Dying from Hungry: a Thousand Mile Journey in the Late Ming Dynasty
by Ji Ling
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After successive years of great disasters, the imperial government continued to impose harsh policies, leading to widespread starvation and rebellion. In the fifth year of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty, the bandit Lianghe and his accomplices accepted Renyazi's commission. Liang needed to transport four little girls from Huazhou City to Luoyang City. The journey was thousands of miles. The group would pass through Huazhou, Nexiang, Shaanzhou, and finally arrive in Luoyang. At first, Liang thought that the girl he transported would be sold to a wealthy family as an adopted daughter. On the way, a girl named "Sui" told Liang the "truth" about the transportation. It turned out that the person who bought the girl was a dolphin demon who had practiced spiritual practice for thousands of years. The dolphin demon enjoyed eating girls and collected girls from Shaanxi for food every year on his birthday. Sui's sister died because of this. Sui hopes Liang can give up the transportation, and it is best to join her in assassinating the dolphin demon and avenge her sister and the girls who have lost their lives over the years. Liang did not completely believe Sui, after all, there seemed to be many mysteries buried in Sui, so he collected information during the trip, found out the truth, and made his choice.
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