"Boss, you can't sell it, Boss... We don't need that meal, Boss, please, don't buy my baby."
Ji Wan frowned and turned around to look at the girl in his arms, who was so thin that she was just a bag of bones.
The girl's dark eyes were wide open, filled with sadness and fear.
"Do you want to come with me? Before I take you away, I want you to sever all ties with your family."
Ji Wan couldn't bear the little girl's plight and wanted to scare the father who was selling his daughter away with words.
Who would have thought that before the girl could even speak, her father spoke first: "Sir, sir, as long as you can give us food, we will let this damn girl do anything."
After all, it was a girl, and she couldn't carry on the family line, so if she was gone, she was gone. In the end, I got a bag of food along with it, which was more than worth it.
If they are frugal, one bag of food is enough to feed their family of three for three or four days!
"Did I ask you a question? I was asking about your daughter." Ji Wan sneered and scolded the father who sold his daughter.
The man holding the girl's hands was so frightened that they trembled. Ji Wan's eyes frightened him so much that his whole body went cold and he didn't dare to say another word.
"I... I do." As long as she can escape from this hell, she is willing to be a slave.
The lame lady walking in front even threatened her father for her sake.
It's enough to show that this guy is a good person.
But she has lived at home for so many years.
How could she not know that as long as there was a younger brother in the family, her parents would never put her before her younger brother.
Now she is being sold as a burden, so she might as well follow this kind-hearted master.
The girl's eyes were full of determination. She didn't even look back at her father and mother who were holding her. She was carefully taken over by the soldiers beside Zuo Yue.
The soldier holding her even took out a dry and hard steamed bun from somewhere and secretly stuffed it into her hand.
Ji Wan sighed, turned around and said to the man who showed no reluctance, "I am the King of Zhenbei, and I have the right to decide all matters in your family.
In front of so many people, your daughter will have nothing to do with you from now on. Please agree!"
When the man heard Ji Wan's identity, his smile became even more flattering. He shook off his hands, which were tightly grasped by his wife in fear, and nodded and bowed to Ji Wan, saying, "Of course, of course, so many elders and villagers are watching. As for... the matter of food, you see..."
Ji Wan sneered and waved his hand.
The soldier behind him, like Ji Wan, looked at the father who sold his daughter with disdain and took out a cloth bag from the backpack he was carrying.
The gray-black cloth bag contained the food that the middle-aged man had always dreamed of.
Seeing that the man's eyes were red and he looked even more excited, the soldier threw the cloth bag casually, and it landed in the man's hands in front of all the people.
The man finally calmed down and was about to put the food into his arms, but a pair of hands reached out from beside him and snatched it away.
"This..." Pei Xiang looked at the little girl with red and happy eyes hesitantly.
Finally, he shook his head and sighed helplessly.
This world is full of cannibalism!
"People like that are not fit to be parents, don't you think, little girl?" Ji Wan didn't even move his eyes, as if he hadn't noticed what was happening behind him at all.
The little girl then raised her dark arm to wipe away her tears and said, "He is not worthy of being my father!"
"Thank you, Your Highness, the Prince of Zhenbei, for saving my life. I will definitely repay you by working like a slave!"
Suffering from hunger and cold, many people thought of selling their own children, some just to give their children a chance to survive.
Some do it to give themselves a way out.
Ji Wan couldn't stand this kind of thing.
Glancing at the terrifyingly thin figures of the people around him, Ji Wan said to Pei Xiang behind him, "Pei Xiang, use your identity to gather all the people who are willing to go to Tongcheng for treatment. I will treat them free of charge."
Looking at those parents who exchanged their children for cannibalism, Ji Wan's eyes were dim. When she looked at them, several of them lowered their heads instantly, not daring to meet her gaze.
The father who had already sold his daughter showed no regret in his eyes. Knowing that Ji Wan came to save them, he didn't mind selling his son and daughter.
"I thank Your Highness on behalf of the people!" Pei Xiang's face finally showed some joy.
He couldn't hide his smile as he turned around and ran towards the people with his attendants behind him.
They are finally saved! Fortunately, His Highness is a good prince who cares about the people.
"Zuo Yue, follow Pei Xiang closely and don't let him get hurt by those excited people."
This County Magistrate Pei was definitely as prestigious among the people as Cao Ke before him, so he was very happy when he suddenly learned that he could get free medical treatment.
There's no guarantee that the people won't be so happy that they'll throw the person into the sky.
Sure enough, ever since Pei Xiang announced the news about Ji Wan, people have been surrounding him along the way.
They expressed their gratitude excitedly, and many of them were holding their children.
"Your Highness...this..." Pei Xiang lowered his head shyly when he saw this scene, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
"Your Highness, won't you accept the kindness of the people together with County Magistrate Pei? Otherwise, in the future, there will only be Pei Xiang in Pincheng, but no King Zhenbei." Cui Min said in a gloomy tone.
"I'm not afraid." Ji Wan raised an eyebrow. "It is indeed a blessing for the people to have a good official. A good official will not put the people in a difficult position."
"clear."
There were not many people left in Pincheng. After Pei Xiang finished counting and registering them, exactly two hours had passed.
It was enough for Ji Wan to ride around the ruined city on horseback.
To be honest, Ji Wan thought he would see a scene of cannibalism everywhere, but he didn't expect that Pei Xiang was actually a talented person.
He kept all the granaries in the city under his control and distributed them to the people in appropriate amounts every day.
If the epidemic does not get better, Ji Wan estimates that if Pei Xiang continues to distribute food frugally, the food can last another month.
But it can only last for a month, because the grain in the granary is all old grain, which is already mixed with mold, and the quantity is pitifully small.
When the people were about to leave, Ji Wan asked Pei Xiang to distribute all the rice to them to prevent it from getting moldy.
Ji Wan took a look at the amount of rice the people received. Almost each person could only get an amount of rice the size of an orange per day.
Even with this amount, Pei Xiang distributed all the remaining food for one month to the people.
As Ji Wan expected, Pei Xiang was a smart man. As he led the people away, he kept saying, "Zhenbei King is righteous. It was the Zhenbei King who saved us. Thank you, Zhenbei King..."
The people received Ji Wan's favor, and Pei Xiang led the people to kowtow to Ji Wan at the gate of Pincheng.
Then, a long line of refugees will be sent to Stone City to take the teleportation array to Bronze City.
Now that the city was empty, Ji Wan took the results of his investigation into heart.
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