Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 392 Traceability
Under Wang Mang's persecution, Chu Feng told the story of his tenure in Hedong in detail, which made Chu Feng a little embarrassed, but in order to save his life, Chu Feng didn't care about anything.

According to Chu Feng, the east and west of the river, including the eight nearby counties, secretly formed a secret force a long time ago. Most of the scholars who came out returned to the east and west of the river to serve as officials after being operated.

At that time, Chu Feng was going down for gilding. He hadn't planned to go to Hedong, but because the place he was going to was preempted by others, he could only go to Hedong.

Before going to Hedong, Chu Feng also planned to do something, but when he arrived, he found that without the cooperation of the local officials, he could hardly move an inch in the local area. Based on the idea that one thing more is worse than one thing less, Chu Feng directly lost all power. to the officials.

These subordinates are also very competitive. Except that the money spent every year is always over budget, they have not caused any trouble for Chu Feng. As for the extra money, Chu Feng only thinks that these subordinates are greedy. Well, Chu Feng didn't care about it based on the idea that when the water is clear, there will be no fish.

As for the so-called dispute over the Jinshui River among the people in the east and west of the river, Chu Feng has also been there before, but unless it is just a joke, because in Chu Feng's view, the water in the Jinshui River is enough for the two counties of the east and west of the river, and there is no need to fight for water , but what is strange is that the river water is not enough. Chu Feng couldn't understand the reason, so he only thought that he had insufficient experience at the grassroots level, so he estimated that there was a problem with the water used by the people.

Anyway, when he was in office, the weather was smooth, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there were no major cases. Chu Feng only thought that he was here for gold plating. The second assessment was all excellent, so the gilding was completed smoothly, and he returned to Taichang Temple to serve as the deputy of the Taichang Temple Minister at that time.

"Haven't you ever had any doubts?" Wang Mang frowned. This matter is full of weirdness. Could it be that Chu Feng has such a big heart that he doesn't doubt it at all.

"To be honest, I doubted it." Chu Feng said with a wry smile: "The lower official once sent his confidantes to find out what these subordinate officials were doing with the money, but the lower official's confidants never came back, and soon Chen Li, the commandant of Hexi, hosted a banquet on the Jinshui River, and pointed to the water of the Jinshui River, Chen Li told his subordinates, "The river flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes!"

At this time, Chu Feng said with a look of fear: "On the Jinshui River, there are people from the east and west of the river on the left and right, and there are only two or three subordinates under the subordinate. What does Chen Li mean by talking to the subordinate like this? It is a warning to the subordinate. Well, tell the lower official, if the lower official wants to cause trouble, then he should be the hero who was washed away by the waves."

Wang Mang glared at Chu Feng, and said coldly, "Since so many abnormal situations have happened, why didn't you report them to the court."

"My lord, I don't dare to be an official." Chu Feng said while wiping his sweat.

Wang Mang looked Chu Feng up and down, sneered, and said, "Official fans, regret your life!"

These four words summed up Chu Feng's mentality very well. Chu Feng is an official fan, so he dared not tell the truth. He was afraid that if he told the truth, he would be held accountable by the court. From then on, he would have no hope of official career. Chu Feng was timid and spared his life. He was very afraid of death, so he didn't dare to say it. He was afraid that the people in Hedong would not spare him after he said it, so Chu Feng chose to hide it very cleverly, just like those officials who were sent to counties and counties near Hexi just like Chu Feng. .

Thinking of this, Wang Mang said again: "What is the relationship between Chen Li and Chen Hongliang?"

"I heard that it's a relationship between uncle and nephew." Chu Feng said: "But the official just heard such a talk, and the official really doesn't know the specific things. I'm afraid only the person involved knows about this kind of thing."

"Do you know Chen Hongliang's wife?" Wang Mang asked again.

"I don't know her, and I don't dare to know her," Chu Feng said.

"How to say?" Wang Mang asked curiously.

"I heard that Chen Hongliang's wife is a broom star. Whoever sees her is unlucky. Even though she has a good-looking face, no one dares to provoke her. I don't know what Chen Hongliang thinks, so I'm with this woman." , It's really true love." Chu Feng said gossipingly.

"You haven't seen him before, how do you know he looks good?" Wang Mang said.

"I heard what people said." Chu Feng said.

"Who said that?" Wang Mang said.

"Zhang Jian said it." Chu Feng said casually, then his expression froze for a moment, and he suddenly thought that his carelessness had actually offended the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Although Zhang Jian offended Wang Mang and was ordered by Wang Mang to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors at home, Zhang Jian was never dismissed after all.

But no matter how much Chu Feng regretted, he still shook Zhang Jian out. Wang Mang almost didn't think about it, and said directly: "Deng Fang, go and bring Zhang Jian here."

Zhang Jian was soon brought over by Deng Fang, but he failed to follow Wang Mang on the southern expedition. Without Li Lan's suppression, Deng Fang was very idle in the palace, and suddenly something happened, Deng Fang was very enthusiastic , without wasting any time, brought Zhang Jian over.

Seeing Zhang Jian, Chu Feng's face turned bitter, Zhang Jian greeted Wang Mang calmly and said: "The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Jian, has seen the prince who stayed behind, and I don't know if the prince summoned him, what orders do you have?"

"I can't talk about orders, but I just asked you something." Wang Mang said, "I heard people say that you know the wife of Hexi Ling Chen Hongliang, is there such a thing?"

Zhang Jian turned to look at Chu Feng, nodded without any expression on his face and said: "Yes, my lord, I am the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, in charge of the promotion and appointment of officials in the world. When Chen Hongliang was the Hexi Commander three years ago, he once He brought his wife to this official's house as a guest, so this official has indeed seen Chen Hongliang's wife."

After a pause, Zhang Jian continued: "Chen Hongliang's wife is a very strange person, the kind of person who would be overlooked at first glance, but her appearance is not ugly, on the contrary, she is very beautiful. I feel very charming. I have seen many beauties. Ordinary beauties can't catch my eyes, but Chen Hongliang's wife left a deep impression on me. Later, I heard people talking about Chen Hongliang's wife as a broom star. , Whoever sees who is unlucky, I have never believed in these superstitions, so I immediately refute that I have seen it but I am not unlucky, who knows that the words spread, and slowly turned into some rumors that slander my official. This matter, I have repeatedly refuted the rumors, many people know about it, but I have always stated that I have only met Chen Hongliang's wife, but there is no connection, and I don't even know the woman's name , I hope Wang Ye Mingjian will not be confused by some villains."

Standing beside him, Chu Feng looked ashamed. He felt humiliated when he was told that the villain was in front of him, and he just wanted to find a hole in the ground.

But Wang Mang didn't give Chu Feng the opportunity to dig into the ground, and said, "Chu Feng, tell Zhang Shangshu what happened in Hexi and Dongdong on behalf of me."

(End of this chapter)