Chapter 488: The money that cannot be collected
Every village has the same attitude towards exiles. In their opinion, to be exiled, they must have done something bad.
No one would delve into the reasons behind this and would naturally despise the exiles.
Gu Yanchen knew clearly that his family would have to live here again. Now that they had a feud, he was not afraid of them coming openly, but he was afraid of them coming secretly.
After the whole family settled down, he and Ran Qingxuan would immediately set off to Lan Yu to find his fourth brother.
If they leave the Qian family and cause trouble again, given the tempers of the eldest and third brothers, they will definitely not have an easy time.
If the Qian family asks the county magistrate to take charge, once it is discovered that the two of them are disguised as An Er and An Si, the family will definitely be implicated.
Thinking of this, Gu Yanchen deliberately sighed and recounted the whole story.
The focus was on what happened in the county government office and the relationship between Qian Xiancheng and the Qian clan.
Before he could finish, Zhao Zihui was already gritting his teeth in anger.
"This is outrageous. How can people be so shameless?"
The other soldiers were also so angry that they wanted to teach Qian Lizheng's family a lesson.
Ran Qingxuan knew that Gu Yanchen was not the kind of person who would easily express his grievances, and after a little thought, he understood his intention.
"The Qian family is deliberately making things difficult for us. We can't guarantee that they won't stamp the seal tonight, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. It's just an excuse."
"But if the new household registration doesn't have this seal, we can't even go out of the village to buy materials to repair the house."
"How many days can a family of this size, young and old, survive in this icy and snowy place?"
There was still blood of the Yigui people on Ran Qingxuan's face, and his eyes were so cold when he spoke that people couldn't take their eyes off him.
Just now, the attention of this group of soldiers was all on the Gu brothers, and they did not notice that there was also a stunningly beautiful woman.
"I wonder who this girl is..."
"Brother Zhao, this is my wife, Ran Qingxuan!"
When Gu Yanchen introduced her, he found that her face was stained with blood. He took out a pack of wet wipes from his cloth bag as if no one was around and started wiping Ran Qingxuan's face in front of everyone.
Zhao Zihui didn't know that Gu Yanchen was already married. Seeing his intimate actions and gentle eyes, he almost dropped his jaw.
The other soldiers looked at each other, all shocked by the scene before them.
God knows that when Gu Yanchen was on the battlefield or in the military camp, it was never like this!
Being so attentive to a woman, it is obvious that Gu Yanchen has real feelings for her.
As such, this group of people didn't dare to have any fantasies at all and avoided his gaze.
"Brother Gu, I'll take care of the stamping. I don't think they will dare to cause trouble in the future."
This is exactly the result Gu Yanchen wanted. If they don't show up, even if the Qian family wants to cause trouble, they will have to consider whether they have the ability to do so.
After all, Zhao Zihui is a subordinate of the Marquis of Zhenbei. How can a mere county magistrate and county magistrate be compared with the Marquis of Zhenbei?
Zhao Zihui took a few people to Qian Lizheng's house. Coincidentally, Qian Tai's son Qian Heyang called Qian Lizheng back.
Qian Lizheng had just returned home and had not yet caught his breath when he heard from his second son that some foreign invaders had come to the village, but were subdued by a group of new exiled prisoners.
Moreover, the soldiers from the main camp seemed to be acquainted with this group of exiled prisoners.
Logically speaking, Qian Lizheng should have understood that this group of people were not easy to deal with, but he was short-sighted and thought that these soldiers would not go against the government.
Over the years, his son, as the county magistrate, has gained a lot of benefits by being close to the county magistrate, and his status in the village has also risen.
It was not these soldiers who gave him the benefits, so he certainly would not take these people seriously.
"No matter whether he knows me or not, the soldiers in the barracks never interfere in government affairs. Now that they have come to our village, they have no say in the matter."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the newly repaired door was kicked open from the outside.
"Who is it..."
Seeing the angry expression on the leader's face, Qian Lizheng's arrogant attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.
"It's General Zhao. Our stolen property has been recovered. We are sorry to trouble you to come in person..."
"Stop talking nonsense. Let me ask you, why don't you stamp the seal on the new group of people?"
Upon hearing that it was indeed about the stamping, Qian Lizheng's expression became subtle and a fake smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"General Zhao, how can you worry about whether to stamp the seal or not? I just came back from work, and such a big thing happened in the village. I have to go and ask about it."
"I didn't say I wouldn't build it. I just thought I'd do it after I'm done with my work."
"really?"
Zhao Zihui knew that he would not do as he was told even if he thought with his heels. He was well aware of the attitudes of various villages towards exiled prisoners.
With a cold snort, Zhao Zihui said mercilessly: "Take your broken seal and follow me."
Qian Lizheng originally thought that they would not dare to do anything to him, but the next second, more than a dozen people rushed directly into their yard and surrounded their family.
"You...you...I didn't say I wouldn't go, what are you going to do?"
"What? Of course I'm taking you over to get it stamped!"
Zhao Zihui grabbed Qian Lizheng by the neck with his big hand and dragged him out.
"Why did you arrest my father? Do you still have no law?"
"Whoever caught him, hurry up and follow him with the mark."
The soldiers who followed him had knives in their hands. Qian Shun watched his father being taken away, slapped his thigh, and hurried to get the seal of the village chief.
The Gu family waited there for a while before Zhao Zihui arrived with Qian Lizheng.
His embarrassing state was seen by everyone along the way. Just as he was getting angry, Zhao Zihui threw him to the ground.
"Can you see for yourself that this is where people live?"
Qian Lizheng had straightened his clothes and stood there with his chin slightly raised, posing.
"This house was allocated by the government, and I have no right to interfere."
Although he said so, there was clearly pride in Qian Lizheng's eyes.
In his opinion, since he had offended the county magistrate, being able to have a place to live was already a great honor.
“Since we have no right to interfere, then we should just stamp the village seal so that they can find other villagers to buy houses to live in.”
Qian Lizheng guessed that they were planning to buy a new house, so he spoke calmly upon hearing this.
"There are no good vacant houses in the village. The only vacant houses here are these."
His meaning was very clear, they could live in these houses or not, and if they didn't, no one would dare to sell it to them.
Everyone present was angered by his shameless words. Zhao Zihui understood that the Gu family would have to continue living here in the future, so it would be best not to stand out too much.
But if he allowed them to bully him like this, it would be a slap in his face.
"Li Zheng Qian, there is no way to repair a house like this. We can only tear it down and rebuild it. As a village chief, is this how you treat new villagers?"
"What are you saying? The government lets them settle down wherever they want. How can they be given new houses to live in? If the previous villagers didn't want to live there, how could they get their turn?"
Everyone knew that the Qian family was deliberately making things difficult for them, and no matter what they said, there was always a rebuttal.
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