Perhaps it was because he had yet to reach the Gentleman Realm.
The Capital Prefecture Left Secretary had never openly targeted Lin Ke the way others did.
Instead, he lurked in the shadows like a venomous snake, waiting for a chance to dart out of the darkness and bite Lin Ke-or even kill him with a single strike.
And now, this man was actually seizing this opportunity to send Lin Ke straight to his death?
Over seventeen hundred charges...
Lin Ke narrowed his eyes.
A number like that was deeply intimidating.
Upon hearing it, many people would remember only that Lin Ke faced over seventeen hundred charges. As for what each charge actually was, they probably would not know.
Just as many people knew that Ji Fa had listed King Zhou's ten great crimes, yet had no idea what those ten were.
In short, they simply thought King Zhou was brutal, wicked, and utterly worthless.
Lin Ke was now in the same situation.
The Capital Prefecture Left Secretary had listed over seventeen hundred charges against him. What ordinary citizen would care what those charges actually were?
Hearing that you had committed so many crimes, their first instinct would be to consider you vicious beyond measure, guilty of the most heinous evils. The moment they saw you, they would run as far away as possible.
The Capital Prefecture Left Secretary was dragging his name through the mud!
After all, many of Lin Ke's current businesses were built on his reputation.
Although this could not damage his foundations, it could at least lop off his arms.
Moreover, candidates for the Palace Examination, the Dao Heir, and the Buddhist Heir could not have any stains on their records.
Otherwise, what would ordinary citizens think when they heard that someone facing over seventeen hundred