Chapter 111

Sure enough!

After listening to Li Ang's words, the old man frowned slightly, then asked:

"Why did you kill him?"

"Because of work needs."

Because he didn't know how much the old man knew about the "underwater world," Li Ang didn't tell the lie he had made up directly, but asked back:

"How much do you know about the Cleanup Bureau?"

"I know a little bit."

Since he had already carefully investigated Li Ang's file, he naturally wouldn't fail to understand his work. After being silent for a while, the old man waved his hand to let the two officers leave, then lowered his voice:

"The Royal Family has a manual. After writing your name on it, you can maintain your own soul's 'silence' while knowing about the existence of anomalies, and will not attract attacks from anomalies. My name is also on it."

"Also, since you mentioned the Cleanup Bureau, that means this time it wasn't an internal conflict in the Laien family, but related to your Cleanup Bureau's 'work content'?"

A manual that can keep the soul 'silent'? It seems that not all "ordinary people" are unaware of the existence of anomalies, just that the number is not large.

After keeping this news in his heart, Li Ang nodded:

"Yes, Bobby Laien merged with an anomalous object, not only trying to snatch the anomalous object I was keeping, but even threatening with the lives of ordinary people, trying to force me to tell the secrets of the Cleanup Bureau."

"Although the Cleanup Bureau has requirements not to attack ordinary people unless necessary, the situation was urgent at the time, and he could no longer be considered human, so I had no choice but to kill him."

So that's how it is...

After learning the "truth" of the Laien blood night from Li Ang's mouth and comparing it with other information he knew, the old man's tightly locked brows relaxed slightly.

If Li Ang had told the answer directly when he was asked at the beginning, he might have caught a few suspicious points and continued to ask.

But Li Ang first "embarrassed" him with two questions, and after confirming his degree of understanding of the Cleanup Bureau, he "reluctantly" revealed the "real" situation of the Laien blood night.

As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a theft, and a theft is not as good as a failed theft. The current situation is similar to this.

Compared to the answer that was easily available, the credibility of this information, which was not easily obtained, was naturally much higher. At least the Minister of Defense, who only knew a little about the Cleanup Bureau, had basically believed Li Ang's words, but...

"If possible, I hope you can change the way you say it."

In Li Ang's somewhat surprised gaze, the old man said seriously:

"To your Cleanup Bureau, naturally, you should say it as it is, but when others ask, I hope you can cooperate with us to classify the Laien family matter as an internal conflict."

Us?

Although as an "ordinary person," Li Ang didn't know much about the political situation of the Kingdom, he had vaguely heard about who was standing behind the Minister of Defense.

"The Princess... is preparing to take action against the old nobles?"

"Yes."

Frankly admitting Li Ang's judgment, the old man with gray hair said:

"If you want, it's fine to say it more bluntly... This is a framing!"

After saying without any avoidance what he wanted to do, the old man's sharp eyes, like a falcon, stared at Li Ang's eyes, carefully observing his expression while explaining at a very fast speed:

"No matter whether it's rebels or internal conflict, the Laien family, which has lost so many key members, is completely finished. However, the old nobles are a whole. Even if the Laien family completely loses power, the positions they vacate won't fall into others' hands, but will be quickly divided and filled by other nobles."

"At that time, besides the Laien Arms Company becoming the Masaini Arms Company, the people named Laien in the Road Administration Department, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Agriculture will all become named York, or named some other..."

"Surname, everything will operate as usual. This country will still not have any changes."

After finishing the possible situation as briefly as possible, looking at Li Ang who was listening carefully, the old man's tone rose slightly, and he said seriously:

"But it's different now. As long as you are willing to cooperate and prove that the Laien family matter is an internal conflict, it can create an excellent opportunity for the Princess to let this country take a big step in a better direction!"

"I didn't understand."

Hearing this, Li Ang frowned and asked puzzledly:

"Whether it's internal conflict or rebel attack, aren't the people who died all Laien family members? Why can it provide a good opportunity for the Princess?"

"Because the Kingdom needs to maintain stability, and no department should, nor should it, have large-scale vacancies at one time."

Looking at Li Ang, who clearly didn't know much about political games, to a degree even less than his daughter, the old man thought for a while and explained as simply as possible:

"Among the more than two hundred people who died or were injured in the Laien family this time, more than one hundred were mid-level officials in various departments of the Kingdom, especially the Road Administration Department and the military. These two departments alone lacked nearly eighty people at once."

"In the forty-seven subordinate departments of the military, a quarter of them have started to backlog work documents because of this, and two small branches have temporarily shut down because they lost their heads."

"Although the old nobles will send people to fill them as soon as possible, it will take at least one or two months for new officials to take over and become familiar with the work. It may take more than three months to completely deal with the backlogged work, and even the relevant departments will operate poorly in the following half a year because they are not familiar with it."

After briefly explaining the direct impact of the Laien blood night, the old man continued seriously:

"But it's just an internal conflict in a noble family that caused such serious consequences. What if two, three, or even more nobles have accidents within half a year? This is the best excuse to take action!"

"As long as this incident can be classified as an internal conflict, the Princess can use the reason of ensuring the normal operation of the Kingdom to demand a reduction in the number of old nobles in various departments in the parliament, balancing their overly huge power."

"Even if it doesn't succeed in the end, it can demand that the old nobles cede power, ensuring that the number of people from a certain noble family in a certain department cannot account for too much, so as not to cause the relevant departments to shut down completely after similar problems occur."

"And when these nobles have no way to have a large number of clansmen in a certain department, those who lean toward the Princess will have room to operate, and can try to unite with others to balance, and even try to grab back the control of key affairs for this department!"

When he said this, seeing the beautiful future of the Princess's successful reform and sweeping away the long-standing ills of the Kingdom, the old man's face couldn't help but flush slightly, and his eyes were full of excitement:

"Take the Laien family as an example. Think about it, if the number of Laien family officials in the Road Administration Department is reduced to half or even one-third of the original, can they still control the construction of the old city as before?"

"If the number of Laien family members in military procurement is also reduced to half of the original, can the Laien Arms Company still eat up so much funding from the military every year? If... what's the matter?"

"Someone from the Princess's side is here..."

One of the two young officers walked into the ward with a warrant, his expression a bit strange:

"The person sent by the Princess said... the old Duke of the Laien family is not going to make it, and requested that those in the top five of the succession order rush over as soon as possible..."

The Lionheart Duke is not going to make it?

Hearing the young officer's words, the old man's expression was slightly happy, then he immediately stood up from the hospital bed and acted decisively:

"In short, you consider my words first. A good opportunity like the Laien blood night will never happen a second time. Your choice might become... what's wrong again?"

"That..."

Looking at Li Ang, who was covered in bandages on the bed, the young officer said helplessly:

"The one on the bed is the fifth successor of the Laien family..."

"..."

Huh?!?!?