As soon as I walked into the ruined temple, there was a peculiar smell. It's a mixture of sweat, mud, blood, and so on. When they came, there were already a lot of people in the ruined temple, and those people were standing on their bones and in rags, and they were probably all victims who had come to hide from the rain.

Li Shengxun and Liujin traveled all the way south, quickly stepping up, and basically walked on the path of no one, although they knew that there was chaos in the south, but when they entered this ruined temple, they knew what purgatory on earth was.

The victims of the ruined temple were in a variety of shapes, but all of them were scrawny, and most of them looked sluggish, almost losing hope of survival. There was a lot of noise inside, with cursing, complaining, and the cries of women and children.

Li Shengxi and Liujin did not enter through the main entrance, because although they had changed into simple clothes, they were completely clothed, and they looked out of place as refugees. At this time, they don't want to stir up trouble.

Li Shengxian and Liujin stayed in the corner.

Looking at this scene, Liujin only felt as if his heart had been pricked by a needle, although he was not from his own country, but this kind of suffering was too heavy.

Li Shengxi's expression was complicated and obscure. This is not the first time she has seen such a person, but when she sees it again, she still can't help but feel uncomfortable. She is the eldest princess, even if the imperial power was weak when she was born, and the elder brother's throne was unstable and had no real power. But she is still a princess, as the first sister of the Son of Heaven, she is a natural master, since she was a child, she has been clothed and fed since she was a child, in fact, don't say it's her, even if she is an unfavored concubine and palace maid in the palace, although their lives are hard, they can't suffer to such a point.

Beasts eat each other, and men are evil. For the parents of the people, the administration is not exempt from leading beasts and cannibalism. Evil in its people parents also?

It is the sin of those in power that the people suffer.

"Lieutenant, look." Rujin exhaled softly.

I saw a woman not far away, holding a child in her arms, and the child did not 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 too hungry to have the strength to refuse what the woman had given her.

"Lieutenant, the woman fed the child as if it were tree bark." Rujin was a little surprised.

"More than ten years ago, I made a big flood in the Southern Jin Dynasty, not to mention gnawing tree bark and eating licorice, in order to satisfy hunger, even eating soil is also available." Li Shengxun didn't seem to be surprised, but there was a slight unbearability in his complexion.

"Do you want to give them something to eat?" Liujin is not like Li Shengxian, she is still young, and she has not experienced as many things as Li Shengxian, let her sit and watch such a tragic situation, she really can't bear it.

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

Rujin walked up to the woman, and the woman looked at Rujin in neat clothes, "You...... The...... Is there anything you can do, this nobleman? ”

In such an era, as long as you dress neatly, it means that your family is wealthy, and you can be called a "nobleman".

"Your child ......"

The woman's eyes lit up, and before she could finish speaking, she hurriedly spoke, "Please, buy my child." He is very well-behaved, he is also very sensible, he is just young and has the wrong birth. I don't want money, I just want you to give him a bite to eat. Please, take him away. ”

The woman spoke, and pleaded.

She couldn't help but squat down and look at the child, the little child was already weathered, and his cheeks had sunken because of hunger. The child closed his eyes and saw that he was no longer alive.

The child's stomach is delicate, but he has experienced these things, with heavy rain and constant turmoil. They had no food, so they had to eat grass roots, tree bark, and even dirt. Now I'm afraid it's not long before I die.

"He's just asleep......" said the woman, weeping, and she looked at her child in disbelief, little by little. As a mother with a child in her arms, the woman could feel it most clearly.

"He's just asleep......" the woman muttered.

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

"He was still alive just now, saying that he would make a lot of money in the future, buy me food, and let me live a good life. He wouldn't have died, how could he have died? My child will never die......" The woman's eyes were hollow, her thoughts were in a trance, and there was no more coherence between her words, as if she wanted to prove something? Convinced that his child did not die.

She kept shaking her baby, hoping to wake her up. But how can a man shake a dead man awake? As if realizing that her child would never wake up again, the woman suddenly became a little angry, and cursed continuously: "Wake up quickly, now that a noble person is going to take you away, you don't have to suffer anymore, why are you still so ignorant?" As long as you make A-Niang angry...... I beg you, wake up quickly, A-Niang won't scold you anymore, A-Niang begs you......"

Cursing to the back, the woman turned into a mournful pleading. Her empty eyes were still not half angry, but tears continued to flow out of her eyes.

Liujin's eyes were sour, she covered her mouth, and just about to say something, she was pulled into a corner.

"Lieutenant ......," said Liujin in a low voice.

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

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

But what is the use of you giving them money in such a world? Moreover, the reason why she is a woman who can still live intact until now is because the people in this temple are still conscience-free. If you give him a thousand gold, you will undoubtedly cause disaster for him, don't you understand the consequences of the child holding the gold to go through the city? Li Shengxi looked at Liujin, who was still too pure and kind, and she continued:

"If you can save one person, can you save everyone? Do you know how many children are like that in this ruined temple? Just now you wanted to give that kid something to eat, and I wanted to stop you. In this ruined temple, everyone has experienced famine, and there is hunger all the time. When you take out food at this time, it doesn't benefit everyone. If there is no inequality, it will cause turmoil, and then more people will die. ”

"My subordinates know." Liujin said in a low voice, her expression was sad and unbearable, she had read poetry and books since she was a child, and she was by Li Shengxi's side, how could she not know this truth. It's just that she still can't bear it, and her subordinates were also sold into the palace as slaves because of the hardships in their families.

It's just that she is much luckier than these victims, she was bought by the "nobles" and sold into the palace as a slave, and later was appreciated by His Royal Highness and taught with all her heart, so that she has today's stay.

But things hurt like that, Qiu Ming is also sad, how can she be rational?

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