Lifting the carriage curtain and looking out, I saw a large crowd not far away; the phrase "a sea of people" would not be an exaggeration.
These people were all emaciated and pale, not to mention their clothes.
They were pleading outside the city gates to open so they could enter.
When they learned that someone was coming, they were happy, thinking that they could take advantage of the opening of the city gate to go in.
But when they saw many people riding tall horses, exuding a menacing aura, they became afraid.
He Fengmian, still on horseback, simply said, "Make way!"
The sound was barely audible, and there was no movement at all.
He simply sat upright on his horse, and everyone stepped aside, consciously making way for the road at the city gate.
They wanted to get into the city, but they didn't want to lose their lives.
However, after stepping back, someone whispered and pleaded, "Sir, please have mercy and give us some food."
"Yes, sir, we've been starving for days. Please, have mercy and give us something to eat."
"Please, sir!"
Many people knelt there and began to kowtow, a scene that was distressing.
Xiao Cui leaned against Shu Lan, watching all of this.
Some, unable to bear it any longer, asked in a low voice, "Miss, they are so pitiful. Why won't the general let them into the city?"
Shulan said calmly, "The General naturally has his reasons for not allowing us in."
Seeing the little girl's sad expression, she said, "As the leader of the entire border defense, the general has to consider not only these refugees, but also the people in the city and the generals of the entire border."
Before confirming that these refugees were not in danger, or even before considering how to properly accommodate them, even I, as their mother, would not have let them in.
She ruffled the little girl's hair and said earnestly, "Remember, kindness is a good thing, but being too kind can also harm you."
Despite being constantly alert to his surroundings, Liu Moyang still took these words to heart and gave a deep look at the master and servant in the carriage.
He suddenly had the feeling that Jian Xing had struck gold.
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