Xingyue, another world recasts the glory of human nature

"I want you to pay attention to something..."

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In the silent streets, only murmuring voices could be heard.

On the road paved with white stones, the slave lay deeply on the ground.Today's weather is not very good, with dark clouds making the White Stone City, which is made of white stones, look a little gloomy.

On both sides of the road, in addition to the slaves lying on the ground, there were also scattered people standing.They are free folk, slave owners, or nobles of Xi'an.

Among the people standing, there was a slightly wealthy middle-aged man who was discussing something in a low voice with the people around him.

But mid-sentence, the man suddenly paused.

"Timothy, what's wrong?" The companions on the side were a little confused by the man's sudden pause.

The man known as Deimos shook his head: "Nothing, I seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves."

Not long after saying this, the clear sound of horse hooves came from the end of the road and the gate of the inner city.

A team of nearly a hundred people is slowly walking towards this side.

At the front was a tall white horse, with a short man of about 30 years old sitting on the horse's back.

The men dressed in gorgeous costumes waved to the roads on both sides after entering the city, and the freedmen immediately cheered enthusiastically.

Behind the short man is a slightly shorter brown horse, with a strong man sitting on the horse.The scars on the exposed muscles showed that the man was not easy to mess with.

Deimos and his companions cheered like other free people, welcoming their city lord back from the hunt.

The team behind them were soldiers holding spears and wearing black armor. Each of them had a head stuck on their spear.

The heads were of both men and women, old and young, all unkempt, with expressions of fear and despair still remaining.

Dimos had a smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with endless indifference. He looked indifferently at the two people riding horses at the front of the team - the city lord of Xi'an and his guards.Then his eyes looked at the unwilling heads stuck on the spears.

Then, his eyes moved to the slaves lying on the ground next to him, their foreheads pressed to the ground, trembling like quails.

"Slave..."

Deimos, or Bai Mian, had just received an order from his master, asking him to focus some of his attention on these slaves.

Chapter 46 Deimos

Bai Mang arrived in this aboriginal human city called Xi'an less than a month ago.This bay has been stable for more than a hundred years, and there is almost no vigilance against the outside world. It couldn't be easier to infiltrate.

Baimao first assumed the identity of a slave who died of illness and lurked in the city to observe.During this period, he got close to a slave owner named 'Deimos'.Observe his behavior in the dark.

Half a month later, Baimao killed Deimos while he was sleeping soundly, and then took over his identity.

The status of a slave is not conducive to gathering intelligence. The slaves have limited access to information and their behavior is rigid. Most of them are restrained within a specific range and cannot move around.

The status of free citizens is much better. They can walk around the city at will, have the right to learn writing and access information from the outside world.

Timos is a free slave owner. He has his own store in the slave market and has four hundred slaves under his hands.

Although Deimos was not a Xi'an noble, he fell in love with a noble.This nobleman is a close official of the city lord. Under his protection, Deimos's status in Xi'an is not too low.

Watching the Xi'an City Lord's team leaving, silently recording the information observed today in his heart, Bai Mang prepared to leave.

He had to prepare to carry out the mission given to him by Kazama. With the identity of Deimos as a cover, it was not easy to contact the slaves.

Through the Noble Phantasm [Forgetting Fantasy], he can easily differentiate into additional personalities, fabricate slave identities and blend into the slave group.

Returning to the mansion in the inner city, before entering the spacious and bright courtyard, slaves came out to greet him.The female slave lay on the ground and took off his shoes, and the slave carefully helped him take off his traveling clothes and put on his daily clothes at home.

After shaking his body, Bai Mang entered the yard and walked into the house.

Timos's mansion is very exquisite, low-key yet luxurious.November is about to enter, the weather is getting colder, and it is expected that heavy snow will fall soon.There are charcoal braziers placed in the four corners of the room, where conversations are lit, which is warm and comfortable.

There are 28 people in the mansion, 27 of whom are slaves to serve Deimos.

There is only one free citizen named Timos - Timos has no heirs, his wife died five years ago, and he has never married.There are no people around him who are too close, which is why Bai Mang chose Zhongtimos in the end.

Not long after he sat down on the chair, another slave served him steaming hot mutton soup.

This is a middle-aged slave with a flattering smile on his face.

In Xi'an, slaves are actually divided into two types, one is slaves who are engaged in production and serve as coolies, and the other is slaves who manage slaves.

This middle-aged male slave was obviously the latter. He was named Adu by Deimos and was responsible for managing the slaves in the mansion.

With the endorsement of the master, this kind of slave is actually more cruel to his own kind.

Bai Mang wasn't actually interested in Adu's flattery, but Dimos was very fond of this, so he also showed a fake smile.

In Adu's eyes, Bai Mang's reaction meant that his flattery had an effect, and his position was still stable.If there was a dog's tail behind him, it would probably be wagging briskly by now.

After doing the whole show, Baimai rewarded Adu with a silver coin.

Slaves have no property rights. Even if the slave owner rewards the slave, it does not belong to the slave himself.For example, coins and the like will be collected into an inventory similar to a small vault and kept by the slave owner.If a slave wants to use it, he must obtain the consent of the slave owner.After the slave dies, his heirs are not eligible to inherit.

This essentially meaningless reward made Adu even more excited.

Bai Mang was also a little tired of Adu's ugly behavior at this time, and waved him to leave.

Carrying mutton soup to the backyard of the mansion, slaves in linen clothes were cleaning the yard.The linen clothes seemed to be wrapped very thickly, but they had little resistance to the biting cold wind. The exposed palms were red from the cold and had frostbite.

In fact, the slaves serving the freedmen in the inner city were doing well, but the mining slaves and serfs engaged in production in the outer city were really miserable.Now that winter has arrived, the slaves in the outer city don't even have decent clothes.

Although slave owners would give slaves clothes when the weather was the coldest, this was not out of the kindness of slave owners.Slaves are property, and no one wants to lose too much of their property.Even so, a group of slaves would freeze to death every winter.

Hearing the footsteps behind him, the slave who was cleaning turned around and immediately fell to the ground after seeing Deimos played by Bai Mang.

"Owner..."

The icy ground sent a biting chill into the bones, but the slave did not dare to make the slightest move.

Until Bai Mang's voice came: "Get up..."

Bai Mang handed the mutton soup in his hand to the slave: "I plan to eat less meat recently, so I will give you this bowl of mutton soup."

The slave quickly kowtowed and thanked Bai Mong for the reward, and then tremblingly reached out to take the bowl of mutton soup.After delivering the mutton soup, Bai Mang returned to the mansion.

During the more than one hundred years of White Stone City rule, servility has been deeply engraved in the bones of every slave.The task assigned to him by his master did not seem to be easy to complete.

Bai Mian remembered what he had seen through the "Secret Book of Hidden Knowledge", the conversation between his own body and his master in his own territory.

Bathed in radiance, there is no doubt that he is the representative of the gods enshrined by the Old Man of the Mountains in the world. Master Kazama said to him at that time:

"I want to liberate the slaves of Xi'an... In fact, it's not just Xi'an. If possible, I want to liberate all the slaves in Three Stone City."

“Reason and emotion are often difficult to reconcile, but fortunately, they can be unified in this matter.”

"Coming from modern times, my concept cannot accept treating people as pigs and dogs."

"As the territory continues to develop, the slaves of Three Stone City will also be the best indigenous people."

At least, the problem in the Three Stone City is simply a class issue between slave owners and slaves, rather than a complicated national issue.

"Only for liberation, it is important for external forces to intervene. But internally, it is also important for slaves to have a desire to save themselves."

The salvation of others can only be stable for a while. Only by learning to save yourself can you truly gain a foothold in this world.

What Kazama wants is not people who are hopelessly servile, but people with their own personality.

Bai Mang understood Kazama's idea, but he still had no idea about how to actually implement it.

When Bai Mang was lost in thought, the sound of footsteps interrupted him.

To become Hassan, you must have gone through rigorous training and won the first place among a group of top assassins.Even in his sleep, Bai Mang's body can instinctively react to all kinds of disturbances.

Bai Maang heard the footsteps coming from Adu. He was walking very fast, as if he had encountered something big and needed to report it to him.

The truth was exactly what he thought.Within half a minute, Adu came in and lay down on the threshold.

"Master...the slave in Lord Pasa's house asks to see you."

Chapter 47 City Lord’s Dinner

The 'Lord Pasa' in Adu's mouth is the Xi'an nobleman whom Deimos is close to.

Eighty percent of the profits from Timos's slave business need to be handed over to Pasa.

In this world, everyone is a slave to something.Even Deimos as a slave owner and Pasa as a noble are like this.

To the slaves in the city, Deimos was the master.But for the nobles in the city, slave traders like Deimos were also slaves for them to make money.

As for the nobles, they are slaves of desire, indulging in all kinds of pleasures all day long.

Pasa is a slave to money, and this Xi'an noble is extremely greedy.Even though he is greedy, he is also very talkative. As long as he has enough money, Pasa can basically do anything he can.

Since Timos joined Pasa, his business has been booming and growing.

And Timos is also very sensible, and will personally deliver [-]% of the profits to Pasa's house on time every month.

The last time profits were handed over was half a month ago, when Bai Mang, who had just replaced Dimos, was delivered to Pasa's house.

Apart from this incident, under normal circumstances, the two parties do not have much contact.Not to mention, Pasa sent people to find him.

But Bai Mang immediately guessed the other party's purpose of sending people to find him.

Half a month ago, Bai Mang, who replaced Dimos, asked Pasa for one thing - to ask Pasa to help him obtain the status of a noble.

The rights of the nobles are much greater than that of the free people, and they can also get closer to Xi'an's senior officials more conveniently.

As for the original person, Dimos himself did not have this idea, but he also knew that even if Pasa had the ability to help him obtain the status of a noble, he would still have to give up most of his savings. Moss gave up on the idea.

But Baimao has no such scruples. Deimos's savings are worthless to him. As long as he can better complete the tasks assigned by his master, it doesn't matter if he devotes his life.

After spending [-]% of Deimos' savings, Pasha agreed.Presumably the results have been achieved by now.

Baimaang walked out, and the slaves of the Pasa family drove the carriage and waited quietly.

Riding in a carriage, Bai Mang came to Pasa's house.

Pasa's mansion is located in the center of the inner city. The decoration here is more beautiful and gorgeous, and various private residences and gardens are connected together.

Before getting out of the car, Bai Mang touched his face, and a flattering smile immediately appeared on his somewhat fat face.

With such a smile, Bai Mang entered Pasa's mansion.

When he saw Pasa, that flattering expression became even more intense.

"Lord Pasa, please welcome me."

The face is Deimos's, the figure is Deimos's, the voice is Deimos's, all the words and deeds, and the appearance of the character are also Deimos's.

The Deimos played by Bai Mang is undoubtedly the greedy slave trader himself.Even Deimos' close friends couldn't tell the difference.

For a noble who only had acquaintances of interest and was aloof, Pasa naturally could not detect anything unusual.

This Xi'an nobleman, who was almost 50 years old, with gray hair on his temples and a bloated body, narrowed his eyes that were squeezed into a gap by the fat on his cheeks, and said softly:

"Timothy, I suddenly called you here today to give you a surprise."

Pasha clapped his hands, and immediately a slave girl with a hot figure wearing a gauze came out, holding a pair of white robes in her hands.

Pure white robes can only be worn by nobles in Xi'an, and even for free folk, their clothes are limited to white and other variegated colors.

It is obvious that Deimos's request for promotion to the nobility was realized under the operation of Pasa.

"For your request, I will go out of my way to recommend you in front of the Lord of the City."

As he said that, Pasha stared at Bai Mang with a smile, with undisguised greed in his smile.

Bai Mang watched coldly in his heart, but his body moved. He bowed slightly in a natural and humble manner, and then took out the exquisite box in his arms.

"Thank you, Mr. Pasa, for the introduction. This is a gem I collected not long ago, but it is a bit dusty when I put it there."

“But placed in your mansion, in your hands it lives up to this gem.”

Bai Mang opened the box, revealing the clear ruby ​​inside.

The moment he saw the gem, Pasana's narrowed eyes opened.He carefully reached out and took out the gem from the box, rubbing it with his fingertips obsessively.

After regaining consciousness, he put the gem in his pocket, coughed, and then smiled and patted Bai Mang's shoulder hard.

"Timothy, you are indeed a good person and a qualified nobleman. I was not wrong about you."

Pasa's smile was obviously much more sincere this time.

"Here, put on the white robe."

"You are very lucky. The city lord has just returned from hunting and is in a good mood, so he held a banquet and invited the nobles in the city to attend. You can just catch up tonight."