Sunday's snake-slaying incident troubled Chen Zhou for several days.
It wasn't that he was overly suspicious; it was just that on the island, he was the only "outsider," whereas the other indigenous people, despite being from different tribes, at least came from the same area and spoke the same language.
This kept Chen Zhou wary of all the indigenous people, fearing they might band together to overthrow his rule.
On the day Sunday slew the snake, amidst the unanimous cheers from the indigenous people, Chen Zhou seemed to see a conclusion where "slaves unite to overthrow the slave masters' rule."
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Of course, the subsequent investigation proved he was worrying unnecessarily.
The indigenous people's history is very brief; they have merely developed a language and haven't developed writing, relying entirely on oral transmission for historical records.
In their short historical journey, there has never been a cry like "Are kings and ministers born different?"
