Chapter 149: Suffering in Silence (Update)

The group of people on the opposite side were a little surprised at first, but then began to sympathize.

"I was wondering why there are still people willing to share their sesame cakes with others! It turns out it was accidentally dropped!"

"Alas! Now that every family has no surplus food, who would be so kind as to help others?..."

"They are just a group of refugees, how can they be so generous?"

"Forget it, don't ask them for food, they are just a bunch of poor guys..."

A middle-aged man cursed in a low voice, "Whose spendthrift wife is this? She's so useless! She even loses something when she's trying to pick it up. If she were my wife, I'd definitely give her a few good punches and teach her a lesson."

Lin Pianran quickly continued to act, "Aunt, why are you so careless? Now there is nothing to eat, what should I do?..."

But the boy opposite still refused to give up, and continued, "Since you still have sesame cakes, you must have other food. You must share some with us, otherwise, we will not let you go..."

"We have more people on our side, let's see what you can do?"

When the adults around the child heard him say this, some of them echoed him, "Yeah, you can't just expect to pass by without paying anything, right? It's not that easy."

Lin Pianran suppressed the arrogance on her face, glanced at the person opposite her, and said calmly, "So what do you want? What do you want in exchange for letting me pass?"

The old man opposite rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "If you want to go through, it's easy to solve. We don't ask for much. Just give us three pancakes and one or two taels of silver, and we'll let you go."

"We are so poor that we have nothing to eat or drink, where can we get the money?"

The old man chuckled twice, rubbed his dirty fingers, and said firmly, "If you don't have silver, then forget about going!"

Lin Pianran continued to reason with them.

"This road belongs to everyone. Why are you guarding the intersection and not letting people pass?"

"We have the advantage of numbers. If you want to get through, you must do as we ask."

"We are all refugees, and our lives are very difficult. Why are you making things difficult for us?"

The old man looked at Lin Pianran and his group, curled his lips, and said viciously, "If it weren't for the fact that you are also a bunch of paupers, would I only let you give one or two taels of silver?"

A woman smiled and said, "If it were anyone else, they would have given at least two taels of silver. I'm already asking too little for you."

Lin Pianran looked at the refugees gathering behind the old man and completely gave up the idea of ​​fighting to the end.

She took a step forward, humbly saying, "Master, we really can't afford that much money. Can you ask for less?"

The middle-aged man standing next to the old man shouted fiercely, "No, this is already the minimum requirement!"

"If I hadn't seen that I couldn't get any more out of you, how could I have let you go for just this little bit of silver? You're dreaming!"

"If you want to pass, pay the money quickly. If you don't want to pass, get out of here quickly. This road has been guarded by us."

Hua Mingxuan couldn't stand these people's unreasonableness and unreasonableness any more, and was about to step forward to argue, but Lin Pianran grabbed his sleeve, shook her head at him, and stopped him.

Although Hua Mingxuan was unwilling, he didn't say anything else.

Lin Pianran groped in her sleeves and finally found a few small pieces of silver.

She had large silver ingots, and in order to find these small pieces of silver, she searched through the space again and again and finally found them.

Then, pretending to be reluctant, she handed the few pieces of silver to the old man, "That's...that's all we have. We'll give it all to you. Can you please let us pass?"

The voice was still trembling, with a pleading tone.

The old man looked at the silver, which was about one or two taels.

It's enough to be able to squeeze this money out of these poor people.

"Little girl, you are quite sensible!"

Then he waved his hand, and the people blocking the road really made way.

Lin Pianran led his men over smoothly.

When they reached the cave the secret guards had found, the princess couldn't help but ask, "Pianpian, why should we give them money? Are we still afraid of that rabble?"

Lin Pianran sighed and explained softly, "To reduce trouble."

"Maybe tomorrow, something similar will happen again, and there may be more and more of them."

"Everyone, don't bother with them. There are too many of them. If we start a fight with them, we might not necessarily suffer any loss, but I don't want to attract too much attention. If someone discovers our true identity and hunts us down, it will be very troublesome."

The eldest princess thought of the group of men in black who had burned, killed, looted, and kidnapped more than 20 girls the night before, and she couldn't help but feel a little scared, and cold sweat broke out on her back.

Only then did she understand why Lin Pianran endured it in silence.

There are only a few dozen of them in total. If they encounter hundreds of men in black who are murdering and setting fires, wouldn't that be like an egg hitting a stone?

It's totally courting death!

Forget it, just bear it! If you bear it for a while, the sea will be calm, and if you bear it for a while, the sky will be wide open.

Just think of it as practicing the art of endurance!

Although Lin Pianran also felt aggrieved, she still had to endure it.

She didn't dare to act rashly. The emperor's sons were all strong and powerful, each with his own power. Moreover, each of them was ruthless and capable. If they fell into the hands of any prince, they would be in trouble.

It’s better to be a low-key person!

If you can beat them, beat them hard. If you can’t, protect your head and keep a low profile.

Being bullied a little and having a little money extorted from you is not worth mentioning at all.

Let’s see what happens next before making any plans!

During the night rest, Lin Pianran arranged everyone as usual, dividing them into upper and lower night shifts.

At the same time, he also sent out secret guards to gather information and understand the terrain.

Just after midnight, the sleeping Lin Pianran was gently awakened by someone.

Jing Yu lowered his voice and said, "Miss, the secret guard heard some information about the abducted girl."

Lin Pianran was stimulated by these words, and most of her sleepiness was instantly driven away.

She opened her hazy eyes and asked softly, "What news?"

"The secret guard said it was right where we passed this afternoon. We walked up the mountain. There's a small canyon at the bottom of the mountain. Through the canyon and a dense forest, there's a small village. The abducted girls are most likely being held there."

"The secret guard also said that he wasn't sure, and that he heard the refugees whispering about it."