Although Li City governs more than a dozen cities, in the end it is only organized as a Hundred Households and is subordinate to the Fengri City Thousand Households Station.
As for its jurisdiction, the Li City Xuanqing Guard can only exercise its authority within Li City's territory. Beyond that, they must "coordinate investigation and enforcement" with the local Xuanqing Guard.
This is a territorial restriction imposed by the Court to limit the Xuanqing Guard's power, but for Shen Hao, it is a hindrance.
Why?
Because to put it nicely, it's called "coordinated investigation." To speak plainly, it means "taking a share of the credit." After working so hard for so long on this case, how could he willingly hand over a large portion of the merit so easily?
Shen Hao was unwilling—at most, he'd part with a small share, but he had to keep the bulk for himself.
