Pei Tingming wanted to retort, "How can we know that you aren't the culprit?" when he stopped as he remembered that Ke Hanying is a local tyrant.
Although Ke Hanying isn't from Anchuan, but he is very powerful. Not only because of his wealth and influence, but also because he is fearless. He doesn't fear he'd lose all his wealth as he can just make them again. He also doesn't fear he'd lose his influence since he just can buy it.
It's not the person who doesn't have anything to lose that you should be afraid of. It's the person that has everything, but isn't afraid to lose them that should be feared!
Pei Tingming doesn't want to offend Ke Hanying, but he doesn't want to act amiable towards him when in fact he doesn't like him. Just why did the Anhu mayor made him replace him by this arrogant local tyrant? Or, why does the local tyrant want to attend a funeral? Is he tired of living and want to have his own funeral, too? Then, he can go ahead and die now.
