At the same time, the Mayor was having a private meeting with people from the capital. The two of them were sitting across from each other in his study at home instead of the Mayor's office.
At this moment, the Mayor's back was covered in cold sweat, and his eyes darted as he tried to find excuses for his family's lavish meals.
Sitting across from him, Pan Chiyan and Xie Xuanzi were sipping their tea. No one was talking, and the tense atmosphere was suffocating.
Although Pan Chiyan was only the head of the secretariat office, he was an officer from the capital. While his rank was below the city mayor, his influence and political power were above the Mayor's.
As for Xie Xuanzi, he had come under the General's orders to investigate the black market's middlemen and the causes of the high prices of grain and supplies.
