Chapter 2152: Chapter 2152: Kidnapping Children to Sell!

In his expression, there was no trace of sorrow, as if he was just recounting a story without any emotional involvement, as though it wasn’t about himself.

Leng Yikun looked at the child who appeared to be only six or seven years old, which meant that two years ago, he was merely four or five.

For such a young child to remember that his father died in war was already commendable. As for emotions, he didn’t expect a child to understand much.

It was good enough for the children to find something to eat every day.

“His dad died in the war, what about yours?” he asked the other children.

“It’s the same for all of us. Three years ago, when they recruited soldiers, our fathers were all taken away, and none came back,” the boy who first replied to them said.

Yuu Rong truly felt the weight of such a topic.

He wanted to help these children, but was it even possible? He had just seen many similar children begging on the streets.

It was alright if they could find something to eat, but if not, they would indeed starve to death.

“Your fathers died in the war, didn’t the royal court provide any support money for you?” he asked.

In any planes, soldiers who died in battle would receive some money, wouldn’t they? Couldn’t be that they just died for nothing?

“What support money? There’s nothing at all.”

Bringing this up, the oldest boy’s face exhibited a clear indignation.

“That dog of an Emperor is not only cruel but also incompetent. I heard that a year of war has emptied the treasury. Forget about support money, even the soldiers who survived, many died due to severe injuries and lack of medical treatment.”

These were things he heard from adults when he was begging.

“Exactly, I also heard that the soldiers who died were all thrown into Mass Burial Mound, without anyone to collect the bodies. Many families whose men didn’t return all ran to Mass Burial Mound to scratch through the corpses!”

Another boy chimed in eagerly.

“Unable to find their own relatives, they just scratched up any corpse and treated it as their family member. Anyway, the corpses were all decomposed, and you couldn’t tell what they looked like.”

“Hiss!”

Hearing these things, Yuu Rong couldn’t help but rub his arms, goosebumps forming all over.

What are all these things? Beikun Kingdom is really finished. He has never felt as much as in this moment that his sister-in-law’s desire to divide up Beikun Kingdom was more than justified!

“Even if things were like this two years ago, why is the capital still so desolate?” Leng Yikun inquired.

“It’s because of those royal nobles!”

The oldest boy curled his lip as he said.

“Those royal nobles just don’t give a damn about the lives of commoners. The shops make a bit of money and have to pay more than half to them, leaving them unable to keep going.

Furthermore, you wouldn’t know this, but we used to have many friends begging together. But later, the nobility in the city not only extorted the merchants’ money but also started capturing children at night to sell!

We now dare not stay in the city at night, only able to hide outside. If we’re not careful enough, the next day people would disappear, it’s terrifying.

Even if we hide well, many children have vanished, definitely captured.”

“Damn it!”

Yuu Rong couldn’t help but curse.

Could the Emperor of Beikun do anything more inhumane? No wonder the capital is so desolate. Turns out he himself condones the nobles creating chaos in the city.