Suddenly breaking her previous silence and low profile, she proposed, "I think we need to guard against more than just the soldiers and officials. We also need to watch out for the bandits roaming everywhere."
Su Weixue had already prepared a draft to raise this point, but she had not expected Su Qiao to beat her to it. She was angry and annoyed, regretting that she had not spoken sooner.
"Hmph, we're refugees who fled here to escape famine. First, we have no food, and second, we have nothing valuable. How could the bandits possibly target us?"
"If they want to rob someone, they'll definitely go after those villages or the merchants traveling along the official roads."
Some people had initially grown frightened because of Su Qiao's words, but after hearing Su Weixue, they immediately relaxed their guard.
"Miss Weixue makes a lot of sense. The bandits probably won't target us."
"That's right. We have neither food nor drink. What use would it be for them to target us?"
"The bandits can't be that stupid."
Perhaps it was a way of avoiding reality, but the more everyone talked, the more they felt that it was unlikely the bandits would rob them.
Su Qiao was speechless.
Was this the Female Lead Halo?
Whenever she said something, everyone immediately thought it made perfect sense.
Su Weixue cast a smug yet aggrieved glance at Su Qiao, then looked confidently at Li Bingyi and continued analyzing the situation:
"Actually, even if the imperial court sends troops, there won't be many of them at this time. Each city has only a limited number of city-defense troops. Towns and villages below the county level don't even have an army, just a few constables who aren't much use."
"If we want the capital to send a large