She sought out the local Magistrate once more, looking down from her lofty perch with utter lack of sympathy. "Why haven't you driven away all those disaster victims outside the city walls? They are blocking the streets and making it impossible for people to walk."
"Oh, Lord Zhang, you don't understand. Famine is everywhere right now, and our county simply cannot accommodate so many people. Keeping them locked out is already heartless enough—how could we deny them even a place to lie down?"
The Magistrate spoke with genuine sincerity.
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