"We bully students from the noble families in the counties below to give them a taste of our power," he said, "to show them who's in charge here in Mansion City—it's us, the local students!"
"And… and also, when they get into the academy, they'll all have to pay us protection money, that… that…"
"Are you looking down on us from the noble families in the various counties of Lu Ling Mansion?" Zheng Ming asked coldly.
Jin Tongxuan didn't quite know how to answer. He cautiously glanced at Zheng Ming and, seeing his seemingly amused expression, finally plucked up the courage to say, "Yes… we do look down on you noble families a bit."
"Then… how come the teaching assistant from the Fu Wu Academy doesn't deal with you?" Zheng Ming suddenly applied a bit more force in his arm and said, "You better not try to fool me just because I'm easy to talk to."
