"Really? The court actually has something like a Beneficent Medicine Bureau?"
"I think I've seen that medicine bureau before, but I never imagined it was built by the court to aid the poor."
"That hardly sounds real, does it? The court only knows how to squeeze the people dry, and it's full of corrupt officials. Would they really spit back out what they swallowed and give it to the common folk? What good would that do them?"
"Exactly. We wouldn't do something that brought no benefit... er, we would rarely do it. How could the court possibly do such a thing?"
"But from what the Marquis of Pacifying the Realm said, it didn't seem fabricated. Besides, given his status and reputation, he probably wouldn't speak recklessly..."
Within the stronghold, the words of the many jianghu folk shifted subtly, and their thoughts wavered as well.
The desire to topple authority existed in everyone. Now, the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends Host had used the power of the formation to swiftly stir up such thoughts among the jianghu folk in the stronghold. Feverish emotions infected one another, smothering all their reason and goodwill, leaving only pure indignation, so that they would entrust their thoughts and Fortune to them.
But once such thoughts were shaken, and the people in the stronghold began to waver, the collapse of the entire formation would be inevitable. Reflected upon the formation diagram, the Fortune they had entrusted rapidly declined.
Before the man could finish, however, Qiu Yan shook his head and cut him off. "From your words, it is clear that your understanding of the court is shallow. You lump every government office together. I mentioned the Beneficent Medicine Bureau just now, and now you know only of the Beneficent Medicine Bureau, thinking that the Bandit Army