Chapter 151: Chapter 84 Trip to Yuzhou (5) The Suffering of the Common People_4
"Alright." The woman nodded hastily.
"Once many things have passed, we will co back to repay you."
"That’s not necessary..."
"Rest tonight. We will leave before dawn tomorrow, big sister take good care of yourself."
"You too, take care on the road."
"Mm." Ye Qichi nodded.
After giving her advice, Ye Qichi then returned to her room.
Xiao Jinxing was already asleep on the bed.
Although the bed was hard and the blanket damp, it was much better than sleeping in a cave.
Ye Qichi didn’t stand on ceremony and lay directly beside Xiao Jinxing.
"Did you finish advising them?" Xiao Jinxing asked.
"Mm." Ye Qichi nodded.
"We leave at the third watch."
"Mm." Ye Qichi nodded again.
She knew well that the longer they stayed, the more dangerous it beca and it would also implicate others.
Xiao Jinxing turned over, turning his back to Ye Qichi.
Ye Qichi also turned her back to Xiao Jinxing.
The space was silent.
Suddenly Ye Qichi said, "Xiao Jinxing, be a good person in the future."
Xiao Jinxing was startled.
Ye Qichi said, "The suffering of the common people is indescribable."
Xiao Jinxing did not respond.
Ye Qichi, of course, would not say more.
She closed her eyes.
Another day’s fatigue hit as she lay on the bed, and she soon fell asleep.
At the third watch.
Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi left the village, not leaving any of their belongings behind.
Following the path, they crossed mountains and ridges.
After walking day and night, they finally arrived at a market.
Only then did they learn they had reached Hezhou, and Yuzhou City was rely a day’s journey away.
However, Hezhou, because of the plague in Yuzhou, had beco unbearable to live in, with many displaced people. For survival, people had lost their humanity. There were nearly no vendors on the streets, everywhere was filthy and ssy, and dead bodies from starvation were commonplace.
Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi couldn’t believe the disaster they witnessed before them had reached such an extent.
The extent of the plague in Yuzhou City must have been hidden for a long ti for it to have beco so severe.
"Give
so food, please, give
so food..." The shocking scene interrupted by a voice.
An old woman, so thin she was practically just skin, her eyes deeply sunken, her face full of wrinkles, her whole body filthy, resembled a living corpse as she fiercely grabbed Xiao Jinxing’s clothing, "Give
food, I need food..."
This scene made Ye Qichi think of the zombies from the apocalypse.
But zombies don’t have thoughts.
People do have thoughts.
This cruel scene made Ye Qichi feel uncomfortable.
But she and Xiao Jinxing also had no food.
They had planned to exchange so valuable ornants they had for food upon reaching the town, but seeing the state of Hezhou, it was impossible to get food.
"Give
food, give
food..." Seeing Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi not responding, the old woman suddenly beca agitated.
She had been lying on the ground but abruptly stood up, reaching out as if to search Xiao Jinxing for food.
Ye Qichi quickly pushed the old woman away.
She said, "We also have no food. We too escaped, and now we have nothing..."
The old woman was pushed to the ground by Ye Qichi.
Hearing them say this, she was utterly disheartened.
Ye Qichi felt sowhat unable to bear it.
Not just the old woman before her, many around were so hungry they collapsed on the ground, just waiting to die.
"Where’s the local governnt? Do they not care for their people anymore?!" Xiao Jinxing said bitterly.
Before he had finished speaking.
Suddenly, they heard the sound of horses.
Ye Qichi imdiately pulled Xiao Jinxing to hide behind a worn-out stall.
From a distance, they saw a group of cavalry appear on the street, looking indifferently at the people on the ground without any emotion.
They looked around, seemingly in search of soone.
"Sir, sir, please save my child, my child hasn’t eaten anything for three days, please save him..." A woman suddenly ca forward and knelt in front of the horses.
The soldiers glanced at her, pulled out a drawing, "Have you seen these two people?!"
On the drawing, it was obviously Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi.
The two were still wearing luxurious clothes.
Ye Qichi and Xiao Jinxing glanced at each other.
The reach of the emperor is far and wide, thus lawlessness prevails.
"I haven’t seen them," the woman looked and replied.
"Anyone else seen them? Those who have will be rewarded with a full al!" the soldier shouted loudly.
Everyone heard and hurried over to look at the drawing.
Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi felt nervous.
"Has anyone seen them?!" Receiving no answer, the soldier’s voice grew louder.
Still, no one answered.
"If you haven’t seen them, get out of my way!" the soldier said fiercely, showing no rcy.
"Sir, please, give
so food, save my child..."
"Get away!" the soldier replied coldly.
He didn’t regard the displaced people at all.
"Sir, please... ah!" a woman suddenly scread.
The soldier spurred his horse, trampling the woman under the horse’s hooves.
Ye Qichi almost cried out upon seeing this.
Xiao Jinxing quickly covered Ye Qichi’s mouth.
The two of them could only watch as the brutal scene unfolded before their eyes.
Ye Qichi knew that if she made a noise at that mont, they would be imdiately caught.
Not just caught, but they would probably et a violent death.
All she could do was endure, bear with it.
Other displaced people saw the woman being trampled to death alive, no one dared co forward, all of them trembled and huddled to one side.
The soldiers, heartlessly riding their horses, crushed over the woman’s body...
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