County Magistrate Cao's eyes turned, "Since Mr. Pei has spoken for you, let's forget about this matter. So you can go to Baiyun Village. The villagers there will definitely welcome you very much."

Listening to the sarcastic tone of County Magistrate Cao, they knew that Baiyun Village was definitely not a good place. The Chen and Ye families felt a little uneasy, but when they saw the indifferent look on the faces of the Lu family, the uneasy feeling in their hearts was suppressed.

"What about you guys? This..."

"Please ask the county magistrate to handle this impartially."

County Magistrate Cao didn't expect the Chen and Ye families to be so ignorant. He was so angry that his nostrils were spitting air. He waved his hand and said, "In that case, you can go to Baiyun Village with them."

Afterwards, County Magistrate Cao waved his hand and asked the officers to take the people away. Two officers stepped forward and urged them to leave quickly. County Magistrate Cao's eyes kept wandering on the women of the Lu family, especially Ruan Yunsheng's graceful figure, which made County Magistrate Cao swallow his saliva.

Pei Yan watched as a group of people were about to leave, and hurried forward, "Mr. Cao, please give me some time."

County Magistrate Cao glanced at Pei Yan and raised his head. Pei Yan nodded and thanked him, then caught up with Lu Zhizhou and the others. Seeing this, the officials also stepped aside.

"Hey, Brother Lu, why can't you just be more patient? Why did you make this happen?"

Lu Zhizhou looked indifferent, "It's fine now."

Pei Yan looked very disappointed and asked, "Do you know where Baiyun Village is?"

Lu Zhizhou raised his eyebrows slightly. In his opinion, it didn't matter where Baiyun Village was, and Ruan Yunsheng didn't care even more. She had space in her hands and could get whatever she wanted, so why would she care where she lived.

"Where?"

"Baiyun Village is located in a remote area, and the location is not very good. The annual harvest output is less than half of that of other villages. In addition, the terrain is not good, and there are often bandits from Lanyuan who rob. As a result, the economic conditions of Baiyun Village are very backward. The people there hate outsiders, especially people like you."

Everyone understood what Pei Yan meant, which was that the people there were difficult to get along with, the land was bad and the harvest was low, there was no income, and there were bandits and robbers.

Pei Yan looked at everyone and saw that no one was nervous or regretful. He felt that it was meaningless for him to say more. The other two families completely listened to the Lu family, and the Lu family listened to Lu Zhizhou. As long as Lu Zhizhou said something, they would agree unconditionally.

"Thank you, Brother Pei, for informing us in advance. We will be more careful when we arrive at Baiyun Village. Don't forget what our Lu family does. As for the issue of farming..." Lu Zhizhou glanced at Ruan Yunsheng, "Brother Pei, don't worry. We have our own way."

Pei Yan glanced at Lu Zhizhou and Ruan Yunsheng.

Since they have made their decision, he couldn't persuade them. "Well, if that's the case, I won't worry about it anymore. Just be careful when you get there."

Pei Yan was, after all, a chief official, at least an eighth-rank official. In the past, he would escort prisoners here, complete formalities, and leave without even looking back. If he hadn't been worried that Lu Zhizhou and the others would be in trouble today, he would have left long ago.

Now that the Lu family’s affairs have been settled, there is no point in changing them. Since his work has been completed, there is no point in staying here.

Pei Yan said goodbye to Lu Zhizhou and others and left with his officers. Before leaving, Xiao Yi looked at Lu Yunruo deeply. They would never meet again...

After Pei Yan left, Lu Zhizhou remembered that their household registration had not yet been processed. Without a household registration, it was equivalent to being an illegal resident and the people in the village would not accept them. Even if they were accepted, they would not be given any good houses, let alone land.

Afterwards, Lu Zhizhou walked around the officers and went back into the house. Ruan Yunsheng followed closely behind Lu Zhizhou, while the others didn't know what was going on so they had to wait outside.

"County Magistrate Cao, did you forget to register our household registration?"

Lu Zhizhou, with an angry look on his face, suppressed County Magistrate Cao who was about to lose his temper. Looking at Lu Zhizhou's face, County Magistrate Cao actually felt a little scared, and he felt a chill on the back of his neck.

"Who do you think you are? Are you yelling at me? Do you have any manners? Do you think you are the great general? What are you still doing? Get out of here right away. I tell you that the household registration depends on my mood. If I'm not in a good mood, you can forget about getting the household registration."

When Lu Zhizhou heard this, he was about to retort when a voice came over, "Are County Magistrate Cao deliberately making things difficult for us by not registering our household registration? This household registration is something that the County Magistrate can do easily, but now you are not only blocking our household registration but also dragging your feet. What use is there for the court to have trash like you?"

"Zhizhou, I remember we met His Royal Highness the Second Prince on the way here. He said at the time that if you encounter any blind people, just write him a letter and he will take care of anything for you."

Chen Qingran blinked at Lu Zhizhou. He didn't know what the relationship between Lu Zhizhou and the Second Prince was now, but he knew that their relationship was still good when they were still in the capital. As long as the Second Prince himself didn't come to expose them, it would be more than enough to deal with a small county magistrate.

Sure enough, when County Magistrate Cao heard the reputation of the Second Prince, he panicked for a moment, but he was a county magistrate after all, didn't he have any face...

"County Magistrate Cao should hurry up and do it for them this time. How dare we trouble His Royal Highness the Second Prince with such a trivial matter?"

Seeing that the county magistrate had given him a way out, County Magistrate Cao saw the opportunity and quickly accepted it. "Okay, I'll do it for you this time for the county magistrate's sake. If you do it again, I'll have you kicked out directly."

While stepping down, County Magistrate Cao did not forget to establish his authority. These people would have to stay in Fengcheng in the future anyway. Since they were here and couldn't run away, why should he worry about not having a chance to deal with them?

Lu Zhizhou had no intention of paying attention to his clownish behavior.

After County Magistrate Cao finished speaking, someone handed him a stack of blank household registration papers. In front of Lu Zhizhou, he wrote down their household registrations one by one and stamped them with the official seal.

After taking over the household registration, Lu Zhizhou gave the Chen family's share to Chen Qingran. In order to prevent County Magistrate Cao from cheating secretly, Lu Zhizhou checked it one by one in front of him. This move made County Magistrate Cao's face turn pale.

After confirming that there was no problem, the two nodded to each other, walked out of the house and gave the household registration belonging to the Ye family to Ye Yong.

After these two performances by Lu Zhizhou in front of County Magistrate Cao, the officers knew that Lu Zhizhou was not someone to be trifled with, so when they were sending people to Baiyun Village, they were polite the entire way.

Baiyun Village is indeed a remote village. Everyone followed the officials and walked for two hours before arriving at the gate of Baiyun Village.

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