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Taking a beating without fighting back was not Zhang Tie's style. Since the enmity between the Zhang Family and the Devouring Party could no longer be reconciled, and since the Devouring Party had struck so viciously and even taken the initiative to provoke trouble, then this was precisely the time to strike back at them hard.
This move was called returning the other's way unto himself. Public opinion throughout the land was not controlled by the Devouring Party alone. If the Devouring Party could make use of public opinion, so could he.
For Huaiyuan Hall to put down deeper roots in Great Xia, they had to seize this opportunity and make the Devouring Party the target of universal condemnation.
Someone from the Zhang Family had to step forward and confront the Devouring Party head-on. Looking around, at least for now, he was the most suitable person. The Devouring Party was currently targeting him, and only he had the ability to strike back against them.
Zhang Tie had already discussed this matter very seriously with Zhang Taixuan and the other elders of Huaiyuan Hall. Everyone strongly supported his decision.
When Zhu Dabiao went to see Zhu Tong, he had prepared some chili water and rubbed it beneath his eyelids, making himself look aggrieved beyond measure. Zhang Tie's resignation from the post of Court of Justice magistrate was likewise a matter of rubbing chili water beneath his own eyelids.
In essence, there was no difference between the two. The only difference was that one had rubbed chili water on himself for his grandfather to see, while Zhang Tie, representing