Bandits smashing kilns was nothing unusual.
"Smashing kilns" was a slang term in the pugilistic world, referring to raiding the big households of the wealthy.
The Great Xuan Dynasty had just passed its centennial, land annexation had become increasingly serious, and coupled with the power of clans, there were as many rich and powerful gentry as there were hairs on a cow.
They weren't afraid of commoners covered in mud, nor did they fear the laws of the court, because every time a new official took office, the first thing they had to do was to cozy up to them.
Like Li Family Castle's Li Huairen, at least, he played by the rules.
Li Yan had heard that some local gentry and rich tyrants bullied the common people and didn't regard human life at all—slap you with a charge of violating clan rules, and they could beat you to death at will.
Local officials didn't dare to say a word.
These landlords and gentry were only afraid of bandits.
