Chapter 134: No Other Reason, I Don’t Want to Be a Slave
Mu Yao seemed to be talking about someone else's affairs, calm, indifferent... or numb.
He said, "Ningning, you say, we are all human beings, but why are some people like this, born and died in a stable, hoping for a short life and no afterlife..."
Shen Ning's throat moved, but she didn't speak.
She knew that those slaves were miserable and pitiful, but she never did, and deliberately did not want to think about it... She knew that she could not change anything. If she really saw it, what else could she do except feel sad?
Mu Yao was still speaking slowly.
"My mother also said it was better for my sister to die. She wanted to die, too, but she couldn't let me go... I was a horse feeder in the stable. Aside from the whipping, I was pretty lucky because my mother and the groom were close. He protected me a little and also tried his best to protect my mother... He said we were like a family of three living in the stable...
Later, it was the groom with red eyes and trembling hands who dragged my mother out of the stable and sent her to the garden party.
Those people were drinking and having fun as usual, but one of them said that he was having fun, but his beloved dog was lying alone beside him, so he asked the owner to find some fun for his dog too.
He said that ordinary female dogs were not worthy of his beloved dog's bloodline, and then the owner thought of my mother in the stable and asked the groom to drag her out..."
Shen Ning couldn't stand it any longer: "Stop talking."
Mu Yao smiled: "Ningning, you can't even bear to hear these things, but you know that they are all my personal experiences."
After saying this, his tone softened again: "Don't be afraid, my mother...she just died, she didn't suffer that inhuman insult."
Shen Ning didn't know whether she should be thankful or not, but then she heard Mu Yao say, "I killed her. She begged me to kill her."
In Shen Ning's somewhat frightened eyes, Mu Yao smiled slightly: "That man said that I killed my mother, so he made me accompany his dog... However, someone of higher status at the table took a fancy to me."
He smiled and said, "I was thirteen years old at the time, with red lips and white teeth. The groom always warned me not to leave the stable. That was the first time I left the stable, and I was noticed."
"He pressed me down on the drinking table... I could just look at my mother. She was lying on the ground, with a pool of blood under her neck, and she seemed to be laughing..."
"Ningning, you say, we're all human beings. Why, why do we have to live like this? Why... do some people have to be slaves?"
Chen Ning was speechless, and Mu Yao suddenly smiled again: "Ningning, a good person like you definitely doesn't understand."
He stretched out his hand as if he wanted to touch Shen Ning's face, but he retracted it as soon as he raised his hand.
"So, Ningning, the me you see is the real me, lowly and dirty... I can't help myself. I also want to be your true friend, by your side without deception or pretense... Please don't hate me, okay?"
At this time, the carriage stopped, and the secret guard outside said in a deep voice: "Miss Shen, the road ahead has been blocked by the mob."
Shen Ning's heart sank, and she asked him, "Has the antidote been sent out?"
The cry of a golden eagle echoed overhead, and the secret guard said in a deep voice, "The antidote has been delivered, but we are separated by the mob and cannot reunite."
Wu Yue lifted the car curtain and looked out, her expression solemn: "The rear is also blocked... There are soldiers defending the city."
Chen Ning asked Wu Yue to drag Mu Yao out of the carriage. Standing on the carriage and looking forward, the city gate was not far ahead, but the road in front of the city gate was blocked. Countless mobs were holding sticks and swords, and the few soldiers defending the city were forced into a corner. They threw down their weapons and dared not resist.
Shen Ning gritted her teeth: "Threatened with Mu Yao."
Wu Yue dragged Mu Yao to the front of the car and said loudly: "This is the leader of your Tianxin Sect. If you don't want him to die, put down your weapons!"
The mob that was approaching them in front slowed down a bit, but no one put down their weapons. They just paused for a moment and then approached again, looking unconcerned.
Mu Yao smiled bitterly and said, "Ningning, they are all from the lowest class and don't recognize me."
At this moment, a team of city guards suddenly appeared behind him, led by Lu Zhixian of Pingning.
Shen Ning’s heart moved: “Master Lu.”
The soldiers guarding the city rode their horses with great momentum and knocked down a large number of rioters.
When County Magistrate Lu saw Shen Ning and the person in her hand, he immediately showed a look of surprise: "Manager Shen, that's great, you actually captured the leader of the Tianxin Sect. Outside, Master Xu has already led his troops to surround Pingning... Give him to me, I will have people retake the city gate and let Master Xu lead his troops in to quell the rebellion."
County Magistrate Lu said good news, but Shen Ning's heart sank instantly.
She knew it was no use pretending to be polite now, so she asked directly, "How did Lord Lu recognize the leader of the Tianxin Sect?"
County Magistrate Lu's expression froze, and the next moment, he sneered: "Madam Shen is not stupid."
Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand: "Go."
The city guards attacked directly, and the four remaining secret guards around Shen Ning rushed forward together...
The secret guards were skilled, but they were clearly at a disadvantage facing the massive cavalry attack. Wu Yue said anxiously, "Miss, don't worry about Mu Yao. I will take you to the city gate and fight to the death to get you out."
But at this moment, Mu Yao, who had been docile and unresisting, suddenly moved.
May saw the opportunity quickly and drew his sword immediately, but Mu Yao was even faster. In the blink of an eye, he exchanged blows with May several times and knocked May away in a moment.
In the blink of an eye, Shen Ning fell into his hands again.
"For someone who has practiced bone shrinking and whose tendons are broken, their blood circulation cannot be blocked... Ningning, you really surprised me. It's a pity that your strength is ultimately limited."
He slowly held Shen Ning's wrist: "Don't worry, I won't hurt you, I just need you to bear it for a while."
As Mu Yao patted Shen Ning's acupoints so gently that it could be called tenderness, Shen Ning instantly lost the strength to resist and could not move at all.
"This time, Ningning shouldn't be pretending..."
After saying that, Mu Yao picked her up and carried her horizontally towards the city gate. The chaotic soldiers who had just acted as if they didn't recognize Mu Yao, all retreated and made way.
Shen Ning knew that such a carefully planned riot was not something she could fight against. The only thing that made her feel relieved was that she had obtained the antidote, and Yuan Yue and the others should be fine for the time being.
Being carried by Mu Yao as they walked through the chaotic army, Chen Ning saw that those people were in tattered clothes and looked like crazy, their eyes full of hatred that wanted to destroy everything.
Mu Yao whispered, "Ningning, do you see the anger in their eyes? They were originally the most humble slaves, but their hands were stained with blood and they were asking for the lives of their high and mighty masters..."
Those people seemed to have crazy eyes, as if they didn't care about life or death at all.
Mu Yao didn't seem to care, not what would happen tonight, not whether he could escape from Pingning who was surrounded by heavy troops.
"They knew they were going to die."
Mu Yao held Chen Ning in his arms and climbed up the city wall step by step. His expression was very calm: "But even if it means death, they are willing to do so. They want to make the masters who enslaved and abused them pay the price, and let everyone in the world hear their voices. For this, it doesn't matter if they die without a burial place..."
Climbing up the city wall, Mu Yao looked back at the slaves who were gathering towards the city gate in increasing numbers after they had seized it.
His smile was surprisingly gorgeous: "Nothing else... I just don't want to be a slave."
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