Before the house is confiscated, the enemy's warehouse is emptied and exiled

Shen Qingge almost laughed out loud when he heard the officer say that.

These officials were really good. They really treated everyone as walking money bags. The food was clearly marked with prices, and the prices were even more exorbitant than she had imagined.

But she thought about it again and felt that it was true.

Now it is the 26th year of Xuande in Beiling Kingdom. Since the current emperor Xiaoren ascended the throne, there have been constant wars in the northern border. There have been major and minor battles with the Northern Rong for more than 20 years, and the national treasury has long been in short supply.

In addition, since three years ago, there have been heavy snowstorms in the north, droughts in the Central Plains, locust plagues, and floods in the south. The people are starving and living in dire straits.

In such a time of famine, who wouldn't want to have enough food and clothes? Being exiled was already a tough job, and if there was no money to be made, who would want to endure this hardship?

However, no matter how hard the officials tried to get some water, Shen Qingge would not buy it. Not only did she not buy it herself, she also immediately stopped her third sister-in-law who wanted to buy white flour buns.

It was not because the officials were asking for an exorbitant price, nor was it because she was reluctant to give it up, but because it was unsafe. She was not sure whether these officials were human or ghosts.

The stopped third sister-in-law Qin Qing asked in confusion, "What's wrong, little sister? Don't worry, I have some money on me. There are so many of us, and there's not much food left. I wanted to give the children some fresh white flour buns. I heard that coarse flour buns are black and very hard, and they scratch your throat if you eat them!"

Shen Qingge lowered her voice, her expression extremely serious, "Third sister-in-law, listen to me, let's not buy it for now. As for the reason, I'll explain it in detail later!"

Seeing her seriousness, the family members nodded without objection. Ever since her younger sister returned to the mansion, they felt that she had become a different person, very opinionated. She must have her reasons for doing this.

So, the Shen family tacitly did not take any action.

As for the other three families, probably because their property was confiscated and they were exiled so suddenly, they didn't have much money with them and were reluctant to buy white flour buns, so they only went forward to receive black flour buns.

This made the officials very angry. They tried their best to sell the white flour buns for a long time, but they couldn't sell a single one.

I had thought that those who were exiled this time were all from wealthy and powerful families, so they must have a lot of money, but unexpectedly, they were actually a bunch of paupers!

Ma Si was so angry that he did not allow the prisoners to fetch water from the officials. He just let them be thirsty and see how long these prisoners could get water.

Now, except for the Shen family, all the prisoners are in an uproar!

Everyone knows that this horrible weather has been dry for half a year. The houses were searched so quickly that no one even had a bite of breakfast, so how could they have time to buy water?

Along the way, there was not even a shadow of a small ditch. The soil on the roadside was dry and hard, and even the leaves of the trees were wilted by the sun. There was no way any water could come out!

As a result, the Liu family couldn't hold it in any longer because they had many women and children.

He saw an old woman with gray hair and wrinkles all over her face. She looked to be at least fifty or sixty years old. She must be the mistress of his family.

She held a little boy of four or five years old tightly in her arms. The boy had a pale face, chapped lips, and his body was trembling slightly.

The old woman took a few steps forward, looked at Ma Si timidly, and cried in a voice full of pleading:

"Sir, please be merciful. Look at my poor little grandson. He's got a fever from the sun and he has no water to drink. What's going to happen? He'll die if this continues!"

After saying these words, the old woman could no longer hold back and covered her face and burst into tears.

She cried so heartbreakingly that everyone around her looked at her with pity.

Behind her followed a few children of similar age, who were cowering and looking at the officers pitifully.

At this moment, her third sister-in-law Qin Qing, who was closest to her, could not bear it any longer, so she stepped forward, handed over the water bag, and said softly:

"Madam Liu, I still have some water here. Let the child drink some first!"

The old woman was stunned for a moment, her face showing embarrassment. She was too embarrassed to reach out to take it. After all, her family had scolded the Shen family many times.

But the third sister-in-law shook her head and said it didn't matter, the most important thing was to save the child first.

The old woman then slowly stretched out her hand...

Snapped!

A blood mark appeared between the old woman's fingers. She retracted her hand in pain, and the water bag in her hand slipped off instantly.

Looking at the water spilled all over the ground, the old woman squatted down with a distressed look and tried to scoop it up with her hands.

But the land had been dry for too long, and as soon as the water hit the ground, it instantly seeped into the dry soil.

The old woman suddenly sat down on the ground with a dull look in her eyes. She still held her grandson tightly in one hand and kept stroking the child's forehead with the other hand, looking extremely desperate.

The children behind her were also frightened and started crying.

However, no one else dared to step forward, including the Liu family!

At this moment, Third Sister-in-law Qin Qing stood up indignantly and turned to argue with Ma Si:

"Sir, what are you doing? Can't you see the child has suffered from heatstroke? You are taking human life lightly!"

Shen Qingge was startled when she heard her third sister-in-law say this. She immediately raised her head to observe the officers' reactions, but she saw Wang Gui giving them a signal with his eyes.

not good!

As if she understood something, she immediately ran towards the direction of her third sister-in-law.

Before he could even reach his third sister-in-law, he heard Ma Si say viciously, "I'm disciplining a prisoner, and I haven't settled the score with you yet, and you're trying to show off here?"

Then, a whip was swung over with such great force that it whizzed along with the wind.

It happened so quickly that Shen Qingge took his third sister-in-law's hand and quickly dodged, cleverly avoiding the range of the whip.

Ma Si, who had missed his target, became even more furious and roared, transferring his anger to Shen Qingge.

The whip came at him one after another, but Shen Qingge managed to dodge it perfectly every time.

Everyone around was stunned, and the officers who were watching the fun with a joking smile on their faces also gathered over.

Ma Si, embarrassed, blushed and winked at his subordinates. Then, three or four officers raised their whips in unison.

Third sister-in-law Qin Qing knew that it was her impulsiveness that caused the trouble, and she quickly stood in front of Shen Qingge: "I did it, I said it, if you have any anger, take it out on me, don't take it out on my little sister!"

Whoosh...

Several whips came at them at the same time.

Seeing that she was about to be unable to dodge, Shen Qingge rushed forward with a quick step, pushed her sister-in-law to the side, then jumped up and avoided the whip's attack again.

Seeing this, the officers were still unwilling to give up and swung their whips again. However, this time, Shen Qingge caught the whip steadily with her hands. She held the whip with her arms, twisted her body, and used a little force to achieve a great effect.

The action was done in one go, and the four officers stumbled forward and fell like a dog eating shit. The scene was very funny.

The leader, Wang Gui, finally couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up from the small slope nearby and looked down at the chaotic scene in front of him: "Damn it, are you guys going to rebel?"