Zhao Rui took a quick look and saw that she was a girl no more than twelve or thirteen years old. Her tattered clothes hung like strips of cloth, barely covering her body.
Although there was no makeup on her fair face, it was washed extremely clean, as if to make her appearance look better.
His eyes as pure as the stars showed grievance, helplessness and prayer.
Not far away, among the dirt and rubbish, some rotting corpses emitted a foul stench. If they were not buried, they were afraid they would get maggots.
There are many children like the little girl on the street. Some even have their entire family dead, and they are left kneeling there alone and not knowing what to do.
"Brother, it's really not a loss to buy me, even if you keep me as a toy and resell me to other places."
The cry-filled prayer was so humble that it moved Zhao Rui's heart of compassion.
Just as he was about to take the money, Ziyun dismounted and put his clothes on the little girl.
"Your Highness, buy her back. Anyway, there are still many maids in the house, so just give her a casual job!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the children around him came over one after another.
Zhao Rui frowned slightly. Most of the children in front of him were girls of about the same age. The corpses lying on the street were also women, children, old and weak.
"Where have all the men here gone?" Zhao Rui asked subconsciously.
"They were all arrested to build the river embankment!" The little girl just now looked a little more aggrieved.
Zhao Rui immediately understood what was going on and asked Ziyun and Dai Qisi to stay here to accommodate the children, then took Zhao Weirui to the bank of Miyang River.
Almost all the villages and towns along the way were starved to death, like a hell on earth.
Zhao Rui gritted his teeth. He never expected that there would be such a place under the rule of Dashang.
"What are you doing standing still? Hurry up! Do you want to die?"
Fierce shouts suddenly came from a distance, and at the same time there was the sound of whips.
A large number of civilians were driven to the river embankment, carrying heavy stones.
"Hey, who are you two? Do you know where this place is? If you dare to break in, get out of here or I'll kill you!"
The foreman came forward with a whip and a fierce look.
This guy was probably used to being arrogant here, so he whipped Zhao Rui with a whip without asking him about his identity.
Unexpectedly, the whip was in vain. When he reacted, Zhao Rui was already behind him and grabbed his neck tightly.
"Is this the Caobang General Forum?"
The foreman suddenly felt a chill on his back: "You...who are you?"
"Answer my question!" Zhao Rui's words were filled with murderous intent.
"That's right, this is the Caobang General Forum. What on earth are you going to do?"
The foreman's voice trembled violently, and he could clearly feel the cold murderous intent on Zhao Rui's body.
"Take me to see your gang leader!" Zhao Rui carried the foreman and headed straight to the nearby water village.
The location of the Caobang General Altar is an extremely secretive oasis among the reeds.
The contiguous villages make this place look extremely majestic, and the ships around it are even more gigantic, comparable to battleships.
The murderous intent in Zhao Rui's eyes grew a little more, and the real strength possessed by the Caobang was beyond his imagination.
"Stop, this is such an important place. Who allowed you to wander in? You even brought an outsider with you. I think you are impatient with life!"
The two men blocking the road were tall and thick, with extremely majestic figures, standing there like two iron towers.
The foreman was already scared out of his mind and quickly pointed at Zhao Rui behind him.
"I didn't come here, this guy took me here by force!"