He yelled frantically in his heart to run away!But the two feet remained motionless as if filled with lead.

Where can run to?

There is a brand of slavery on him that can never be removed, and his slavery is still in Xiao Yuansi's hands. No one dares to cover a slave, no one will cover a slave, there is no place for him in the world long ago.

"What are you standing there for?"

Xiao Yuansi's voice woke him up: "Hurry up, it's too late."

Cheng Sheng followed without saying a word.

He knew in his heart that no matter whether Xiao Yuansi wanted to buy him or beat and scold him, there was no room for him to resist. The consequence of his last resistance was that he was almost beaten to death by the master, and his brothers and sisters were all punished by him.sold out.

He shouldn't have expected anything from anyone in the first place.

The news that Xiao Yuansi spent a lot of money as a slave had spread throughout the capital. His identity aroused everyone's curiosity, but no matter how hard they dug, they couldn't get any information about him, as if he had been deliberately erased.Another strange thing happened.

Those who received the gold returned home and found that the gold in their arms had inexplicably turned into a pile of worthless yellow paper. They had nightmares in the middle of the night. According to their neighbors, they were so scared that they screamed like piglets waiting to be slaughtered in the middle of the night.The screams were heard throughout the street.

The next day, some people invited Taoist priests to practice ghost hunting, but whether they caught the prankster or not, only the person concerned knew.

In order to deceive others, Xiao Yuansi went in through a side door, but this time the person who came out to receive them was an unfamiliar boy.

When going up the stairs, Xiao Yuansi asked casually: "Where is the person in charge?"

"He, it seems that something happened at home, so he went back to his hometown."

"Oh." Xiao Yuansi didn't worry about it, and was led by the servant to a wing room, which was facing the slave trading platform, where a new round of trading was going on in full swing.

Cheng Sheng has only a series of nightmare memories of this place. Even though he is surrounded by a clean and fragrant wing instead of a dirty and bloody iron cage, the veins on his arms are still tense all the time, ready to rupture at any moment, and the bloodsplash.

"Sit down." Xiao Yuansi patted the chair beside him.

Cheng Sheng took a look, then lowered his head habitually: "No, I'll just stand."

Xiao Yuansi didn't force him, and took a sip from the teacup that was steaming with white mist.

The room was very quiet, and the two silent people were waiting for a certain moment.

Suddenly, the voice downstairs suddenly became louder, the crowd was commotion, Xiao Yuansi had no time to react, Cheng Sheng rushed out of the wing room like a gust of wind, lay on the side of the railing, stared at the grey-haired old slave who was hobbled on the stage, fingers deeplyIt pinched into the wood and made a crunching sound.

Seeing this, the servant next to him stepped forward, wanting him to let go, threw an ingot of gold into his arms, and turned his head to look at Xiao Yuansi in astonishment.

"You all go down, these are considered as compensation for your repairs."

The boy weighed the weight in his hand, it was solid gold, not to mention repairing a wooden pole, just refurbishing the wing room, he immediately changed his smiling face, poured tea for this generous young master and stepped back.

Xiao Yuansi walked behind Cheng Sheng, followed his gaze, and asked directly, "Do you need my help?"

Cheng Sheng looked back at him, his pupils quivered, and his pale lips parted. This time, without any hesitation or doubt, he grabbed Xiao Yuansi's clothes, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, and begged: "My lord, can you help me?"Save my father, as long as you are willing to help, I will go through fire and water for you in the future, and I will be devastated! I only ask you to save his life!"

Cheng Sheng was about to kneel after he finished speaking, Xiao Yuansi quickly supported him.

"I will save your father."

"Thank you son!"

"But", Xiao Yuansi changed the subject and said, "I also need you to do something."

Cheng Sheng said without hesitation: "I am willing!"

"But this is dangerous and could cost you your life."

"That's better than being separated from the flesh and blood, living like a walking dead."

"Okay, remember what you said."

Xiao Yuansi got a satisfactory answer, walked around him and walked to the railing, and heard the shout of "five taels once" from downstairs, he glanced at Cheng Sheng, and said, "I pay fifty taels."

There was an uproar downstairs, and they all looked up, curious about what happened recently, and rich people with stupid people and rich money popped up one after another.

"Okay, this young master bids fifty taels, is there anyone else who wants to bid?"

"Me!" I thought that there would be no more stupid big money, but a childish voice came from the next room: "I pay sixty taels!"

Through a piece of cloth, it is impossible to see who is sitting inside, but the people who can go upstairs to the private seat must have a difficult background.

No matter how much Xiao Yuansi has, he is not afraid of causing trouble. Who else in this country can surpass his status as a king, so he continued to bid: "Seventy taels."

"Eighty taels!"

"Ninety taels."

"One hundred taels!"

...

The bidding quickly reached the five hundred and two mark, and the man next door seemed to be fighting him, biting him to bid.

The people downstairs have already turned from being shocked by the generosity of the two men to placing bets and watching the show.

Xiao Yuansi couldn't help frowning, looked at the door next door, and muttered in his heart: Could it be that he met the seller's entrustment?That would be troublesome.

At this moment, the servant came down to him in a hurry from downstairs, bowed down apologetically and said in a low voice, "Sir, can you give up this slave? There will be better goods later."

Xiao Yuansi asked: "Why do you have to give up?"

The servant looked left and right for a while, and lowered his voice: "Because the person next door is a member of the royal family, the young master should avoid his sharp edge, and it is better not to conflict with him."

"Why would someone from the royal family appear here in person?"

"Oh, that slave is good at taming grasshoppers, and this nobleman also likes to play. Originally, the slave was in the nobleman's mansion, and somehow he was sent to buy it, but the nobleman was reluctant, so he ran over to take him back."

Xiao Yuansi asked again: "Do you know who he is?"

He just said that some bastard was robbing him, and the feeling was his own.

"It's inconvenient to tell this little one."

As soon as the words were finished, Xiao Yuansi was thinking about which little bastard in the royal family came to this kind of place to throw money and play without doing his job, when the door of the next room suddenly opened.

"Don't stop me!" Following the roar, half of the boy's body leaned out from the wing room, and the guards tried their best to stop him, preventing him from running out on impulse to embarrass himself.

"Your Highness, I'm just a slave, it's not worth your trouble, the face of the royal family is more important!"

"You dare to teach me?!"

The young man's rebellious heart was instantly aroused, and he pulled the sleeve robe out of the guard's hand with all his strength, and reprimanded him sharply: "Get out! No one in the world can lecture me except my uncle! You won't let me see who is robbing me!Man, I want to see it!"

"Your Highness! No way!"

"Go away! If you don't let go, I'll kill you!"

Xiao Yuansi looked at the two people who were tugging, and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with the young man's back.

Who is it?

The young man also felt a few gazes from behind, turned his head to look, and only looked at Xiao Yuansi for a few seconds, and the lawless aura died down instantly.

He immediately let go of his hands in a panic, put his hands behind his shoulders, and lowered his head under Xiao Yuansi's gaze, cute and cute, as if the scene of being domineering enough to murmur about killing someone just now was an illusion.

It turned out to be your kid!

Xiao Yuansi suddenly remembered that the civil servants failed in rebellion before, he hated these idiots, and punished Kang Wang together in a rage, saying that it was a punishment, but in fact he was not allowed to live in a muddle-headed way any longer, and assigned a rich man to teach himHomework, didn't expect this kid to sneak out for a slave.

As for the issue of slaves, when Xiao Yuansi heard that King Kang liked to sell slaves to play with him, how could this child be exposed to such inappropriate things as human trafficking at such a young age?So let him release all the slaves in the mansion.

Now it seems that it has been released, but it has not been fully released.

Looking at King Kang who was as cute as a chicken waiting for his next order, Xiao Yuansi suddenly understood why parents would yell at children who played games and didn't do their homework.

Really, hate it.

Xiao Yuansi sighed and asked, "Young master, have you finished your homework?"

Kang Wang's face turned pale, and he stammered, "It's done, it's done."

He secretly glanced at Xiao Yuansi, and immediately said: "Oh! I suddenly remembered that the master has assigned a new homework. I have to go back quickly, so I will bid farewell to everyone first."

The brat ran as fast as if the soles of his feet were oiled.

Xiao Yuansi shook his head and put his mind back on the stage.

Without Kang Wang as a formidable enemy, it would be a breeze to take down that slave.

Seeing Cheng Sheng's anxious appearance, wishing he could rush to the stage to take his father away immediately, Xiao Yuansi refused the boy's request to domesticate him before sending him to the mansion, and took him back directly.

The invited doctor arrived soon, and Xiao Yuansi was waiting outside the house.

Not long after, the doctor came out and shook his head at Xiao Yuansi.

"It can't be saved?"

"When the oil runs out and the lamp dries up, the gods and ghosts are hard to save."

"Understood, thank you for your hard work, doctor."

After sending the doctor away, Xiao Yuansi heard faint sobs coming from the thatched cottage, leaving the rest of the time for father and son to be alone.

If it's just a serious illness, but it can be cured, he still has a way to save one or two, but if it's life or death, it can't be shaken by manpower.

It takes a certain amount of time to heal grief, and it is not good for Xiao Yuansi to ask others to do things for him when he is distraught.

After waiting for about half a month, heard the news that Cheng Sheng was in much better condition.

He returned to the thatched hut, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Cheng Sheng kneeling on the ground in hemp and filial piety. There was a wooden tablet on the table in front of him.That was the slavery of their father and son.

Thinking of letting Cheng's father be free at the end of the day, he asked someone to return the things to them.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Cheng Sheng turned his head slowly, his face was as pale as the wax on the table, but there was still light in his haggard red eyes.

Xiao Yuansi lamented that he is worthy of being the leader of the future uprising army. Even after experiencing the pain of separation of father and son, his state and will are much stronger than ordinary people.

"My lord." Cheng Sheng bowed deeply to Xiao Yuansi and knocked his head heavily on the ground.

"Young master's kindness, I can't repay you, I would like to repay you with my life, and protect you well." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed twice again.

The three kowtows meant that Cheng Sheng believed him completely.

Xiao Yuansi walked over to help him up, looked at the crooked name engraved on the tablet with heavy pain and grief, and asked, "Do you want to avenge your father?"

"To the emperor who is in power and ruleless, to the extravagant and corrupt nobles."

The crimson flames in Cheng Sheng's eyes suddenly ignited, then went out in an instant, and he lowered his head powerlessly.

"I want to, but can't."

Xiao Yuansi retorted: "How do you know you can't do something you haven't tried?"

Cheng Sheng smiled wryly: "My lord, do you know what kind of price you need to pay for revenge?"

"It's nothing more than one life, but that's all you have left, isn't it?"

Cheng Sheng looked at Xiao Yuansi sadly: "But my humble life can't change anything. If I don't even see the emperor, I will die under the knife of the imperial guards. The body of an ant is nothing more than a mustard seed in the world."

Xiao Yuansi said: "The power of one person is really weak, but what if the power of ten people, the power of a thousand people, or the power of ten thousand people? So what?"

"this……"

"The power of ten people can shake a tree, the power of a thousand people can push a city, and the power of ten thousand people can destroy a country!"

"Young master, what do you mean?"

"Uprising." Xiao Yuansi gently spit out these two words that weigh as much as a thousand catties.

Cheng Sheng's pupils trembled with his heart. This is a road, a road that has appeared in his mind but dare not think about it, paved with countless blood, sweat and bones.

"No, no!" Cheng Sheng clenched his fists trying to control its shaking, dispelling this unrealistic delusion.

"We will not succeed. How can the body of ants shake the thousand-year-old tree? We have no food, no soldiers, and even a decent piece of clothing. If we revolt rashly, it will be nothing but moths to the flame and seek our own death!"

Xiao Yuansi said in a soft and steady voice: "I can provide you with food and silver."

Cheng Shengmo opened his eyes wide, making it look like two fireballs were burning in his eye sockets.

He looked into Xiao Yuansi's eyes, firm and clear. He was not cheating, but made a serious promise to him. He also believed that Xiao Yuansi could give enough silver, after all, he had seen it with his own eyes.

He asked a doubt: "Young master, why did you do this? Why did you help us to such a situation?"

"If I say this is an oracle, Qin died after ten generations, and you will be the key to overthrowing this decadent dynasty, you can be trusted."

"I believe." Cheng Sheng said without hesitation: "I don't believe in God, but I believe in you, my lord."

Xiao Yuansi was surprised for a moment, then smiled instead.

"Thank you for your trust."

This smile made Cheng Sheng a little overwhelmed. After thinking for a while, he hesitated and asked: "Why must it be me?"

Obviously there are so many people, there are so many people with talents and abilities above him.

"I am not sure as well."

Who told the history books to write like this.

But seeing Cheng Sheng's incomprehensible look, Xiao Yuansi explained: "Maybe it's because you've seen too much pain and blood and tears in the lower floors for so many years, or maybe you were born as an ant but refused to accept your fate.", perhaps from the first time you resisted the unreasonable whipping of your employer, God chose you."

Cheng Sheng was silent. At this moment, he was very entangled in his heart, and various voices competed for the dominance of his body in his mind.

"Resist! Why don't you resist!"

"If you miss this opportunity, you will never have it again. Do you want to continue living under the humiliation of those scumbags, making your life worse than a dog!"

"Go! Didn't you slap those people before? Go fight again! For your father, for yourself, and for countless companions!"

Cheng Sheng closed his eyes and clenched his teeth hard. Xiao Yuansi knew that he was struggling, and quietly waited for his decision.

It seemed like a long time later, the white candle on the table burned to the bottom, and the room suddenly fell into endless darkness, but not long after, the skylight poured in from the window, and the rotten dark corner saw the bright white world for the first time.

Cheng Sheng slowly opened his eyes. This time, Xiao Yuansi saw that his firm eyes had gained the upper hand.

He asked one last question: "But will the people recognize me?"

At some point outside the house, a large group of people had gathered, watching the two quietly.

After hearing this, Xiao Yuansi paced around the room for a while, then stopped and said, "I'm not sure that everyone will approve of our actions."

"But they're just as likely to want to confront the guy in the high seat as you are."

Everyone held their breath and concentrated, waiting for Xiao Yuansi to speak.

Xiao Yuansi glanced around, and said in a calm and hoarse voice: "We want to know why we have paid taxes, but still don't have enough food and clothing. Where did the government spend our hard-earned money?"

"Why does our child Han Chuang study hard for decades, but he can't get a living official position? Since studying can't change fate, why do we let us waste time with the son-in-law?"

"Why did my father and brothers go to the border to fight and have not come back yet? Do they have enough to eat? Are the clothes they wear filled with cotton wool? Will they be homesick in the spring of next year?"

"Why did the master's family not pay back the wages that we owed us for many years? Wait for a while, wait for a while, when will this period of time end?"

"Why are our grievances not accepted? We have smashed our heads in front of the government office, and our voices are hoarse from crying, but where is the justice?"

"Everyone says it's good to endure it, and the good days are coming, but ah, when I look up, I can only see endless dark clouds, and behind me is a hillside of suffering. When I turn over a mountain, I will find thatThere are countless seats waiting for us, and we will never be able to climb until we die, when will we see the dawn?"

...

Before Xiao Yuansi finished speaking, there were bursts of soft weeping outside the thatched hut. They wiped away their tears, and soon new tears fell again. His words just now obviously hit their heartbreak.

What the people want is nothing more than food, shelter, and the safety of their relatives and friends, but these cannot be guaranteed now, and the government has to increase taxes to drive people to death. How can they not be sad for their own tragic fate?

Cheng Sheng's eyes were also red, and a flame of sadness and anger was burning in his chest, as if he had made up his mind, he solemnly bowed to Xiao Yuansi three times.

"Thank you for your advice, son, I understand."

Xiao Yuansi nodded his head pretending to be profound, but he didn't expect Cheng Sheng to be so enlightened, and he only needed a little to understand.

He left under the eyes of everyone, the sun shone on him, and a faint halo lingered around him. The sky was high and the clouds were light, and the land was vast and green. In the eyes of everyone, it seemed as if he saw an immortal wandering alone in the world.His back, his clothes fluttering in the wind, gradually drifting away.

Back in the palace, Xiao Yuansi threw himself into the quilt and breathed a sigh of relief.

Civil and military officials are unreliable, but the common people must be unreliable.

"System, how is the progress of subjugation? Is it advancing rapidly?"

"Um...it should be."

"What's supposed to be?!"

"Well, I'm a little worried right now."

Xiao Yuansi turned over, looked at the ceiling, and asked, "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried about you, dear host."

The system sighed: "I'm afraid that after you go back, you will go down the road of pyramid schemes to deceive people! Sigh."

"..."