Poison Doctor Roaming the Martial World

Yang Jianwu silently mourned for Hongfeng for three seconds. Hongfeng, oh Hongfeng, there was a path to heaven, but you didn't take it. You had to "die" knowing why. You asked for this!

"Let me tell you a story."

Hongfeng nodded blankly, "Okay, Miss Yang."

"During a great famine, people sold themselves into servitude in the market, becoming known as 'vegetable people.' A man married into a family was suddenly given three thousand coins by his wife, who urged him to return quickly, then left in tears. The husband followed her, only to find her severed arm hanging in the market. The couple, starving to death together, were better off by the concubine in the vegetable market. With three thousand coins, she could send her husband home; a single piece could carry him a mile. She would first sever his limbs and hang them at the butcher's shop, then slowly cut off the fat from his thigh to make soup. She would keep him alive, ensuring fresh meat, which she would then watch as it entered the bellies of starving men. The men's flesh was foul and inedible, while the women's skin was smooth and delicate, with little sweat. After three days, when the flesh was gone, only her soul remained, searching for her husband in the fading sunlight. Heaven had made women good at being vegetable people, enabling their husbands to return and live out their lives. She would bury them alive, filling their bellies, but thankfully, the crows and kites hadn't pecked at them too early."

Yang Jianwu told Hongfeng about "The Lament of the Vegetable Man," which she had read while researching a few days ago. Hongfeng was only occasionally dazed, not really stupid. After hearing the story, he understood everything and immediately covered his mouth and ran outside.

"vomit……"

He vomited violently, even bringing up acidic fluid.

Yang Jianwu's lips curled up slightly as she deliberately teased Hongfeng.

"Tsk tsk tsk~ I think Hongfeng threw up his dinner from the night before. Sigh, all that meat he ate was for nothing."

Hongfeng had almost finished vomiting, but upon hearing "meat," images of chunks of stewed meat reappeared before his eyes...

Continue vomiting...

Mo Ye smiled faintly, "You can just lie to him, why do you have to tell him the truth?"

Yang Jianwu's smile vanished. "Brother Ye, do you really think cannibalism is right?"

Mo Ye frowned slightly. How could cannibalism be right? But in any dynasty, whenever there was a famine, there would be cannibalism, and the government had repeatedly tried to stop it but to no avail.

"Cannibalism is certainly wrong, but sometimes such things happen out of desperation..."

"what about now?"

"The grain reserves in Guning City are running low, and the local officials probably want to treat us well..."

Yang Jianwu was so angry at Mo Ye's consideration for the officials that she cursed.

"Entertainment my foot! Aren't pheasants and rabbits in the forest meat? Why would they need to eat people! Or at least go a little further, there are fish in the river!"

"This……"

Mo Ye was speechless; in truth, he didn't understand why the officials would cook human flesh.

According to the laws of Dongli, it is illegal to kill a slave unless the victim is a slave...

"Brother Ye, judging from your reaction, you probably don't know that there's a vegetable market in the north of Guning City, do you?"

"what!"

Mo Ye was now in a state of panic...

He thought what Xiao Wu'er had just said was just a story. If it were true, where would the meat come from?!

"Little Wu'er...the people in the vegetable market...were they trafficked or did they do it willingly?"

Yang Jianwu shrugged, indicating that he did not know. "Before you came, the porridge I ate was just rice water. The people of Guning City are poor, and it is not impossible for them to sell their young children and relatives to earn money."

How could parents bear to do this?

"That was unavoidable. Even if the elderly and young children survived, their chances of survival were uncertain. Adult men and women, on the other hand, were strong enough to support themselves and were the pillars of their families. In times of famine, the practice of exchanging children for food was commonplace..."

"Little Wu'er, how do you know so much?"

“My mother was worried about me coming to Guning City, fearing I would be deceived, so she told me everything she knew about the vegetable market… I also did some research, so naturally I know more…”

Seeing that Mo Ye was listening attentively, Yang Jianwu simply told him everything she knew. More people meant more help, and besides, Mo Ye's status was more suitable for taking charge.

Mo Ye felt a chill run down his spine after hearing this. The vegetable market was truly terrifying! He wondered how many people were victimized every day!

"Little Wu'er, what are you going to do?"

Yang Jianwu lowered his eyes and tapped his fingers lightly on the table. "Since Cai Ren can appear on the dining table, it means that the market in the north of the city has returned to normal. I'm going to go there! Hongyun and Hongbei, take your men and stay. The patients nowadays are almost all mild symptoms and will recover in two days at most. I don't need to worry about them."

"I'll go with you, so we can look out for each other!"

Yang Jianwu secretly rejoiced. He hadn't planned to go himself anyway. "Brother Ye, if you want that position, you must achieve something! Completely eliminating the vegetable market and ensuring peace in the northern border will win you a lot of popular support!"

Mo Ye was deeply moved. If anyone would truly pave the way for him, it would be Xiao Wu'er!

When Hongfeng returned after vomiting, his face was ashen and he looked pitiful.

"Look at you! We didn't want you to know out of concern, but you insisted on digging into it. Are you a donkey? Stubborn!"

Hongfeng lowered his head and remained silent, letting Yang Jianwu scold him. If he could read Miss Yang's expression, he wouldn't have eaten it no matter what...

It's one thing to eat, but to eat so much... It's disgusting just thinking about it...

That piece of fatty stewed meat… oh dear, I can't even think about it! The only place on a person that can accumulate such a thick layer of fat… is either the belly… or the buttocks…

My stomach can tolerate it, but if it affects my buttocks...

Hongfeng couldn't even imagine where that meat came from. Just seeing a glimpse of meat made his stomach churn! He swore he would never eat meat again in his life! No! No more fatty meat!