People were running towards the pit. They’d brought shovels, trowels, and extra paddy hats -anything they could use to scrape dirt out of a hole. A rumour had gone round that the empress was visiting the area and there’d been a cave-in as the royal wagon had passed over. Little did they know that it was the other way around. It became clear to him that lies were being told and that there was some sort of propaganda going on. From what he’d seen, they were just going to be food. Giant hands suddenly appeared out of the ground like tree trunks growing on steroids. They were lifting people up high then dragging them back down beneath the surface. Zhong wondered if they were being stored somewhere or were going straight into the Empress’s mouth. And why weren’t the guards helping? They’d probably cottoned on to what was happening and were taking shelter themselves.
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