On both sides of the five li long bluestone street, there were people in ragged clothes. There were men and women, all of them had unkempt hair and dirty faces, and their faces were yellow and thin. They curled up in twos and threes and lowered their heads in silence. The children in her arms had straw tied to their heads. The older ones were around 10 years old, while the younger ones were only two or three months old. Those who were strong still knew how to shout to their parents that they were hungry, while those who were weak were on their last breaths and looked like dead people.
A few servants from rich families were picking people. Wherever they passed, there would be a commotion. The sound of crying and pleading could be heard. If one listened carefully, they were begging him to buy their children. No matter if they were slaves or maids, at least they would have a way to live.
Those who were lucky enough to be chosen only needed to be given a bucket of rice to take them away. Those who weren't chosen hugged their children and sobbed softly.
The expression of pain and despair would not be pitied at all. The people who could come to this street were all equally pitiful. During the day, they could still carry the child and wait for someone to buy it. At night, they were really helpless and could only find someone comparable to their child to exchange for it. After returning home, she would miss her own child while cooking other people's children. One day after another, no one knew how long they could live, and whether they would become food for others after they died.
Tang Xiaoyu, who came from the modern era, had never seen such a scene before. Just the sight of these skinny and lifeless commoners made her hair stand on end. It was as if she had walked into hell on earth and barged into the midst of evil ghosts. " Yi Zi Street?" Was this the " Yi Zi Street " that the two of them had mentioned just now?
Looking at those emaciated and dying children, it was hard to imagine how these people killed these poor children, made them into food, and ate them. Eating someone else's child and thinking about how his own child was also eaten by someone else, what kind of feeling was that?
A curled up man, whose sunlight was blocked by Tang Xiaoyu's figure, squinted his eyes and looked up at the person in front of him. His pupils suddenly dilated as if he was possessed by a ghost. He rushed in front of her.
He knelt on the ground and begged in pain,""Prefecture Overseer, please save my child! He was only three years old! I really can't bear to exchange him for someone else to eat. I beg you, I beg you, take him away! I don't want anything, as long as you can give him something to eat and not starve to death.”
Tang Xiaoyu was so frightened by the man that he took two steps back and looked at the child behind him. The boy was covered in rags and was lying in his mother's arms, panting weakly. His eyes were big and lifeless. He looked like he was barely alive.
The young woman saw her husband's pleading and felt that there was still hope. She carried the child and moved over on her knees. " I beg you, Prefecture Overseer! Please save my child! I beg you, Prefecture Overseer!"
As the couple shouted the words " Prefecture Overseer ", countless eyes looked over at the same time. The disaster victims on the ground began to get restless and tried to squeeze in one direction. They pushed and pushed as if the closer they were to Tang Xiaoyu, the better their chances of survival. Looking at the ghost-like people rushing towards him like a flood, the array seemed to drown everything, making people feel a chill in their hearts.
Tang Xiaoyu swallowed his saliva and thought of a plan to escape. With the current situation, once he denied that he was the Prefecture Overseer who controlled their lives, he was afraid that these people would swarm over and swallow him alive. At that time, not even a bone fragment would be left for him.
Amitabha! He couldn't help but think to himself, That Prefecture Overseer! You have to be kind and give these people a way out! Otherwise, looking at the situation, who would dare to go out on the streets? If they were not careful, they would be caught and eaten for no reason.
Hundreds of commoners came closer and closer, one by one kneeling respectfully on the ground. Looking into the distance, it was a dark mass. Their shoulders were touching each other, and their heads were touching their buttocks. Even the black bricks on the ground were covered.
Their voices became louder and louder, starting to beg for their own lives. Slowly, they consciously unified into a slogan. As if someone was directing them, they shouted in unison,"Lord Prefecture Overseer, please save us! Lord Prefecture Overseer, please save us!"
Tang Xiaoyu's entire body trembled from the shock of this shout. His legs were as heavy as lead, and it was difficult for him to move even half a step. The expression on his face was even more bitter than crying. His heart was filled with mixed feelings. He did not know whether he should scold that deceitful brother or that incompetent Prefecture Overseer!
Sighing helplessly, he raised his head and realized that the only two trees on either side of the street were bare. They were in the season of sprouting green, and didn't have a single leaf. Even the bark had been stripped off, leaving only bare branches. It was a nondescript sight. It seemed that these commoners really had no way to survive. Even the tree bark had been eaten up. It was really to the point of eating people.
If only he was the Prefecture Overseer. He could not let these people starve to death! However, he was just a passerby in history. He did not even know how to live in this dynasty, so how could he have the ability to save the lives of the people! In this situation, how could he escape?
Tang Xiaoyu's thoughts ran wild as he heard the sound of running behind him. Under Li Mu's lead, a dozen soldiers with sabers slung at their waists rushed into the encirclement with a murderous aura, quickly protecting Tang Xiaoyu. These soldiers held steel knives in their hands and glared at the people kneeling on the ground in front of them, vigilantly watching their every move.
Li Mu was dressed in a green robe, and he was filled with a murderous aura. He strode forward and bowed."This subordinate is late. Milord was shocked. Please forgive me!”
Tang Xiaoyu knew this person. He had seen him when he pretended to be unconscious in the room just now. Why did he also call himself the Prefecture Overseer? He couldn't think too much about it now. No matter how he became the Prefecture Overseer by accident, he might as well impersonate him. He couldn't let these commoners exchange their children for food! She didn't dare to think about what else she could eat after eating all the children.
Looking at the civilians who were trembling slightly from the fear of the soldiers, despair returned to their faces. No one dared to shout for help anymore, but countless eyes were looking at him with tears in their eyes. In their eyes, he was their only hope of survival. In fact, they did not ask for much. It was just a way to live, even if it was just a bowl of porridge.
Tang Xiaoyu felt sad and only had two sentences in his mind.
One was,"The wine and meat at the vermilion gate are stinky, and there are frozen bones on the road."
The other sentence was,"Life is as cheap as grass, buried with white bones."
Li Mu looked up and saw the Prefecture Overseer staring at the people in a daze. He said softly,""Milord, let's return to the residence!"
Tang Xiaoyu came back to his senses and looked around at the people on the ground. He thought to himself, Could it be that I'm going back just like this? What will happen to these people once I leave? Should he continue exchanging food with the children? If they did such inhumane things, even if they survived, they would not be able to escape the condemnation in their hearts. If they struggled to survive in extreme pain, there would only be two outcomes. They would either hate this society or become numb.
Once a person did not even have a bottom line, what kind of world would this world be? It was filled with killing and hatred. There was no humanity to speak of. " The old and the old, the young and the young " was just a utopian fantasy.
The real world could only be hell on earth!
If he wanted to stop them, he had to say a few words as the Prefecture Overseer. He had to stabilize them first before thinking of a way.
Tang Xiaoyu puffed out his chest and secretly cheered himself on."No matter what, I'm also a top student in the performance department. Can't I say a few words to appease the people?”The novel network didn't jump.
Thinking of this.
Tang Xiaoyu strode forward with a sorrowful expression. He cupped his fists and said,"Dear fellow villagers, Pingjin is now filled with grief and the people are in dire straits. Although it was a natural disaster, it was beyond human power. However, this official is also incompetent. Seeing that the common people do not have enough food to fill their stomachs and do not have enough clothes to hide their bodies, they are suffering and unable to turn the situation around!
Please listen to my words. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that 'a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs'. Although' exchanging children for food 'can give you a chance of survival, it is a great crime that the heavens cannot tolerate! Heaven's net is long and wide, and it does not leak out. Who doesn't have parents and who doesn't have children? A mistake in one thought will make you regret it for the rest of your life!"
An old man on the ground gently stroked his grandson with his trembling arm."What Daren said is reasonable, but we really have no other way. Tree bark, Guanyin clay, we ate everything that could be eaten. Poor grandson! Please save us!"
"Please save us!"
"My child is only one month old! Wuuuu…"
"Sir, sir, I beg you…"
……
Tang Xiaoyu's vision turned misty. The commoners were kowtowing and shouting for help. In the midst of the noise, he could faintly hear the sobbing of women.
"Villagers! I promise you that I will come up with a good solution today to solve the urgent needs of the people. Please take your children and go home quickly! If I go back on my word, you can come to my residence and denounce me!”
The disaster victims on the ground looked at the Prefecture Overseer's passionate speech and kowtowed repeatedly. Their voices of gratitude rose and fell.
Li Mu's face was cold and bitter as if he had eaten coptis. It seemed that Daren really had a heart attack. She didn't know what he was planning to do. He actually dared to say," I'll definitely think of a good prescription today to solve the urgent needs of the people."”Without food, how could he solve this urgent problem? If he couldn't solve it, he would just hurry back to the residence. If he made a promise now and didn't keep it, he would be able to do it. If the commoners were to rejoice for nothing, they would definitely cause trouble in the manor. Wasn't this shooting themselves in the foot?
It was better to quickly bring Daren back. Otherwise, who knew what this old man was going to say again!
Li Mu hurried forward and said to the people,""Fellow villagers, please return. Daren still has important matters to attend to!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu turned to look at Tang Xiaoyu. Without saying anything, he gave the soldiers a look and forcefully brought this big clown Li back to the residence.
Behind him, the people shouted,""Thank you, Lord Prefecture Overseer, thank you, Lord Prefecture Overseer!……”
A white figure flashed past the corner of the street. It was a handsome young man wearing a long white robe and holding a sword. He looked at Tang Xiaoyu's back with an unwavering expression.
"That sounds nice. I want to see how an incompetent Prefecture Overseer like you will solve the urgent needs of the commoners!”
The young man turned around and quickly walked through the lifeless and desolate street. After crossing two streets, he arrived at a courtyard with a single house.
There were three carriages parked outside the door. The servants in the residence were like ants moving their house. They were busy carrying large boxes, small boxes, packages, books, medicinal herbs... one by one into the carriages.
When they saw the young man, they stopped and respectfully called out,"Young Master!"
The young man was very confused about this move. He ignored the servants and strode into the courtyard.
A white-bearded old man in green was standing in the courtyard, commanding the servants.
"Be gentle. That's an ancient book. Don't break it. Sigh, these are top-grade medicinal herbs that are hard to buy with a thousand gold coins! Leave it alone…"
The young man stepped forward and said respectfully,""Father, where are you going?”
The old man turned back to look at his son and smiled ingratiatingly. He knew his son's temper better than anyone else. He had gone to the mountains to learn martial arts since he was young and had practiced martial arts well. However, he abhorred evil and could not tolerate sand in his eyes. Ever since the Pingjin disaster, the people had been in dire straits. He had no good feelings towards the Prefecture Overseer, Li Yi. He scolded him as a dog official who only knew how to protect his official position and did not care about the lives of the people. If he knew that they were moving to the Li Residence, he would definitely make a scene.
The old man laughed dryly." Bo 'er, Ping Jin isn't peaceful now. I've always been on good terms with the Li family. Young Master Li invited me to stay in his residence for a few days."”
The young man was puzzled." Father's medical skills are superb. It's common for him to come and treat people. But why did he go with his family today?" I wonder which family in Pingjin is this Li family?”
The old man said timidly,"Lord Prefecture Overseer Li Yi!”
Lord Prefecture Overseer
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