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From a distance, they did not look like refugees, yet they did not look like merchants. Although they did not have a car or a horse, their clothes were not too bad. At a glance, there were roughly thirty people, of all ages, men, women, and children.

It's just that — What about the carriage? You can't walk, can you? It just happened to block the public road.

Wang Ning gave the order to stop, and sent two people to investigate.

In the time it took to have half a cup of tea, two guards returned with a middle-aged man.

"Greetings, Sir. I, Li, am taking my leave." The man's surname was Li, his name was Huan, and he was from Lin Zhen's Lee Family village. The entire family had moved to Prefecture City, and he, his parents, his three brothers and their families, and his wife's inner brother had travelled together, making for a total of thirty people.

"Originally, there were carts and bags of rations, but as soon as we arrived here, someone snatched them away!" Li Huan glared angrily as she spoke with righteous indignation!

Wang Ning was shocked, and immediately asked: "Are there bandit road bullies in front of us?"

"Not really." Li Huan shook her head. Her face revealed a hint of hatred, which was mixed with a hint of helplessness, "If it's the bandits, then I'm afraid we would all die here. How can we still stay here and wait for help? It is a group of refugees who have wandered over from an unknown place! " He gritted his teeth with the last sentence, looking as if he wanted to devour its blood and flesh.

"All my family's possessions were taken by them! "He's no different from a bandit!"

Wang Ning was shocked! But there are a hundred people, male, female, old, and young? " He thought of the refugees he had encountered at the city gates!

Li Huan replied, "I have not seen any women or children. They are all young and strong men! There were around twenty to thirty of them. If it wasn't for the fact that we have a family to take into account, I and my brothers will definitely fight it out with them! " He then roughly described the other party's appearance. Although his clothes were a little dirty, they were not very tattered. He was carrying a stick, a kitchen knife and a firewood knife, as well as other portable agricultural tools. If it weren't for the fact that their family also carried a saber and rod on them and desperately refused to let them search their bodies, they probably wouldn't have a single piece of good clothes on them right now!

They didn't know that outside of home, everyone liked to sew a black bag containing silver notes inside their clothes. If they were searched by the evil people, the chastity of women would be a problem, but in the future, their families would all be gone! As a result, he had lost some food and clothes, and other things. They were still within the range of the Lee Family s to bear, so he did not risk his life to fight the evil people.

As for the carriage, there was an ox and a donkey, two crates, and the most valuable part was that the two beasts had also been robbed.

"I don't know what Brother Li's intentions are —" Seeing that the other party was older than him, yet had a haggard complexion due to an unexpected change, Wang Ning could not help but use honorifics.

Li Huan didn't have high expectations. She only asked if she could take them along and ask them to slow down. They followed behind. Later on, they shamelessly begged for some food to eat. After all, it was already past noon, and the family was still starving.

Seeing that the other side had a sense of propriety, Wang Ning was willing to help them. However, there was still a lady in the car who was in charge. She went to ask for his opinion.

She Miao, who was sitting in the car, heard everything. While she resented the refugees who had tried to rob him on the way, he was also full of sympathy for the robbed family. Naturally, there was nothing she could not do.

When she arrived at the front of the group, she saw through the window two old men in their fifties supporting each other on the ground. They had gray hair and a wrinkled face, and they looked quite strong.

Wang Ning hesitated but he did not object.

Then, it changed into a round sword riding on a Hui Hua, holding onto a fishing rod and hanging a radish in front of the Hui Hua's head.

"Gui Yuan, don't mess with it. It's got a temper! " She Miao was both angry and amused as she scolded the mischievous girl. The radish she brought out was almost finished. She did not manage to find anything to replenish it in the last town. This was the last bit left of the Hui Hua!

"I've troubled Miss Gui Yuan." Old Lady Li calmed her emotions and thanked She Miao.

"This old one will remember this lady's kind heart. In the future, if there's anyone that can use our Lee Family, this old one will definitely give it my all! Although this old man's sons are not talented, they still know a few people. May I know where this lady wishes to go? " Old Man Li started chatting with He Miao.

She Miao did not hide anything, saying that she was going to the capital to seek a marriage.

Old Man Li was a tactful person. He didn't ask too much and only asked who the family were and what they did for a living. When he found out that the other party was an orphan, he moved the topic to one side, talking about the mountains and rivers, talking about the customs of the people.

With this conversation, He Miao realized that the old man was actually a knowledgeable person!

Wang Ning heard what the old man said and thought: This old man should be a scholar, he had raised a few good sons, all of them were well-mannered, the children were very polite, they did not shout out loud, the youngest was only three years old, the two of them got in the car and carried them in front of their grandparents, they were already asleep. He decided to put the other two girls, who were seven and nine years old, into the two baskets that Hui Hua used to carry radishes.

The Hui Hua called out in grievance, and the seedling got off the carriage to comfort it, allowing it to lick its hands. Only after agreeing to brush its fur at night did it finally feel satisfied.

When the people of Lee Family saw the young grasses, their eyes were a little dazed. It was really this lady … Too beautiful!

In fact, they were not the ones with shallow knowledge, they had been to the village's Prefecture City, they had been there before, the Lantern Festival, the March Tsing Qing Festival, the Zhongyuan Festival, and so on, and the Miss Shangguan of the Prefecture City did not shy from pedestrians, walking confidently on the streets, they had occasionally come across each other, and said which family's miss was from, which officials had a thousand gold, and which officials had a unique bearing, but, just in terms of appearance, He Miao was an existence that could crush everything!

It was only a matter of a few breaths before everyone returned to normal. They enthusiastically greeted the young man, full of gratitude. On the other hand, the two teenagers who were growing up secretly blushed. They were at a loss of what to do, wanting to see but not daring to do so.

Old man Li stroked his beard and secretly cursed, "Smelly brat, you don't know anything." It was simply throwing his face away.

Old Man Li was a High Scholar. He had seen a lot of things in his career, but he had always refused to be involved with other people. He was smart enough to avoid taking the blame for his superiors, and had no hopes of being promoted to the next rank. He had resigned from his post as a county magistrate and gone home to educate his grandson.

Right now, the two slightly older grandchildren were also preparing to take the children's test. They planned to give them a place to study at the institution of Prefecture City, which was why they were able to move their families. I don't want things to happen on the way!

"It's really an unlucky year …" Old Li sighed as he thought about the ragged clothes he had seen on the way here. He was also worried.

He found an opportunity to remind Wang Ning of a few words: "The road of East County and water hazard is probably not peaceful." They were just worried that these homeless people would become bandits! They had lost their family and home. There was nothing left for them to worry about!

Wang Ning thanked the old man for his reminder and arranged for a new guard.

He didn't want the guards to be the first to notice the abnormality, instead —

"Aoouuu ~ ~ ~"