Chapter 503: The Prefect is Different

Early the next morning, before it was time to open the city gate, the prefect of Chengtian Mansion couldn't wait to take people straight to Chu Hengyu's carriage.

"Zheng Anguan, the prefect of Chengtian Mansion, has seen Lord Chu!"

Bai Susu got Chu Hengyu's signal, took the lead and walked out, and when he got out of the carriage, he just bowed to Zheng Anguan.

"Lord Zheng, we adults are still resting, please be quiet."

Zheng Anguan was stunned.

Doesn't it mean that Chu Hengyu can be regarded as the most diligent official in the entire court? That good reputation is that the hidden masters in the deep mountains and old forests have heard of it, why does it seem to be inconsistent with the rumors when I see it today?

Bai Susu smiled slightly, stepped forward to turn Zheng Anguan in a different direction, pointed to the remains of the corpse in a place, and began to wipe his tears hypocritically.

"Lord Zheng, you don't know, when those assassins came last night, they were really scared to death, and they made a fuss for a while, if it weren't for the heroic and invincible guards and brothers, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that our adults will suffer from accidents, even so it still affects these poor people, Lord Zheng, you must be the master for them!"

The corners of Zheng Anguan's mouth twitched, and he should have been.

But I don't know if he ignored the fact that a large number of displaced people were killed or was so frightened that he didn't tell him, so that the manpower he brought was not enough for even the most basic investigation, so he had to temporarily let people go back and bring people over again to deal with it.

Chu Hengyu felt that the time was almost up, so he called Bai Susu to go up to serve, and without even showing his face, he let people drive him directly into the prefect's mansion in a carriage.

The prefect's mansion looks the same as the entire Chengtian Mansion, so much so that Bai Susu can only be described by the word "poverty".

Bai Susu was arranged to live in the next room to Chu Hengyu, also to facilitate her to follow Bai Chu Hengyu.

After seeing the layout of Chu Hengyu's room, Bai Susu had no interest in going to see his room.

It's not an exaggeration to say that the house is simple.

There was only a few essential pieces of furniture in the room, and the only ones with some color were a few pots of greenery.

These plants are good, but they are just ordinary varieties.

Chu Hengyu was not interested in these, and directly asked the maid to take him to the courtyard of the prefect's mansion.

This time, Bai Susu really realized the poverty here.

Under normal circumstances, the guest's residence is not as good as the main courtyard, but I didn't expect Bai Susu to see almost the same layout here.

It's just that the soil in the yard looks so like it has just been turned over?

"Are you flowers and plants just transplanted?"

The maid was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook her head.

"These are the ones we adults have been there as soon as we move in."

Bai Susu looked at Chu Hengyu, obviously the other party had also discovered the problem of soil.

When Chu Hengyu proposed to go to the house to have a look, the maidservant stopped the two.

"Lord Chu, you are an official sent by the emperor, the maid should not stop you, but our lord is different from other adults, he has put all the things in this official mansion in the bedroom, if you accidentally pass on something at that time, slave maid, slave maid can't afford it, otherwise you can take a look outside?"

Chu Hengyu nodded, and the maidservant opened the doors and windows of the room, allowing Chu Hengyu to stand outside and take a look.

Seeing Chu Hengyu turn around and leave, the maidservant hurriedly closed the doors and windows before following.

"Why are there so few people in your house?"

"There are a lot of people in our house, but because of the drought, many people in the house have been sent out by the master to help with things, and they can't come back at night."

Listening to the maid's words, Chu Hengyu nodded in agreement.

If that were the case, they wouldn't have encountered those bandits at all.

Chu Hengyu didn't go back to the room arranged for him, but directly pulled Bai Susu out of the door, intending to go to the street to check the situation, but he didn't expect to run into Zheng Anguan, who came back in a hurry.

"Governor Zheng, what are you doing here and sparing a lot?"

Zheng Anguan hurriedly let go of the row of people behind him.

"This, yesterday the official was not there, so you waited outside the city for a night, and was frightened, so I went to the restaurant to buy some vegetables and came back, and I gave you a shock."

Chu Hengyu glanced at the people walking by on the street and couldn't help but smile.

"Lord Zheng is really a big hat to be buttoned down, but I don't take this hat, I want this meal."

As he spoke, he asked his guards to take all the food in Zheng Anguan's hand, and loudly instructed them to be sent to the homeless people's residence outside the city, saying that Lord Zheng invited them to eat.

Bai Susu looked at Zheng Anguan's ugly face, and added with a smile, "But my lord, these meals are not enough for the homeless people to eat." ”

Without waiting for Chu Hengyu to speak, Zheng Anguan hurriedly took the words.

"Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials will go and let people do more, and send them over to the homeless people to give them a shock."

Chu Hengyu nodded with satisfaction, and Zheng Anguan hurriedly waved his hand to the people behind him.

Hearing that Chu Hengyu and the others were going to the street to check the situation, Zheng Anguan immediately said that he could accompany him.

On the way, even when asked about the true situation of Chengtian Mansion, Zheng Anguan also answered fluently.

If it weren't for his suspicions, Bai Susu would really believe that he was a good official for the country and the people.

When the people on the street saw a group of people, some wanted to come forward, but for some reason they didn't come forward, they just stood on the side of the road, watching with hope, and waiting for people to go over to see them far away before they were reluctant to leave.

Bai Susu took Baizhu as an excuse to buy some gadgets, but in fact, it was the people who got rid of the prefect and found the people just now.

Fortunately, those people still had some impressions of the two of them, and when they saw them, they had to avoid them, and there was really no way to salute.

Bai Susu hurriedly stopped the person and stepped forward with a smile.

"Uncle and aunt, what did you have to say to us adults just now?"

Seeing that a few people were still hesitating, Bai Shu immediately patted his chest and promised that as long as they said it, he would definitely send someone to protect them immediately until they were confirmed to be safe.

At this time, a few people let go and said everything in their hearts.

According to several people, although Chengtianfu is poor, it should not be so poor, it is really because the prefect is behind the face, so that their life is getting worse and worse, and when the drought comes, it is really unbearable, and the prefect is a little more restrained.

Speaking of the group of villagers who were forced to become bandits, these people have heard of it a little, but they are in such an environment, and they can only say a few words of sympathy to them.

Bai Susu asked them about their taxes, but found that the taxes of these people were much higher than those stipulated by the imperial court.

"Who told you about this tax?"

"There are official documents posted at the city gate, is there a problem?"

Bai Susu smiled and waved his hand, so he could only find a reason to prevaricate at will, and hurried back to Chu Hengyu's side.

It was not until the evening that he was told all about it.

"I can't imagine that Zheng Anguan would dare to cheat on such a thing."

"Now We Are"

"Such a person will not treat himself badly in terms of food and clothing, let's go over and take a look."

Chu Hengyu said, then pulled Bai Susu out of the room and went to the roof.