Chapter 1416
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But when Jun Wu Xie went one round around the city, the number of refugees she saw was not as many as she had imagined, at most a few thousand, totally different from the tens of thousands that she had calculated earlier.
As Jun Wu Xie was observing the city, she coincidentally saw a group of refugees who had just been released into the city being escorted to a place by the Clear Breeze City's soldiers. The houses in that place were simple and crude, damp and dark, and the people living there were mostly looking haggard, their clothes filthy.
Jun Wu Xie had been observing them from the shadows and she understood everything from their conversations.
It turned out that that place was specially used to house refugees who had just come into the city not too long ago. These refugees were mostly the elderly, women and children and they did not have much silver on them, unable to find their own places to stay, and had to be arranged by the people in the city.
For those people who had come into the city, although their faces were haggard, but their expressions were much more relaxed, as if by coming into the Clear Breeze City, they would be able to be far away from suffering and danger. No matter how bad the environment was, it would be better than living in constant fear outside.
After the soldiers escorted the people there, they left, instructing them not to run around on their own for the day and to wait there. There would be people who would arrange a place for them to stay.
When Jun Wu Xie saw the soldiers leaving, she wiped off two handfuls of black ash to dirty her little face and clothes before she blended into the refugee camp.
Inside the dark and damp mud huts, it was filled with quite a number of people. There was only one large bunk in each of the huts and the bedding was extremely filthy. The people who were placed there were mostly elderly, children and women. They had managed to escape their nightmare with much difficulty and had hidden themselves here, but they did not dare to ask for anything.
In fact, besides the elderly, women and children who had been allowed into the city, there would be some wealthy people who had come to the city everyday, bribing their way into the city, using the same method that Jun Wu Xie had used. And those people had the financial resources and they would naturally not suffer in a place like this.
Besides the batch of people who had just been released into the city, there were also some people who had just come into the city and were staying there. When they saw the newcomers joining them, they went up to them with smiles on their faces, exchanging pleasantries.
"Don't worry, we won't be staying here for long. At most a week's time. The Lord of the Clear Breeze City will arrange a place for us. There will be work to do, a place to stay, and food to eat." An auntie, who had obviously been in the refugee camp for a few days, eagerly explained the situation to those who had just entered the city.
"That's right. Boss's Second Aunt arrived two days earlier than us. Two days ago, the City Lord arranged for her to stay elsewhere. Yesterday, she came back and brought us a lot of food. We just have to endure for a few more days and we'll be able to go out with good food." Another old woman said with a smile. Her wrinkled face was filled with anticipation.
They had suffered too much, and they needed a comfortable life too much.
The rookies who were still feeling uneasy quickly relaxed after hearing the words of these people. They knew that they would have a good outcome in the future.
Jun Wu Xie watched all of this from the shadows and she could not help but feel that something was amiss.
Just as she was deep in thought, she suddenly noticed that in the dirty refugee camp, a few well-dressed men with arrogant temperaments suddenly walked out.
And when those people who had stayed in the Clear Breeze City for a few days saw them appear, they immediately started to clamor.
"Everyone, come out! The great benefactors are here! "
Following the loud clamor, the people who had been hiding in their houses suddenly rushed out, squeezing themselves on both sides of the narrow road, their eyes looking eagerly at the group of men who seemed to be completely out of place.
Jun Wu Xie followed the crowd, slipping past them without a sound.
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