruo shook her head gently. "Even my uncle's intervention wouldn't help. The Prefectural Governors of the provincial capitals and the Prefects of the