The sight touched Lin Ke deeply as well.
This was how people influenced one another.
Spirit and will passed more directly from person to person, a hundred times more powerfully than any description in a book.
Most importantly, although Lin Ke himself embodied the thought of righteousness, he did not consider himself a man brimming with lofty righteousness.
Everything he did was something he ought to do. He could not bear to see the humans of Great Wei suffer, nor did he want to see anyone lord over others on the strength of their household registration.
He wanted to change these ideas, change this system, and establish a national college entrance examination, all for the convictions in his heart.
That was also why he could rebuke the officials of the Imperial Court to their faces before the Sage Emperor.
Compared to the grand righteousness of Confucius and Mencius toward their country and its people, his fell far short.
And now, he knew that with his current status, never mind discussing the matter-he could even fight the minister of the Punishments Department without trouble, provided he could win.
But Wen Meng and the others were different.
Unlike him, they were not "traveling incognito." They had come to slay a demon purely because of the hot blood in their hearts.
If they died slaying a demon, even their ghosts would be revered by the people. But speaking presumptuously about the Imperial Court?
They might die without even knowing what had killed them.
It was truly rare to speak up like this without fearing the Imperial Court.
"Rest assured. Although there are villains in the Imperial Court, there are also many good officials."
Lin Ke smiled. "Leaving everyone else aside, that Lin Ke fellow would never let those villains harm us if he