"This is our rule here, those free people who make mistakes and don't die, we give them their ingredients to slaves, and make them our slaves," Ziqi explained. ”

I stared at her in amazement, hoping she was joking with me, but her expression told me the truth.

She turned her face to me and said, "You have broken such a law, you have deceived Toast by lying, and although you have saved your tongue and eyes, you have lost your freedom. She sighed and said, "In this society, people always have to be punished for their own mistakes, don't blame grandpa, let alone hate grandpa." ”

I said, "I didn't expect it, and to be honest, I made a mistake." ”

She said, "If you don't, you'll be taken to heaven by the sorcerer and burned alive." ”

I have never felt so hopeless, until this moment.

I muttered, "This time, it's no longer anyone else I'm harming, it's my own ······." I looked at the stockade in the distance, sighed, and said, "Dig your own pit and jump by yourself, make your own mistakes······"

But she stared at me in high spirits and said, "Slavery is only temporary, you can be a free man again." ”

I turned my head and stared at her hopefully.

She said excitedly: "As long as you keep making meritorious contributions and making great contributions, grandpa will give you the status of a free man, let you redo a free man, and after you become a free man again, you will make another great contribution, you will be worthy of me, and we can be together." ”

I also perked up and said, "Really? ”

She said: "Of course it's true, we give those slaves a chance to be free again, and according to your ability, it is very easy to make meritorious contributions." ”

I said, "How can I make meritorious service?" ”

She said: "The Bugong Tusi in the west has always been at odds with my grandfather, and he also took away a few of our villages a few years ago, so a few days ago I heard that he was going to marry me, and my grandfather was very happy, just because this can resolve the grievances with Bugong Tusi, so that Bugong Tusi will not bully us again." ”

I said, "Oh. ”

She said: "If you can lead someone to defeat him, and then take back one or two stockades that he has taken, this will not only resolve the crisis of my disagreement with this family business, but also make my grandfather happy, as long as he is happy, he will return you to the status of a free man, and maybe promise us to marry and let me be your sister-in-law." ”

I said, "Really? ”

She nodded vigorously and said, "It's true." ”

It was as if I saw a straw and clung to it. It's just because I have a reason to live – I still have unfulfilled ideals.

After a while, she said with a sad face, "But ······."

I hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Bugon Toast is very strong, and it will be difficult to defeat him," she said. ”

I said, "Oh? ”

She said: "A few years ago, he came to rob our stockade, and my grandfather took our people to fight back, and the result was ······"

She paused. I said, "You were defeated." ”

She said: "As a result, our people were vulnerable to his people, and the matter was finally settled by signing a humiliating pact with him, recognizing the sovereignty of the two stockades he had taken from him as his own." ”

I said, "I'll go and take back these two stockades for you, and by the way, I'll take one or two more stockades from Bugong Tusi as compensation." ”

"It's easier said than done," she said. Why is Bugong Toast the richest and most powerful Toast in Daliang Mountain? Just because after he became a toast, he plundered everywhere, starting from the weak toast, plundering their wealthier villages, the more they plundered, the richer they became, the richer they became, the stronger they became, and finally they became the current Bugong Tusi. ”

I said, "This is the first generation to do robbers and plunder, the second generation to do business, and the third generation to be dukes!" ”

She said, "What do you mean?" ”

I said, "The first generation robbed the property, the second generation took the property robbed by the first generation to do business, and the third generation used the money from business to enter the upper class as an official and a duke, this is the thinking of robbers." ”

She said: "It's not bad at all, but I'm afraid that most of the people in this world who have become rich have such thinking and have done such things in disguise." ”

I said, "It's just that in this way, the Bugong Toast will offend all the toast masters in this Daliang Mountain." ”

She said: "If you offend, you will be offended, and no one can do anything about him." ”

I said, "Isn't he afraid that these toast masters will join forces against him?" Don't these toast masters know that they have joined forces to deal with Bugon Toast? ”

She said: "Even if they join forces, he is not afraid, he has a strong army, this army is invincible, besides, who does not have one or two grudges between the toast masters." ”

I said, "I see." ”

She said: "Yes, after he became strong, he took concubines everywhere, and now there are twelve women, and he is not satisfied, and he still wants to ······ me."

I said, "Oh! ”

She said: "Some of these women were sent by the toasts he defeated to curry favor with him, and some were snatched by him. ”

I said, "Now it's your turn." ”

She said: "He wants to turn me into his thirteenth aunt's wife, dreaming. ”

I said, "How could he be willing to follow me today and make him lose face?" ”

"That's nature," she said. ”

I said, "Under power, even the toasts are nothing." ”

She stared at me hopefully and said, "I have you, don't I?" ”

I said, "Yes, but you ······."

She said: "My uncle will agree, this is a good opportunity for him to get back face and turn over in front of other toast masters." ”

I said, "But will he believe me?" ”

She said, "Tell you something. ”

I said, "Okay." ”