At this time, Chen Jingke felt as if he had eaten ginseng fruit, feeling refreshed and most of the depression in his heart had dissipated.
It wasn't all because he beat Wang Xiuqi, it was mainly because he figured something out through beating him.
His body was only ten years old, so it was impossible for him to beat Wang Xiuqi and his three servants. He couldn't even beat one of them, but in the end he beat them severely.
Why?
Borrow strength.
Give me a fulcrum and I can tilt the earth.
When he is weak, he can use the power of Cheng Huailiang and the others to teach Wang Xiuqi a lesson. Then as long as he keeps getting stronger, he can use the power of more people and one day be able to bring order to the entire society.
In the past, he could excuse himself as weak and unable to change the times, and then accept everything in this era with peace of mind.
But after everything he has experienced today, if he, who was born under the red flag and grew up in New China, and has received a complete set of modern education, can remain indifferent, it will be a true failure of all mankind.
It is indeed unrealistic in this era to not expect to establish a society under the rule of law where everyone is equal. But even if it just makes people's lives a little easier, it is better than doing nothing, isn't it?
It was precisely because he had figured this out that his thoughts became clearer, and he led the group of people back in high spirits.
However, he was stopped by Marquis Wu who was patrolling the city not long after he walked out. After all, it was very sensitive for so many people to gather at the feet of the emperor.
After Wu Hou confirmed their identities, he not only did not stop them, but also enthusiastically sent out several people to help them lead the way.
Chen Jingke knew full well that he was actually monitoring them. Changlefang and the imperial palace were separated by Yishanfang, so no one could take responsibility for anything that happened.
Not far away, something happened again. The woman with the child passed out while walking, and the child who had never cried before finally burst into tears.
Chen Jingke hurriedly came over to check. After learning medical skills from Sun Simiao for so long, he could still judge some of the most basic things.
This woman suffered from long-term malnutrition and mental exhaustion, and had been relying on one breath to hold on. Finally, the breath in her heart relaxed after escaping from the devil's cave, and she couldn't hold on anymore and passed out.
After confirming that there was no other big problem, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to the uneasy people around him: "Don't worry, she just fainted from hunger. Just eat something and rest."
Only then did everyone's emotions calm down again. It wasn't that they had any feelings for this woman, but mainly because they were bought together, and their fates were briefly connected, causing them to subconsciously panic.
In fact, she was not the only one who was hungry and tired. Everyone except the two sisters were hungry, but they were just gritting their teeth and holding on.
Cheng Huailiang knew that this was not the way to go, so he said: "Master, why don't you take everyone to a secluded place to rest for a while, and I'll go buy some food and come back to give them some food before we leave."
Chen Jingke also noticed this and said, "Okay, then I'll trouble Brother Hongliang."
When they heard that there would be food later, the group of people became excited.
Two strong men took the initiative to stand up and support the woman. The girl was handed over to the two sisters by Chen Jingke to take care of. Everyone came to an open space not far away to rest.
While waiting, Chen Jingke had a brief understanding of this group of people.
The blacksmith's name is Niu Ben. He is very tall and his arms are thicker than a normal person's thighs, but he is very introverted and taciturn.
The family has been blacksmiths for generations, but fortunately they are not registered craftsmen, and having civilian status is relatively free.
The year before last, the local government assigned him a task and asked him to hand over iron tools that were beyond his ability. He had to borrow money to complete the task.
Then he fell into a world of debt, until he went bankrupt and his whole family of seven was sold into slavery.
The two sisters are named Yihe and Yilian. As mentioned before, they are the daughters of a concubine from a wealthy family.
Fortunately, their father was quite qualified and treated them well. He also asked his husband to teach them how to read and write. Their mother also taught them musical instruments, dance, and how to please people since childhood.
If everything goes well, they should get married under the arrangement of their father and live out their lives normally - at that time their father was already helping the eldest sister Yihe to find a suitable family.
However, something unexpected happened. Their mother died of illness two years ago. Not only did the sisters lose their mother, their marriage was also delayed because of the three-year filial piety period.
According to the folk customs at this time, women were married when they were twelve or thirteen years old. If they were not married after their hair age, they were considered old girls - except for keeping filial piety.
If the mother had not died of illness, the two sisters would have gotten married normally in the past two years, and there would have been nothing later.
Perhaps fate felt that this was not enough, and took away their father's life due to an illness half a year ago, and the two sisters lost everything to rely on.
But that wasn't the end of the story. Just after the filial piety period, the matron of the house couldn't wait to sell the two of them. She sold them to Yahang at a low price, and her original surname was also taken away when she was sold.
That is to say, the Yaren Zhao Mulezi wanted to sell the two of them at a high price, so he did not touch them, otherwise they would end badly.
How miserable it is, just look at the woman who passed out next to you.
According to people around her, her name is Qing Ju, and her identity can be roughly guessed by her name. She was sold to a wealthy family as a slave since she was a child. She has no surname, only her first name.
Because of his outstanding appearance, he was selected by his owner for training and then given as gifts to others.
After changing hands several times and falling into the hands of a wealthy businessman, this time I finally lived a stable life for two or three years and even gave birth to a daughter.
The wealthy businessman treated their mother and daughter quite well. She originally thought she was lucky and could live her whole life like this.
Facts have proved that she was overthinking. Two months ago, the wealthy businessman had to return to his hometown for urgent matters, and before leaving, he casually sold their mother and daughter to Yahang.
For her, this was like a bolt from the blue, but she had no choice.
Yaxing is hell, especially for a pretty woman like her. First she was violated by Zhao Mulezi and others, and then she was used as a prostitute to make money.
She was hoping that someone would buy her, but Zhao Mulezi regarded her as a cash cow and had no intention of selling her.
No one knows how much money she made for Zhao Mulezi in the past two months at Yaxing, but it was at least ten times the price of the deed for which she was sold, and all she got was a pain in her body and two bowls of corn porridge a day.
She wanted to die, but she still had her daughter here, and she couldn't bear to leave her child alone in this purgatory.
Maybe God thought he had teased her enough, so Chen Jingke appeared.
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Others also had their own reasons. Some were sold by their families to pay off gambling debts, some were sold because their families were too poor to support them, some were sold because their entire family went bankrupt, and some were sold by their original owners.
To sum it up in one sentence, this is the reality in the world.