Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 226

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?”

Xuan Ruiquan frowned and said, “Young Master Chi, I have to go see and check their corpses again. While I’m away, can you protect Xin’er?”

Chi Xiyou nodded, “No need to ask. It is my duty to protect Xin Xin.”

“Then I will leave her to your protection for the time being.” After saying that, Xuan Ruiquan walked up to Duan Yixin and said, “Xin’er, I will take the children to the Yamen. Can you wait here with Young Master Chi and Miss Chi until I come back?”

Duan Yixin nodded and said, “Be careful. I think those people are not alone.”

Seeing the worry in her eyes, Xuan Ruiquan smiled and gently said, “I will.”

After saying that, he looked at the children and said, “Come with me. I will take all of you to the Yamen.”

The children didn’t know why they needed to go to the Yamen, but they all nodded and obediently followed Xuan Ruiquan.

Seeing him walking away with a group of children, Chi Xiyou said, “I bought a horse carriage. After General Xuan comes back, we can set off immediately.”

Duan Yixin and Chi Xinru nodded, and they got into the carriage to rest while Chi Xiyou sat in the driver’s seat and guarding them.

When Xuan Ruiquan and the children arrived at the Yamen, it was already forty minutes later. When the Yamen guards saw him coming with a group of children, they stopped him and asked, “What do you need here?”

Xuan Ruiquan pointed to the children and said, “A group of people broke into the house where these children lived and killed some of them.”

When the guards heard this, they were shocked. One of them looked at Xuan Ruiquan and asked, “Where are those people? How many children were killed in this incident?”

Since he still needed to go back and check the bodies of those people, Xuan Ruiquan said, “Those people are already dead, and I don’t know how many dead children there are.”

Seeing that the guards still wanted to ask questions, Xuan Ruiquan interrupted him and said, “Instead of asking me, why not take these children to the local county magistrate to report this case so that the case can be investigated more thoroughly?”

After his reminder, the Yamen guards took the children and said, “We will take care of these children. Thank you for sending them here and reporting the case. We may need your cooperation to investigate this case.”

After the guard said this, Xuan Ruiquan said, “I just passed through this town and won’t stay. But judging from what I found in the children’s house, the murderer should have more companions. You may want to consider this when investigating this case.”

Without waiting for further questioning by the guards, Xuan Ruiquan activated his lightness skill and disappeared. Seeing this scene, the guards looked at each other.

After a moment of silence, one of them said, “Let’s report this to Cao Da Ren.”

A few minutes later, Xuan Ruiquan returned to the house. He landed lightly on the blood-stained ground, searching the bodies of those he had just killed. After searching for a while, Xuan Ruiquan found a leather necklace on the leader’s body.

When he looked at the wolf’s fang hanging on the necklace, his eyes darkened. After putting away the necklace, he activated his lightness skill and went to find Duan Yixin and the others.

When he finally came back, the sun was already shining above his head. Chi Xiyou saw him coming and asked, “General Xuan, have you reported the case to the Yamen?”

Xuan Ruiquan nodded, “Yes. It’s getting late now. If we want to reach the relay station before dark, we should set off now.”

Seeing Xuan Ruiquan’s calm expression, Chi Xiyou thought everything should have been resolved. He nodded and said, “All right.”

After Xuan Ruiquan got on the carriage, Chi Xiyou flicked the reins, and the horses started to move. Inside the carriage, Duan Yixin handed a cup of water to Xuan Ruiquan and asked, “General Xuan, how is it? Has the Yamen taken in the children?”