Chapter 2152: Chapter 2152: Kidnapping Children to Sell!
In his expression, there was no trace of sorrow, as if he was just recounting a story without any emotional involvement, as though it wasnât about himself.
Leng Yikun looked at the child who appeared to be only six or seven years old, which meant that two years ago, he was merely four or five.
For such a young child to remember that his father died in war was already commendable. As for emotions, he didnât expect a child to understand much.
It was good enough for the children to find something to eat every day.
âHis dad died in the war, what about yours?â he asked the other children.
âItâs the same for all of us. Three years ago, when they recruited soldiers, our fathers were all taken away, and none came back,â the boy who first replied to them said.
Yuu Rong truly felt the weight of such a topic.
He wanted to help these children, but was it even possible? He had just seen many similar children begging on the streets.
It was alright if they could find something to eat, but if not, they would indeed starve to death.
âYour fathers died in the war, didnât the royal court provide any support money for you?â he asked.
In any planes, soldiers who died in battle would receive some money, wouldnât they? Couldnât be that they just died for nothing?
âWhat support money? Thereâs nothing at all.â
Bringing this up, the oldest boyâs face exhibited a clear indignation.
âThat dog of an Emperor is not only cruel but also incompetent. I heard that a year of war has emptied the treasury. Forget about support money, even the soldiers who survived, many died due to severe injuries and lack of medical treatment.â
These were things he heard from adults when he was begging.
âExactly, I also heard that the soldiers who died were all thrown into Mass Burial Mound, without anyone to collect the bodies. Many families whose men didnât return all ran to Mass Burial Mound to scratch through the corpses!â
Another boy chimed in eagerly.
âUnable to find their own relatives, they just scratched up any corpse and treated it as their family member. Anyway, the corpses were all decomposed, and you couldnât tell what they looked like.â
âHiss!â
Hearing these things, Yuu Rong couldnât help but rub his arms, goosebumps forming all over.
What are all these things? Beikun Kingdom is really finished. He has never felt as much as in this moment that his sister-in-lawâs desire to divide up Beikun Kingdom was more than justified!
âEven if things were like this two years ago, why is the capital still so desolate?â Leng Yikun inquired.
âItâs because of those royal nobles!â
The oldest boy curled his lip as he said.
âThose royal nobles just donât give a damn about the lives of commoners. The shops make a bit of money and have to pay more than half to them, leaving them unable to keep going.
Furthermore, you wouldnât know this, but we used to have many friends begging together. But later, the nobility in the city not only extorted the merchantsâ money but also started capturing children at night to sell!
We now dare not stay in the city at night, only able to hide outside. If weâre not careful enough, the next day people would disappear, itâs terrifying.
Even if we hide well, many children have vanished, definitely captured.â
âDamn it!â
Yuu Rong couldnât help but curse.
Could the Emperor of Beikun do anything more inhumane? No wonder the capital is so desolate. Turns out he himself condones the nobles creating chaos in the city.
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