Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

There are only about a dozen living people in this village. All the living people are here, sitting on the ruins. Everyone looks numb, like a walking corpse.

Seven or eight days have passed since the collapse of the earth. These people who lost everything, after the catastrophe, frantically wanted to save their families, digging through the rubble to rescue their relatives, but

But found nothing.

In the end, all that was left was despair, and now, all that is left is numbness, sitting on this ruins waiting to die.

Even when I saw these gray-faced people pushing wheelbarrows to transport food and supplies, their faces showed no emotion, and they didn't even raise their eyelids, as if they were dead, or maybe they were really dead.

Heartbroken.

It wasn't until the rice balls and fresh water were handed over that these people finally responded, but they just took them without gratitude or speaking. They took them and swallowed them. The rice balls were dry and hard to swallow. They choked. They drank big gulps of water and then choked again.

Have to cough.

Xia Yuan looked elsewhere. Dozens of corpses were neatly arranged next to the ruins. They must be relatives dug up by the victims.

"Burn all these corpses to prevent epidemics."

After hearing this, these people who were eating finally said the first sentence. Their reaction was a little extreme, and they almost jumped up, "No burning!"

"Then bury them on the spot and let them rest in peace."

"No, it can't be done. There is water all over the ground. It's all water. It's all water."

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Xia Yuan turned his head and looked further away. There were several puddles there, filled with yellow muddy water. He thought they were dug by the villagers to let the accumulated water flow in.

It turns out that they didn’t want their loved ones to be buried in peace.

He closed his eyes and said cruelly: "Burn all these corpses, quickly, burn them quickly!"

"No."

"Pull all these people aside!"

It's summer now, and those corpses were first soaked in water and then scorched by high temperatures, and they were already rotting away.

If it is not burned quickly, it will eventually lead to a plague.

The dead are dead, but the living will continue to live.

The pieces of wood found from the ruins were thrown on top of the corpse one by one. They were all soaked in water. Even if kerosene was poured on them, they would still emit steam when burned.

The dozen or so victims were all pulled aside. Looking at the rising flames, they just cried hoarsely and struggled desperately, but they were pulled and unable to move.

Compared with the numbness just now, he looks like a human being now. He has emotions, even if they are just anger and sadness, it is better than numbness.

Gradually, the hoarse cries turned into mournful wails, and then the tears seemed to have dried up, leaving only silent sobs until the smell of burnt meat floated out.

However, these whimpering victims started to vomit one after another, and vomited the rice balls they had just eaten all over the floor.

Xia Yuan's face changed, and he pursed his lips tightly again. His expression could not tell whether he was happy or sad, or whether he was happy at first and now he was sad again.

After a long time, he finally uttered a deep voice from his belly, "You guys didn't dig out any food from the ruins?"

There was silence for a while, and then one of the victims, whose face could not be seen clearly, sobbed: "Wherever there is any food, it was swept away by the water, and it was robbed even after it was dug out."

"So you just"

Xia Yuan paused as soon as he finished speaking, as if he had no reason to question.

He thought of the history books he had read in his previous life, as well as the report from Guangdi. The lines of writing described the current tragedies in the world.

After the earth collapsed, the Yellow River burst and overflowed, completely flooding Puzhou City. Those who survived had no time to bring food, so they had to run to higher places to seek refuge.

Now seven or eight days have passed, and there is no food. How many human tragedies can there be like this.

People eat each other.

These three seemingly light words weighed heavily on his heart, but they were so heavy that they made Xia Yuan unable to breathe, made him feel a sense of sadness, and made him feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

Wang Shouren kept his face silent and said slowly: "Teacher, since there are people robbing food, it means that besides them, there are still living people in Puzhou."

Xia Yuan let out a long breath and said, "Leave some food for these people and let's go look elsewhere."

Seeing these people leaving, the victims opened their eyes, wriggled their lips, and then knelt down and kowtowed: "Please, please take us with you."

"We know. We"

As he said sobs again, Xia Yuan watched silently, and then said after a long while: "Take them with you and let them push the cart too."

In the team of thousands of people, there were a dozen more ragged victims, and they continued to walk west.

According to what these victims said, people have all gone to the west, and there is a highland to the west. It may be the highest land in Puzhou, and it may also be the only place that has not been flooded.

Not far away, there were waves of shouts coming from behind. They were far away, but they were hoarse, "Wait, wait, stop."

Looking back, I saw two disheveled people running towards me in the distance. There seemed to be another one, but he was being dragged by these two people and sliding on the ground.

The team stopped, and when those people came closer, they saw two unkempt men dragging another unkempt man.

His hair was disheveled and in locks, his clothes were all covered in gray-brown mud and stains, and his original color could not be seen. His face was also covered with dirt, and his true appearance could not be seen.

One of them immediately abandoned the person he was dragging and sprinted all the way to Xia Yuan. He immediately reached out and hugged him, crying excitedly and speaking incoherently: "Master, I have caught up with you.

You didn't see it. The house collapsed at any time. If I hadn't run fast, I would have died. I almost died, just a little bit."

Hearing these sobs and complaints, as well as titles such as master and me, as well as this familiar voice, Xia Yuan's mind went blank and his head was buzzing.

Why is Prince Dog here?

How did he come?

Xia Yuan felt like the world was spinning. Why did this unlucky child come to such a dangerous place?

If anything goes wrong at all, wouldn't I have to die to thank the world if I ride on the horse?

He was tied up in that Xisi Archway, and it was like a piece of roast duck, falling apart piece by piece.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuan hurriedly checked the parts on the dog prince's body. Fortunately, there were no missing arms or legs. He immediately rubbed the dirt on Zhu Houzhao's face with his hands. His eyes were red and wet with tears.

But there weren't many tears.

The facial features are also intact.

Except for dirty spots, buried spots

Only then did Xia Yuan breathe a sigh of relief, but what followed was anger. He was so angry that he was shaking all over. His hands and feet were cold and he was sweating in the hot weather.

Immediately, his eyes turned red and he roared: "What are you doing here on horseback! Who asked you to come!"

Zhu Houzhao looked confused after being yelled at. After a moment, he said weakly: "Master, do you have anything to eat? I'm hungry."

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Zhu Houzhao thought he was hungry, so he took the cold rice ball, his eyes were shining green, he was choked and couldn't swallow it, and he poured water into it as hard as he could.

Gu Dayong and Liu Jin also ate deliciously and cried while eating. They ate four cold rice balls. Zhu Houzhao drank a few more gulps of water, and then he seemed to come to life and meet Xia Yuan Yousen's eyes.

His eyes were inexplicably timid, and he muttered:

"I originally brought food with me. If I hadn't been trapped inside by that ruined temple, I wouldn't be so hungry. I haven't eaten for almost two days. This happens to anyone who is hungry for two days."

"Stay on the horse and dodge the easy, is that what I'm asking you? How did you get here?"

"Take a boat."

"Whose boat is it?"

"Just the big ship carrying grain."

"Oh!"

Gu Dayong and Liu Jin realized something in an instant. Their dirt-covered faces could not be seen to be pale. They quickly stuffed the little rice balls in their mouths, and then cried: "Master Xia, don't hit us, don't hit us."

I can’t stop His Highness, His Highness is the one who wants to do it.”

"Our legs are already broken. We can break them without beating."

There are ruins everywhere here, and there are a lot of wooden sticks and sticks. Wang Shouren quickly helped find one.

Xia Yuan reached out to take it, and the two eunuchs howled even more fiercely when they saw this. Liu Jin got up and ran away. Gu Dayong couldn't get up, so he could only point to his broken leg, "It's really broken, it's really broken."

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Seeing the two dog eunuchs shouting like mourners, with sharp and harsh voices, Xia Yuan was irritated by the noise. He stood up with a stick, but was grabbed by Zhu Houzhao, "Forget it Gu Banban, you beat Liu Jin, hit her hard."

That dog slave!"

Hearing this, Xia Yuan turned around and glared at him. You have the nerve to encourage me to hit others?

At this moment, he no longer wanted to beat the two eunuchs, threw the stick away and said, "No more beating."

"If you don't hit me, I will!" After saying this, Zhu Houzhao leaned over, picked up the stick, and chased Liu Jin straight away.

Xia Yuan didn't want to care about him, looked at Gu Dayong, and then looked down at the broken leg, "How did you break your leg?"

"It was broken by a wooden beam."

"This is an earthquake zone. Are you going to run into the house?"
To be continued...