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I had to admit, Liu Fengwu had played this move rather well.
On the one hand, he could use it to trip Su Xin up; on the other, he could make Tie Zhan lose face and deal a serious blow to his reputation.
But Su Xin said, "I'm deeply grateful for Lord Liu's confidence in me. I'll take the position of Shengjing City Chief Constable."
Everyone immediately turned to look at Su Xin. Had he gone mad?
Was this position really so easy to take? The princes of Great Zhou couldn't be beaten or scolded. The tactics he'd used in Jiangnan Circuit wouldn't work in Shengjing City.
Tie Zhan also turned to look at Su Xin. Su Xin didn't seem like the sort to act on impulse. There was no way he hadn't seen through such an obvious trap.
Sure enough, the look in Su Xin's eyes made one thing clear: he was confident he could handle it.
Tie Zhan nodded and stepped back, saying no more.
Since this was Su Xin's choice, he had to be prepared to fail.
Whether Su Xin made the position of Shengjing City Chief Constable a glorious one or ended up disgraced would depend on him.
When Tie Zhan had asked Su Xin to take over as Jiangnan Circuit Chief Constable, he'd also said that accepting the position was entirely Su Xin's choice. If he succeeded, he would become a key figure whom the Tie Family would focus on nurturing, and he'd receive more benefits than even the family's direct descendants.
If he failed, then sorry, the Tie Family never kept useless people.
The same applied now. Since Su Xin had chosen to take the position, Tie Zhan