Evil will not deceive you

In silence, Li Ke looked at the civilians below. They were in ragged clothes, and their faces were sallow and thin.

In this world, it is obvious that the rich mineral resources allow a lord to easily use steel fences to keep their manor shortcut, but Li Ke can still see that some poor people do not even have an iron spoon or a hoe, so they can only Made of wood.

But unfortunately, wooden farm tools also cost money.

He thought it was ridiculous. Capital was born to exploit people, but some people still felt that the feudal system was hundreds of times better than capital. It seemed that as long as they met a wise king and capable ministers, or even said that as long as the king was not a bad person, everything would be over. Can solve all problems.

But Li Ke only thought it was ridiculous.

“Is Tenaris a wise king?

Is Varian a good guy?

But what about their kingdom?

The people of Stormwind City are in dire straits, and the farmers of Lordaeron are overwhelmed and even want to become undead in exchange for dignity.

What dignity?

The dignity of one's own offspring can change.

This was something he had seen with his own eyes, and a beating he had personally experienced.

And the Holy Light protects such a kingdom and such a wise king and capable ministers.

Protect the evil under this glamor.

Because it stands too high and too high -

Holy.

Mortals do not need perfect holiness, it is just a slogan and a goal.

History does not require perfect holiness, it is just the result that history will achieve in the future. "

These thoughts echoed in Li Ke's mind. He knew that his former self would never think this way. That naive self would only think: 'Ah, such a good opportunity, such a sacred power, why don't we change the social form? What further? ’.

He doesn't do it now, although he still does it.

But it's not about turning that savage beast into something else.

Instead, he completely cut the throats of the princes and nobles! Revealing what that beast truly is.

He doesn't need these ragged people below to become benevolent gentlemen, nor does he need them to become law-abiding.

He only needs to turn the sheep under the princes and nobles into savage beasts.

His thoughts became clear at this time. He opened his arms and called for the coming of the Holy Light.

The curtain of Holy Light fell from the sky. He despised the Holy Light, was tired of the Holy Light, and even hated the Holy Light.

But when he needs it.

The Light will always come.

The warm holy light reminds Li Ke at this moment that he is no longer the same person he once was, but he still shares his strength and warmth with everyone.

Li Ke's cloak was constantly floating under the urging of the holy light, and there were traces of the holy light sprinting out under his feet. His light and the holy light calling out from the sky were here and now. At this moment, in this barren western wilderness, a pure and innocent holy land is formed!

The soil begins to turn golden white and the plants begin to transform their nature, becoming non-toxic and healing to any living thing.

The civilians below were bathed in the holy light and immediately felt spiritual peace. The irritability in their hearts began to disappear. Some minor injuries and illnesses were also cured under the radiation of such a huge amount of holy light. They couldn't believe it. Looking at Li Ke, who had dazzling wings of holy light behind his back, and kept stretching out to form this holy light canopy, for a moment, he couldn't tell whether he was a god or a human being.

Li Ke stretched out his hand, as if calling and praying for something, and at this moment, a pink flower fell on his hand.

His gloved hands shone with holy light. He gently twisted the flower. The flower was immediately baptized by a huge amount of holy light and turned into a crystal of holy light. Then, after Li Ke twisted it, It turned into crystal golden powder, and then he let go of his hand and let it go.

The golden powder was floating in the wind, and he also looked at the graces that were bathed in the holy light.

"But, look, the Holy Light is watching over you too."

He waved his hand to let them see clearly the brilliance of the holy light falling on him.

"This means that in the eyes of the Holy Light, the nobles are no nobler than you. The blood and flesh on their bodies are the same as yours. So, what distinguishes you?"

Li Ke's words made these farmers start thinking under the influence of the Holy Light.

"Let me tell you why, because they have power and wealth. Their children will receive the services of more than a dozen teachers from birth. There will be several teachers with superb sword skills to help them learn swordsmanship and martial arts. , the food that you say can only be eaten during the New Year and festivals, to them, is just scraps to be thrown away. But what about you? You, and your children, have been around you and learned from you since childhood. For farm work, if you want to learn another skill, you will need more than ten or even decades of pleasing and serving.”

Li Ke paused for a moment. Although these farmers were stimulated by the holy light, their knowledge was still unable to quickly understand what Li Ke meant.

"Think about it, if the lord's son wants to learn to bake bread, then the lord can summon all the bakers in his territory and get all their secret recipes in one day. But what about your children? Yours If a child wants to learn to bake bread, what does he need to do for the baker?”

He told them, told these people, in what they could best understand.

"Are they wrong? No, there are no mistakes in this world! The lord can afford so many teachers because he can afford the teachers to teach them skills, but you do not have the ability to pay this price."

Most farmers lowered their heads. They knew this very clearly and did not need Li Ke to say more, but...

Usually they can deceive themselves and deceive their children that one day they will be lucky enough to become a noble lord, or a wealthy businessman or something.

Everyone has heard of such a thing, right?

"After I came to this world, what I saw were these injustices, and even I myself suffered deeply from them."

Li Ke recalled everything he encountered when he first arrived, especially when he wanted to join the Holy Light Church but could not. A sigh of helplessness and sympathy came from the void.

"Since I came to this world, I have seen countless abandoned babies, countless old people dying of hunger, and a man in his thirties who looks almost sixty years old. He is willing to give everything just to be in the world. I get a job here. Why? Because the nobles don't need weak people like him, because the merchants don't need weak farmhands like him, because the farmers don't need people who can't do more work for them.

Oh, he told me, Master Li Ke, I don’t need your money and rewards, I need a job. So what makes a peasant risk being killed to ask for a job from me, a knight?

Because he has a family, he as a man, as a husband, and his wife as a mother need to support their children and support themselves.

He must assume his highest mission as a man, as a woman, as a wife and husband, as a parent, and as a human being.

Raise children and spread hope.

But when I looked at their fertile, endless fields filled with wheat, their barns full of grains, and their gardens full of cattle and sheep, I had a question in my mind. "

Li Ke took a deep breath and wanted to know what these poor people in the western wilderness also wanted to know.

"Why can't the farmers have enough to eat and the weavers can't afford to wear clothes? They work so hard and conscientiously, why can't they still not have enough to eat? Why are they still alive after all this!"

The farmers of Lordaeron who voluntarily became undead flashed through his mind. Those farmers shocked the prince Arthas, how could he, a time traveler, stay away from it.

He hates Alsace, is it really because Alsace had a conflict with him?

"During this time, I understood that there was hope for them."

Li Ke looked at the people below as if looking at the sword in his hand.

"They hope that they will have a good life in the coming year, that they will be able to have enough food, clothing, and even meat. They hope that their sons and daughters can make a difference, live a better life than they do, and that their families can live a comfortable life. Better. Being able to make your life better through your own hands and efforts."

"I think this is not an excessive request, but a very reasonable request. Friends, I hope you can allow me to call you this. But I have to regret to tell you that among those nobles who have enriched themselves, In the eyes of those officials who were lining their own pockets, this was a request even more excessive than killing them.

They extinguished your hopes. When you are looking at the endless fields of food and flocks of cattle and sheep with joy, they tell you that you not only have to pay the king's taxes and the lord's taxes, but also give them these high-level taxes. The nobles respected you, so your endless grain turned into bran that could never fill their stomachs, and your cattle and sheep turned into meat in their mouths and gold coins in their hands.

His Highness Varian's taxes are not very high. None of the people in Stormwind City stop praising his benevolence and bravery under the shining of the Holy Light. But why, under the governance of such a benevolent and brave king? , are you still so poor?

My friends, this kingdom is infested with moths.

The thieves of Defias were just civilians like you at first. They were full of hope and built the castle of the kingdom that they were proud of, so that the tragedies caused by the orcs would no longer come to this world and the darkness would no longer be allowed. The tide flooded the people of this kingdom again!

But what did they get? "

Li Ke saw clearly that Van Cleef, who was hiding among the crowd, and the Defias stonemasons clenched their fists.

Especially Van Cleef, his eyes looked at him with contempt, but the hand holding the stone pillar almost seemed to be embedded in it.

"betray!"

Li Ke roared out, and as he roared, the Defias below also roared out.

This traitorous roar made the guards who maintained order a little uneasy. They were not blind or deaf. How could they not know who these outstanding masons suddenly appeared in Li Ke's territory?

But before they are soldiers, they are first and foremost ordinary people.

They also witnessed it with their own eyes.

If these Defias stonemasons had met them at the beginning, they would have killed them without any scruples, but during this time, they watched these 'thieves' build the city in front of them, and because of little labor, they How can they accept that they are bloodthirsty and ruthless thieves when they laugh happily with their harvest?

These soldiers are not soldiers who have been trained by Stormwind City for many years. They are just a group of civilians who are about to give up because of financial problems.

"The nobles' betrayal caused them to lose everything! My friends! Whether it was their past, future, present, or their hopes, they have all lost it! So did you! Your labor has not been exchanged for you. Coming to a happy life has only brought you endless suffering! Because the greed of those nobles cannot be satisfied! Think about it! Were your taxes so high in the beginning? Think about it! Were they so unscrupulous in the beginning? ? Think about it! When did you start lowering your hopes and goals little by little!"

Li Ke has read the records of these nobles. They did not ask these farmers to pay almost 90% of the tax from the beginning. They also reduced the tax to this point bit by bit from the beginning.

This time, he saw the farmers’ palms clenched into fists.

Because this is what happened to them, they remember it clearly.

"King Varian asked you to come here with great hopes for you. He hopes that you can turn the Western Wilderness here into the breadbasket of the empire again, so that you, the former refugees, can live a better life. Happy days, and this land and your labor respond to you in this way! Look! Look at your granaries! Look! Look at this boundless field! What your labor brings!

think about it! My friends! What is the significance of taxation? ! Taxation exists for this country, so that this country can protect you and help you live a happy life! It exists to give you hope in your life! It is so that you can bathe in the radiance of the Holy Light and live with a smile! but! Are you happy now? Do you have hope now? ! Do you have the courage to talk about life with a smile now? ! "

Li Ke paused again, looked at these farmers in the western wilderness, and spoke word by word.

"You don't. All you have left is hope for the future, and this is the only hope left, and those nobles have to extinguish it."

"friends."

"You have nothing left."

"From the past to the future, your future is still so miserable, or even more miserable."

His voice echoed in the square, and many farmers became sad. Under the illumination of the holy light, they were able to understand this, understand this, and understand their own situation. There were even some emotional ones who couldn't help but cover their mouths and cry.

Li Ke didn't know how much of it was the power of the Holy Light and how much was the power of his own words, but he knew it was time to say something else.

"But the Holy Light has not forgotten you, my friends, look above your heads and on your earth, the Holy Light is there, and the Holy Light is in your hands.

The Holy Light brought me here, and it was the power of the Holy Light that made me understand what I should do—"

Li Ke stretched out his hand, and the holy light once again illuminated the audience.

"The Holy Light wants me to protect your fire of hope, but I feel that this is not enough. The world is so cold, and I don't want to see more tragedies. Since the Holy Light has given me such power, then, I will It should bring you more happiness.

I would love to exempt you from all taxes, but I know that is impossible.

I can't let my soldiers go hungry to protect you, and I can't just give you a message that the Holy Light will bless you when you deserve to be rewarded - although it does bless you, that is the right of all us humans.

So I have to collect taxes to keep the flame of hope going.

My friends, I think many of you have heard some rumors and heard the orders I asked the soldiers to convey. Now, at this moment, I want you to understand my determination again and understand that what you heard is not false. The announcement, therefore, I hereby swear an oath to the Holy Light. "

"I, Li Ke, swear by the Holy Light! No matter when, no matter where, as long as it is within the reach of my territory, Li Ke! The tax on farmland will always be only 30%! And there will never be corvee! For those who work for me, I will guarantee His birth, old age, illness and death, marriage and family inheritance will always be protected by me! No matter at any time, no matter what the situation! If there is any violation, I will lose all the power of the Holy Light! And I will be executed by the Holy Light and die!"

Li Ke's oath immediately caused an uproar in the audience, but Li Ke continued to speak before these people could react!

"In order to draw a clear distinction between me and those nobles! Let you understand your own nobility! My friends! I will let you see clearly the filth of those nobles! Let you see their methods clearly, let you understand their sins! Let you You understand what they think of you! Come! My friends, come and witness why I have such thoughts and ideas! Come! My friends! Come and witness the sins of these nobles!"

He raised his arms and called upon the power of the shadows.

"The dark side of the Holy Light! Give me power!"

Following Li Ke's call, the power of darkness suddenly rose into the sky, and the existence of darkness also responded to Li Ke at this moment.

As the nobles kneeling in the center of the manor, waiting for execution, wailed, their bodies emitted dark power, and everyone present was plunged into darkness. They were horrified to find that they and others were sitting there. On the chairs one by one, and below them, are the former nobles.

They acted out their own sins and filthiness, allowing them to see clearly the faces of these people, how they viewed them, and how they collected taxes that should not have been collected.

Therefore, when Li Ke withdrew the power of the shadow with a pale face and received the power of darkness fed back by the dark existence, a farmer who woke up from the hallucination roared and rushed to the execution platform, waving his fist, He hit a nobleman hard on the face, knocking three of his teeth out of his mouth.

So, with the nobles shouting in terror, the execution without an executioner began at this moment.

But Li Ke didn't smile.

5k, I forgot to mark it in the title after I posted it...