Chapter 266 Ningbao will catch you a ghost for fun.
Gu Xiang smiled and patted Gu Fu on the shoulder.
"You're still the same as when you were a kid, stubborn and never believe there are ghosts in this world."
I didn't believe it before, but now I do. When I have time, I'll have Ningbao catch a ghost for you to play with."
"Grandpa Gu Fu likes ghosts? That's easy, there are plenty of ghosts around here, we can catch them anytime."
As Ning Bao spoke, she tried to get out of Gu Xiang's arms and struggle to catch the ghost. Gu Xiang had a phobia of ghosts and really didn't want to see them again.
He had just been joking when he told Gu Fu that. In order to dissuade Ning Bao from catching ghosts, Gu Xiang quickly picked her up and headed towards the direction of the villagers.
Gu Fu felt heartbroken when he saw Gu Yunrou and her son, who looked haggard and had lost a lot of weight. After a brief chat, the group prepared to head into the city.
When the village chief heard Gu Fu's invitation to go to the prefect's mansion, he waved his hand repeatedly.
"No, that's definitely not going to work. Steward Fu knows that there are a lot of us, more than 480 people. It's definitely not okay for us to go to the Prefect's Mansion together. It would have too much of an impact."
All we need is a place to settle down and a legitimate identity to cultivate the land; we can't trouble the governor with anything else.
Moreover, we are now refugees. If so many refugees go to the prefect's mansion, what will the other people in the city say?
To avoid causing trouble for the prefect and Lady Yunrou, we can simply camp in the open area outside the city for the next few days.”
Having spent time together along the way, Gu Yunrou understood the village chief's character and the needs of Shanglin Village. She smiled and looked at Gu Fu.
"Uncle Fu, since the village chief has said so, let's not make things difficult for him."
"We need to go see my brother first and get their residency settled as soon as possible. Having a home for them is more important than anything else."
Before leaving, Gu Yunrou looked at Ning Bao.
"Do you want to go to town with Auntie?"
Ning Bao shook his head firmly.
"Auntie, go ahead. Ningbao won't go this time. There are too many vengeful ghosts around here. I'm a little worried about my mother and the others living here."
Hearing Ning Bao's words, Gu Yunrou's expression also became serious.
"It's not safe here. Why don't you come into the city with me?"
Ning Bao shook her head again and lowered her voice.
"Aunt Gu, Ning Bao has received a mission from the King of Hell. There are many ghosts here, and their cultivation is not deep, so it is easy to produce a large number of them. We just happened to run into them today, so we must have a big operation tonight."
Although the King of Hell hasn't paid me yet, I feel confident I won't suffer any losses in the future, because I've already figured out how to negotiate with him.
Gu Yunrou: "…………"
Gu Yunrou hadn't expected that Ning Bao's ghost-catching would involve a deal with the King of Hell. The King of Hell's affairs were not something an ordinary woman like her could interfere with. She sighed helplessly and looked at the village chief and the others.
"Alright then, I'll leave someone here later. If anything happens, be sure to send them to the prefect's office to report."
Three days! At most three days, I will definitely lead everyone away from here to where we will live from now on.
Gu Yunrou has already decided on a suitable place to live in Shanglin Village. She still needs to discuss the specifics with her brother, as they haven't seen each other for many years…
The practice of charging an entrance fee in Yunlu City was stopped after only one day. When the guards discovered that the country bumpkin they had just thought of actually had a good relationship with the chief steward of the prefect's mansion, they knew they had made a mistake and rushed to find their superiors without thinking.
Meanwhile, Gu Zheyuan, who was working at the prefectural government office, received a message from Gu Fu. He instructed people to deal with the entrance fee and the thugs while he quickly returned to his residence.
Gu Zheyuan arrived at the prefect's mansion at top speed and saw Gu Yunrou getting off the carriage. The two siblings embraced deeply, silently expressing the pain of separation and longing.
Madam Gu Yunrou stayed at the mansion for three days. During these three days, Gu Fu and Gu Xiang would bring some food to visit Ning Bao and the others outside the city every day.
Although no one asked about the entrance fee, everyone clearly noticed that the guards at the city gate had all been replaced, and the entrance fee had long been abolished.
The government even sent people to set up a shed outside the city gate, where several people were sitting at a large table, counting the refugees who had come from various places.
These migrants, once registered and without any obvious fault of causing death, will be assigned to remote villages one by one.
Most of the migrants were quite content; they had been wandering for so long and just wanted a home, even though the places they were assigned to were remote and they knew no one there…
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