Chapter 84 - 76 Gathering Focus
Li Ang stared at Jiao Cheng. "What do you plan to do?"
Jiao Cheng spoke indifferently, "You Xiao has set a bad precedent, and I want to make sure that the girls in Pingkang Square get their minds right and behave themselves."
Li Ang’s eyes narrowed slightly. To subjugate someone is to drive them to despair, and the essential condition for despair is to destroy their hope. "Song Shaoyuan is a scholar, an Academic Palace examinee."
Jiao Cheng lifted a finger and said, "There are tens of thousands of new scholars in Yu Country every year. Moreover, Mr. Song should be considered an Academic Palace examinee who failed the re-examination."
Li Ang said, "Yu Law strictly prohibits private torture of common people."
"Yu Law also prohibits slaughtering cattle and eating carp. Yet, beef and live fish are still sold in the East and West Markets," Jiao Cheng continued indifferently. "Moreover, there are a thousand ways in Pingkang Square to subdue people without leaving any external injuries. And..."
Jiao Cheng grinned. "You Xiao is not a Yu person; she is a Jing person."
At those words, Li Ang paused, turned his head swiftly, and caught a glimpse of an almost imperceptible, dye-like dark red streak in the hair of the ashen-faced You Douzhi.
Yu Country has a rule that there are servants but no slaves; even the poorest of Yu Country’s citizens would not fall to a state of hereditary enslavement.
But this rule does not apply to the Zhou people, Jing people, Turkic People, Hu Ren... As long as one does not hold Yu Country’s registration, in the eyes of Yu Law, they aren’t considered fully human, and the protection they receive is naturally greatly reduced.