Chapter 13 Encountering Refugees
After three days of continuous raids, we finally saw refugees on the official road.
The exile team was disheveled and pale, but they were still in good spirits. There were dozens of horses walking in the center of the team, loaded with supplies.
The other party was basically young and middle-aged, but they looked pale, had empty hands, and had unsteady steps.
Both sides looked at each other warily, but Yang Dajun and others were holding knives, wearing official uniforms, and had murderous looks on their faces, making them look easy to provoke, so the refugees seemed very weak.
"Who are you? What are you doing in a group?"
Yang Dajun, sitting on his tall horse, asked loudly with a very arrogant attitude.
The people in Lijia Village shrank back, but it was the village chief Li Tiezhu who came out trembling.
"Sir, we are villagers from Lihua Village in Jiugu County. A few days ago, a flood hit our area, washing away our property, destroying our fields and houses, and also washing away many of our fellow villagers.
"No, nothing is left. Our county town isn't flooded, and the people in the county government don't have time to pay attention to us. We're going to head north to see if we can find a way out."
As expected, they were refugees, and the worst outcome still happened.
Even though the entire exile team knew that there would be refugees and had prepared supplies, they still hoped that there would be no refugees, as this was the source of danger.
"Then hurry up and don't gather in one place!"
Yang Dajun arrogantly said something and left with his men.
"Village chief, why are those people locked up? They look worse than us, hehe."
"Keep your voice down! They haven't gone far yet. Are you afraid they can't hear you? This is a group of exiles being escorted by officials. Those who are chained up are exiled by the emperor. They are not good people."
"Village Chief, if this is a group of convicts, why are the carriages carrying so many supplies?"
Da Niu, who was out of the county for the first time, was curious about many things and pestered the village chief Li Tiezhu like a curious baby.
"They probably knew about the flood a long time ago. This is the food they bought in the previous town. When I mentioned the flood just now, the gentleman didn't look surprised at all. It's obvious that he has seen a flood before."
"Then let's rob them! They don't look like they have that many people as us. We haven't eaten anything for two days, and our stomachs hurt."
He is really a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger. He is also foolish and bold, and dares to say anything.
"You unlucky kid, if you want to die, go by yourself and don't bring trouble to the people of Lijia Village. Didn't you see those officers were holding knives? As soon as you approached them, you were stabbed with white knives before you even got close to them."
The village chief Li Tiezhu was so angry that he jumped up and down. If it weren't for the fact that Li Daniu was a lonely man and a blood relative, he would have let him die.
“Squeak.”
"Auntie, what are you laughing at?"
Lin Lang was surprised. The refugees appeared and the situation became more dangerous. Why would he laugh?
"Eh, I just heard a funny conversation. It's not important. We need to walk faster."
Lin Yue pulled the lagging Lin Lang and ran, completely forgetting what she had said before.
Half an hour later, they encountered another group of refugees, also from Jiugu County. There were more of them than before, and they looked even more miserable. They tried to please and pretend to be pitiful to beg for food.
"Sir, please, my child hasn't eaten for three days. Please give him a bite of food!"
"Wuwuwu, Mom, I'm so hungry and my stomach hurts, I want to eat, wuwuwu."
The child's mother knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and her forehead was bleeding, which shows how much force she used.
Lin Yue had a blank expression on her face and acted very indifferent. Seeing the sympathetic and reluctant expressions on the faces of the Lin family members, she couldn't help but snort coldly.
A large group of women are kneeling in front while men are hiding behind. This is taking advantage of people's sympathy and trying to get something for nothing.
"Lord Yang."
"Master Yang, they look so pitiful. Give Xiaoxiao's rations for today to this child!"
Lin Yue had just opened her mouth when Chen Xiaoxiao shouted first, and her voice was particularly loud.
The Holy Mother White Lotus Chen Xiaoxiao stepped forward and begged directly, with a look of compassion on her face, as if she really had pity on all living beings.
The woman who was originally crying and kowtowing froze. She didn't want this result. She cried and kowtowned, and only then was she given a bite to eat. This little woman was really stingy.
"Wow, thank you, young lady. Thank you for your kindness. Our Dabao can survive. Erbao, Sanbao, Sibao, Daya, Erya, Sanya, go and beg your sister. There is food there."
The woman kneeling on the ground is not a good person either. She is looking down on others by giving such a small amount of money to a beggar.
So they called out all the children hiding in the back and asked them to surround Chen Xiaoxiao and cry for help.
Chen Xiaoxiao, who was originally smiling, suddenly froze. She never thought that her kindness would be rewarded with such a result. And what kind of kid was this? His face was full of snot, and what was his black hand touching?
Chen Xiaoxiao got goosebumps all over her body, "Get out of here."
She couldn't bear it any longer, so she pushed the man out and shouted in disgust. The compassionate image she had established before was completely shattered!
Lin Yue watched with great interest. Every evildoer will be punished by his own evildoer, so she just watched the other party commit suicide.
"Lin Lang, you must never learn to be like Chen Xiaoxiao in the future. You must be consistent in your words and deeds. Otherwise, if your image collapses in public, how will you live your life in the future? You little ones should remember what your aunt said. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it now, just remember it."
Lin Yue also took the opportunity to educate the younger generation in the family to prevent such things from happening in the Lin family.
"You little bitch, you dare to hit my son? I'll fight you, ah!"
The woman who originally had a grateful look on her face got up from the ground and shouted at Chen Xiaoxiao fiercely.
How could Chen Xiaoxiao, a lady from a wealthy family, possibly fight, especially with a country shrew? She was grabbed by the hair as soon as they met.
"Ah! Let me go, Dad, Mom, save me!"
Chen Xiaoxiao screamed in agony, her voice so shrill that it hurt her ears.
Yang Dajun rubbed his ears. If he hadn't wanted to let the exiles know how difficult these refugees were, he would have given Chen Xiaoxiao, the troublemaker, a knife long ago. His hesitation was only hurting his eyes.
When Cheng Xiaoxiao's parents heard the cry for help, they not only did not step forward, but also shrank back, fearing that the war would spread to them.
“Snap, snap!”
"You little bitch, who would eat that little food? You even beat my son. Who gave you the guts? You black-hearted, rotten-lung thing, why don't you just die? I'll beat you to death, ah!"
Yang Dajun was getting really impatient, and held the sharp, cold knife directly in front of them.
"That's enough. I'll give you three counts. Get out of here right now, or I'll chop you to death."
The woman who had been shouting loudly froze and didn't dare to move at all. Swords have eyes, and if she was cut by them, she could only blame herself for her bad luck.
Seeing this, the man who was watching from the sidelines behind hurried forward.
"Sir, we're leaving right now, so calm down!"
Nearly a thousand people disappeared in front of him in an instant.
"Erhu, give the order to reduce the Chen family's rations by half and confiscate Chen Xiaoxiao's rations."
As soon as Yang Dajun finished speaking, begging for mercy and screaming were heard again. The other prisoners all had a look of deep taboo on their faces, and all their little thoughts disappeared completely.
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