Ye Shihan and his party hurried back to Linhai City, but the traveling carriage suddenly stopped. Su Muer opened the sedan curtain door, looked outside, and asked:
"What's wrong?"
As soon as she asked, she found Ye Shihan standing beside the carriage, looking not far away.
She looked in the direction where his eyes were and saw many, many people coming there.
Mrs. Zeng couldn't help but ask, "Girl, what's wrong?"
"Look there, it looks like there are refugees."
After saying this, she jumped off the carriage and came to Ye Shihan's side. Mrs. Zeng couldn't help but get off her horse and stood side by side with the two of them.
Ye Shihan's eyes suddenly turned cold, and his voice became hoarse.
"Did you see that? Those are refugees. Where do so many refugees come from?"
Su Muer shook her head, "As soon as I came over and asked, I found out that there have been no refugees in the Eastern Jin Kingdom for many years. How could so many refugees suddenly appear?"
Her question is exactly what Ye Shihan is thinking, because he really has no confidence in the current emperor. With his current method of governing the government, it is not surprising at all that refugees will appear.
After a while, the refugees came closer. They all had tattered clothes and gray faces. Among them, there were old and young, men and women, and there were even some who were extremely sick and were being carried on their backs.
Seeing this scene, Su Muer's eyes turned red. She took a few steps forward and asked a younger woman in the crowd,
"Sister, where are you coming from?"
When they heard someone asking questions, these people stopped consciously and took the opportunity to take a rest.
The eldest sister sat directly on the ground, took the child from the hands of a man beside her, and without any explanation, exposed her breasts and let the child start sucking, and then she said:
"We came from the west and originally wanted to find a place to stay, but there was no place to stay. So we thought about going to the capital along the way to talk to the emperor, but we couldn't find it no matter how hard we looked, and we didn't know where we were.
, we can only take one step at a time."
At this time, the child in her arms suddenly started crying. The woman hurriedly dropped the clothes on her chest and began to coax the baby in her arms.
Su Muer couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why did he cry suddenly?"
When the woman heard this, her eyes instantly turned red. The man beside her took the child from her arms, stood up and coaxed her while swallowing more.
"She hasn't eaten for more than ten days. She only relies on drinking a lot of water to survive. How can the baby have milk? What a pity for this little baby, who suffered such a disaster right after he was born."
Upon hearing this, the woman began to sob and muttered:
"If I had known this, why would I have given birth to him? Let him suffer here, hey!"
At this time, Ye Shihan was chatting with an old man. Su Muer didn't understand, and then asked:
"Then why did you become refugees? What happened in your hometown?"
The woman raised her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes, then whispered feebly:
"Hey, I don't know what has happened in the past two years. There have been frequent invasions from the Western Regions. All the cities near us have fallen, and the capital has not sent troops to support us. The territory of us countrymen has naturally been occupied by people from the Western Regions. We
Most of the people in the neighboring villages were killed, the women were captured by the people from the Western Regions for the enjoyment of the men in the army, the young men were captured to do cool labor, and the older ones were directly hacked to death, hey!"
At this point, the woman trembled and looked a little scared.
Su Mu'er was also frightened when she heard this. Although they had known that the city in the Western Region had been captured, they did not know that the people there would suffer such a disaster. This was really terrifying.
At this time, Ye Shihan walked towards her with a solemn expression, and she hurriedly greeted him.
"Shihan, do you know everything?"
He nodded, "But even if these people arrive in the capital, the outcome will not be much better. Not to mention that they may not necessarily arrive in the capital."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a burst of shouting and howling from behind. He hurriedly looked for the sound and saw several officers in war robes holding long swords, slashing at these refugees at will.
Fire instantly burst out of his eyes, and he flew up and headed straight over there.
Su Muer turned around and asked Mrs. Zeng to get back on the carriage. She followed closely behind, and together with Ye Shihan, drove away the officials.
One of them pointed his sword at Ye Shihan arrogantly, "Who are you? These people are prisoners of the imperial court. They all deserve to die. How dare you stop us from doing our business?"
Ye Shihan looked at these people fiercely, gritted his teeth and said angrily:
"How despicable. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these people are just helpless refugees. Why do you still want to kill them all?"
The official on the tall horse snorted indifferently,
"Since they have become refugees, if they live one more day, they will waste another mouthful of food. It is better to kill them directly, saving the capital and annoying the emperor."
Su Muer glanced at these people and asked with sharp eyes:
"Who are you taking orders from? Who told you to be so cruel to these refugees?"
"Hmph, this is none of your business. If you are wise, get out of here. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless with my sword and hurting you."
Ye Shihan shook his head with helpless eyes and said bitterly:
"It seems that this imperial court is really going to die. Even these refugees will not be spared. Do you want to kill all the people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty before you are willing to give up?"
The officer frowned and looked at him with displeasure.
"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you here. If you are wise, get out of here, or I will go on a killing spree."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Shihan suddenly flew up and kicked the man to the ground.
When the man saw this, he suddenly shouted, "Whoever is coming, kill them all. Kill them all."
Listening to his angry shouting, Ye Shihan became even more angry, and Su Muer also joined the fight with these people with a pale face.
After a while, these few officials, who were tall but average in martial arts, were knocked to the ground.
Ye Shihan picked up a long sword, held it directly in his hand, pointed it at the Adam's apple of the man who had just shown off his power, and asked bitterly:
"Tell me, who asked you to do this?"
The man looked at the long sword that could kill him at any time, trembling and said:
"Yes, it's the Emperor."
"nonsense."
He suddenly turned the hilt of his sword, "How could the emperor give this order?"
"Although the emperor did not directly issue this order, he did say that anyone who interferes with his affairs will be killed. We also act impartially. Please spare your life, sir."
"Huh, I'm not a hero. Go back and tell the emperor and your master that my name is Ye Shihan. If the emperor continues to be so stubborn, I will definitely not let him off lightly."