"Koji, you're already fifteen years old this year, why do you want to steal other people's belongings? With your good physique, find a hard job, as long as you work hard, it's not a problem to support you and your father, right

?" a man in his thirties persuaded Koji to be arrested and imprisoned for theft again.

"This is the twentieth time you've been caught in prison by us, and when you're a year older, you're going to face the punishment of jail time, not something that can be solved by simply hitting the board. "

Pursue, what are you waiting for, this little thug stole my bag, if you don't give him a hundred big boards, I will report to the lord and punish you for poor security. Just

as Koji, who had known Koji, was trying to persuade Koji, the owner of the theft this time, a forty-year-old pot-bellied merchant who had some relationship with the local lord, walked in, and when he saw that the officials had not yet executed Koji, he immediately put on a straight face.

"Koji, I'm sorry!" Seeing

that the other party was aggressive, the commissioners didn't take good care of Koji, a poor man.

"Smack

!" "Smack!"

The two commissioners, holding wide wooden boards, alternately slapped the boards on Koji's buttocks, making hurried, continuous sounds.

"Haven't you eaten even harder?"

the merchant snapped again, feeling that the

punishment was not heavy enough to relieve his anger.

The two ministers glanced at each other, and they could see the intolerance and helplessness in each other's eyes.

"Smack!" The

sound of the board making contact with Koji's ass was louder than before.

"Well, yes, just at this point!"

the merchant finally nodded in satisfaction as he heard the

sound.

"Uh-huh!" Koji

, who was punished, bit the clothes in front of him and clutched the sides of the wooden bench under him with both hands.

"Stinky boy, keep your dog's eyes open in the future, and see clearly whose thing is thinking about it!" Ten

minutes later, the punishment of a hundred boards was finally over, and the merchant gave him a vicious look and left the office.

"Ahh

"Koji, you should rest here for a while, and don't go out yet, so as not to be bumped into by the merchant. He

admonished Koji, who was lying on the bench, and the two left together.

After a few more minutes, Koji jumped up from the stool as if he was nothing, and patted his numb buttocks.

These 100 boards, normal people don't have to finish it, even if it's sixty or seventy big boards, it's enough to make people faint in pain, but Koji, a fifteen-year-old boy, is the same as no one, it's really very strange.

"Damn fellow.

After cursing at the merchant, Koji picked up the medicinal herbs that the priests had placed in their place, and immediately stretched out his hand and ran to his residence.

rushed all the way to the door of his house, but saw several old people who were very kind to him nearby gathered in front of his house, pointing at the house and discussing something in a whisper.

One of the sharp-eyed grandfathers saw Komaji rushing back, said a word to everyone, and met Koji.

"Koji, your father, he, hanged himself!" came

a thunderbolt from the old man's mouth.

"Smack!" The

medicine bag in Koji's hand fell directly to the ground, bypassing the old man and rushing directly into the house.

When Koji rushed into the house, all he saw was his father lying motionless on the bed, and beside him, he could see a hemp rope wrapped around the top of the beam, and a wooden bench at the bottom of the hemp rope.

Without saying a word, Koji slowly walked to his father's side, and when he saw the deep strangulation mark on his father's neck, he wordlessly grabbed his father's big hand, which was still warm.

"Father, I'm Koji, wake up!"

he knelt beside the bed and called out softly to his father, but his father would never respond to him again.

"This is your father's suicide note, take a look!"

the old man put a note in front of Koji, and quietly turned to leave, and the

rest of the onlookers also left as the old man commanded.

Picking up the suicide note in front of him, Koji opened it with trembling hands.

"Koji, I've always believed that you're an upright person.

You have paid a lot for my father's illness, and you have become a habitual thief because of this, but I don't blame you, it is all my fault, it is my illness that has dragged you down, so that you don't even have a good childhood, it is my father's dereliction of duty! I'm

sorry for the trouble for you!

I hope that after I leave, Koji you can live a normal life, find a girl who really likes you, and spend your life safely. "

Uhhhhhh Woo...!"

Koji's tears dripped onto the paper in front of him, clutching the edge of the paper to keep himself from crying.

But his father's words seemed to ring in his ears, and Koji, a boy who had been strong since childhood, couldn't hold back his tears.

Koji and his father's body spent the night together.

Early the next morning.

It was the most prestigious old man who walked in, holding the hot bun in his hand and handing it to Koji.

"Koji, eat something, it's not good to hold on, today you have to send your father's body to be buried, and you will have the strength to eat enough. "

Thank you, Grandpa Egshita!" Koji

took Ekashita's food and began to devour it.

A few minutes later, Komaji packed his father's clothes together, and his father's body had been carried out by the adults nearby.

After that, the funeral procession set off and went to the cemetery outside the town, where the earth pit dug yesterday and the tombstone with the name carved out.

The funeral process is very simple, and when the poor die, it is often so simple.

Half an hour later, the mourners had all left, leaving Koji alone kneeling in front of his father's grave, silently staring at the nameless stone tombstone.

"Dad, are the poor not allowed to live? To hell with this world!"

"Koji, since you have been stealing in Edo for the past few years, we remember that you are still a child, and we are not guilty of your past, but you have repeatedly taught you not to change, and after the matter was reported to the lord, we decided to expel you from Edo with immediate effect.

"Do you have any opinions?"

After reading the lord's order, several of the commissioners looked at Koji, surrounded him with sticks, and forcibly threw him out of Edo by force if he said a word.

"I know, I'll leave Edo without your hands.

Koji glanced at the relinquishes and turned to walk towards Edo, who followed him until they were sure that he had left Edo completely.

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