"We should gather all of his past victims together, march to the central court, and beat the drum to file a massive joint petition! If fifty of us step forward simultaneously, the city magistrate would not be able to just sweep our complaints under the rug!" Another small merchant added.
"That's a brilliant idea!"
"Exactly! If we all stand together as a united front, he would not be able to bribe or silence every single one of us so easily!"
The surrounding business owners nodded eagerly, and several prominent merchants immediately gathered in a circle to map out a plan to track down every single victim the fat man had wronged over the past year.
Bai Xifeng, of course, had zero clue that her casual, violent impulse had just sparked a massive public rebellion among the Capital's merchant class.
