Xiling Yu slowly stood up, walked close to the wall, and sat down on the other side of the ruined temple, far away from Jun Lingyun.
I don’t know why, but I feel that Jun Lingyun is even scarier than when I first met him. So I listened to Jun Lingyun’s instructions:
"Bai Xiao, you are responsible for taking care of his food!"
"Yes, Master."
Bai Xiao dodged and took the dry food from Chu Yunxi's hand.
"Queen, please go and rest by the Emperor's side. Please come down."
As expected, Chu Yunxi came to Jun Lingyun and whispered.
"Ling Yun, the situation in Xizhao Kingdom is more severe than we expected. Without the help of the imperial court, those people will be killed and injured in unknown numbers."
Jun Lingyun straightened his expression when he saw her talking about business.
"So we have to speed up and capture the Xizhao court as soon as possible in order to make a difference."
Chu Yunxi nodded, leaned on Jun Lingyun's shoulder, closed his eyes and rested his mind. He successfully turned the man from gloomy to sunny.
The next day, as soon as there was a dim light on the horizon, Jun Lingyun and his party set off on their way again. After passing through another city, they could reach the capital of Xizhao Kingdom.
Like yesterday, they did not stop for the refugees in the city.
But suddenly they saw a girl about the same size as Xilingyu running past them, crying as she ran, with a man and a woman chasing after her.
Soon he grabbed the girl's hair and dragged the girl back while complaining about the woman.
"Didn't I let you take good care of her? Why did you let her run away? Do you want to starve to death? This is the ration we bought with our youngest son's life."
The woman just lowered her head and wiped away tears from time to time.
"Woo, let me go, don't eat me, don't eat me!"
The girl's struggle did not attract any help from the refugees on the roadside.
They just looked indifferently, with either indifference, a hint of sympathy, or even a hint of envy in their eyes, that's all, they didn't even bother to raise their heads.
Chu Yunxi's hair stood up all over her body, and her breathing became rapid and uncontrollable. She reached out and grabbed Jun Lingyun's arm, her voice trembling.
"Ling Yun, I, I can't do it."
She couldn't do it and pretended not to see or hear, and let the child die in such a tragic way.
Si Qi watched the whole journey, and her heart was trembling.
She thought that she had already experienced the misery of the world. But she didn't expect that there was still a place in this world without a trace of light, and it was as dark as the Asura Hell.
Xilingyu's body was shaking slightly. On his way out, he was almost captured by the refugees. That memory was still before his eyes, unforgettable.
Bai Xiao and others also showed compassion on their faces. Looking at the expressions of those refugees, it seemed that they were used to it. This was what made their hair stand on end.
Jun Lingyun frowned deeply, turned his horse's head, and entered the alley that the man and woman walked through just now.
They saw that the child had been tied up with ropes and gagged. The man took a rusty knife and headed towards the child.
Seeing that the child was about to die, Si Qi didn't care much. He lightly tapped the horse's back and flew away. His breath was unsteady and he almost fell down.
Wu Lu, who was following closely behind her, caught her firmly and led her to the man's side. He raised his foot and kicked the knife out of the man's hand.
"You, what are you going to do? Rob?"
The man was shocked, covering his arms and taking a few steps back. Looking at these people, their clothes were clean and tidy, and they had horses. They didn't look like refugees. Could it be that they made a living by robbing?
"We haven't eaten for several days. I can't give you this ration. You should be kind and rob others."
Si Qi couldn't help but cursed:
"How is it any different from an animal that cannibalizes its own kind?"
When the man heard what she said, it turned out that he was not here to snatch the rations, but to save the rations. He actually smiled. But the smile was uglier than crying. With endless ridicule, he pointed his hand at their horses.
"Haha, beasts? We are not as good as your beasts. Otherwise, how about you give me food and I will be a beast for you?"
The man pointed to the child who was tied up by him.
"How many days do you think she can survive even if I don't do anything? If their family can survive, why would they exchange children with me?"
Upon hearing the word exchange, Chu Yunxi's heart tightened and he asked hurriedly:
"Where is that house?"
The man turned his head away, as if he didn't want to pay attention. Wu Lu directly put the sword on the man's neck.
"explain!"
The man was afraid again and raised his hand.
"Opposite, opposite is their house."
Wu You dodged away and kicked open the door of the house opposite.
The smell of meat came from the shop, and a thin woman was holding a small piece of roasted meat and putting it into the mouth of the boy in front of her.
"Eat quickly, you won't be hungry anymore."
There was a bang on the door, causing her hands to freeze in place.
"Who are you?"
When Chu Yunxi saw this, he felt his stomach churning, turned over and dismounted, and retched on the side.
"Xier!"
Jun Lingyun dismounted immediately after her, patting her back gently with a stern look on her face. Si Qi also hurriedly came to her side and handed her a handkerchief.
Wu You couldn't hold back his anger and drew his sword and pointed it at the woman.
"We are both mothers, how can you bear it?"
The thin woman looked outside and saw her daughter, whom she had abandoned, tied to a pillar, looking straight at her.
In the moist eyes, there was endless affection, disbelief, and deep hatred. Every emotion was so vivid that the woman couldn't help but look away and her lips trembled.
"Yao'er, my Yao'er! Mom, I'm sorry for you!"
A woman from another family ran out at some point, knelt down at the door of this house and cried loudly. The woman also burst into tears and stretched out her hand with difficulty, pointing to another room.
Wu You broke in and saw that there was also a tied child lying on the ground, dying.
He hurriedly picked up the child. When he went out, he did not forget to look back at the meat next to the woman. Upon closer inspection, he saw that it was the skeleton of a mouse.
"Master, it's a mouse."
"Yao'er, Yao'er, are you still alive?"
The woman cried and rushed towards her. Such sincerity would make her heartache. Wu You thought about it and put the child in his hand into the woman's arms.
"The difficulties will pass. This is your flesh and blood. You are a human being. How can you eat your own bones and your own flesh?"
After hearing that the child was fine, Chu Yunxi finally stopped vomiting.
Wu You untied the child, took off the water bottle from his waist, and gave the child a few sips. The child opened his eyes slightly. The woman shouted in surprise.
"Yao'er, look at mother, mother will never abandon you again. If you want to die, mother will die with you."
She took the child home and carefully protected the child as she walked past the man.
The man sighed and let go of the girl he was tied up with. He didn't know how many days his family could survive.
However, the girl did not run back to her home immediately, but stood there without moving, her lips were chapped and her face was pale.
She ran out of this house and knocked on her own door first, but her mother did not open the door for her, allowing her to be caught again by this family.