Lin Dong walked leisurely to Zhou Xingyi's side, smiled and nodded, then turned to look at the imperial officials and said with a look of utter disgust, "And to think you call yourselves officials of the imperial court! Is coercing ordinary people something officials are supposed to do?"
The officials stared at Lin Dong, their faces full of astonishment.
Usually, they were the ones bullying others; rarely did anyone dare to talk back to them face-to-face. Even ordinary cultivators, or prominent noble families facing pressure from the imperial court, wouldn't dare fall out with them. Yet Lin Dong actually dared to mock them in public. This enraged the officials immensely.
Chapter 126