Chapter 475: Luocheng is worse than Hancheng
Chen Chengping and his wife thought that Chen Xu, who married out, would not be implicated, but they did not expect that she would not only face being divorced, but also face separation from her son...
Chen Xu was worried about the health of his grandparents. He suppressed his sadness and wiped away the tears that were about to flow.
"Uncle, aunt, I know I have no face to return to the Chen family, but I just hope I can give this child a bite to eat..."
Ran Qingxuan slapped her head. She had returned to the team in the afternoon and had no time to go to the Charity Bureau. She also forgot about the words asked by the second branch of the Chen family to help explain because she was too busy.
She almost thought that her mistake would cause misunderstanding, but she didn't expect that the second wife of the Chen family would say it first.
Chen Xu was already in tears. Her family loved her so much, how could they possibly watch her live alone with her child?
"You may not be so wealthy in the future, but as long as mom and dad are still alive, you and your child will never let them down!"
Chen Xu didn't dare to look up, and whispered: "But if I return home with this status, how will my brothers and sisters talk about marriage in the future..."
No matter what, she still had some concerns, but to her surprise, not only did her parents not despise her, even her brothers and sisters supported her to go home.
"Sister is not at fault at all. The one who is wrong is the one with the surname Wu!"
"If I could leave without permission, I would definitely go to the Wu family and give my sister some revenge."
The Chen family has a deep bond between siblings, so Chen Xu could no longer control herself and lowered her head to shed happy tears.
Bu Wei had given them some time, and seeing this he urged the team to set off quickly.
A group of people, plus a horse-drawn carriage, a cart, two horses and a mule to pull the goods, set off towards Zixi in a mighty manner.
There were no more annoying assassins or emergencies on the following journey. The team hurried on and finally arrived in Zixi safely after twenty days.
Ran Qingxuan always thought that Zixi was the name of a town, but he didn't expect to realize until he stood at the city gate that Zixi was just a place name.
Los Angeles is just like its name, dilapidated and backward.
The city gate was broken, even worse than the cold city, and the soldiers defending the city were extremely sloppy.
When the group entered the city, the soldiers squatting at the city gate, holding their rusty swords, didn't even raise their eyes.
They were no longer surprised by the prisoners being escorted here, so instead of wasting time asking them questions, they might as well chat with their own people.
Ran Qingxuan had already understood the process on the way. Usually, the escort would take the prisoner to the government office in the city for filing, and the officials would be responsible for issuing the new household registration.
However, the household registration of these exiled criminals is different from that of ordinary people. The word "exile" will be marked on the household registration book before they are issued.
After being stamped, they can only move around in Luo City. If they appear in other towns and are discovered by officials checking household registration, the consequences will be very serious.
In mild cases, the punishment is beating with a big stick, and in severe cases, after being beaten with a big stick, the person will be imprisoned in a large prison. Unless his family members pay money to get the punishment, he will be forced to do hard labor.
It is equivalent to still being monitored after being released from prison. In ancient times, in order to prevent prisoners from sneaking away due to the bitter cold, the imperial court would send people to check on them regularly.
Even if other people in the family don't know, they will be implicated and punished.
Moreover, the government will issue a wanted notice, and if you take the table back you will still be fined and thrown into jail.
It can be said that without the emperor's order to relax, the exiled people would die of old age in exile.
After walking for nearly twenty minutes into Luo City, the group finally appeared outside the government office.
Unexpectedly, half an hour had passed since the gatekeeper went in to report, and the county magistrate in charge of issuing new household registrations was still nowhere to be seen.
Seeing that Bu Wei's face didn't look good, Ran Qingxuan guessed that he was not anxious because of waiting.
When Bu Wei thought of the county magistrate here, his heart was filled with disgust, because the county magistrate Tang En was not only lustful, but also greedy for money.
During the years when he served as county magistrate, not only the women in Luocheng, but all the female prisoners with a bit of beauty could not escape this disaster.
There are no ugly women in the team this time, especially Ran Qingxuan, whose appearance is stunning!
Once he was noticed by Tang En, it would be useless even if he was the God of War of Northern Qi, considering his current status as a prisoner of the Gu family.
And he knew the Gu family's temper very well, especially Ran Qingxuan's temper.
It's fine to get along with her in a friendly manner at ordinary times, but if you provoke her, it's like kicking a wall. What's the difference?
In addition, he had experienced a lot of things along the way, and he had completely regarded the men of the Gu family as good brothers.
If he were to stand here and watch them being harassed and plotted against, he would definitely feel bad.
While the county magistrate was still there, Bu Wei turned around and signaled the Gu family and several other families on good terms with him to put on their scarves.
Seeing this, Gu Yanchen took the initiative to ask.
"Brother Bu, is there anything you want to tell me?"
"It's not really an explanation, but there is something I must remind you of."
Bu Wei approached the Gu family and lowered his voice, saying, "You will handle the household registration again. The county magistrate Tang En will be in charge of it."
"I know this. Isn't it the same process?"
Bu Weizhuang glanced at several officials in the yamen as if casually, lowered his head and spoke in a low voice.
"Brother Gu may not know that a year ago, the previous county magistrate retired and returned to his hometown, and a new one came."
"This man's name is Tang En. He is treacherous and greedy. Others may not know, but I have sent people here several times, and every time they paid all their money before I processed the paperwork."
Having said this, everyone understood even if they didn't understand.
"And those pretty women...
Some people would even offer their innocent daughters to the Lord in order to get a good place..."
"And your family has many female relatives..."
The Gu family's faces turned pale. The timid third sister-in-law was protected in the arms of the third brother, with murderous intent in her eyes. She said in a cold voice: "What if my Gu family resolutely refuses to obey?"
Bu Wei pursed his lips and shook his head.
"There are many villages around Los Angeles, but you can't just go there whenever you want."
“If there are more benefits given, they will naturally go to villages with good environment and rich conditions.
But if you really have no money, you can be assigned to a not-so-bad village if you meet other conditions, as for..."
"Those who don't pay and don't have any girls in their families will be assigned to the lowest-class villages."
At this point, Bu Wei glanced at the people around him and said quickly, "Whenever he encounters a tough guy, Tang En will assign him to a village that looks good but has extremely difficult villagers to get along with."
"If I were assigned there, I would be ostracized by the entire village and become homeless in no time."
The more the families listened, the more heartbroken they became. Exile itself was miserable enough, but they didn't expect that such a thing would happen in the place of exile.
Gu Yanzong sat in a wheelchair with a sullen face and clenched fists.
"The emperor is far away, and these people are so lawless."
The eldest sister-in-law was worried about her husband's health, so she said softly, "Don't be angry, husband. Listen to what your sixth brother and his wife have to say first."
Gu Yanzong suppressed his anger and looked at the other members of his family.
"Mother, Third Brother, Sixth Brother, and my brothers and sisters-in-law, what do you think about this matter?"
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