Father can be an enemy to the country

There were at least two thousand children in the camp, all of them skinny and dirty like mud monkeys. The only shacks were for the sergeants and eunuchs who guarded them.

It's heartbreaking to see the children living on the sandbank like this.

After bringing them into the camp, the sergeant didn't care. Since there was water all around, he didn't worry about them running away.

Only then could Ma Sanbao take a good look at the surrounding environment. He looked around and found that he was not on an island, but on a relatively large sandbank.

During the wet season, most of these sandbars are below the water surface. Now that the water level has dropped in autumn, they have begun to poke their heads out. Not only are there many in number, but they are also located in a shallow area with dense reeds around them, making them very easy to hide. You can’t even find them if you dig in and look for them.

Someone inside must send a signal so that people outside can find its location.

After observing the terrain, he silently calculated a plan of action. It was already evening at this time, and the reflection on the lake was too strong, which could easily interfere with the signal, so he decided to start after dinner.

When it got dark, the sergeant began to put out rice. Each child had a whole-grain pancake and a piece of pickled cucumber as thick as a little finger, which was their supper.

Later, while eating, he heard from the older children that this was their only meal all day.

"Just one cake a day?" Ma Sanbao looked at the yellow and black coarse-grain cake in his hand. He took a bite and his mouth felt dry. His throat hurt when he swallowed it, and he spat it out in one mouthful. He was born into an official family, and later he followed Lao Liu when he entered the palace. He had never eaten anything so unpleasant.

"Yeah." The other children chewed hard and even picked up the crumbs to eat. An older child said angrily: "They deliberately kept us hungry so that we wouldn't have the energy to cry."

Ma Sanbao nodded silently, looked at these miserable children, broke his cooking cake into several pieces and distributed them to the children around him.

"You don't want to eat?" The child is still innocent after all, and he knows how to be polite before answering.

"I just came here and I'm not hungry yet." Ma Sanbao smiled, and then they took the cakes and thanked them profusely. Then he hid it in his arms and was reluctant to eat it right away.

It makes Ma Sanbao very sad to see him. No matter what his family background is, children at this age are the treasures of the family. Now they are caught and abused like this. It is really horrible to watch. He secretly made up his mind to rescue these children as soon as possible no matter what...

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At the same time, Zhu Zhen and the emperor's grandson also took an official boat along the Sishui River and arrived at Yanzhou City.

King Lu and his wife, along with all the civil, military, and gentry elders in the city, had been waiting at the dock for a long time.

Lao Liu waved to Lao Ten on the boat and laughed softly: "We are quite proud, and we can actually work hard to welcome Lao Ten."

One of Lao Shi's crimes is being rude. After he became a vassal, when King Yan and King Qi passed by his fiefdom, he didn't even bother to say hello. He didn't even show his face until they passed the border.

Of course, it's okay for the sixth brother to say this, but the eleven and twelve are younger brothers, and the emperor's eldest grandson is his nephew, so it's not easy to talk about elder brothers and uncles.

The three of them secretly laughed in their hearts, we are here to check him, how dare he not show up?

"Get off the boat." At this time, the gangway was installed, and Zhu Zhen called to the three of them: "Be smart."

"Why."

"Okay." The three of them hurriedly responded, straightened their clothes, and followed Lao Liu off the boat.

"Sixth brother!" King Lu Zhu Tan tried his best to smile as affectionately as possible, and bowed his hands to Zhu Zhen, but the four of them were still shocked.

"Oh, Old Shi, why are you so thin?" Zhu Zhen was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. The last time he and Lao Shi met was when he got married two years ago.

At that time, Zhu Tan was still a fat little man with a double chin. He was fair and tender, with lively eyebrows, and was particularly popular with his elders.

Just two years later, he had lost weight, his double chin had turned into a sharp jaw, his skin color had turned dull and sallow, and he had pimples all over his face.

"Brother Six is ​​making me laugh. He has always been unaccustomed to the climate in Shandong, and half of his life has been lost." Zhu Tan smiled bitterly. He didn't know whether he had forgotten or was too lazy to say hello. He didn't even say hello to Eleven Twelve and Xiongying.

The three of them had no choice but to salute him, and Zhu Tan nodded indifferently: "What are you doing here?"

The three of them immediately blushed, and Lao Twelve said sarcastically: "Brother Ten, let's come and see you."

"Since we have become a vassal, we should never have any contact with each other." Zhu Tan's right eye and right face twitched, not giving Lao Twelve any face.

"My father ordered them to come out with me to visit the brothers. They will learn a lot." Zhu Zhen hurriedly smoothed things over for Twelve.

"Hmph, my father is also very meddlesome. What kind of knowledge can you gain by coming here?" Zhu Tan dared to make arrogant comments even to Boss Zhu, and he did so in public.

When Zhu Zhen heard that he was getting more and more outrageous, he patted Lao Shi and said: "Okay, let's get in the car. If you have anything to say, go back and tell me."

"Brother Six, please." Lao Shi nodded, and then asked Zhu Zhen to ride with him.

As for the other three, he didn't bother to care.

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The three of them had no choice but to get into a carriage at the back in depression. As soon as they got in, Lao Twelve couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "Lao Ten is sick, right? Are you talking nonsense in front of so many people?!"

"Uncle Ten really seems like a different person. I don't recognize him at all." Zhu Xiongying was convinced. He has never been ignored like this before.

"Is this because he has stopped pretending at all?" Old Eleven thought hard and couldn't figure it out: "But it seems normal for him to treat Sixth Brother..."

"Because Brother Six can decide his fate, but we can't." Lao Twelve said sharply: "That's why he is too lazy to socialize with us. It's that simple."

"That makes sense." Zhu Xiongying nodded.

"That's not right," Old Eleven shook his head and said, "That's true for us, but Xiongying will be the emperor in the future, and he's too lazy to socialize?"

"It's probably because he thinks that it will take a long time for Xiongying to become emperor, so he is too lazy to make any efforts in advance." Lao Twelve guessed.

"No, Xiongying is already twelve years old. If you offend him now, he will hold a grudge for the rest of his life." Old Eleven still shook his head.

"No, I'll forget about it later." Zhu Xiongying quickly denied.

"Forget it, stop guessing, there's no point in guessing." Lao Twelve smiled bitterly, pointed out the window and said, "Look at the street, there really isn't a single boy."

The two of them looked out the car window together. As a capital city, Yanzhou was still very densely populated. In addition, the gathering of the five dragons was a rare occasion. People came to the street to watch the excitement. People on both sides of the street were crowded together, at least tens of thousands of people.

Lao Shiyi and Zhu Xiongying searched carefully among the crowd, but they really didn't see a single boy.

"Old Ten is such a pervert..." Old Twelve cursed angrily.

"I didn't expect Yanzhou City to be like this." Lao Shiyi and Zhu Xiongying also looked indignant, feeling deeply ashamed that such a scum had come out of their families.