The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

This whip is much longer than ordinary horse whips and was a trophy collected earlier.

It has never been used before, but now it is just right for this situation.

Lu Qingqing picked up the long whip and whipped it towards the place where there were the most beggars.

With a crisp sound of "snap", the whip hit the outermost circle of beggars.

When the whip hits your body, the pain of the wound is no less than that of a cut.

Therefore, the group of beggars who were hit were now covering their wounds and screaming in pain, and they seemed to have lost their fighting ability.

Seeing this, Lu Qingqing whipped the second time towards the other side.

The whip hit several other beggars, and the screams at the scene became even louder.

There are also different levels of beggars.

At this moment, a middle-aged beggar who was commanding in the corner was observing the situation.

Seeing that this person was not easy to deal with, he put two dirty fingers in his mouth and blew a hooligan whistle.

With a few short, rogue whistles, the group of beggars surrounding the car ran away.

It was at this time that the owner of the shop next door quietly walked out.

He looked around first, and when he saw that there were really no beggars, he turned his attention to Lu Qingqing and the others.

Seeing several people tying the ropes again, he sighed:

"It's a good thing there's one of you who can wield a whip, or these looms would have to be dragged away.

Alas, the beggars in the city are becoming more and more powerful, and we ordinary people dare not provoke them.

Girl, I suggest you leave as soon as possible.

There were only a dozen beggars just now. If you had left later, there would have been dozens more.”

Lu Qingqing frowned when she heard this:

"Old man, these beggars are so arrogant that they rob people on the street. Doesn't the county government do anything?"

The shopkeeper sighed.

"County Magistrate Qiao is a good official. As soon as he receives a report of a crime, he immediately sends officers to arrest the perpetrator.

But these beggars were very slippery. They slipped into the alley and ran away before the police arrived.

Moreover, the beggars on the street are all in the same group. They cover each other and let people go.

The county government also wanted to deal with these beggars on the street before, but these beggars were very shameless.

They cried and made a fuss at the gate of the county government office, only talking about how pitiful they were.

Later on, they even wanted to live in the county government office so that the county government would provide them with food and accommodation.

However, the county government did not directly catch the beggar committing a crime, so it was impossible to impose a heavy sentence.

If they were to put the person in jail, they would actually get what they wanted and be able to have some free food and drink.

Besides, there are quite a lot of beggars, and the county government can’t afford to support so many people!

So, the beggar issue has been dragged on until now and has not been resolved."

Lu Qingqing looked into the alley, but the beggar was no longer there.

But at this time, at the end of the street not far away, there were a few disabled little beggars begging.

The shopkeeper noticed Lu Qingqing's gaze and sighed:

"Girl, those little beggars are different from the beggars who just stole things, so don't take your anger out on them.

Although they all belong to the beggar force, these children are all pitiful people.

I've heard before that these little beggars were stolen or abducted.

They were all healthy children, but people who specialized in this business had their hands and feet chopped off in order to gain sympathy and make money.

Don't be fooled by the fact that there's no one around those little beggars. Actually, there's a man not far behind them who's specifically looking after them!"

As the shopkeeper spoke, he was afraid that the men would come out and discover him, so he quietly changed his position and hid behind the carriage.

Lu Qingqing was also a little surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect that such things as sexually assaulting people would happen these days.

And from what the shopkeeper said, there are quite a few little beggars like this.

These people are really crazy in order to make money.

As they were talking, Wang Demao and his companions had already quickly tied the ropes again.

They kept looking back, fearing that the beggars would catch up with them again, and urged:

"Miss Lu, let's leave quickly.

If those beggars catch up, we'll be in trouble!"

In fact, Wang Demao had also heard about the story of the shopkeeper talking about the dissection of living people.

There are too many people selling their children on the road to escape famine.

Those children who were sold were considered lucky if they were sold to wealthy families as servants or to brothels.

As for those who are unlucky, they have their hands and feet broken and tortured into a miserable state, forcing them to beg on the streets.

The worst off ones were those who were sold to those who liked to eat children's flesh.

Those people bought the children and raised them for some time.

A very hungry child will easily gain weight as long as he is given food.

By the time the child grows up to be fatter and whiter, it is time for him to die.

All I can say is that there are perverts every year, and they are especially common in troubled times.

However, now they can hardly take care of themselves and dare not confront these beggar forces.

Just as Wang Demao was trying to persuade Lu Qingqing to leave, he heard a disabled little beggar at the end of the street shouting:

"Sister Daya, please save me! Help!"

When I turned around, I saw a little kid with messy hair covering most of his face, but you could see that his legs were broken.

At this moment, he was being dragged by a big man to a small alley nearby.

Lu Qingqing didn't recognize who the child was, but subconsciously walked forward and whipped him.

The man who was grabbing someone was hit on the arm and let go of his hand with a cry of pain.

Seeing this, the child on the ground hurriedly supported himself with his hands and crawled towards Lu Qingqing.

The man was afraid that the child would run away, so he stepped forward to grab the child, but was kicked down by Lu Qingqing.

At this time, several other men at the end of the street who were responsible for looking after the little beggars had also run over.

They held sticks and looked warily at Lu Qingqing who was holding a whip.

They just saw that the little girl whipped her very hard, leaving bloody marks on her body.

At this time, Qin Lang was afraid that Lu Qingqing would suffer alone, so he also rushed over with a big knife.

It was a busy city at the time, and apart from the police, few people came out with long swords.

Therefore, the men who were guarding the little beggar were so scared when they saw the big knife that they took a few steps back.

One of them took a few steps back and shouted in a timid tone:

"Who are you to dare to meddle in the affairs of our Beggars' Sect?

Let me tell you, these children were all bought by us.

Even if you report it to the county government, they won’t be able to do anything about it.”

Lu Qingqing ignored the man who was shouting at her, put down the whip and went to the child who was crawling towards her desperately on the ground.

She reached out and brushed away the messy hair from the child's face, revealing a face stained with mud and a little blood.