But after seeing the eunuchs in official uniforms beside Mo Zihan and Tuo Li, they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Sir, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me! I didn't steal the buns on purpose. I have a younger sister at home, and she's about to starve to death!"
Mo Zihan stepped forward, held the shoulders of the boy who kept kowtowing to them with both hands, and asked with a smile:
"Little brother, my sister is asking you, are you from Gu Yuan Township?"
Mo Zihan's question made the boy slightly stunned, then nodded.
"Then can you take your sister to your house?"
"But my sister is still in the county."
"Then can you take us to find your sister and then go to your house?"
Seeing the boy's hesitation, Mo Zihan said again: "Don't worry, the prefect will not arrest you. Isn't your sister hungry? There is a lot to eat here."
"Okay. I'll take you to find your sister." After hearing Mo Zihan say that he had a lot of food, the boy immediately agreed to Mo Zihan's request.
When they came to a ruined temple, a girl the same size as a boy was curled up on the ground. Mo Zihan helped the little girl up, and Doctor Huang immediately stepped forward to check her pulse.
"It's okay, it's just that I've been hungry for too long and I have no strength, so that's why I'm like this."
When the boy saw this, he immediately handed the steamed bun in his hand to the girl. The girl took the steamed bun and gnawed it hard.
"Eat slowly, brother, there is still a lot here." Tuoli took the dry food handed over by Qianze, squatted down, and handed the food and water to the brother and sister.
The brother and sister, who had been hungry for many days, saw so much food at first glance. They devoured it in an instant and ate without mercy.
When they were all done eating, Tuoli asked the boy, "What's your name?"
"My name is Gu Yujie."
"What about you?" Tuoli turned to the girl and asked.
"My name is Gu Yumeng"
"Are you a twin?" Mo Zihan asked after seeing that Gu Yujie and Gu Yumeng were about the same size and similar in appearance.
"Yeah." Gu Yujie nodded.
"Where are your parents?" Mo Zihan asked.
"Both father and mother died of the plague."
"Then...before your parents died, who else in Gu Yuanxiang died?"
Gu Yujie and Gu Yumeng looked at each other, thought for a moment, and both shook their heads.
"In other words, your parents were the first people to be infected with the plague in Gu Yuan Township, right?" Mo Zihan asked in a guiding light.
"Yes." Gu Yujie lowered his head in shame.
Just because their parents were accidentally infected with the plague and spread it to other people in the village, people died one after another. Later, the plague spread faster and faster, not only did many people in the village die, but also in the county and the entire cloud.
Zhoucheng was not spared either.
The people in the village had long regarded the brother and sister as the source of the plague. Not only did they refuse to help them, they also drove them out of Guyuan Township, and they ended up living in the county seat of Wangqu County.
"Now, would you please take your brother and sister to your house?"
"...Hmm." Although he was not very willing, Gu Yujie nodded.
"Brother..., didn't they say they would beat us to death if we returned to our hometown?" Gu Yumeng said weakly, holding Gu Yujie's hand.
"Xiaomeng, just wait for me here. I will take them and come back."
"No, I won't let you go back alone!" Gu Yumeng suddenly hugged Gu Yujie's waist and refused to let him go.
"Yumeng", Mo Zihan took Gu Yumeng's hand, walked to the county magistrate who was standing behind Liang Qiuhang, and introduced: