Wei Xiuyuan left the Peng residence. From afar, he gazed at the Peng residence, which was lit up in the darkness. He smiled coldly.

Just now, he had injected a sliver of his psychic power into Pang Yaozu's mind. It wouldn't endanger Pang Yaozu's life, but after a few days, it would cause Pang Yaozu's memory to deteriorate and his thoughts to become confused. Eventually, he would become an idiot.

Wei Xiuyuan knew that with Pang Yaozu's status, if he were to assassinate him, the Peng family would definitely be furious. In the end, many innocent people would be implicated. Therefore, he might as well let Pang Yaozu slowly become an idiot, as if he had contracted some strange disease.

After dealing with Pang Yaozu and avenging the original 'Wei Xiuyuan', Wei Xiuyuan rushed back to Peach Tree Village that very night.

His excuse for coming to the county town was to borrow money, so he exchanged the 100 tael banknotes given to him by the young girl who had saved him for 100 tael silver ingots.

He left 30 taels of silver outside, and stored the remaining 70 taels in his optical computer's storage space.

After all, 100 taels of silver was a huge sum for the Wei family. If the Wei family kept too much money, it would easily cause trouble.

Wei Xiuyuan knocked on the front door of his house in the middle of the night. His mother, Fang Clan, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly opened the door for him. She lowered her voice and said, "Xiuyuan, come in quickly!"

Wei Xiuyuan walked into the house. Under the dim light of the oil lamp, Wei Sanshi and Fang Clan looked at him expectantly.

He smiled as he took out the 30 taels of silver ingots from his bosom. Each silver ingot was five taels each. There were a total of six silver ingots placed side by side on the shabby table. They gleamed excitedly under the dim light.

Wei Sanshi and Fang Clan, who had never seen so many silver ingots before, breathed heavily.

Wei Xiuyuan said, "I'm worried that there will be too many people who want to spend money to avoid military service. This time, the exemption quota will need more money, so I borrowed more. If I don't need it, I'll return it. If I do, I don't need to borrow it again."

Wei Sanshi nodded in agreement. "You're very thoughtful." He then asked, "Whose money did you borrow?"

Wei Xiuyuan laughed, "I borrowed it from a good friend of mine. Don't worry, my good friend is a very nice person. He didn't even ask me to write an IOU for the 30 taels of silver. Furthermore, the repayment period is very long and there is no interest. I can slowly repay it after I pass the County Scholar examination."

Wei Sanshi said gratefully, "Then you have to thank him properly!

But you still have to return the money. Even if there is no IOU, you still have to return the money. "

Wei Xiuyuan thought of the young girl with bright eyes he saw on the bed of the clinic when he had just transmigrated here. He smiled and said, "I have to return the favor. This favor has to be repaid in double."

Wei Sanshi nodded and kept the thirty taels of silver.

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Wei Sanshi and the Fang Clan no longer had to worry about military service, probably because they were rich now. Xiaoluo Wei was also much more relaxed.

Previously, the atmosphere at home had been too heavy. She had often been hugged by her mother, the Fang Clan, and cried. She would not be able to live in the future. Even though she was still young, she understood the serious consequences of her father or brother being drafted into the army.

Although Xiaoluo Wei didn't know that her family was rich enough to be exempted from military service, she vaguely understood something when she saw that the atmosphere at home was no longer so tense.

Time passed very quickly. Even though the village had been filled with a sad atmosphere of life and death, the conscription officials still came to Peach Tree Village a few days later.

The officials with weapons in their hands were all tall and fierce. The ordinary villagers didn't dare to resist them. They could only let the officials drag away one of their men. Some families even had two able-bodied men forcibly taken away.

When they arrived at Wei Sanshi's house, the officials had just entered the door aggressively. Wei Sanshi trembled a little and gathered his courage to greet them. He nodded and bowed as he said, "Sir, sir, how much does it cost to be exempted from military service this time?"

The officials were slightly startled. They sized up the dilapidated house of the Wei family and sneered, "Fifteen taels of silver per place!

Does your family have that much money? "

Wei Sanshi was shocked. Just as his son had said, the price had increased. Fortunately, it hadn't increased by much, only five taels of silver.

He frowned and said, "Sir, please wait a moment. My family just borrowed money. We can still scrape together the money."

When the officials heard this, they smiled and said, "There's no rush. Go scrape together the money. We'll rest at your house."

Then Wei Sanshi went to the inner room to get the money. Fang Clan was hiding in the inner room with Xiaoluo Wei. When she saw Wei Sanshi come in to get the money, she whispered, "How is it?"

Wei Sanshi also lowered his voice and replied, "Fifteen taels of silver."

Fang Clan was shocked and almost shouted. Why did he ask for an extra five taels of silver?

Fortunately, she suppressed the words in her throat in time. Her face turned red from holding it in. She could only watch as Wei Sanshi took out fifteen taels of silver and copper coins.

When Wei Xiuyuan came back, he brought back thirty taels of silver ingots. However, Wei Sanshi had the wisdom of a small person. He knew that he couldn't use silver ingots to pay the officials. Otherwise, they would think that he had a lot of money and would be treated as a fat sheep to be slaughtered.

Thus, he took advantage of the past few days to go to the county town with the silver ingots and exchanged them for copper coins. He also used the scissors at home to cut the silver ingots into pieces.

Now, the fifteen taels that Wei Sanshi handed over to the officials were made up of a pile of silver and copper coins. It was obvious that he had used up all of his family's money.

The officials didn't mind. After receiving the money, the head official took out a book and opened it. He asked, "What's your name?" He wanted to mark the Wei family's military service on the book.

Although Wei Sanshi couldn't read, he had experienced conscription before. Naturally, he understood why the official asked for his name. He happily said, "Wei Sanshi. This commoner is Wei Sanshi."

The official found Wei Sanshi's name on the book. Suddenly, his expression changed slightly. He asked with a subtle expression, "You're Wei Sanshi?

Do you have a son named Wei Xiuyuan? "

Wei Sanshi didn't realize that something was wrong. He chuckled and nodded. "Yes, that's me."

He thought that the official was asking about his son to confirm his identity. After all, there were too many people with the same name these days.

However, he didn't expect the official to suddenly close the book. His expression turned cold. He said in a businesslike tone, "Call your son out!"

Wei Sanshi was stunned. Before he could react, Wei Xiuyuan, who had rushed back home after receiving the news that Peach Tree Village was conscripting soldiers, walked in. He entered the room and looked at the situation. Before he knew what was going on, the head official recognized him and ordered, "Take him away!"