Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1188

Chapter 1188: Chapter 1182: Going Home

The Xiliang citizens waiting in line to leave the city saw their neighbors return, and their hearts trembled. They quickly craned their necks and asked a familiar Xiliang citizen outside the city gate, "Mr. Zhu, wasn’t your family the first to leave the city? Why have you come back?"

"Please, General, have mercy, let our whole family enter!" Mr. Zhu didn’t bother to answer the neighbor’s question, dragging his wife and children to their knees, earnestly pleading with the General guarding the city to let them back in.

The guard General didn’t say a word, ordered the crossbowmen to fire arrows, which landed in front of Mr. Zhu’s family. Terrified, Mr. Zhu clutched his son and retreated in embarrassment, nearly scared into incontinence, his back instantly drenched in cold sweat.

The guard General of Zhou’s face was cold: "The opportunity to choose to become a citizen of Zhou... or a citizen of Xiliang was given to you. You chose to leave the city and continue being citizens of Xiliang, so don’t think about entering our Zhou city! I will count to ten... if you don’t leave by then, don’t blame us for not showing mercy! One... two..."

Before the soldiers of Zhou could count to three, Mr. Zhu hurriedly dragged his wife and daughter away, crawling and crying.

The return of Mr. Zhu’s family, who had left the city earliest, made the Xiliang citizens who were originally in line to leave hesitant.

Although Mr. Zhu didn’t say anything, seeing him kneeling and begging to enter the city, it seemed as if he had encountered some problem!

Seeing Mr. Zhu’s family walk away, the Commander of Zhou finally turned around and said to the soldiers, "Continue processing the city’s exit! But let me make it clear, those Xiliang citizens who have left the Zhou city should not assume that because our Emperor has shown you benevolence these past few days, Zhou can accommodate anything. Once outside Yecheng Pass, you must leave quickly. If anyone returns... they will all be treated as Xiliang spies and scouts, dealt with and executed without mercy! Be wise for yourselves!"

After the General spoke, the soldier processing the city’s exit looked up, seeing the Xiliang citizen in front trembling incessantly while holding a child, preparing to register: "What is your name? Where do you live? How many people are in your family? To leave the city this time, the whole family must leave together. Do you understand this?"

The person trembled continuously, seeing the soldiers of Zhou flipping through the Xiliang household register, waiting for the Zhou soldier who was searching for their Official Government registration, hurriedly said: "I... I’m not leaving the city anymore, our whole family is willing to become citizens of Zhou!" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Then why are you causing trouble! Go over to the Government Office to register!" The Zhou soldier reprimanded the person and loudly said, "Next household!"

By this time, the Xiliang citizens who were eager to leave the city all hesitated.

"Are you processing or not? If not, step aside, next one..." shouted the Zhou soldier to the next household.

"Dear, why don’t we not leave the city? Who knows what it will be like after leaving the city, we are just common folk, no matter which country’s people we are, as long as we are alive it’s good! Look, Mr. Zhu’s family couldn’t even get back in after they left!" The wife tugged on her husband’s sleeve, tears falling, persuading, "The children are still so young, why do we have to leave our home, for what purpose?"

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Which household is next?" the impatient Zhou soldier urged.

The husband was still hesitant, but hearing the Zhou soldier’s urging, he gritted his teeth, pulled his child and wife from the line, and said: "You are right, as long as we, as common folk, can survive, it’s fine. If the Emperor of Zhou intended to kill us, why bother with such trouble, the Zhou army would have just massacred us when they entered the city with one slash! Since the Emperor of Zhou said that we would be treated as citizens of Zhou, why leave our home! Let’s go... back home!"

"Yes! Why leave our home, whichever Emperor gives common folk like us a way to survive, that Emperor is our master! Let’s go! Back home!"

More citizens pulled their wives and children from the line and went back home.

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