She pulled Qiu Yan toward the pond, but they couldn't even see a fish.
This place has long since become a stagnant pool.
Moreover, this stagnant pool of water also emitted a foul stench.
"Ah!" Suddenly, Qin Susu screamed. Qiu Yan followed her gaze and saw several skeletons floating on the bank of the pond.
Suddenly, Qin Susu screamed again, for a dried skeleton had appeared not far ahead.
At first glance, there appears to be more than one body.
Some of these skeletons were dressed in the attire of palace maids or eunuchs, while others were dressed in rich brocade, presumably the concubines and empresses of this palace.
Qiu Yan slightly raised her eyelids, inwardly marveling at the astonishing courage of these beggars.
Ling Qi and Ling Ba glanced briefly at the corpse in front of them before looking away.
"It's terrifying!" Qin Susu's teeth were chattering. "They're dead, and they can't even be laid to rest. They're so pitiful. Northern Qi is so cruel. Why is no one disposing of these corpses?"
"Who will handle this? Are we counting on officials sent by Northern Qi? I heard that the descendants of Western Qin were exterminated along with their entire clans," Qiu Yan said calmly.
She deeply understood the suppressed anger in Qin Feng's heart.
The hatred of genocide and the sorrow of national subjugation are not things that ordinary people can bear.
Ling Ba continued Qiu Yan's words, "Besides the descendants of Western Qin, even officials from various places were all executed on the orders of the Northern Qi Emperor."
"This is true for all civil officials, not to mention military officers. However, since many military officers possess martial arts skills, they managed to escape." Ling Qi thought of the rumors he had heard before.
Qin Susu tugged at Qiu Yan's sleeve,
"Let's go, stop looking."
She felt she would have nightmares tonight.
That damned Northern Qi emperor killed the entire royal family of Western Qin, which could be described as eliminating the root of the problem, but they also killed so many innocent officials, which is truly utterly depraved.
"Let's go." Qiu Yan nodded and was about to leave when another cry came from behind her.
Waaaaah... Waaaah...
"A vengeful ghost is coming to claim my life! It must be a vengeful ghost coming to take my life!" Qin Susu broke out in a cold sweat.
But the beggars around her stared at her as if she were a fool, whispering to each other every now and then.
Qin Susu looked embarrassed. She let go of Qiu Yan and pretended to be calm, but only for a moment.
"Xiaoyan, who is crying?"
"How would I know?" Qiu Yan looked around at the beggars, when she heard an old woman say kindly, "Girl, people cry here every day, don't worry about it."
Qiu Yan nodded slightly to the old woman, and pulled Qin Susu along. Just as they were about to leave, they saw a beggar woman slowly walking towards them from afar.
"A ghost..." Qin Susu instinctively shrank back, then thought for a moment and stood in front of Qiu Yan.
As the woman approached, Ling Qi and Ling Ba blocked her path.
Qiu Yan looked closely at the woman in front of her; she appeared to be in her forties.
Qiu Yan ignored the woman and left directly.
But then he saw the woman blocking his way.
"Uh..." The woman opened her mouth, made two muffled sounds, but could not speak.
"So, he's mute." Qin Susu felt a pang of pity.
Qiu Yan took out a few copper coins and handed them to the woman.
"This is all we have." Her abilities were limited, and this was all she could do to help.
“Uh…uh…” The woman did not take the coin, but instead grabbed Qiu Yan’s wrist.
Ling Qi and Ling Ba instinctively tried to stop them, but Qiu Yan shook her head at them.
The woman stammered, unable to speak, then pulled Qiu Yan aside and pointed to an abandoned palace in front of them.
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