After leaving the government office, Hu Feng just sat in front and drove the carriage slowly. He didn’t ask Bai Zhi a question.

According to Hu Feng’s usual temper, when she whispered to Meng Nan. He will not ask anything about it on the spot, but he will definitely ask her afterward.

However, today, he seems to be abnormal. He didn’t ask her a single thing.

As if nothing happened. As if there was no point to ask, which was very unusual.

Bai Zhi was very puzzled inside her heart. She was so flustered that she went out of the carriage and sat next to Hu Feng.

Hu Feng looked at her but didn’t make any sound.

On the contrary, she couldn’t hold her mouth.

“Hey, don’t you want to ask me about what I said to Meng Nan?”

Hu Feng shook his head and said without salty taste: “I don’t.”

“You don’t? That’s very unusual, why? Are you angry?”

Hu Feng frowned: “In your eyes, am I such a stingy man?”

Bai Zhi seriously nodded her head: “Well, you are such a stingy man, that’s why I feel like you’re in an abnormal state today.”

Hu Feng was a bit startled, in Bai Zhi’s eyes, unexpectedly, he was a stingy man?

After a while, Hu Feng finally opened his mouth: “I don’t need to ask what you said to Meng Nan. I know what you said to him. And since I know it, why should I bother myself to ask?”

He looked at her and continued to say: “When I ask, you say that I am stingy, but when I don’t, you say that I’m abnormal. You, woman, have many ideas.”

Well, why doesn’t she just give him a slap!

Bai Zhi turned her head and said: “You said that you don’t need to ask what I said to Meng Nan. Then, talk about it, what do you think I said to Meng Nan?”

She doesn’t believe it, can someone like him doesn’t have locust in the stomach?

Hu Feng replied: “With the current situation, even if Meng Nan report it to the capital, and the capital sends some people to investigate the case, it will take a long time before those corrupt officials get punished. The officials in the capital can wait, Meng Nan and Gu Daren can wait, but the refugees and the people in the Qingyuan Town cannot wait. They can’t wait for foods, so—”

Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow and stared at Hu Feng’s face: “So, what?”

“So, the most urgent task is not to investigate the whereabouts of the reliefs, but to open the warehouse and release the grain to solve the problem.”

Bai Zhi busily asked: “So? What do you think the plan I said toMeng Nan?”

Hu Feng’s face still looked calm, but his eyes were solemn, deep and emotionless: “Since Gu Daren is guilty, its only natural to use him to solve this case. You told Meng Nan to speak with him, not to mention about the robbed relief grains, but to open the warehouse and release the grains. Of course, this is not an easy task. Therefore, Meng Nan must take advantage of his aristocratic identity in the capital to put some pressure. With this, if Gu Daren opens the warehouse and uses a bit of his savings to help the refugees, although he will lose money, he will have a good reputation that any money can’t buy. And this will help him in his future career as an official.”

“But of course, the incident about the disaster relief that the imperial court allocated to help the refugees must be investigated. Meng Nan can cooperate if he wants. If the case can be solved, that would be best. But if not, it’s fine. He knows very well what happened inside his heart. Does he need to get worried to clean him up?

Bai Zhi almost claps her hands. What Hu Feng said was exactly the same to what she said to Meng Nan. Although his statement was slightly different, the situation was the same… …

 

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