Chapter 64 Encountering Refugees
It is natural for bandits to rob money and people, because this is their business. Every time they rob people from the exile team, it is because they know that most of these exiles are families of criminals. The women raised in wealthy families are all delicate and tender, and are more beautiful than the most famous girls in their local brothels!
Of course, if you encounter a more arrogant officer, it can also intimidate the bandits. They will just rob some silver and leave, and generally will not really go against the government.
After all, if you anger the government officials and try to suppress the bandits and arrest people, the result will be more trouble than gain.
They still know the difference between their lives and the delicate lives of women.
Besides, which bandit nowadays doesn't have good relations with the government? There is often collusion between the government and the bandits. When there is money, everyone makes money together, but when there is trouble, the bandits take it on.
Therefore, encountering bandits and robbers is not scary. The scariest thing is to encounter famine in various places. When a famine breaks out, the people from one village after another flee with their families. If they are targeted by them, money is not the most important thing for them. What is important is to steal food.
But even if the exile hid food on his body, how long could he keep it hidden and how much could he hide?
Those starving refugees were so hungry that they would even cook and eat their own children in order to survive. If they saw women and children among the exiles, wouldn’t they be even more likely to snatch them away and cook and eat them?
The officers were most troubled by such refugees. The bandits didn't dare to anger the officers, because even if the monks could escape, the temple couldn't. Their dens were still there, and at most they could confiscate them. But the refugees were different. They might steal children to eat here one day, but they might run away overnight, stealing women from the next place and cooking them.
On their journey of exile this time, they were not afraid of being robbed by bandits because they had a companion from the Prince Xiao Mansion who showed his difference in every way. But unfortunately, before they reached the next city, they met a group of refugees in broad daylight who were said to have come from the north due to the flood.
The people in the north were not rich to begin with, and with the natural disaster, they were even tighter in finances. They went all the way south to the imperial city, and when they got here, they were all pale and thin, even more like refugees. When they saw the exiles who had only been away for a few days, their eyes were brighter than those of wolves seeing their prey. If they had not known that it would be difficult to rob people before dark, they would have robbed them on the spot.
Su Wanyan looked at the group of refugees that had fallen far away from their group, feeling a little uneasy. She called Xiaowu over and said, "Xiaowu, come with me to sit in Rong Mama's carriage."
Xiao Wu naturally saw the group of refugees following them, but since they hadn't crossed the line, it was inappropriate for them to chase them away. He nodded and said, "Yes, Princess, Xiao Wu will help you get off the carriage."
Everyone in Prince Xiao's Mansion hurriedly stopped and watched the little princess get into Rong Mama's carriage before catching up with the team again.
"Little... Princess, why are you here? This carriage is not as comfortable as the one you have over there." When Shaoyao saw that the person who lifted the curtain and came in was Su Wanyan, she hurriedly stood up and helped her sit down.
Rong Mama lifted the carriage curtain and looked behind, then asked Su Wanyan, "Are you worried about the refugees behind us, Princess?"
Su Wanyan nodded, "Madame Rong is more concerned. I'm a little panicked."
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