Chapter 428 (1/2)
Kong Xuan had no choice but to lead the way. They walked around the mountain and came to a flat land. Sure enough, there were many people gathered here, surrounded by a huge pit that had been dug. The coffin had been put into it. It seems that the dead are very influential. Only in this way can the funeral be of such a scale. All the people are dressed in mourning clothes. Among them, more than 100 young women are bound and crying It's the source of tears.
Looking at the beautiful faces and graceful figures of these girls, Li Qiang felt pity in his heart and asked, ”are all these girls going to die?” Kong Xuan nodded his head and said, ”yes, they must die, or they will violate the rules.”
Bian Ling pulled the corner of Li Qiang's clothes and said, ”king, we'd better hurry back. I can't see it anymore.” Li Qiang said: ”no, so many people will die innocently. I want to save them.”
This speech is outstanding, people are surprised, all people are shocked by his words can not speak. Because in those days, it was normal to be buried. Slaves and concubines were the private property of the slave owners. After the slave owners died, they naturally had the right to let all the slaves be buried with them. This is the rule of the whole society. Li Qiang's careless talk about saving these female slaves was a taboo.
Kong Xuan came to him and said in a low voice, ”don't make trouble here. Even if you are a king, you have no right to interfere in other people's funeral. Although we can save these women by virtue of our authority, it will be bad for the king's prestige if it is spread out.”
Li Qiang got angry and said, ”saving one life is better than building a seven level butcher. By the way, you may not understand this. I mean, life matters to heaven. No matter what he does, as long as he lives between heaven and earth, life is worthy of respect. Now I just want to ask the general that I will order you to rescue those women. Do you agree or not?”
Kong Xuan was a little surprised, but immediately replied, ”the king's orders are naturally obeyed.” With these words, he led the bodyguards over and showed their waist tags. Naturally, the family members of the slave owners did not dare to stop them and knelt down. However, hearing that Kong Xuan said that they would take all the people who had been buried, all of them stood up to express their dissatisfaction.
Gongsun Yue looked at Li Qiang with a smile and said, ”I didn't expect that the king could be so kind as to offend the rich and powerful people for the life of these slaves.” Li Qiang said: ”no matter how rich they are, their lives are equal to those of slaves. There is no distinction between high and low. I can't imagine how anyone would like to have so many people buried with them. This psychology is extremely abnormal.” Gongsun Yue said: ”this is a bad habit for a long time, but no one dares to violate it. Even the monarch can not, because the monarch needs the slave owners to provide a large number of tax offerings. Without the support of the slave owners, the monarch's regime will be in danger. This is why no one dares to prevent the burial. I'm afraid that if the king takes this step today, it will cause a great disturbance.”
Li Qiang said haughtily: ”this king is to get rid of this old bad habit, so that all people must live with dignity!” Gongsunyue seemed to be shocked by Li Qiang's words and kept reciting: ”let all people live with dignity!” The light radiated from the autumn waves, and the respect for Li Qiang increased a little.
At this time, Kong Xuan had used force to disperse the protest of the slave owner's family, and brought the more than 100 women to Li Qiang's face, saying, ”the dead man is the most lecherous in his life. He collected a lot of beautiful women as sex slaves, and many of them were virgins. Before they could be budding, he hung up first.”
Li Qiang looked at these girls again. They were all excellent. Many of them were still childish. They were obviously uninhabited. They were more determined and said with emotion: ”take them all back to Chaoge. If those people dare to oppose, they will name their own king. I dare not do so!”
Those female slaves knew that they had been saved. Naturally, they cried with joy and knelt down to kowtow to Li Qiang.
Li Qiang called them up and said in a soft voice, ”I will treat you well in the future. If you are willing to go home, I will give you money. If you are willing to follow me back to the palace, I will give you proper arrangements.”