C1515

1515

Afternoon.

It was hot.

At 1: 55, Xu Taiping, Song Jia Ran, Chu Tian and Marilyn arrived at the hotel.

"Why are you going with me?" Xu Taiping looked at Chu Tian, and asked with a frown.

"I'm a member of the expedition. This time, I'm going to look at Maurice in many ways, and the outskirts of Morris is one of my goals." Chu Tian said.

"Fine." Xu Taiping smiled helplessly.

"Thanks for the porridge last night." Chu Tian said to Song Jia.

"You're too polite, you're the secretary's daughter, I'll definitely please you!" Song Jia said with a smile.

"Your mouth is too bad!" Chu Tian frowned.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore!" Song Jia giggled, "Just don't bully our family's peace!"

"When did he become your family?" Chu Tian asked.

"I'm talking about my family, my family includes me, Xia Jinxuan, Emma." Song Jia Xiong explained.

"You youngsters are still able to play!" Chu Tian said.

"Why isn't Wu Zen here yet?" Xu Taiping looked at his watch. It was already two o'clock, but Wu Tan didn't appear.

"There might be a problem, why don't you give him a call?" Song Jia asked.

"Let me make a call!" Xu Taiping said as he picked up his phone.

"Stop hitting me, I'm coming!" Wu Zen's voice suddenly came from the side.

Everyone looked towards the source of the voice and saw an ordinary man wearing a hood and sunglasses walking over from the side.

The man walked in front of everyone and took off his sunglasses.

"You're actually dressed like this?!" Song Jia asked in surprise.

"My father forbade me to leave the place where Maurice went, so I had to do this to avoid my men." Wu Zeng said.

"Are you sure you want to come out with us?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Of course, I want to prove to you that what you're saying is false. Under the leadership of my father, the Wu Kara Kingdom is no longer the Wu Kara Kingdom of the past!" Wu Tan laughed.

"Then let's go!" Xu Taiping nodded, and then walked out with Wu Zan.

After dressing up in disguise, Wu Zan still couldn't tell that he was a prince, so the journey from the hotel to the city wall could be considered to be quite smooth.

"What if your men come looking for you?" Xu Taiping asked.

"I told them I was going to sleep and they wouldn't bother me." Wu Zeng said.

"That's good!" Xu Taiping nodded, and then walked to the front of the wall.

"There's a hole here. You guys are smaller and can go through here!" Xu Taiping pointed to a hole in the ground.

"There's actually a hole here!" "I must settle with the guys in charge of repairing the city wall. How much is the annual maintenance of the city wall going to be able to make such a big hole in the city wall!" Wu Tan frowned and said.

"Don't worry about that for now, get out!" Xu Taiping said.

Uzzan nodded and went back into the cave. Behind him, Marilyn, Chu Tian and Song Jia also went back into the cave.

As a non-human, Xu Taiping jumped over the wall and landed steadily on the ground.

Wu Zan and the others emerged from the ground one after another.

"Follow me. It's quite a few kilometers away, and the road won't be that easy!" Xu Taiping said.

"Why don't we go by car?" Uzzen asked.

"Can we get a car outside?" Xu Taiping asked.

"I can get someone to bring some cars over. Oh, I remember now. If we can't expose us, then forget about it!" Wu Zeng said.

"Let's go!" Xu Taiping said, leading the way to the village where they were.

The scorching sun was scorching the earth.

Everyone's clothes were drenched in sweat.

Finally, after walking for about an hour, their village appeared in Xu Taiping's line of sight.

"Our destination is there!" Xu Taiping pointed to the village ahead.

"There are many villages like this in our Wu Kara Kingdom. It's very normal." Wu Zeng said.

"You'll find something wrong when you go in!" Xu Taiping said as he led the way.

Not long after, the group arrived at the village entrance.

Looking in from the entrance of the village, it was the same as when Xu Taiping came. Many people were sitting on the ground or leaning against the door of their house.

These people were all skin and bones, and they seemed to be malnourished.

When they saw Xu Taiping and the rest appear, there was only indifference in their eyes. They looked at Xu Taiping and the rest as if they were looking at thin air.

"Why are these people so thin?" Uzzen asked.

"Malnourished." Xu Taiping said.

"Malnutrition? "How can this be? This place is so close to the capital, how can these people be malnourished?" Wu Zan frowned.

"Why don't you explain to me why you're so thin. Are these people trying to lose weight? Is the child on the ground losing weight as well? " Xu Taiping asked as he pointed to a skinny child on the ground.

Uzzen was at a loss for words.

At this moment, Xu Taiping suddenly noticed a flock of vultures on the ground not far away.

Xu Taiping frowned and walked over with his team.

When they were a dozen meters away from the group of vultures, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them.

On the ground, a three or four-year-old child was kneeling with his head on the ground. Only his bones were left, and there was barely any flesh to be seen.

The vultures surrounded the child as if they were waiting for him to die.

"Bastards, get the hell away from me!" Song Jia shouted loudly and charged towards the group of vultures.

Startled, the vulture flapped its wings and soared into the sky.

On the ground, the child was still lying there, not moving at all.

Song Jia Niang quickly ran to the child's side and picked him up.

This child, held by Song Jia, appeared to be weightless.

The child had his eyes closed and his lips purple.

"Severe malnutrition." Xu Taiping walked to the child's side, touched the child's pulse, and shook his head, "There's no hope."

"Give him something to eat." Song Jia said anxiously.

"He doesn't even have the energy to digest food, unless he has a recovery potion. But in this place, where would he find a recovery potion?" Xu Taiping said.

As Xu Taiping spoke, the child in Song Jia's arms suddenly moved. Then, he raised his head with much difficulty to look at Song Jia.

"Save him!" Song Jia pleaded.

Xu Taiping sighed.

The corner of the child's mouth curled up into a difficult smile. Afterwards, he tried to raise his hand, but when he was halfway there, the small hand powerlessly fell down.

Child, she died.

Song Jia stood there with her hands trembling.

Wu Zan's expression was unsettled, no one knew what he was thinking.

"What era is it? Why would there be people who starve to death?" Chu Tian angrily said.

"I... I don't know. " Uzzen shook his head.

"Give him to me." A familiar voice suddenly sounded from the side. Then, Xu Taiping saw Bulma walk over.

Bulma walked up to Song Jia and carried the child's body over.

"I'll dig a hole and bury him, at least so that the vultures won't be able to eat him." said Bulma, moving to the side.

"How can this be? He's still so young. " Song Jia Niang followed beside Bulma, her eyes red as she asked.

"His parents are dead. He's still young, and no one is there to take care of him. I can't help it." Bulma said calmly.

"Can't you even have a meal?" Song Jia asked.

"There isn't much food to begin with. Who would give such a child any extra food?" As he spoke, he suddenly turned around and walked towards a nearby mud house and took out a shovel.

"Bury them just like that?" Song Jia asked.

"If I don't bury him, he will be eaten up by the vultures. Even if the vultures don't eat him, he will rot and then there will be a plague." As he spoke, he laid the nursery on the ground and began to dig.

Xu Taiping and his men stood aside silently.

Not long after, a hole was dug.

Bulma carefully put the child's room into the pit and then filled it up with dirt.

"Why can't you all eat? Aren't you going to grow crops? Aren't you going to raise animals? " Wu Zan couldn't help but ask.

"The crops have been planted, taken away by the king, the animals have been reared, and the king has taken away too. Who would still want to grow more, who would still want to raise more?" Bulma said faintly.

"Your Majesty, have you taken away all your crops and livestock?" Wu Zan asked in surprise.

"Otherwise?" He set the spade down and walked off in the direction of his own house.

"How is your mother?" Song Jia asked.

"Much better, thank you." Burma said.

"As long as you are better!" Song Jia wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes and said, "Wait for your mother to recover. You must live on properly."

"En!" Bulma nodded, and then asked, "You. What are you doing here again? "

"We came to visit you." Song Jia said.

"I can tell that you are good people, but it's useless. Don't come, it's not safe like this. Everyone is hungry and mad. They might do something." Burma said.

"It's fine." Song Jia shook her head.

It was not long before Burma returned to her own home.

Uzzan went to Burma's door and looked inside. The house was littered with insects, and everyone looked malnourished. Burma's mother was sitting on the floor, her legs still rotting, but the bugs were gone and she had wrapped them in herbs.

"How can he be so poor?" Wu Zen shook his head in disbelief. "This is different from what they told me."

"People will only tell you what they want you to know. There are some things that you have to find out for yourself." Xu Taiping said.

Wu Zan frowned and fell into deep thought.

At that moment, the familiar sound of a horn suddenly rang out.

Food was coming!

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