Under Wang Mang's questioning, Chu Feng told the story of his appointment in Hedong Order, which made Chu Feng a little embarrassed, but in order to save his life, Chu Feng couldn't care about anything.

In Chu Feng's mouth, Hedong and Hexi, including the eight nearby counties, secretly formed a hidden force a long time ago, the hidden power of this force is not weak, but they are not publicized, nor do they infiltrate the imperial court, and most of the scholars trained have returned to Hedong and Hexi to be officials after operation.

Chu Feng went down to gild at that time, he originally didn't plan to go to Hedong, but because the place he was going to go was preempted by others, he could only go to Hedong.

Before going to Hedong, Chu Feng also planned to do something, but after arriving, he found that without the cooperation of the local officials, he could hardly move an inch in the local area.

These subordinate officials are also very competitive, in addition to spending more money every year than the budget, they didn't cause any trouble to Chu Feng, for the extra money, Chu Feng only said that these subordinate officials were greedy, and in line with the idea that if the water is clear, there will be no fish, Chu Feng didn't care about it.

As for the so-called dispute between the people of Hedong and Hexi, Chu Feng has also been there, but unless it is just a joke, because in Chu Feng's opinion, the water of the Jinshui River is enough for the two counties of Hedong and Hexi, and there is no need to fight for water at all, but the strange thing is that the water of this river is just not enough, Chu Feng can't understand the reason, so he only says that he has insufficient experience at the grassroots level, so it is estimated that there is a problem with the people's water.

Anyway, the wind and rain are smooth, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there are no major cases, Chu Feng only thinks that he is here to gild, in line with the principle that it is better to save one more thing, it is completely indifferent, just like that, Chu Feng is excellent in every assessment, so he smoothly completed the gilding, and returned to Taichang Temple to be the deputy of Taichang Temple at that time.

"Didn't you ever have doubts?" Wang Mang frowned and said, this thing is full of weirdness, is this Chu Feng's heart so big, he doesn't doubt it at all.

"Honestly, I doubted. Chu Feng smiled bitterly: "Xiaguan also sent his henchmen to check what these subordinate officials were doing with the money, but Xiaguan's henchmen never returned, and soon Chen Li, the Hexi Commander at that time, invited Xiaguan to a banquet on the Jinshui River, pointing to the water of the Jinshui River, Chen Li said to Xiaguan, the rolling river is gone, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes!"

Chu Feng said with a little horror on his face at this time: "On the Jinshui River, there are people from Hedong and Hexi on the left and right, and there are only two or three subordinates of the lower officials, what does Chen Li mean by talking to the lower officials like this, that is to warn the lower officials, tell the lower officials, if the lower officials want to make trouble, go over there to do the heroes who have been swept away by the waves." ”

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

"Lord Wang, the lower officials don't dare. Chu Feng wiped his sweat and said.

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

Four words summarize Chu Feng's mentality very well, Chu Feng is an official fan, so he didn't dare to tell the truth, he was afraid that he would be held accountable by the imperial court if he told the truth, and there was no hope for his career from then on, Chu Feng was timid and afraid of death, so he didn't dare to say it, he was afraid that the people of Hedong would not spare him after he said it, so Chu Feng chose to hide it very smartly, just like those officials who were sent to nearby counties in Hexi like Chu Feng.

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

"I heard it's an uncle-nephew relationship. Chu Feng said: "But the lower official just heard such a statement, and the lower official really doesn't know the specific thing, and I'm afraid that only the person concerned knows about this kind of thing." ”

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

"Xia Guan doesn't know her, and Xia Guan doesn't dare to know her. Chu Feng said.

"What do you say?" Wang Mang said curiously.

"I heard that Chen Hongliang's wife is a broom star, who sees her and who is unlucky, even though she has a good-looking face, but no one dares to provoke, and I don't know what Chen Hongliang thinks, just with this woman, it is really true love. Chu Feng had some gossip.

"You haven't seen people, how do you know that people are good-looking. Wang Mang said.

"Listen to people. Chu Feng said.

"Who said that. Wang Mang said.

Zhang Jian said. Chu Feng said casually, and then his face was stunned, and he suddenly thought that he had accidentally offended the official book.

Although Zhang Jian offended Wang Mang and was ordered by Wang Mang to think about it behind closed doors at home, Zhang Jian was never dismissed after all, he was still the official secretary of Daqin, and his protégés were all over the government and the opposition, and he had nothing to say nonsense.

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

Zhang Jian was soon brought over by Deng Fang, failed to follow Wang Mang's southern expedition, there was no suppression of Li Lan above, Deng Fang was very idle in the palace, and suddenly there was something, Deng Fang's enthusiasm was very great, and he almost didn't waste half of his time, so he brought Zhang Jian over.

Seeing Zhang Jian, Chu Feng's face turned bitter, Zhang Jian calmly greeted Wang Mang and said: "Zhang Jian, the secretary of the ministry, has seen the left-behind prince, I don't know what the prince has called him, what are his orders?"

"I can't talk about it, I just ask you something. Wang Mang said: "This king has heard that you know the wife of Chen Hongliang of Hexi Ling, but there is such a thing?"

Zhang Jian turned his face to look at Chu Feng, nodded without any expression on his face: "Yes, Lord Wang, this official is the official of the Ministry of Officials, and he is in charge of the promotion and appointment of officials in the world, when Chen Hongliang served as the Hexi Commander three years ago, he once brought his wife to the official's mansion as a guest, so the official did see Chen Hongliang's wife." ”

After a pause, Zhang Jian continued: " Chen Hongliang's wife is a very strange person, is the kind of person who will be ignored at a glance, but her appearance is not ugly, on the contrary, it is very beautiful, it feels very charming after watching it for a long time, the official has seen more beauties, and the average beauty can't enter the eyes of the official, but Chen Hongliang's wife left a deep impression on the official, and later heard people talk about Chen Hongliang's wife is a broom star down to earth, who sees who is unlucky, the official has never believed in these superstitious thoughts, so he immediately refuted it with his own eyes but was not unlucky, who knows that the words spread out, but slowly it became some rumors that slandered the official's lustful heart, this matter, the official has also refuted the rumors many times, and there are many people who know, but the official has always stated that the official has only seen Chen Hongliang's wife, but there is no connection, and even the official doesn't even know what the woman's name is. ”

Chu Feng stood beside him, his face was ashamed, and when he was told to his face that the villain couldn't refute it, Chu Feng only felt that he had lost face, and he just wanted to find a hole to get into.

Wang Mang didn't give Chu Feng a chance to burrow into the ground, and said, "Chu Feng, you tell Zhang Shangshu about the affairs of Hexi and Hedong on behalf of this king." ”

(End of chapter)