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Suppressing his displeasure, Lu Yongyuan put on a fawning smile and continued speaking in a low voice.

"My lord, I know that selling contraband salt is a crime punishable by death and the extermination of nine generations of one's family, but if my uncle dies, it will be no different for me to die as well."

"The rest of the things do not need to be done by adults. Just turn a blind eye. The rest can be done by me. The profits will be split 50/50 between me and you."

As he spoke, Lu Yongyuan's expression changed, and he looked somewhat sad, like a candle flickering in the wind, which made people feel pity for him.

“This is something I must do. If you are unwilling to get involved, I will do it myself. Please forget everything that was said at the dinner table today. I will never implicate you. At worst, I will die. If I cannot even repay my uncle’s kindness, what difference is there between me and death? I will die with my uncle, which will be the best way to repay this life.”

Good guy.

Chu Xuan glanced at him and couldn't help but feel a bit of admiration.

This story was obviously fabricated to test him, but Lu Yongyuan has been able to act it out as if it were real. If he were in the world before he transmigrated, he would definitely be a good actor.

Isn't this much more dedicated than those young male celebrities who can only shout "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven"?

Chu Xuan's face showed a conflicted expression. He gritted his teeth and remained silent for a long time. Lu Yongyuan did not urge him. He knew that these things could not be rushed. He should give Chu Xuan some time. Otherwise, the more pressure he put on him, the easier it would be to mess things up.

The others also remained silent in perfect unison.

After a while, Chu Xuan suddenly picked up the wine pot and drank it all in one gulp. Then he stared at Lu Yongyuan with bloodshot eyes.

"How sure are you?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yongyuan knew that the matter had been settled. Overjoyed, he quickly suppressed his emotions and said...

"Rest assured, sir, I have taken everything into account and there is no way I will be discovered."

Chu Xuan nodded and put down his wine glass.

"Make it cleaner."

After saying that, he led the three women straight away from the Lu family.

After the four people left, the one-eyed dragon, who had been silent all along, finally frowned and spoke in a low voice.

"Are you really willing to give him half the profits? I think he's just a high-minded but incompetent fool. Even if we don't give him any, what can he do? The Chu family has exiled him here, so they probably won't interfere in his affairs. At worst, there'll be another corpse that died under mysterious circumstances. Are we afraid someone will come to investigate?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yongyuan sneered a few times.

"What do you know? These people from prominent families all seem more aloof than anyone else, but deep down they are also more greedy than anyone else. Even though Chu Xuan is a collateral branch of the Chu family who was exiled here, he is still nominally a member of the Chu family. He died here on his first day in office. For the sake of face, the Chu family will definitely send someone to investigate. And now? With just a little money, we can make him cover it up in the open. Our affairs will naturally go much more smoothly."

"As for the silver, how could I let him interfere in the salt field affairs? How much I give him is up to me. How could he possibly find out? But you are right about one thing: having someone like him around is always a problem. Let's use him for now, and when we no longer need him, we'll find an opportunity to get rid of him."

"The village chief is right; I was just being foolish."

Upon hearing this, the one-eyed man couldn't help but raise his glass in a gesture of appreciation.

Lu Yongyuan was very pleased with the flattery. The group exchanged toasts, and with Chu Xuan no longer in the way, the atmosphere became much more lively.

The other end.

Lu Han escorted the four people back to the courtyard and then left in a hurry.

Watching the carriage disappear from sight, Chen Xuening turned to stare at Chu Xuan, her expression grave.

"These people have no good intentions. Are you really going to be playing with fire?"

"Are you worried about me?"

Chu Xuan closed the door. He was no longer the drunkard he had been earlier. His eyes were clear, and his gaze toward Chen Xuening even held a hint of mockery.

This look made Chen Xuening blush, and she glared at him with a hint of anger before he coldly smiled.

"It's just a stopgap measure. That one-eyed guy sitting next to Lu Yongyuan just now had a bloody aura about him. He probably has blood on his hands. He might be one of the bandits in this area. Believe me or not, there must have been thieves surrounding the house just now. If I had said even half a word of no, they would have rushed up and killed us all."

Chen Xuening paused upon hearing this, and then said.

"But if you cooperate with them, the smuggling of salt will be discovered sooner or later, and you'll die anyway."

"Who said I was really going to sell smuggled salt?"

Chu Xuan smiled, looking inscrutable: "Your husband isn't that naive. Just wait and see."

"Shameless!"

Chen Xuening's face turned as red as if it were burning, and she quickly turned her head away from him, but she did not refute the nickname.

On the contrary, Chu Ling'er looked at Chu Xuan with great admiration and nodded repeatedly: "I believe in my husband."

In her eyes, Chu Xuan seemed to be omnipotent, and all she had to do was follow his decisions.

It was late at night. After chatting for a while and making arrangements for tomorrow, it was time to rest.

A Leng and Chen Xuening each chose a room to stay in, while Chu Ling'er originally wanted to share a room with Chu Xuan and take care of his washing up.

Seeing the beautiful woman's pitiful appearance as she offered to serve him, Chu Xuan struggled with his conscience for a moment, but in the end, he refused with great difficulty.

After all, it's not an easy temptation for an ordinary person to resist the idea of ​​a silver-haired beauty offering to serve him at will, with an attitude of being completely at his beck and call.

However, Chu Xuan had not completely changed his mindset from before his transmigration and did not intend to make such a hasty decision.

His three wives were: one was free and destitute, orphaned and treated like cattle; another was forced to leave her home and became a prisoner; and the third was considered rebellious simply for disagreeing with his superior's words, and would have been a corpse if he hadn't spoken up today.

Though they are nominally burdened with sin, they are all people with tragic fates.

Now that he has taken the three women as his wives, Chu Xuan must fulfill his responsibilities as a husband. At the very least, he must give them a legitimate and proper way to marry into the family.

After seeing the three off, Chu Xuan quickly washed up and returned to his room. After Chu Ling'er cleaned up, she spilled something, and the whole room smelled faintly of osmanthus.

He lay in bed, pondering to himself.

An agreement has been reached at today's banquet. Although Lu Yongyuan may not truly trust me, at least the formalities should be properly performed.

The two tacitly agreed that when Chu Xuan's identity as lord was announced early tomorrow morning, Lu Yongyuan would stand up for him, which would make it much easier for him to gain a foothold in Wuming Village.

The matter of Yantian can be put aside for now, since Lu Yongyuan wouldn't let him get involved so easily.

Chu Xuan thought that after taking office, it would be about time to put the mining of hematite on the agenda!