Chapter 128 Going to the Most Broken Village

Li Mumu nodded. She was just about to tell Xie Xun about this.

He is not a criminal, there is no need for him to be with them.

At this time, Liuzi quietly came to Mr. Gu and lowered his voice and said, "Old man, I have inquired about seven or eight villages near the exile area. Qingshui Village is relatively wealthy. I will help you arrange and try to get you to that village."

After hearing this, Li Mumu was so scared that she quickly called a halt, but it must not be Qingshui Village.

The Li Gu family went to Qingshui Village. Why does Qingshui Village look so harmonious? It is because everyone in Qingshui Village has the surname Chen, and the few people with other surnames have a very difficult life.

When I was bullied, I had no place to seek justice because the village chief and elders were all surnamed Chen.

The Gu family was a criminal family, and they were bullied, robbed, and even robbed later.

Although the Gu family is now complete and they cannot be bullied, Li Mumu does not want to focus her energy on these people.

Especially the village chief, who is greedy and lustful. He can't walk when he sees a beautiful woman, and he won't recognize her even after pulling up his pants.

It's really rotten in the mud.

There are so many beauties in the Gu family, don’t fall into their trap.

"Uncle Liuzi, Qingshui Village is not good. I heard Ningxi Village is good?"

Liuzi quickly shook his head. "Ningxi Village is the poorest. Their village chief has a strange temper. The most important thing is that there is no water in the village. It is very difficult to get water. Mumu, who told you this?"

Li Mumu wanted to say that it was written in the book, but Liuzi was indeed a good person, and he inquired so much about the details so that they could live a better life.

She appreciated his kindness, but she had decided to go to Ningxi Village.

"I heard from the people in the inn, Uncle Liuzi, that Qingshui Village is xenophobic and bullies people, and that many of the people in Ningxi Village are prisoners."

"Then it will be very difficult for you to get water... There is only one well in the whole village."

"If there is no well, then dig one." Li Mumu said. It's not difficult anyway.

Old Master Gu knew that Liuzi had good intentions, but he absolutely believed the little girl. "Liuzi, Mumu is right. We are of different status. If we go to a village that sticks together, we will undoubtedly be excluded. It doesn't matter if the village is poor. We are not poor."

Liuzi thought about it and realized that it was true. What did it have to do with the Gu family because of other people’s poverty?

They'll have something delivered soon.

"Oh well."

As he was speaking, Song Qiang handed over the silver note.

Of course Liuzi didn't want it. Without the Gu family, not to mention whether he would have a good life in the future, he even lost his life. Isn't this what he should have done?

As a human being, you should know how to repay kindness.

"This was Mumu's idea," Song Qiang said softly. "Thanks for your care along the way. Here are fifty taels of silver. Take twenty taels to prepare the rest for the brothers on their journey back."

"No..." Liuzi shook his head and looked at the smiling girl. "You guys will find it very useful if you keep it. I can even get the reward when I go back."

"Did you get twenty taels?"

Liuzi was embarrassed, "That won't take that much."

Song Qiang continued to persuade: "It will be of great use on the way back. We still have it."

She now made a rough calculation and found that she had several hundred taels of silver in her hands, not counting the ginseng and other things that she would use in critical moments.

With this money, they can live a life here without worries about food and drink.

On the other side, Li Rong played with her hair and said in a self-proclaimed, "Mom, I asked the innkeeper this morning. We should try to go to Qingshui Village. That's the richest village. Don't go to Ningxi Village. It's so poor that even a mouse would come out crying if it went in."

Mrs. Li nodded. "You are the most capable, Rongrong. Whether we can enjoy happiness or suffer depends on you."

Li Rong straightened her back and felt that she was extremely important.

They soon arrived at the government office. Liuzi had sent someone to report in the morning, and the officials here would be responsible for the handover of the prisoners.

After they obtained the documents and returned to Beijing smoothly, their mission was over, but the lives of the prisoners were no longer their responsibility.

The handover officials will arrange a destination for the prisoners, and the prisoners need to be self-reliant and repay the expenses along the way through labor.

Male and female prisoners will be assigned work locations based on the director or actual circumstances, such as farming, hunting, mountaineering and road construction, or if they are luckier, they will go to post stations, government offices, etc.

However, in Li Mumu's opinion, there is no good or bad. Working under the nose of an official is not free at all, especially for women. If they are not pretty, they will be despised, and if they are pretty, they will definitely be bullied.

Everyone waited at the government office gate for a long time. Fortunately, they were wearing more clothes, otherwise they would have been able to get Dongcheng popsicles.

Finally, a man in a long gown came out. Based on the description in the book, Li Mumu thought that this should be the legal advisor of Baishi County, Hu Xuefu.

He looks like a scholar, but he is actually very vicious and has done many things that are cruel to human lives.

"Are they the Li and Gu families?" He took the document from Liuzi and said unhappily, "Stand still, one, two..."

"That's not right. This doesn't match the number of people on the document."

Liuzi turned another page, which clearly recorded the cause of death of each person.

Hu Xuefu nodded and waved to the yamen runners, "Go tell the master that the criminals from the capital have arrived."

He didn't move, and just waited with his arms folded. Seeing that the two families didn't make any move, he said unhappily, "I'm telling you, you are imperial prisoners, and you have committed a serious crime and are here. Don't bring anything you shouldn't bring. Don't embarrass me, and don't make things difficult for yourself."

Li Mumu looked at Liuzi. After all, this was Liuzi's first time doing this and he wasn't sure about the timing. "Excuse me, please move."

Hu Xuefu was still a little puzzled. In the past, it was the prisoners who gave the benefits. What was this yamen runner going to do?

He followed unhappily, but when he saw the thirty taels of silver, he instantly became happy, "Brother, what do you mean by this?"

The reason why it was thirty taels was that Liuzi wanted to give them more so that they could take good care of the Gu family and not make things difficult for them.

He didn't want to keep any of the twenty taels, but he thought that it was given to him by Mumu, so he must be able to use it.

"Before I came here, a nobleman in the capital asked me to give it to you. Please take care of the Gu family."

"I can't do that. I'm just a mentor."

Liuzi quickly stuffed the banknote into his hand and said, "No need for anything else. They want to go to Ningxi Village, that's all."

Ningxi Village?

Hu Xuefu thought he had heard it wrong. That place would only be visited by people who didn't pay. Why would one go to that crappy place even if one paid?

"Are you sure it's Ningxi Village?"

Seeing that his reaction was similar to his, Liuzi said that Ningxi Village was not a good place, but the Gu family insisted on going there. "Yes, Ningxi Village, Master, thank you for your hard work."

Hu Xuefu nodded, "The Gu family is quite capable."

"What ability do you have? We were bandits when we came here, and everything we had was stolen when we first arrived in the north." Liuzi was afraid that Hu Xuefu would think that the Gu family had money and was exploiting them.

At this moment, a shout came from inside: "Master Zhang is here!"