The king's father and mother did not answer. It was Chen Jiaye who answered. In fact, even if Lu Qingqing did not ask, Chen Jiaye would have said it.

He said, "Besides us, there are still a group of living people in the city. They are led by a leader named Xie Donglin and live in the village below the city. There shouldn't be many of them, probably only a few hundred. The rest have either left or starved to death. There are no more people."

Lu Qingqing and Liang Pei looked at each other, then frowned and asked, "Are you with that group of disaster victims?"

"Correct."

"Aren't there a lot of you? What happened? Why did everyone leave and only a few hundred people are left?"

Chen Jiaye looked outside the door, as if recalling the situation when he entered the city that day. He soon sighed and said, "That day, Xie Donglin sent people into the city to investigate the news. He found that Governor Gong was really dead and the black armor soldiers had all left. So he brought everyone into the city."

"After entering the city, everyone found that the facts were exactly as they had investigated, and they also saw the body of Governor Gong. So, everyone's nervous hearts were immediately relieved. However, everyone had been fleeing from famine for so long, and this was the first time they had come across a city without government jurisdiction. Everyone was inevitably a little bolder, so not long after entering the city, everyone dispersed to look for food."

"Soon someone discovered the residence of Governor Gong and found a large amount of food inside. Everyone rushed in, wanting to be the first to get the food, but no one gave way to anyone else. Soon there was a stampede, and many people were trampled to death before they could react!"

"It was Xie Donglin who led a few martial artists and rushed into the crowd without regard for their own safety. This prevented more people from being trampled to death. Xie Donglin is a capable man and the situation was quickly under his control, but two fists are no match for four hands!"

Lu Qingqing couldn't wait to ask: "What happened next?"

Chen Jiaye was interrupted by Lu Qingqing, but he was not annoyed and continued quickly:

"Later, when the supplies were being distributed, some people felt that the distribution was unfair. I don't know who started it first, but everyone started snatching supplies again."

"This time, it wasn't a stampede. Instead, many people started fighting each other. Everyone wanted to kill the other person so that they could get more supplies. Many people died in the internal fighting..."

Chen Jiaye showed a look of pain on his face, as if the scene was right in front of him.

Lu Qingqing and Liang Pei were both shocked. They originally thought it was just a natural disaster, but they didn't expect it to be a man-made disaster.

Liang Pei asked, "Did Xie Donglin just leave with a group of people and no longer care about them?"

"No, he did, but no one listened to him. Later, the victims wanted to kill him, so he had no choice but to run away with a group of people who trusted him. I wanted to follow them, but I couldn't leave quickly with my family, so I had to stay here temporarily with my children, Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang."

After Chen Jiaye's voice fell, Wang's father followed up, "Alas, what a sin! Many half-grown children have persisted all the way here, but unexpectedly they did not die on the way. Instead, they died at their destination due to this kind of man-made disaster that should not have existed."

Who can say that this kind of thing is not a disaster?

Lu Qingqing couldn't comment on anything. After all, human nature was greedy, vicious and unpredictable, and no one knew something like this would happen.

The atmosphere in the room was quiet for a moment. Lu Qingqing looked up at Chen Jiaye and asked:

"So what are you going to do next? Too many people have died in the city. Although those corpses are a little far away from you and the wind is not blowing towards you, if a rainstorm comes and the corpse water flows towards you, it will be too late for you to leave."

There were too many bodies and we couldn't bury them one by one, so we could only wait for them to dry and weather naturally.

Chen Jiaye was stunned for a moment when he heard this, as if he had not expected this question, and said helplessly:

"We can only take one step at a time."

Lu Qingqing didn't approve of his doing this. "We've already reached our destination, don't be so pessimistic. Wait until the child gets better and then move to another place as soon as possible. Xie Donglin lives in the lower village, so even if a heavy rain causes a flood, it won't affect him there. You can go there, or live in the mountains like us."

Chen Jiaye nodded. After hearing what she said, he asked about her family. "How are Uncle Hu and his family? And Yaoyao, I haven't seen you for a year. You must have grown a lot taller, right?"

When talking about the recent situation of her family, Lu Qingqing also talked about them enthusiastically.

"They are all fine. Yaoyao has not only grown taller but also gained a lot of weight. She also has a good friend who lives with us on the top of the mountain now."

Lu Qingqing walked to the northeast corner of the yard, pointed to a high mountain and said, "They all live on the top of that mountain."

Chen Jiaye looked in the direction she pointed, but he had to crane his neck to see the top of the mountain. He couldn't help but ask, "So high? How did you climb up there?"

But after thinking for a while, he added: "Fortunately, you are all on the top of the mountain and are not in a hurry to go into the city, otherwise if you run into those disaster victims, the consequences will be disastrous."

Lu Qingqing nodded. She almost understood the current situation in the city, so she didn't stay here any longer. She said:

"When you have rested, you can come find us there. We may move, but we are basically on that mountain."

Having said that, without waiting for Chen Jiaye to say anything, he and Liang Peishuang walked out together. Wang's father and mother chased after them, shouting anxiously:

"Miss Lu, won't you stay a little longer?"

Lu Qingqing turned around and said calmly, "No, Aunt Wang, my second aunt and the others are still waiting for us to go back. If we are late, they will be anxious. We will see you later."

The Queen Mother didn't know what to say. She kept watching at the door until Lu Qingqing and Liang Pei disappeared before returning to the house.

In the room, Chen Jiaye thought carefully about what Lu Qingqing had just said, and quickly said:

"Uncle and aunt, why don't we move to the mountains in a few days and live with them as neighbors?"

The king's father and mother naturally agreed. After all, it was rare to meet such a nice person whom they knew, and it would always be good for them to talk to each other from time to time.

However, the Queen Mother had concerns. "We have no objection to moving in with them, but we are afraid of them. I always feel like they don't want to be disturbed."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Jiaye said, "Don't worry, aunt. If they don't want to, we can just look for another place. And Miss Lu just said that we should go find them after we have rested. I believe that with the kindness of Miss Lu's family, they will not refuse us."

The Queen Mother wanted to say something else, but the King's Father interrupted and said:

"We'll just listen to Ye'er. If they don't want us to disturb them, we can just live nearby and live our own lives."

The Queen Mother thought about it and quickly nodded.

A few days later, Chen Jiaye and his family packed up and headed towards the mountain.

They soon arrived at the place where they were cultivating and planting.

Looking around, they saw all kinds of vegetables, fruits and melons planted on the ground in front of them, all green and red, which made them stunned!

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