Chapter 226: Wolf’s Fang Necklace
Chi Xiyou listened to her words and asked, "What happened?"
"When we visited the house where these children lived, we met a group of people. When we arrived, those young children were already dead." Xuan Ruiquan answered with a frown.
Seeing his frown, Chi Xiyou realized that there was more to the matter than what Xuan Ruiquan had just said and asked, "General Xuan, do you know why those people killed the children?"
Xuan Ruiquan glanced at Duan Yixin and motioned for Chi Xiyou to follow him. The two walked to the side, and Xuan Ruiquan said in a low voice, "Those people eat the flesh of children."
As soon as these words came out, Chi Xiyou’s face turned pale. He looked at Xuan Ruiquan in shock and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure about this, General Xuan?"
Xuan Ruiquan nodded, "Yes. I have been guarding the northern border for ten years and have encountered this kind of thing several times. Due to the land conditions in the north, ordinary crops couldn’t grow. Because of starvation and limited food, the Xiong Nu and other nomadic tribes would kidnap children and women from the border towns and eat their flesh. These people called their victims two-legged sheep and considered human flesh a delicacy."
Listening to Xuan Ruiquan’s explanation, Chi Xiyou felt his stomach churn. He suppressed the feeling of nausea and asked, in a heavy tone, "Has the situation become so serious that someone has started eating people?"
Xuan Ruiquan thought about this problem and said, "I think the situation is not that bad. Each town should have some food reserves that could be used to support the refugees for a period of time until the imperial court sent money and supplies for disaster relief. Although there will be a shortage of food, the situation will not be so serious that people will eat human flesh."
Chi Xiyou looked at him and asked, "Then... What about those people who eat children?"