Chapter 2171 Chapter 2272
This is also because the life of the refugees wandering in the wilderness is too difficult, and they really can't survive. The main city of the temple can provide them with some shelter temporarily, so they can't just watch them starve to death.
Who knew that when he arrived in Pingchuan City, he saw such a scene, and Mu Hanyan was naturally very puzzled.
"This is the rule of Pingchuan City. There are only more than 20,000 people in the city, but the Sha family has more than 2,000 people. It is not so easy to support 2,000 people with 20,000 people." Fan Chengli said.
"But they are already so poor, and if you still oppress them like this, aren't you forcing them to death?" Jiang Qiling said angrily after finally seeing the sufferings of ordinary people in the Land of Gods.
Fan Chengli's old face flushed slightly, and the other officiants were also a little embarrassed. Although such things did not happen in their respective temple main cities, such things were not uncommon in the territories of major families.
God's Continent has a vast territory and too few cities. The refugees can't resist the wind and torrents in the wasteland, and it's impossible for them all to seek refuge in the main city of the temple. Most of the time, they can only go to the nearest family territory and take the opportunity to exploit and blackmail them. There are not a few people. They can't manage it even if they want to, not to mention that as the superiors, they don't really take the life and death of these lowly refugees seriously.
"Forget it, let's talk about it after entering the city." Mu Hanyan saw the embarrassment of Fan Chengli and others, and interrupted Jiang Qiling's words.
Although she also sympathizes with these refugees, but now is obviously not the time to care about the suffering of the people, the most urgent thing is to find Zhan Yuan first. No matter how pitiful these people are, they still have their lives. If Zhan Yuan is allowed to slaughter them any further, they will lose their lives.
Besides, can she manage this kind of thing? She is the officiant of Huayu City, not the officiant of Qingning Temple.
Leading the crowd, Mu Hanyan walked towards Pingchuan City.
"My lord, please let us in, we really can't hold on any longer." At this time, a thin old man with yellow skin and white hair pleaded bitterly to the young guards guarding the gate of the city.
"Go, go, go into the city after paying the money, if you don't have any money, go away." A guard with a pony face gave him a disgusted look and said.
"We really don't have any belongings left, please do me a favor, let us go to the city for a few days, and we will make up for the belongings when we have them later." The old man continued to plead.
"Get lost." The horse-faced guard kicked the old man, too lazy to talk nonsense.
The old man is not young, and he walks tremblingly. How could he stand his kick, which was about to hit the old man's chest, "Grandpa!" In the exclamation, a girl stopped In front of the old man.
This girl is about sixteen or seventeen years old. Although her clothes are shabby, she has delicate features and a slender figure.
The horse-faced guard's eyes lit up, and he retracted his half-kicked foot.
"Old man, do you really want to enter the city?" The horse-faced guard glanced up and down the girl several times, swallowed secretly, rolled his eyes, and asked the old man.
"I beg your lord to be merciful, let us go to the city to rest for a few days, and we will definitely make up for the property owed in the future." The old man didn't notice the evil light in his eyes, and heard his tone soften, and said hastily.
"It's not that I don't show mercy, it's that Pingchuan City has the rules of Pingchuan City, and there's nothing I can do about it." The horse-faced guard pretended to be embarrassed and said.
"As long as the lord gives us a way out, the old man will be a cow or a horse in the next life to repay the lord's kindness." The old man hunched over and begged.
"Forget it, you don't need to say anything about being an ox or a horse, I will tell you clearly. The rules of Pingchuan City, no one can break them, if you can't hand over your property, I can't let you enter the city anyway. However, I have a way to help you." The horse-faced guard laughed.
"What way?" The old man said expectantly.
"This little lady is your granddaughter, right? I just need someone to bring tea and water by my side. As long as she is willing to serve me for a few days, I will let you enter the city." He touched the girl's face.
The old man's expression changed, and he pulled the girl back.
"Old man, I'm telling you the solution. Whether you want it or not is up to you. If you want to, I won't force you. Don't blame me, Sha Chengyang, for not giving you a chance when you die outside the city." Horse face The guard was not in a hurry and said slowly.
"No!" The old man said firmly.
If the other party really fell in love with his granddaughter, even if it was just as a concubine, he might be shaken a little bit, at least he could survive, right? But others made it clear that it was just for fun, so how could he send his granddaughter into the fire pit? .
Although in the eyes of others, they are just humble refugees, but they still have their own final dignity.
"Old man, you have to think about it clearly. If you pass this village, you won't have this shop anymore." Seeing that the old man rejected him directly without even thinking about it, the horse-faced guard's face darkened.
"Our Boss Sha is a member of the Sha family. It is your blessing to look up to your granddaughter. She will take good care of Boss Sha, and maybe she will stay with her. She will have no worries about food and drink for the rest of her life. It is no worse than you in the wilderness. The sun is strong." A guard advised.
"Grandpa, let's go." Unfortunately, the other party was not moved at all. The girl helped the old man by the arm, and walked towards the wilderness without looking back.
"Stop!" The horse-faced guard thought that the grandparent and grandson were at the end of their ropes, and it was impossible to refuse their own conditions, but they didn't expect others to be so stubborn, and turned around and left without even hesitating. Looking at the girl's graceful back, a burst of evil fire surged in her heart, and she dodged in front of them.
"What do you want to do?" The girl supported her grandfather and looked at the horse-faced guard vigilantly.
"These two are acting suspiciously. I suspect they are spies sent by the rogues. Keep an eye on them and don't let them escape." The horse-faced guard ignored her, and with a wave of his hand, several subordinates surrounded him.
"What are you talking about, how could we be spies?" the girl said angrily.
"Whether it's a spy or not is not up to you, search for me!" The horse-faced guard said with a smirk.
Those subordinates have been drooling at the girl for a long time, but they didn't dare to show it because the horse-faced guards took a fancy to it first. Now that they have a chance to take advantage, how could they be polite, and surrounded them with smirks. .
"You don't have any brains, I asked you to search for that old man." The horse-faced guard kicked a subordinate who was about to take advantage of him to the ground, and cursed viciously.
Those few subordinates will feel sorry for this, they were happy too early, how could such a good thing happen to them. They all knew that the horse face guards were just looking for an excuse to make things difficult for the grandparent and grandson. They were also interested in searching the old man, but they just pushed the old man to the ground and surrounded the young girl with arms folded.