The official, growing impatient with their pleas, swatted away the kneeling people before him, took a step back, and said with disgust.
"Ten taels!! Yesterday it was only one tael of silver! Isn't this robbery?"
Some people who were preparing to pay money to enter were shocked to hear that it would cost ten taels of silver to enter today.
In this lean season, with both food and water shortages, who has that much money left? This is going to kill them!
"Exactly! Ten taels of silver! Who has that much silver these days? This is blatant robbery!"
"My God, they're being sent to their deaths! God, open your eyes and look! This world is unjust!"
The surrounding people were wailing and crying, and the situation was extremely chaotic.
"Shut up! Whoever yells, I'll chop him down with one sword!"
Annoyed by the surrounding cries, the official drew his sword, pointed it at the crowd, and roared.
The surrounding people immediately fell silent, turning into soft sobs.
This was the scene Lin Yuxin saw when she arrived, and she let out a cold laugh:
"What a magnificent sight!"
The guard with the sword looked up at the sound and saw a beautiful girl in a light green dress looking at him with interest, as if she were looking at a fool. Behind her was a group of people he didn't recognize, but they all had an extraordinary air about them.
Guan Wei's heart skipped a beat. Had some important figure arrived? So he cautiously asked:
"May I ask who you are, young lady?"
"Me? I came here with my father to visit relatives. Here's my father."
Lin Yuxin began to spout nonsense with a straight face, and as if afraid he wouldn't believe her, she pointed to Gu Qing behind her and said.
Gu Qing: When did I become a father?
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