"Who the hell dares talk about rules in front of me!"
Before he had even finished speaking, the people at the entrance parted to make way. With his hands clasped behind his back, Wang Xuan sauntered in like some great villain.
"Hiss..." The dozen or so family heads present sucked in a sharp breath when they saw who had arrived. None of them had expected Wang Xuan to show up.
They might have acted as if they hadn't taken Wang Xuan seriously when they were shouting earlier, but the moment they actually faced him, every one of them felt the pressure multiply.
It was like how, a few years ago, the pillars of the court privately cursed He Jin as a butcher and Dong Zhuo as a traitor every time they opened their mouths. But when they really met them, He Jin was one thing. Faced with Dong Zhuo, their bodies became remarkably honest.
His gaze swept over everyone present like a blade before finally stopping in front of the head of the Duan Family. "You're the rules?"
"Come on, show me what your rules can do!"
"..."
When facing Wang Xuan directly, the head of the Duan Family was no longer as overbearing as he had been with Man Chong. He swallowed involuntarily, quietly took a step back, and tugged at the corner of his mouth without daring to say a word.
"Under Heaven, all land belongs to the king; within the borders, all people are the king's subjects. Whether this is Jizhou or somewhere else, it's all Han territory. And yet you're talking about Jizhou belonging to the people of Jizhou, or belonging to the Scholars? What, are you planning a rebellion?"
"Haha, Duke Wang, that's going too far. We were merely speaking casually." That accusation was far