"Utter nonsense!"
"Investigating the Academy now!"
"Don't think that Wu Dehai can cover the sky with one hand; we must submit a joint petition and see how long he can stay pleased."
The government officials, normally arrogant and imperious, had to bow and scrape in front of these Confucian scholars, saying with a face full of appeasement, "The head of the Academy misunderstands. We were merely going to ask questions, and this matter was initiated by the City God Temple, not the County Magistrate's intention."
"City God Temple?"
Head of the Academy, Song Mingshu, snorted coldly, "The people from the City God Temple do not ensure peace and tranquility—how could they collude with Wu Dehai."
"Let's go then. I want to see how they plan to frame and entrap!"
"We're going as well!"
"Let's go together!"
Most students at the Academy came from local wealthy families.
