Chapter 124: The Right to Life and Death
"They're ...... Your kindred? ”
"Hmm."
"That's why you kept them here?"
"Yes, but not exactly. If they want to leave, I won't stop them in the slightest, but there is a premise for all this. Qi Da withdrew his gaze from the children and looked at Chu Feng again, "That is, they must have the ability to protect themselves." ”
Chu Feng thought for a moment: "If I'm not mistaken...... You mean, there will be people who want to hurt them. Why? ”
"Why?" After Qi Da heard these three words, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Why not?" We don't look like most people. ”
Chu Feng was speechless for a while, and glanced at Qi Da deeply.
Qi looked at him puzzled.
"It seems that this is the truth in this world." Chu Feng spread his hands and sighed slightly, "The so-called feng shui rotates, which is probably what it means." ”
"I ...... I don't quite understand. Qi Da frowned slightly.
Chu Feng sighed again and said, "How do you say it...... By the way, do you remember what I told you, in my hometown, the Westerner I once met, the one who went a little further west than your hometown? ”
Qi Da nodded: "The person you said taught you Western painting seems to have told you a lot about the mountain." ”
"Yes, the clouds and the other side of the mountain." Chu Feng smiled, this kind of stalk about "Xuanyuan Sword", Qi Nature couldn't understand it. So Chu Feng shrugged his shoulders and explained the state after a thousand years in a language that Qi Da could understand, "It can be said that in my hometown, Westerners, that is, you people with white skin, yellow hair, and blue eyes, are very respected...... Well, although they have not been as respected as they used to be in recent years, most of them still naturally look up to them when they see them. ”
Qi Da listened, and looked at Chu Feng like a ghost.
"I'm not kidding, you have to trust me." Chu Feng smiled when he saw this, "So I said, seeing you become a vulnerable group here, all this makes me feel a little ...... Speechless. ”
Qi Da thought hard about the meaning of "disadvantaged groups", and then comprehended the spirit.
"If you're not lying to me, all I can say is that the people in your hometown are very friendly." Qi Da pondered and replied, "I don't want to be looked down upon or how to be looked down upon, as long as I can treat each other as equals." We're the ...... Here in the Central Plains, most of them were sold as slaves. Girls are sold to Qinglou at a very young age, learn to dance, learn to sing, and then perform in front of people. Boys are slightly better, but to put it bluntly, they are all slaves, and their fate is not in their own hands, as long as the master is unhappy, it will not be good to kill them at will. Anyway, these are all Han officials here, and people like us who don't even have a place of origin are just untouchables in their eyes, and they are not even as good as untouchables. ”
Qi Da pointed to a boy who was talking in the distance, and said, "That's Ferrori, his master **** whipped him, and the whipping will become even worse if he is in a bad mood." If it is a servant of your Han people, even if you have signed a death contract, you can go to the government to sue and let their master suffer a lawsuit. But for those of us, no one will care about us at all, and the government will not treat the Han people because of our life and death, and in their eyes, we are not much different from livestock. ”
She pointed to a little blonde girl next to her and said, "Sarah is only seven years old this year, and I rescued her from human traffickers last year." The traffickers want to sell her to the Qinglou, how old is she, and what will happen if she really goes to that kind of place......
Chu Feng listened to Qi Da's story, and gradually realized that the reason why Qi Da did these things and saved these young people was because these children in front of him were treated almost like Western black slaves.
"In the words of your Han Chinese, we are too few in number, so we are weak. We can't really fight against anything, all we can do is to keep warm and protect ourselves. Qi Da's eyes looked in the direction of the campfire, and in her blue eyes, something was beating, "Of course, not all Han people are bad people. If it weren't for the Fan family, I would have been beaten to death on the street by my former so-called master. It was the Fan family who saw me pitiful and paid for me...... I'm grateful to them because they didn't let me sign the pact of life and death, just because I was free. I owe them my life, and I'm going to try to pay it back...... Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang above are also good people, and they have been helping us for so many years. Of course," Qi Da said this, glanced at Chu Feng, and then withdrew his gaze, "You are also a good person." ”
Chu Feng smiled when he heard this, raised his hand and touched his nose: "For so many years, not many people have used the word 'good person' to describe me. But anyway, with the relationship between you and me, I won't be too upset when I am issued a good person card. ”
Of course, Qi Da didn't understand the meaning of Chu Feng's poor mouth, but said: "I didn't mean to bring you here initially, after all, this kind of move needs to take too much risk, if you are really hostile to us, the children here will suffer...... Maybe it's because of what you said, about your hometown. When you talk about those who come from far away, you don't have the same sense of contempt and superiority that other Han people have...... Anyway, I hope you don't let me down, and don't make me regret it. I was able to touch the fasting house of Taixue, so to speak, there are not many places in this world that I can't get into. If the wind here reveals a little bit of ......"
"If it's really me who revealed it, you don't have to do it, I'll cut it myself." Chu Feng stretched out three fingers, smiled lightly and swore a poisonous oath, "If not, let me live as well as die, and die without turning a blind eye...... I don't know how to swear, I guess that's what I mean. ”
Qi Da was slightly surprised, turned his head to look at Chu Feng for a long time, and then smiled lightly.
The red firelight reflected on her side face, making her face a little less cold than usual, and more gentle.
Chu Feng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, thinking that he said that mixed blood produces beautiful women, and what he saw in front of him was indeed true.
"I'm relieved that you're saying that." Qi Dadao, "Most of these children are slaves, if they are really captured, I am afraid that death is the easiest and most comfortable choice." Thank you for being able to sympathize with them. ”
"Normal people will sympathize with them." Chu Feng smiled, "This kind of thing of enslavement, no matter when, where, or between races, is completely unreasonable and needs to be overthrown. After all, all people are created equal, and human rights are such a thing, and the lowest guarantee must still be fulfilled. ”
Qi Da was stunned for a moment, and his facial expression was obviously a little peculiar.
Of course, Chu Feng didn't expect the other party to accept such a point of view, so he only smiled and asked, "If you don't mind, can I ask, Miss Qi, what kind of concept is your so-called 'rescue'?" ”
Qi Da didn't hide this, and there was nothing to avoid, so he just said lightly: "If you can take it away secretly, you can take it away, if you can't, you will occasionally injure and maim a few people, and it is also possible to kill someone." ”
Anyway, although she didn't show it on the surface, her afterglow kept falling on Chu Feng's face, peeking at his expression. Somehow, she suddenly cared a little about Chu Feng's opinion on her actions.
Chu Feng thought for a moment when he heard this, and said: "Confucius said, 'Repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?'" Repay grievances with straightforwardness, repay virtue with virtue'. Some of the people you are dealing with do deserve it, and they deserve to be beaten twice once in a while. It's just that...... In my own humble opinion, I always feel that human life should not be decided by other people. You and I, after all, are just ordinary people, no different from other people, no one can be the embodiment of justice, on behalf of the moon to destroy you or something, in the actual world, some are too messianic complexes. ”
"Who is the Messiah?" Qi Da was a little curious, "This name seems to be our person too?" ”
"Well, almost." Chu Feng said with a smile, "It refers to the people chosen by God, doing things according to God's will, and so on." The general meaning is that it is one level higher than ordinary people, so it can represent justice, law, and so on. But the real problem is that we are all ordinary people. In my opinion, ordinary people do not have the power to decide the life and death of another ordinary person. ”
"If ordinary people don't have it, whose hands should you have this so-called power?" At this time, a young man walked up to Chu Feng, looked at him with a little hostility in his eyes, and his tone was also cold and piercing, sneering and questioning Chu Feng, "Is it your official, or your emperor?" ”
"Luoxi, you-" Qi Da stood up, his brows furrowed tightly, "Chu Langjun is our friend, he is here to help us, you shouldn't be so rude." ”
"My name is Lohis, not Roxi." The fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy was tall and tall, and the muscles under his clothes exuded a faint anger, and he looked at Chu Feng with a fierce look in his eyes, "Luoxi is the name that these Han people gave me when I was a slave. That's my shame! Sister Qi, you should understand, you shouldn't call me that. ”
Qi Da took a deep breath and sighed slightly: "Indeed, this is my fault, I apologize." But you shouldn't treat guests like this anyway, and you should also apologize to Chu Langjun! ”
"Sister Qi, I have never disobeyed your words, but what he just said is too self-righteous." Luo Xisi stared at Chu Feng and raised his chin disdainfully, "Moreover, he hasn't answered my words yet, where does the power that determines a person's life and death exist?" (To be continued.) )