The world outside the capital was both different and similar at the same time. It was relatively free from the oppressive presence of the Imperial family. Some villagers didn't even know who the current emperor was. However, it didn't mean there was no one to fill the power vacuum left by the faraway Emperor. Whether it was a town or a village, there was always someone to abuse their power and lord over other people.
"So I kicked that corrupted b*stard and send him straight to the military camp for General Huo to deal with him," Bai Rui said as he narrated the time he saved a farmer from giving out their entire harvest to the county magistrate because of a so-called crime of stealing a steamed bun – which he actually never did but instead was given freely by a servant of the magistrate in an attempt to frame the farmer.
