The people were filled with regret! They all begged Sun Xingyao to save them.

"Young master, save me!"

"Young master, please save my son/husband/wife/daughter!"

...

Sun Xingyao secretly wiped the sweat from his palms. Xiao Liu is too wicked! "Stop talking, just let them go, and I'll let you leave."

The remaining soldiers refused. "No, what if you go back on your word after we release them?"

Sun Xingyao looked over at Yun Ruibo.

Yun Ruibo looked at the remaining soldiers and said, "I am the eldest grandson of the Yun family, and I guarantee this with the honor of the Yun family."

The remaining soldiers didn't believe it. "No way!"

Sun Xingyao: "Then I'll have you shot dead right now!"

"You dare! We have hostages!"

“They’re going to die anyway if you take them away. Rather than be killed by you, they might as well take you with them.”

The remaining soldiers denied it. "We'll release them once we're safe."

"Aren't you afraid they'll reveal your whereabouts?"

"...We'll just blindfold them."

"Tie him up or just blind him?"

"..."

Sun Xingyao looked at the people being held hostage by the remnants of the army and said, "In your next life, don't trust people so easily. Archers, prepare!"

"yes!"

The archers raised their bows in unison.

The remaining soldiers: "..." Wasn't the Yun family supposed to care about the people? Why did they just start shooting like that?

The hostage: "..." Forget it, going with these people might make things worse.

The other civilians: "..." We'll have to twist the heads off these spies later! We'll make sure they don't even have a proper corpse after they die!

Sun Xingyao raised his hand.

The remaining soldiers hesitated before deciding to trust Yun Ruibo. They had no choice but to trust him; these Yun family kids were different from their old man. If it were the old man, he certainly wouldn't have attacked ordinary people. These kids not only attacked ordinary people, but they also said not to hold back.

"Wait! We'll let them go, and you can let us go."

Sun Xingyao lowered his hand. "Fine. You can go now." Whether Xiao Liu lets you leave or not is none of my business.

The remaining soldiers released the hostages and carefully retreated, only turning and running away once they were out of the archers' range.

Sun Xingyao wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Little Six, could you please tell me in advance next time you test me so I can be mentally prepared?"

Sisi gave Sun Xingyao a smile. "No."

I knew this would happen. "How was my performance?"

"Yeah. Big cousin, you need to work harder."

Yun Ruibo felt somewhat ashamed. "My older cousin knows. Next..."

"I'll handle it." The people's affairs are far more complicated than those of the remaining soldiers.

Sisi looked at the people and said, "I know you're having a hard time, and so are we. Just take care of yourselves. We still have to stop the barbarians from attacking. If the barbarians attack, your lives will be even harder."

"We're holding off the barbarians for you at the border, and you want to rob us? Do you have any conscience? Do you?"

The people lowered their heads in shame.

Sisi continued, "Do you know how many of us died? How many were injured? We were fighting for our lives, and you want to rob us? How can you be so shameless? How can you be so shameless?"

knock!

The old man who had just asked Yun Ruibo if he was a member of the Yun family knelt down at Sisi's feet. "Miss, we were wrong. We...we were blinded by greed."

The others also knelt down on the ground.

"Miss, we were wrong."

"Miss, we've been tricked by those people."

"Miss, please forgive us."

"Miss, we will never do such a thing again."

...

Sisi waited for them to finish talking before saying, "Alright, get up, everyone. Uncle Lin, why don't you take some people to check their pulses and see which family has run out of food?"

If it weren't for the Lin family, Sisi wouldn't have had so many medicinal herbs. Therefore, Sisi brought some members of the Lin family with her this time. Firstly, she couldn't be without a doctor while caring for so many children. Secondly, she couldn't let the Lin family work for nothing.

Soon, the eldest brother Lin had identified the families who were out of food. "Sixth brother, these families probably don't have much food left."

Sisi glanced around and saw that there were about fifty or sixty people. "I have a farm nearby. You can go to my farm and work for me."

Those whose families were running out of food or already hadn't immediately knelt down before Sisi. "Thank you, Miss! Thank you, Miss! Miss, you are truly a living Bodhisattva. Miss, I kowtow to you, I kowtow to you."

Sisi waited until they kowtowed twice before letting them get up. "I'll have someone take you there."

"Thank you, Miss! Thank you, Miss! Miss, you are truly our savior. Thank you, Miss, thank you, Miss."

After Sisi had them led away, she looked at the others and said, "Don't worry, the war is over, and the new emperor will soon send people to govern you. Alright, we're about to set off, you should go home too. We've had a tough time too. We went to the capital this time to ask the new emperor if he could gather some military rations for us. You know, fighting is hard work. If the barbarians attack, then you... Alright, I won't say anymore, it's all tears. We're leaving."

They are quite far from the capital. If the people along the way all ask them for grain...

The people made way for them.

They robbed people who were guarding the border for them...

Their lives aren't easy either; they have to guard the border for them.

After Sisi and her group left, the people dispersed.

On the other side, the remnants of the army who wanted to snatch a few of the Yun family's children as protective charms breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the Yun family hadn't chased after them.

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