Raid

Chapter 139 Disaster Victims
As soon as I walked into the ruined temple, there was a strange smell.This is the smell of sweat, mud, blood and so on.When they came, there were already many people in the ruined temple. Those people were in shabby clothes, and they were probably victims of the rain.

Li Shengxi and Liujin traveled southward all the way, speeding up their horses, basically walking on paths without people. Although they knew the chaos in the south, they only knew what purgatory on earth was after entering this ruined temple.

The victims in the ruined temple were in various shapes, but all of them were skinny. Most of them looked dull and almost lost hope for survival.There was a lot of noise inside, including cursing, complaining, and the crying of women and children.

Li Shengxi and Liujin didn't go in through the main entrance, because although they changed into simple attire, they were completely dressed, and they looked out of place with refugees.At this time, they didn't want to stir up trouble.

Li Shengxi and Liujin stayed in the corner.

Looking at this scene, Liu Jin felt as if his heart had been pricked by a needle. Although he was not from his own country, the suffering was too heavy.

Li Shengxi's expression was complicated and gloomy.This was not the first time she saw such a person, but seeing it again, she still couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.She is the eldest princess, even if the imperial power declined when she was born, her elder brother's throne was unstable and she had no real power.But she is still a princess. As the emperor's younger sister, she is a natural talent. Not so much.

Beasts eat each other, and people hate it.As the parents of the people, administration cannot avoid leading beasts to eat people.The evil lies in being the parents of the people?
It is the ruler's fault that the people suffer.

"Lieutenant, look." Liu Jin exhaled softly.

I saw a woman not far away, holding a child in her arms. The child didn't know if he was hungry, but the woman kept feeding him something to eat.

There was a slight resistance on the child's face, but perhaps it was because he was too hungry and had no strength for a long time, so he couldn't refuse what the woman gave her.

"Lieutenant, what the woman fed the child seemed to be bark." Ryujin was a little surprised.

"More than ten years ago, there was a flood in the Southern Jin Dynasty. Not to mention gnawing bark and eating licorice, I also ate soil to satisfy my hunger." Li Shengxi seemed to be not surprised, but there was a slight unbearable expression on his face. .

"Would you like to give them something to eat?" Liu Jin is not like Li Shengxi, she is still young, and has not experienced as many things as Li Shengxi, so she can't bear to let her sit and watch such a tragic situation.

Li Shengxi wanted to say something, but he didn't stop him. He just said softly, "Don't make too much noise."

Liu Jin walked up to the woman, and the woman looked at the neatly dressed Liu Jin, "You... this... this nobleman, what do you want?"

In such an era, as long as you dress neatly, it means that your family is well-off, and you can be called a "noble person".

"your child……"

The woman's eyes lit up, and before Liu Jin finished speaking, she hurriedly said, "Please, buy my child. He is very good, and he is also very sensible. Wrong baby. I don't want money, I just ask you to give him a bite to eat. Please, take him away."

The woman said together and begged together.

Liu Jin couldn't bear it anymore, she couldn't help but squat down and look at the child, the little child was already weather-beaten, and his cheeks were sunken due to hunger.The child closed his eyes and looked lifeless.

The child's stomach is delicate, but he has experienced these things. It has been raining for days and there are constant disturbances.There is no food, and they can only eat grass roots, bark, and even soil.Now I'm afraid I will die soon.

"He just fell asleep..." the woman said in a crying voice, she looked at her child in disbelief, the temperature on the little child's body was dissipating bit by bit.As a mother holding a child, the woman can feel it most clearly.

"He just fell asleep..." The woman kept whispering this sentence.

She didn't want to use a dead child to trick Liu Jin into buying it, but she couldn't believe that her child was dead.

"He was alive and kicking just now, saying that he will earn a lot of money in the future, buy me food, and let me live a good life. He won't die, how could he die? My child will never die... ..." The woman's eyes were empty, her mind was in a trance, her words were out of order, she seemed to want to prove something?Believe that your child is not dead.

She kept shaking her child, hoping to wake her up.But how could one possibly shake a dead man awake?As if realizing that her child would never wake up again, the woman suddenly became angry and cursed continuously: "Wake up quickly, there is a noble person who is going to take you away now, you don't have to suffer anymore , why are you still so ignorant? You only want to make Auntie angry...I beg you, please wake up quickly, Auntie will never scold you again, Auntie begs you..."

After cursing, the woman turned into a mournful pleading.There was still no anger in her empty eyes, but tears were streaming out of her eyes.

Liu Jin's eyes were sore, she covered her mouth, and just about to say something, she was dragged to a corner.

"Lieutenant..." Liu Jin whispered.

"Did you just want to give them some money?" Li Shengxi asked.

Liujin nodded, giving some money can be regarded as giving some way of life.

"But in this kind of world, what's the use of giving them money? Besides, the reason why she, a woman, has survived intact until now is because the people in this temple still have conscience. You Giving him a thousand pieces of gold is undoubtedly bringing disaster on him, don't you understand the consequences of children holding money to live in the busy market?" Li Shengxi looked at Liujin, who was still too pure and kind after all, and she continued:

"You can save one person, but can you save everyone? Do you know how many children are like that in this ruined temple? Just now you wanted to give that child something to eat, but I wanted to stop you. Everyone in this dilapidated temple has experienced famine and starved to death all the time. You take out food at this time, but you can’t benefit everyone. Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality, it will cause turmoil, and you will die at that time There will only be more people."

"The subordinates know." Liu Jin said in a low voice, she looked sad but couldn't bear it, she had read poetry and books since she was a child, and she followed Li Shengxi, so how could she not understand this truth.It's just that she still couldn't bear it. Her subordinates were also sold into slavery in the palace because of the disaster at home. Seeing these common people, she couldn't help but think of herself back then.

It's just that she was much luckier than these disaster victims. She was bought by a "noble man" and sold into the palace as a slave. Later, she was appreciated by His Highness and taught with all her heart, so she is what she is today.

But things hurt their kind, and Qiu Ming is also sad, so how can she be rational?
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