Luan's return today

Chapter 42
Hearing the sound, Xu Har turned his head away, put on all his energy, and smiled at Chu Yao, "My lord!"

Chu Yao nodded, looked around, and smiled silently when he saw the people surrounding him.

He didn't plan to let the common people know about such a thing, but since Tsui Hark and the others want to gain such a good reputation, then it's up to them, just don't want to climb high and lose weight, and fall even worse.

"It's kind of like it."

Chu Yao looked at Xu Hark, raised the corners of his mouth and said, but the inexplicable expression in his eyes made Xu Hark feel a little twitching.

Seeing that Xu Ke didn't talk much, Chu Yao greeted him, and Li Yuan asked someone to carry the box and came out from behind him.

When Xu Hark saw Li Yuan, he trembled uncontrollably, his face turned pale instantly, and his lips trembled constantly.

A question popped up in my heart: Didn't Chu Yao give Jiang Yue this distance?When did she come back, did Jiang Yue know something?
Because of Shen Zhong's dismissal, Tsui Hark seldom went to the Hou's mansion in order to avoid suspicion and avoid arousing suspicion. It was just that Shen Shen would let a beggar contact him when something happened.

Therefore, he didn't know that Zhong had sent someone to chase and kill Jiang Yue, let alone that Zhong had been exposed.

Tsui Hark suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Master Xu, what's wrong?" Chu Yao asked knowingly.

Tsui Hark pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying and said, "It's okay, maybe the weather is too hot, and I have some heatstroke."

Chu Yao closed his fan and slapped his hands, with a dignified look on his face.

"It's easy to handle. Master Xu goes to rest inside. I will watch over here for you. Don't worry, I will never let anyone who wants to fish in troubled waters go."

"No, no, no..." As soon as these words came out, Tsui Hark almost convulsed, he quickly refused, and continued.

"How can you bother my son? There is no reason for people to do the tasks assigned by the emperor. What's more, the people are the most precious, and everything should be the people's priority."

Later, when I heard that Mr. Li had arrived, I couldn't keep Chu Yao anymore, "It's good to be an official for this matter, the son can go to his own business first."

Master Li Li Kui is Li Fang's father, and also the leader of the Xu family last night.

Chu Yao waved his hands, his face full of helplessness, "I, Chu Yao, have always been helpful, but since Mr. Xu doesn't need it, that's all."

Then he asked Tsui Hark to record his points in the register and leave.

When Xu Ke saw that Chu Yao had finally left, the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground, and his face returned to normal, but he had a vague premonition.

But he suppressed this inexplicable emotion and cheered up to continue.

When Li Kui came to see Chu Yao leaving, he couldn't help asking Xu Ke, "Chu Yao? What is he doing here?"

Xu Ke shook his head, did not speak, and asked someone to weigh the food they sent, only to see the old man report, "Two thousand dans of food!"

When Xu Ke heard this, the corners of his eyes twitched, he couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance at Li Kui, and said to himself: These old pickpockets are really courageous, most of these two thousand loads are gravel.

But Li Kui didn't notice Tsui Hark's expression.

Seeing the people's adoration and praise, and thinking of the emperor's reward, he was already elated and wished he could fly to the sky right now.

Tsui Hark had already guessed what he was thinking, but now that the food had been weighed, it would be possible for him to take it back. Wouldn't it be more attractive under the eyes of everyone.

So he had no choice but to accept it temporarily, thinking that he would be brought to the Xu Mansion to discuss with him tonight.

The other four people also appeared at the entrance of the household department one after another. They and Li Kui seemed to have negotiated, and each of them was given two thousand dans of grain.

Tsui Hark's expression was dejected, and the uneasiness in his heart was getting heavier and heavier, but he had no choice but to let go.

At the end of the day, all the courtiers had come to the household department for a walk.

Xiewan recorded that the person increased the amount of each person's donation, and reported it in front of the people.

"A total of 5000 taels of silver, one hundred taels of gold, and [-] dans of grain."

Then posted the list of meritorious deeds on the bulletin board.

In addition to the top three in the contribution list, the emperor, empress, and Chu Yao took the top three.

The next four to eight were all occupied by those five people from last night, and were immediately praised by the people in the city.

That night, the five of them gathered again in Xu's mansion, all of them looked happy, complimenting each other and chatting.

Tsui Hark walked in with a dark face, hissed instantly, and looked at each other, wondering what happened?

As soon as Tsui Hark entered the door, he gave a few of them a good meal.

"Laugh? Why don't you laugh?"

Li Kui didn't understand why Tsui Hark was so angry, so he asked, "What happened?"

Seeing them, Tsui Hark was still in a daze, suffering from a heart attack.

"Stupid, really stupid!"

"There are two thousand dans of food, why do you take it out?"

"Isn't this giving the handle to others, for fear that others will not know that you are corrupt?"

After Tsui Hark made such a slight noise, the five of them lost any expression of joy in an instant, and all of them felt uneasy in their hearts, and pouted their lips, not knowing what to say.

"You find someone to buy some fertile fields overnight."

Xu Hark rubbed his brows with his left hand, pointed at the gate with a trembling right hand, and drove them away. If he saw them again, Xu Hark deeply felt that he would lose a few years of life.

Li Kui and the others said yes again and again, and walked outside with wind on their feet.

Tsui Hark tossed and turned all night, unable to fall asleep, and finally felt restless in his heart.
Early the next morning.

He asked the housekeeper to quickly replace the [-] tans of half-real and fake grain he donated with real grain to prevent any accidents along the way.

As soon as the sky was bright, Tsui Hark led people to transport all the grain to the ferry for loading, and the people all over the city watched him along the way.

Just when they were about to load the ship, they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes getting closer, Xu Hark's face turned pale, and he hurriedly urged them to load the ship, but it was all in vain.

In a blink of an eye, Chu Yao led Jinyiwei to come on horseback and surrounded them.

Then he said loudly, "Everyone is not allowed to move."

Everyone stopped when they heard the sound.

After Chu Yao dismounted, he went straight to Xu Ke with a serious face.

"According to the secret report, someone cheated and used sand and gravel as food, so I had to come to check it. Master Xu, please make it easier for me."

Xu Hark's heart skipped a beat, his back was soaked with sweat, but he didn't show it on his face. He glanced at the grain loaded in the boat and smiled apologetically.

"Your Excellency, you can rest assured that the old man checked one by one yesterday, and there must be no problem. There is no need to check again!"

Chu Yao cast a sideways glance, "Master Xu, isn't he afraid that someone will steal the place last night?"

It is also for this reason that he did not attack them yesterday, but delayed until today's loading time to encircle them.

"Lord Chu is right." Seeing that Chu Yao didn't buy it at all, he frowned and laughed twice.

"It's just that it's not necessary for those who are loaded on the boat. It's going to take a while to get up and down, and the disaster can't wait!"

Chu Yao's eyes were fixed, and his tone was firm, "Since we want to investigate, we must not let go of any corner. Is it possible that Mr. Xu is so casual in doing things?"

(End of this chapter)