I insist

Chapter 54: The Truth

The group found a place to stop and rest, as their journey had been delayed by those events, so they had no choice but to spend the night in the wilderness.

Fortunately, everyone had experience, and after dividing the work, they all got busy with their own tasks.

As night fell, they encountered another group of refugees!

However, these refugees did not lose their minds; on the contrary, they were very kind.

Song Miqiu and his group naturally wouldn't expel these harmless people.

Moreover, in such a remote and desolate place, having more people would actually make it safer to camp.

I talked to these people a lot throughout the night, until everyone was exhausted and went back to their own places to rest.

In the following days, they discovered that they were encountering more and more refugees!

"Mother, have you noticed that we've been encountering more and more people these past few days? Where are all these people coming from?"

Tian Yumei takes her two children to rest early every night, so she doesn't have the opportunity to communicate with these people and therefore doesn't know what happened.

But Song Miqiu was different. She seized the opportunity to gather information from these people. Her hard work paid off, and she obtained quite a bit of information.

“Some of these people came from Lincheng, and others, like us, were forced to wander around because their homes were robbed and occupied.”

"Then why didn't they find another place to set up camp?"

Upon hearing Tian Yumei's question, Song Miqiu's expression clearly turned sour.

Qiu Tianlei glared at her, and was about to go forward to comfort his mother when Song Miqiu spoke up first.

"Do you think they don't want to? Just like the situation we encountered a couple of days ago when they went to Biancheng, they've already searched several cities, but there's nowhere to take them in!"

This was definitely not a coincidence; no city lord or county magistrate would ever be so foolish as to do such a thing.

Therefore, under such circumstances, they would definitely assist the imperial court in the earthquake relief efforts.

But the fact that they dared to so openly refuse these refugees must mean they had powerful backers or some other unspeakable reason.

"Why...why is this happening?"

They originally thought that only Biancheng would be like this, but the fact that so many cities were turning away these refugees at the same time meant that this was definitely not an ordinary matter.

Song Miqiu has been in low spirits these past two days, precisely because of this matter.

She really couldn't understand it. If it were just one or two people like that, there would be some redress, since not everyone has a conscience.

But if everyone is doing this, then this whole thing is just too outrageous!

That night, Song Miqiu couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

She would do this whenever she encountered something she couldn't understand, going over and over it. Worried that she might bother others, she simply got up and left.

Although we didn't go very far, at least we found some peace and quiet.

"What's wrong? Why are you here all alone in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? Are you going to try to have a secret talk with someone like I do?"

Song Miqiu knew that Yu Huailin was deliberately teasing her just to ease her emotions, even though this man didn't seem like such a kind person.

But she really couldn't bring herself to laugh.

Yu Huailin also noticed that the woman's emotions were off. He suddenly remembered her conversation with Tian Shi during the day and roughly understood what was going on.

Are you worried about those refugees?

"I can't say whether I'm worried or not, I just don't quite understand why everyone is refusing entry to these refugees when we should all work together to overcome this difficult situation. What good will it do them if they all die outside because they don't receive timely help?"

Perhaps because his thoughts were different from theirs, Song Miqiu could not understand these people's ideas no matter what.

Yu Huailin found this amusing; this woman always seemed to think differently from others.

I don't know if it's just her, or if all the women in their organization are like this.

Do you really want to know the reason?

"Could it be that you know?"

Song Miqiu found it hard to believe. No matter how capable this man was, he shouldn't be able to read other people's thoughts, right?

If that's really the case, then wouldn't he have seen through all my thoughts?

If that were the case, he wouldn't want to cooperate with me now, right?

Yu Huailin found her expression somewhat amusing. "Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I'm a charlatan?"

“I didn’t say anything.”

Even so, Song Miqiu's eyes revealed distrust.

"Actually, this matter isn't hard to guess. You've been busy talking to those refugees these past few days, so you've overlooked many things. You probably don't know that the capital has sent many people to investigate, do you?"

"People from the capital have come? What are they investigating? Is it because news of the bandits has reached the capital? If that's the case, shouldn't they have focused on appeasing the people first? Why are they turning them away?"

"Ha, I overlooked the fact that you don't understand these things. My so-called investigation is naturally not what you think. This investigation is nothing more than their shady dealings! Do you really think all the officials in the capital live on normal salaries?"

Just by looking at the increasingly grand mansions built in the capital, you can tell that these people could not possibly all be honest and upright officials.

"You mean...they're here to discuss cooperation with these officials below and make some money off them?"

If that's the case, she'll probably understand what's going on!

"It's more comfortable talking to smart people."

Yu Huailin hadn't expected that this woman would understand so quickly. In that case, working together in the future should be much easier, right?

"This is outrageous! Are these county magistrates really willing to disregard the lives of ordinary people just for a little personal gain? Isn't anyone above going to do anything about it? Aren't they supposed to be the people's guardians? How can they live up to that title when they're behaving like this!"

Song Miqiu became even more furious after learning the truth!

If these people were threatened or had other reasons for making this decision, that would be understandable.

But they were really only after their own selfish desires!

And it wasn't just one person who did this!

Has the world really become this corrupt?

No one above is investigating? Although she lives far from the capital, if the current emperor really doesn't care about these things, how long can this country survive?