Queen Danny once explained to her people that the "Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful" written in the True Dragon language meant a palace of love and peace.
As the "Misha" of hundreds of thousands of slaves, Mother Queen gave them houses, land, and wives. She was simply too kind.
Obviously, under the rule of Queen Danny, all the people lived a happy and peaceful life … maybe.
So the name "Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful" that implied beauty was quickly accepted by the people of Yuankai. In their free time, the citizens were also happy to go to the big square in front of the pyramid to do some entertainment.
Uh, not square dancing …
There were jugglers who circled an area to perform in the square. There were also two bare-chested wrestlers who rolled into a ball under the shouts of hundreds of spectators. There were also vendors who shouted loudly to sell their goods …
Two months had passed, and Yuankai had once again returned to its former glory … No, it was more lively than before. It seemed that there was a mysterious power that changed the spirit of the citizens.
Danzo thought.
"Who are Shrike and Hill?" Red Beard asked curiously.
Bill smiled proudly and explained, "Shrike …"
"Shrike, you are a slave! Do you know what a slave is? "
Before the Minister of Culture could explain, a loud shout came from not far away, and his words came to an abrupt end.
Red Beard Edward and the old mercenary Danzo looked over in shock and saw a wooden stage built under the pyramid. It was almost at the same level as the first stone step of the pyramid. In fact, the two were leaning against each other.
The wooden stage was backed by a blue curtain, and there were common stage props on it. There were also a few slave owners who were dressed in exaggerated … toka robes, and slaves wearing bronze necklaces.
Three sides of the stage were filled with people. There were almost a thousand spectators.
The three of them took a few more steps forward, and the voices of the performers became clearer.
As the stage was three meters high, under the golden red light of the setting sun, Danzo and the others could even see the expressions on the performers' faces clearly.
A fat "slave owner" with long black and red hair and a golden tassel toka robe pointed his whip at an old man kneeling on the ground and cursed, "I'll tell you what a slave is!"
The slave owner was as fat as a big fat pig, and the makeup on his face was exaggerated to the extreme. His mouth was red and his teeth were white, and his face was ferocious. He looked like a heinous villain. The old slave's face was haggard, and his body was thin like a hemp rope. His face was full of bitterness, which made people feel sympathy for him.
As the slave master whipped the old slave with the Harpy's Whip, he shouted arrogantly, "Your life is not yours, the money you earn is not yours, and your daughter is not yours. As your master, I, the Lord of Kindness, have everything you have, everything! Do you understand? "
"But Hill is only 11 years old. He's still a child. Benevolent Lord, please be merciful and spare her! "The old slave with the collar held his head and wailed.
"Alright, alright, alright. You want my kindness, right? I, the Lord of Kindness, will grant you 'Kindness'. " The fat slave grinned and said to the "yellow silk cloak" standing on both sides, "Tomorrow I'll take Hill to the arena and let the old man have a good night's rest. My 'Kindness' is not that easy to enjoy."
Danzo was captivated by the two actors' superb acting skills. He didn't enter the pyramid immediately. Instead, he stood there and watched quietly … Soon, the scene changed to the Beast Fighting Arena. It turned out that the Benevolence Lord's Mercy was a one-eyed wolf.
Well, its name was' Kindness of the Lord of Kindness'.
The old man's arm was bitten off by 'Mercy'. In the Colosseum, amidst Hill's cries and when the wolf devoured the old man's arm, the Lord of Kindness took her with a laugh.
The Lord of Kindness did not make Hill his lover. In fact, in just two days, the crippled old man and Hill who had lost her virginity were forgotten by him.
The scenes changed one by one. Perhaps it was a change of fortune. Hill gradually grew up and recovered from the pain of childhood. She met a handsome young slave, Mo Ta.
Mo Ta and Hill met, got to know each other and fell in love. For the next ten years, there was a sweet pink atmosphere between them. Even the background music became sweet and cheerful.
Edward, who was showered with PDA, could not help but feel gratified and said, "Mo Ta is a clever young man. God bless, Hill has a good ending."
Red Beard had been clenching his fists and gritting his teeth. All the muscles in his body were bulging. If the stage was not a little high, he would have rushed up and beat the evil Lord of Kindness.
"This plot was added at the request of Her Majesty the Queen." Bill looked at the direction of the stage with a complicated expression. "I couldn't understand her intentions before, but now …"
"Sigh, keep watching." The Minister of Culture sighed in his heart.
Ten years later, the little girl Hill grew up. Under the witness of the old man, she married her childhood sweetheart, Mo Ta.
The next year, the two had a cute baby.
Over the past ten years, their journey was not smooth sailing.
There were many times when Hill and the old man faced a life and death crisis. There were many times when the beautiful Hill was coveted.
Fortunately, Mo Ta was extremely smart and used ingenious means to resolve the crisis every time.
It could be said that Mo Ta on the stage was the smartest person Red Beard had ever seen in his life. That was why he was happy for Hill.
Unfortunately, when their child was five years old, he was captured by the Lord of Kindness and castrated into a little Unsullied.
Even with Mo Ta's divine wit, he could not save his son because the Lord of Kindness' main business was to manage the Unsullied.
Red Beard clenched his fists again and gnashed his teeth. He was even angrier than before. His anger was soaring.
But this was just the beginning.
In the sixteenth year, the old man was hanged by the Lord of Kindness in the punishment square because he secretly went to visit his grandson.
In the seventeenth year, Mo Ta and Hill had a daughter. But before she was out of confinement, a Unsullied came to Hill. After throwing a silver coin, he chopped off the baby's head in front of her.
Mo Ta and Hill cried as they were pressed to the ground by the yellow silk cloak. They looked on helplessly as the smiling Lord of Kindness took away the silver coin.
The musicians behind the stage curtains played sad and low music. The audience could not help but recall what the Lord of Kindness had said before. The life of the slave belonged to the master. The property of the slave belonged to the master. The child of the slave belonged to the master. Everything of the slave belonged to the master.
The clever and capable Mo Ta, the virtuous and hardworking Hill, and the honest and patient Shrike had carefully managed a comfortable life for more than ten years. But it was more fragile than a sandcastle on the beach. Because of the slave owner's careless thought, it immediately collapsed.
Slaves could not control their own destiny.
Slaves needed to control their own destiny!
"Let go of me. I'm going to kill that bastard!" Red Beard felt that he had become the Shrike and Hill was his daughter. Anger burned away all his rationality. He struggled and roared, wanting to rush up the stage and kill the Lord of Kindness.
Yes, he even pulled out the dagger at his waist.
"Edward, calm down. This is just a play!" Danzo pulled his companion and shouted.
"Huff, huff, huff …" Edward's blood-red eyes regained some clarity. He broke free from the old mercenary's wrist and cursed in a low voice, "Damn the slave owner!"
But the play was not over. Hill's sad fate was not over.
Another three years passed. Hill gave birth to two more children.
Mo Ta had learned his lesson. He no longer wished for a family reunion. As long as his children could survive, anything was fine.
So, his second daughter was sold to Yuan Kai. She was to be trained as a bed slave. His second son was offered to the Lord of Kindness without his wife's knowledge.
When she found out that her second son would also become an Unsullied, Hill went crazy. In her madness, she stabbed her husband Mo Ta to death with a pair of scissors …
Then, Hill really went crazy.
Not long after, her eldest son failed the training to kill a puppy and was chopped up and fed to the dogs by the Lord of Kindness. Hill only smiled foolishly at the side without any other expression.
"I'm going to kill that bastard. No one can stop me —"
Uh, Red Beard Edward went crazy too.
Not only was Edward shouting crazily, but the old poet, who was always known for his rationality and wisdom, was also red in the face. His eyes were filled with murderous intent.
The nearby audience was even more rowdy. The situation was almost out of control.
Fortunately, the Dragon Queen was here.
Uh, a silver-haired, purple-eyed woman rode a black cloth dragon onto the stage …
When the Great Judgement arrived and the Lord of Kindness was burned to death by the cloth dragon's dragon flame, Red Beard felt as if a valve had opened in his chest. All the anger and resentment in his heart were vented in an instant.
How satisfying!
"How satisfying! How satisfying! Long live the Dragon Queen!" Edward yelled.
"Burn the slave owner to death. Long live the Dragon Queen!" The audience cheered thunderously. Everyone felt as if they had eaten ginseng fruit. They felt comfortable all over.
After the Lord of Kindness was burned to death, the play was not over.
In the last scene, the Dragon Queen held the hand of a little Unsullied. She asked, "Why are you not going back to take care of your mother? What are you doing here?"
The little Unsullied said, "I want to join the Northern Expedition Army. I want to help Her Majesty take down Yuan Kai. I want to go to Yuan Kai and help my mother find my sister."
The actors took a curtain call and the play ended.
"Oh my, this is Hill's son?!" Edward said in surprise.
"He's Bedbug? That's a good story. "Danzo looked at the middle-aged man beside him.
"Yes, he is Bedbug." Bill nodded with a complicated expression. "You think this is just a story? Haha, if you have the chance, you can go to Astapor and see Hill. The real Hill, countless Hills! "
Red Beard Edward and Danzo were silent.
The sun had completely sunk below the surface of the sea. The sky became dark, but the play on the stage was not over. Butter torches were lit in front of the stage. Under the blazing fire, the characters in front of the screen could still be seen clearly.
Soon, another play opened.
Danzo watched for a while and found that it was similar to 'Shrike, Hill and Bedbug'. It was also about how miserable the lives of people under the slavery system were.
"The stage is so high. I guess they are afraid that people like Edward will rush up and chop people up, right?" He glanced at Red Beard and asked with a smile.
"Haha, you guessed right. The first time this kind of play was performed on the street, the actor playing the Lord of Kindness had one of his legs broken. "The middle-aged man with deep eye sockets laughed.
"Don't they charge money for this kind of play?" Red Beard held a handful of copper coins and looked left and right. He did not see any actors coming to collect them.
"The audience nearby are all new freedmen. They don't have much money left. After the play, the Queen will give subsidies according to the number of performances."
Danzo's eyes flashed. He probed, "I'm afraid the Queen will have to spend a lot of money. I guess there are many similar plays in Slaver's Bay, right?"
"Not many." Bill looked into his eyes and said lightly, "Very many. Almost all of the 1.3 million people in Slaver's Bay know the story series of '20 Years a Slave'."
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