However, the yamen runners on the opposite side were completely unmoved by such a miserable scene. One of them wore a fierce expression and immediately resorted to threats: "The population of Yuancheng has already reached its maximum capacity! There is no room left for you refugees! Find somewhere else to go!"
"In such heavy snow, where do you expect us to go?" someone among the refugees shouted aloud. "Countless people have already frozen to death in the north! Do you officials have any humanity at all? Do you care whether we live or die?"
The bitter cold of the northern snow had indeed frozen countless people to death, but that had nothing to do with these yamen runners from Yuancheng!
Chapter 48