Boyi didn't know what to do in the test. If he gave the wrong answer at this time, it would mean that his 'journey' was over.
Not only that, if the news about the eldest son of Xibohou stealing fruits spreads, he will be considered dead.
But how to answer?
Admit to being a slave of a certain noble?
What about the slave mark?
And why are you living here and not looking for your master's home?
As for pretending to be a 'noble' in distress?
This is not a period of war. As a nobleman, he lives in the territory of another nobleman. He can just go to his door for help. Why steal the fruit?
At this time, Boyikao was still not angry at those people for confessing him.
Facing the torture of the nobles, we cannot expect these ordinary people to have strong bones and mouths.
"It seems... he's a runaway slave?" The noble raised his lips and began to smile ferociously.
He didn't care about the fruits in the orchard.
What he cares about is authority, life and death, things that belong to him, no one can take them away without permission...
These small nobles who face the bottom class have cunning, viciousness and cruelty that the big nobles never have. .
They are at the bottom of the powerful class, but they are also the first ceiling above the heads of common people and slaves.
This young nobleman may have guessed that the down-and-out man in front of him was not a runaway slave.
But so what?
The other party has something to hide.
This is where he can take advantage of the opponent.
If a noble could be made a slave... it would greatly satisfy his inner vanity.
"Since you are a runaway slave, in order to repay the fruits you owe me, you will be my slave from now on." The nobleman said and took out the red iron seal from his arms. This special seal made of hematite as raw material, When it comes into contact with the skin, it will become extremely hot. Most of the little nobles will carry it with them.
"The law of Xiqi stipulates that those who rob civilians into slavery for no reason will be fined with ten acres of fertile land and one hundred catties of grain." Boyikao can only rely on the law to talk about things, which seems to have become his only support now.
The noble didn't refute when he heard this, he just smiled.
Then he said: "You will regret it, I will wait for you to think about it."
Then he turned and left again.
But secretly, there are still spies, keeping an eye on Boyikao.
More than two dozen civilians, who had taken stolen goods, were tied to stone pillars and hung in a sunny place, exposed to the sun for days.
The wounds from the whipping began to become inflamed and pus leaked.
At first they would whine and beg for mercy, but later even their breathing became fragile.
Xiqi law stipulates that civilians caught stealing property will be punished with flogging and public display, ranging from three to seven days, depending on the value of the stolen property.
This punishment is not heavy, but it can achieve the effect of publicizing the crime and making the thief feel ashamed. Therefore, in Xiqi City, the doors are not closed at night.
However, now, Boyikao saw this law that he wrote himself, used in another way in another land of Xiqi.
The originally lenient law now seemed so cruel.
The punishment of flogging and public display should have been chosen one from the other, but because the sentencing was unclear, they were punished at the same time.
It ranges from three to seven days... maybe just use the heaviest seven days to calculate.
Boyikao stood under the stone pillar and looked up at the skinny faces.
There was no hope of living in their eyes anymore, as if they were all corpses.
Perhaps they know better than Boyikao what lies ahead.
Under the premise of uneven status, any so-called legal constraints can be one-way.
"I told you, don't continue... I told you clearly." Boyikao looked at these people who betrayed him, with pain and annoyance eating away at his heart.
He suddenly made a decision!
He wants to reveal his identity and free them.
Even if the reputation is stained, these are twenty lives after all. Glutinous rice
Snapped!
A stone hit Boyikao fiercely on the forehead.
Blood flowed out instantly.
The person who threw stones at Boyikao was a boy of no more than ten years old.
Behind the young man, there were some old people and children.
They also held stones in their hands.
"Smash him!" After a shout, more stones flew towards Boyikao.
Boyikao dodged in embarrassment, but because of his physical weakness, there were still a large number of stones that he could not avoid.
Not only was his nose bruised, his face swollen, his head bruised and bleeding, but he also had many bruises on his body.
If he hadn't been physically strong, his bones would have been broken and his internal organs damaged.
He ran towards the woods not far away in embarrassment, Boyi Kao tried his best to escape.
There is no doubt that the one-month test given to him by Cao Zhe seems to have failed!
He failed to integrate well among the civilians here, and instead became the object of their hatred, turning himself into a thieving and despicable person.
Sitting on the hillside, Boyikao's body was covered with scars.
But his heart was even more dilapidated than his body.
"Why are they stoning me?"
"I did something wrong!"
"It is indeed because of me that they dare to steal the fruit."
"It's because of my flinching that I was caught!"
"The cause is me, the result is me! But it's not me who punishes them, why do they hit me?" Boyikao couldn't understand. This was a difference in concept.
This short experience truly shattered and tore apart the three views, cognitions, and concepts he had formed over the past twenty years.
"Because you don't understand what real suffering is."
"You don't know how to be really good to them and how to really help them." Cao Zhe's voice sounded behind Boyikao.
Boyikao said with a gloomy expression: "I failed!"
"It's time for me to go back!"
"Then in my true identity, I will pass through here and save those who have suffered because of me."
Cao Zhe said: "Did you really save them?"
"With your status, you can easily change their fate."
"But is this just about twenty people?"
"Do you know that at the same time, how many people in the world were hungry? How many people were naked? How many people lost their lives because of the abuse of power by the nobles?"
Boyikao said blankly: "Yes! I don't know! I don't know at all!"
"I think Xiqi is the best place in the world, and I think everyone should like it because it is a paradise we have carefully built."
"But no, it's just my opinion."
"There are still a lot of people suffering, why is this happening?"
"Those immortals, those people with miraculous talents and superpowers, may just need to exhale and wave their hands to feed and clothe countless people. The nobles have countless grains, fruits and vegetables, and a large number of cattle. Sheep and horses, but the people still live a bad life...very bad!"
What Boyikao was talking about at this time was no longer about the things in front of him, but also the questions that had long been buried in his heart.
Everyone who knows the existence of immortals and gods and has good intentions may have thought this.
Why are they unwilling to do things that are easy for immortals to do for people?
"Wrong direction!"
"Heaven moves in good health, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement."
"The power of immortals and gods is the power of immortals and gods, and what you want to think about is not to beg for their help, but how to turn them into us, and then let us use our own strength and our own hands to Change everything." Cao Zhe said seriously to Boyikao.
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