Both families were given food, a kind of food they had never eaten before.
"Brother Lin, what kind of food is this made of?" asked Hunter Xin, holding a big steamed bun.
The others were also waiting for Lin Feng to explain.
Lin Feng smiled slightly and said, "This is wheat flour, a kind of white flour bun. I got it by chance. Don't worry, everyone can eat it. It tastes better than red wheat."
"White flour bun?" Xin the hunter took a bite in confusion, then his eyes lit up and he started eating with big mouthfuls.
"It's delicious, delicious. Don't just stand there, eat quickly." Hunter Xin urged indistinctly while chewing a steamed bun.
The others also began to eat voraciously, praising the deliciousness as they ate.
They were all starving, and they had finished all the water they had brought with them as they crossed the desert.
If they wait another day, they and their families will be buried under the yellow sand.
Fortunately, they met a noble person, and their unintentional actions were rewarded. This is all God's will and the law of karma.
These people ate their fill, and their listless condition improved, and they were considered to be completely alive again.
"Brother Xin, tell me what happened to you!" Lin Feng asked.
"Burp!" Hunter Xin burped and said slowly, "On the first day we entered, the Jingwei City Lord surnamed Jiang sold us all to the Huolin Stone Mine as laborers. We were given very little to eat, and our families had to work too, otherwise they wouldn't have anything to eat. It was completely different from what we said before."
Dazhuzi nodded repeatedly, his eyes filled with hatred. "We were too hungry to work, and the overseers whipped us. Some of us couldn't stand it, so we resisted and were beaten to death."
Hunter Xin took over and said, "The Fire Scale Stone Mine sounds good, but there's no trace of Fire Scale Stone inside. Thousands of people work all day and only find a few pieces. It's pitifully small. If they don't find Fire Scale Stone, they won't even give us water to drink."
Lin Feng was also putting himself in their shoes. If it were him, he would not be able to bear it either. He asked, "If you leave, will they let you go?"
Hunter Xin spitted, "Why would they let us go? They said they wanted to kill us. It's King Yu's army that has arrived."
"King Yu's army?" Lin Feng was stunned. So fast?
Dazhuzi said, "When King Yu's army arrived at the Huolin Stone Mine, they didn't waste time talking to you and immediately attacked, frightening the defenders inside into surrendering and begging for mercy. Humph! They're all cowards."
Hunter Xin nodded and took over the conversation, saying, "The man surnamed Jiang surrendered the fastest, but King Yu's army clearly didn't want to give him face and chopped off his head with a single blow. Then the general said, 'King Yu doesn't want good-for-nothings under his command.' Haha, that really relieved our deep hatred."
"But! We just found out that the bone-eating ant plague in Jingwei City was also caused by the Liman tribe in King Yu's army. Alas! They are all damned beasts. King Yu is not a good person either."
Lin Feng was also extremely shocked after hearing this. Back then, at the edge of Jingwei City, many people were eaten by bone-eating ants. How could King Yu, in order to win without fighting, resort to such cruelty? How could he be so tyrannical? Now that he had occupied Jingwei City, the people in the city were his subjects!
How could such a person be in power? You have no population, how can you rule? Where do you raise an army? Where do you collect military rations? Where do you get the military pay and taxes? You must be a fool, right?
Of course, Lin Feng didn't think that the powerful King Yu would be a fool. He must have his own intentions. As for the reason, it was not something that a commoner like Lin Feng could know. But no matter what, massacring the people was against the will of heaven and would definitely bring retribution.
"King Yu's army let you go?" Lin Feng asked curiously. They were supposed to have killed so many people, so why did they let these people go?
Hunter Xin nodded and said, "We're actually confused too. The soldiers said they'd let us go, but we couldn't look back and had to keep moving forward. They also gave us some dry food."
"Let you go and give you dry food? Why?" Lin Feng couldn't understand. This was too unbelievable. King Yu's army must be planning something. His mind was in a mess. He really didn't know what kind of magical operation this was.
"The previous city also surrendered to King Yu." Dazhuzi said after taking a bite of braised beef.
"What? That makes sense." Lin Feng suddenly realized that these people were released to be scapegoats.
There will be a great battle between Prince Yu and the Imperial Army here. He deliberately sent these civilians here. The more civilians there are in Huangsha City, the more restricted the Imperial Army will be. These civilians are related to the reputation of the Great Yan Dynasty. If the news spreads that the Imperial Army is killing civilians, the political situation of the Great Yan Dynasty will be in jeopardy, and Prince Yu can take advantage of the situation and gain many benefits.
What a brilliant plan! These people came here on their own, without the need for his army to escort them or drive them away. Moreover, Huangsha City is now a place where people are allowed to enter but not leave. So many refugees have entered the city, and for a bite of food, they are willing to fight a bloody battle for Prince Yu against the imperial army. It is truly a sinister and cruel plan.
"Listen to me, you can't enter the city." Lin Feng said to everyone.
Xin the Hunter and Dazhuzi were confused. What would they eat and drink if they didn't go into the city?
Lin Feng slowly spoke, "You're right to listen to me. Not letting you into the city is for your own good. You can't survive in this city. Do you know what's going on inside? The government won't let you pass through Huangsha City, and they won't give you food or water. Now everyone inside wants to escape, and many people die of starvation every day. There's no way you'll survive if you go in."
Afraid that they still wouldn't believe him, he took great pains to tell them everything he knew and his analysis.
"Really? How could King Yu use such a vicious plan? Then what should we do?" Dazhuzi was a little at a loss at first, and his tone was a little flustered.
Xin the Hunter also asked the same question.
Lin Feng thought for a moment and then said, "There is a secret passage under Huangsha City, but I couldn't find the entrance after I came out."
Lin Feng looked helpless. He continued, "There's another way to the other side of Huangsha City. It's an icy wasteland there, and it's very cold. However, after crossing the icy wasteland, you'll almost reach King Qi's fiefdom. You can probably survive there then. King Qi has a good reputation. It's rumored that he treats the people in his fiefdom very well, and no one has starved to death in his territory."
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this. They knew that Prince Qi was a good person. In the Great Yan Dynasty, only Prince Qi had the qualities to be a sage monarch. But what was puzzling was that this good prince had no intention of becoming the emperor. This was a bit puzzling.
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