"Doesn't the government care?" Heng Xinyuan raised his own questions.

The old man smiled coldly, "Tube? I've never heard of the government still taking care of this......"

"Then why don't you go to the mansion to receive relief food from the imperial court?"

"From here to the house, the distance is far away, our family is left with me and the old wife, if you really want to go there, half of your life is gone, and listen to them, the relief food sent by the house is not enough to eat for a few days, so forget it, barely survive......"

Heng Xinyuan looked at it in his heart, this Zhao Youlong's food must be inextricably linked with the relief food of the imperial court, since the government does not investigate, then he must find out the truth and return justice to the people.

Just thinking about it, the aunt walked in with two bowls of rice, "Hey, there are so many dishes left at home, young man, you will eat them right away......

Heng Xinyuan didn't have the heart to eat, shook his hand and got up and said, "Uncle and aunt, I won't eat it, I'll leave this rice to you, I'll go first." ”

"You're such a nice guy!" Uncle got up from the stool with tears in his eyes, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "This food is enough for us to eat for a few days, thank you so much!" ”

Heng Xinyuan hurriedly helped him up, "Uncle, you don't have to be like this, get up quickly." ”

Coming out of Zhaojiazhuang, it was already close to evening, Heng Xinyuan hurriedly quickened his pace and returned to Junnan Mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion, he saw Chen Ninghai reprimanding the servant who had allocated it to him, "What are you doing to eat!" Let you look at him! What about people! You're such a piece of rubbish! ”

He laughed secretly in his heart, this Chen Ninghai was really a thief, saying that he invited him to live at home, but he just wanted to spy on himself.

He laughed twice and stepped forward, "What is Lord Chen doing?" Why is it so hot? Haven't I been here for a good time? ”

Chen Ninghai looked up and saw that he was back, so he hurriedly changed his face and smiled politely, "Yo, you're back, I'm sending people everywhere to look for you, it's been chaotic lately, I'm afraid you'll have some accidents, but on this day, where have you been, why are you only coming back now?" ”

"Me, it's the first time I've come to Junnan Mansion, of course I've been walking around." Heng Xinyuan looked naïve, touched his belly, and yawned lazily, "Lord Chen, you are really busy, I was on the street this morning, watching you distribute food, the scene is really spectacular, I have never seen it." ”

Chen Ninghai sighed, with a helpless face, "Hey, you don't know the people here, it's hard to serve, Your Majesty has allocated so much food for disaster relief, it is already a relief for them, but they are still not satisfied, they reach out to the government every day to ask for food and money, and they are unwilling to find a way to make a living, everything has to rely on the government to solve it for them, you say that you are not angry......

Although Heng Xinyuan had seen through his face in his heart, he still had to follow his words on his face, "Is there really such a thing?" Then this people are really brutal, it's really difficult for you and the four princes. ”

Speaking of this, Heng Xinyuan suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Li Chengqian for a few days, and asked with a little concern, "By the way, where did the fourth prince go?" Why haven't you seen him lately? ”

Chen Ninghai invited him to walk to the inner hall and explained, "Oh, the Fourth Prince, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, because he has been in charge of disaster relief for several days, is a little overwhelmed and is resting. ”

As soon as he heard that Li Chengqian was sick, Heng Xinyuan felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if something big was about to happen.

"What, the fourth prince is sick? Then I'll have to pay a visit. Heng Xinyuan pretended to be very concerned with you.

Chen Ninghai waved his hand, "No need, the fourth prince has already explained, he wants to recuperate in peace for a few days, so don't bother him." ”

The two chatted and walked at the same time, and after a while, they came to the inner hall, where several servants were sweeping inside, and when they saw them, they hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Hello two adults." ”

"Oh, go down." Chen Ninghai waved his hand at them, "I won't call you, no one is allowed to come in." ”

Several servants obeyed the order, hurriedly quickened their pace and walked out, closing the door of the hall, at this time there were only two people left in the room, Heng Xinyuan and Chen Ninghai, there was no one around, there was silence, and even the footsteps back and forth were amplified several times.

Heng Xinyuan sat on the chair, poured a cup of tea, tasted it slowly, and did not take the initiative to speak, of course, he also knew that Chen Ninghai would not detain himself here for no reason, the so-called Three Treasures Hall would not be on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and the prefect of Junnan Mansion would naturally not come to him for trivial matters.

"Don't you want to know why I called you here alone?" Chen Ninghai looked at him, a little puzzled, and the expression on Heng Xinyuan's face seemed to have a premonition of what was about to happen.

Sure enough, he just put down the teacup and smiled faintly, "Lord Chen is looking for me, naturally there is a reason for Lord Chen, Lord Chen can say whatever he wants, if there is anything you want me to help with, I am also happy to serve." ”

These two sentences make it clear that Heng Xinyuan doesn't want to go around in circles with him, everyone is a person in the officialdom, and some unwritten rules have long been known to everyone.

"Master Heng is really a cheerful person, then I won't go around in circles with you, let's get straight to the point." Chen Ninghai took out a silver ticket from his pocket and pushed it in front of him, "This is a hundred thousand taels of silver tickets, you can accept it." ”

"One hundred thousand taels?" Heng Xinyuan raised his head in surprise, this is not a small amount, according to his current income, how many years does he have to save to save 100,000 taels, I didn't expect this Chen Ninghai to be so generous, a local prefect, is even richer than the prince and general.

"Lord Chen, what is the purpose of this? Why did you give me so much silver? ”

"This, this is the meaning of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, he knows that you came to Junnan Mansion this time, not to see any friends, and he doesn't want to ask more, but, no matter what you are here for, take this money, leave early, after returning to Kyoto, don't mention a word about what you see, Your Highness's meaning, I think you should understand, right?"

"Of course I understand, this is the hush money that His Highness gave me, right?" Heng Xinyuan smiled knowingly, "But Your Highness is really worried, I Heng Xinyuan just wants to live peacefully in the officialdom, just mix up an official and a half-job, there are some things, don't listen to what you shouldn't hear, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, Lord Chen, don't worry, I won't leave in a few days, and I will definitely not cause you trouble......"

Chen Ninghai saw that he agreed so quickly, and he was still a little happy in his heart, he thought that Heng Xinyuan would have to be soft and hard to soak for a long time before he could agree.

"Since that's the case, then I won't bother much, Lord Heng will rest early, and I will leave first."

After Chen Ninghai left, Heng Xinyuan walked back and forth in the house with the 100,000 taels of silver tickets, he realized that he couldn't delay any longer, and he had to tell Zhao Fangyu and Luo Zhishu the truth, a few days later, I am afraid that there will be people starving to death and freezing to death, and the scene of Uncle Wang's tragic death outside the city is still vivid.

As soon as he thought of this, he felt a pang in his heart, hesitated all night, and did not finish writing a secret letter until the light of day, and sneaked out while no one in the house got up early, and found a post house to deliver the letter.