Chapter 187 Don’t Reveal
They only see their own interests and don't care about the people.
If he hadn't been so heartless, he and his mother wouldn't have been separated for so many years.
If he hadn't been capable, how could he have lived to this day? Therefore, he didn't sympathize with his father at all for what he had experienced.
We kept moving forward, and the weather became worse and worse, and the temperature suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees.
No one bought so many clothes when they left. It was cold, really cold.
Even people who practice martial arts can't handle it.
I wonder why the weather changes so much? Maybe it's because this place is dark and humid, and there are mountains, so it's even colder.
We looked at the map and found that it would take two or three days to reach the next town, so we had to grit our teeth and persevere for these two or three days.
Nangong Xue found an excuse, took out some heating patches and gave each person a few, asking them to stick them on their clothes to keep warm.
It turns out that this patch is really warm and can last for several hours.
I don't know how this thing can heat up when I put it on my body. The princess always has these strange treasures in her hands.
It seems like they have everything they want, but this is a secret shared between them and no one will reveal it.
The most common people we encountered along the way were refugees. This scene really makes people feel pity.
Especially some people who favor boys over girls, in order to survive, the first thing they do is sell their daughters.
This would reduce food loss, and after selling his daughter, he would find a way to sell his wife.
After all, my wife can remarry at any time. If I lose my life, I will really have nothing.
This is human nature, so never test human nature.
After three days of continuous travel, we finally arrived at the next town.
Everyone prepared to go in and buy some things, but this town was smaller and more desolate than the previous ones.
But the person in charge saw Nangong Xue and her group as if they had seen a fat sheep.
He showed an expression of having succeeded in his evil plan.
The other person holding the handle poked the person next to him with his finger and whispered.
"Hey, Old Wang, look at these people, they are well dressed, they have carriages and servants, if they come into the city we will be rich.
With so many people, and even the carriages have to be charged, we must make dozens of taels of money.
The world is about to be in chaos, who wouldn't think about themselves? If the enemy really starts fighting, then we can either run away or not. "
"If we really can't escape, we can only surrender to the enemy. Even if we surrender, we still need money, right?
Without money, we can't move forward, so the adults asked us to collect 20 or 30 taels of silver each.
We need to charge at least 40 people for the two of us. We are the only town nearby, and if we go any further we will reach the border."
"The border is so desolate with no village in front and no shop behind.
If they want to buy, they have to come to our Jiuzhou City. Unexpectedly, we are so lucky to have so many fat sheep coming here.
If it were those refugees, I would have chased them away long ago."
“Those refugees are so poor, yet they still want to ask us for food. Ugh!
I'm not doing charity work. I have elderly parents and young children at home, so I'll give you food if I have it."
The other one is called Wang Sen.
He nodded as well, agreeing very much.
After all, things are different now, and this is not the time to be overly sympathetic.
The enemy may attack at any time, so you must be prepared.
Even though the imperial court could no longer be relied upon, there was no movement at all.
The great general Shenwu was about to reach the border when he was ambushed.
My life is hanging by a thread, let alone going to support the border, which is now out of ammunition and food.
There is no clean water and the refugees are all infected. It is a horrific sight with people wailing.
Only Qingyang City is slightly better, but with so many refugees now, Qingyang City can hardly hold on.
The prefect of Qingyang City is really almost overwhelmed.
All the documents he sent out fell into oblivion, and he didn't know whether the emperor had received them or not. Should he still care about Qingyang City?
If no one comes to support, once Qingyang City falls, the border pass will be breached.
Alas! Pity the people! Whenever there is war, it is always the people who suffer.
An Yi and his companions were about to enter the city but were stopped by someone.
"Stop, if you want to enter the city, you have to pay a toll of 40 taels of silver per person.
The carriage fee is 5 taels too, so if you want to enter the city, pay quickly."
Ye Shiyang rolled up his sleeves and prepared to fight, "I say, have you fallen into the money trap? 40 taels each, why don't you just go and rob?
Who stipulated this? If I don't have 40 taels, I can't even enter your door, right?"
The two gatekeepers were particularly speechless.
"Hey, you pretty boy, do you have money? If you have money, pay it quickly. If you don't have money, stop blaming me.
He has no money but still pretends to be a rich man and rides in a carriage. He is such a poor guy.
Get away from me now, or the sword in my hand will have no eyes."
“Anyway, there are so many refugees now, so we’ll treat you as refugees.
You deserve to die."
An elderly man next to him sighed.
His voice was trembling, he must have forgotten it for a long time.
"I say, you young men, you should leave quickly.
Your prefect is not a good man. 40 taels is just the toll. If you go into the city to buy things, you will have to pay extra.
If the prefect saw a beautiful woman, he would try his best to keep her.
If you don't listen to him, he will arrest you and treat you as a traitor.
I advise you to leave quickly. I don't think you are bad people."
When everyone heard what the old man said, they wanted to rush in and give the magistrate a knife.
Nangong Xue: "Uncle, thank you for your reminder, we will pay attention to it."
"well!!
Then you have to pay attention. These days, we ordinary people really can’t survive. God, why don’t you open your eyes?
We planted crops this year and thought that the harvest would be good and everyone would have a good year.
Who would have thought that such a thing would happen? A plague. If I didn't run away, I wouldn't even be able to save my own life.
We originally took some food with us when we left, but it was all snatched away by others.”
"well!"
The old man's eyes moistened when he said this. His voice was choked with sobs, and he really couldn't put it into words. This was the hard work of half their lives.
No one wants this to happen.
Nangong Xue didn't want to be the sucker. 40 taels per person, not to mention 40 taels, not even 4 copper coins.
He just shook a copper coin in his hand.
Just then, the gatekeepers looked over without blinking, and Nangong Xue seized the opportunity.
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