Hong Bin Building.

backyard.

"Master, the master is here!"

Pei Jie had just left Hu Fei's wing with three large boxes of gold and silver to go into storage. Chundie quickly came to the backyard and whispered a reminder as soon as he entered the door.

Hu Fei looked up after hearing the words, and then saw Hu Weiyong striding towards him, and a smile couldn't help but flash at the corner of his mouth.

Hu Weiyong walked into the room with a livid face, his eyes always staying on Hu Fei's face, as if he wanted to see something.

"Chuntie, show me some tea for the master."

Hu Fei smiled, glanced at Chundie and said.

"Yes, Master."

"No need! You go down first, I and the young master have something to discuss!"

As soon as Chundie agreed, Hu Weiyong waved his hand to refuse and said stiffly.

Chundie didn't dare to say anything, so she slowly withdrew, closed the door, and stood not far away, constantly looking inside and listening, her face full of worry.

Hu Weiyong hasn't looked so angry for a long time.

"What's wrong? Who made you unhappy again?"

Hu Fei looked at Hu Weiyong and asked with a smile.

"Who else could it be but you!? Don't ask knowingly!"

Hu Weiyong glared at Hu Fei and shouted sternly.

"It seems you are here for Chen Ning."

Hu Fei smiled and said lightly.

"You admitted it!? Is it really you who did it!? Beating the Dengwen drum and handing the Book of All Nations into Han Yike's hands were all done by you?!"

Hu Weiyong stared at Hu Fei and asked coldly.

"it's me."

Hu Fei nodded without hiding anything, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

"Why do you do this!? I warned you before, don't touch him! Why didn't you listen?!"

Hu Weiyong stood up angrily, stared at Hu Fei, and asked dissatisfiedly.

"I also told you that this person cannot be kept and must be dealt with. Even if I don't take action, Your Majesty will take action. You have already seen the result!"

"What's the use of keeping a man like him who feeds the common people until he dies?! I found three large boxes of gold and silver from his house, totaling thirty thousand taels! Do you know?"

"Where did this money come from? Was it the reward from His Majesty or the salary he saved?"

Hu Fei was also a little anxious and asked loudly.

Originally, he had no intention of telling Hu Weiyong about the money, but seeing that Hu Weiyong looked like he was going to eat him, he had to tell him.

After hearing Hu Fei's words, Hu Weiyong froze on the spot, his expression froze, and he couldn't believe what he just heard.

"Since you keep saying that you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, why do you want to make friends with people like Chen Ning!? What's the benefit to you? If I hadn't taken action in time, once his affairs were exposed, wouldn't it be possible for those people to be involved again?

Someone with ulterior motives is using it against you?"

Hu Fei looked at Hu Weiyong, who was standing awkwardly, and continued, his voice rising a lot.

"I... I really don't know that he has fallen to this level. I only know that the nickname 'Chen Branding Iron' has been rumored among the people in Suzhou Prefecture. I thought the matter was not as serious as I thought, but I didn't expect..."

Hu Weiyong looked ugly, sat back on the chair again, and said solemnly.

He really didn't expect that Chen Ning would be so bold and reckless. As for the matter of greed for money, he really didn't know about it.

"It's not too late to know now, but if you still think I did something wrong, I have nothing to say."

Hu Fei snorted coldly and also lost his temper.

"No, no, if the truth is what you said, then you did the right thing. If I knew that this person was such a person, I would never have any dealings with him before."

Hu Weiyong saw his son's expression and said hurriedly, with an ugly smile on his face.

In fact, what he was really angry about might not be Chen Ning's death, but that his son had disobeyed him and damaged his majesty, even though this son had been disobeying him since he was a child.

But the difference is that today's Hu Fei is no longer the playboy who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, but has become a real man of the hour in the capital. This makes Hu Weiyong, who is almost obsessed with power, feel uncomfortable

That hurdle.

"Well, Chen Ning's matter has changed from today onwards, but you'd better be more careful during this period to prevent anyone from using Chen Ning's matter against you."

Hu Fei waved his hand and said tiredly.

He was trying every means to protect this old guy, but this old guy kept giving him problems.

"My father knows, and my son has troubled himself."

Hu Weiyong smiled and said naively.

Seeing Hu Weiyong's fawning expression, Hu Fei couldn't help laughing.

Chundie, who had been staying in the courtyard, finally breathed a sigh of relief as she listened to the sounds in the house gradually calming down.

...

Royal Palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

"Han Qing, hasn't Chen Ning's matter been settled? Why did you connect this matter with Prime Minister Hu again?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the supervisory censor Han Yike with a displeased look on his face, and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Just now, the supervisory censor Han Yike came to the palace and claimed that the reason why Chen Ning dared to act so boldly was because Hu Weiyong was his backer, and then impeached Hu Weiyong for forming a clique for personal gain.

"Your Majesty, although Chen Ning is dead, this matter is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface. I have heard that Chen Ning was a man who acted both secretly and secretly. He had a very good relationship with Hu Xiang during his lifetime. I want to think about the relationship between the two.

Relationships are not simple.”

Han Yike said stubbornly with a calm face, not noticing Zhu Yuanzhang's increasingly gloomy expression at all.

"It's empty talk. These are just your guesses. Don't talk nonsense."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Han Yike and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, you can order the prosecutor to secretly collect evidence, and you will definitely be able to find out the relationship between Prime Minister Hu and Chen Ning."

Han Yike insisted.

"That's enough! If Hu Xiang really has a close relationship with Chen Ning, why didn't he go to the palace to plead for Chen Ning when Chen Ning's accident happened?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands dissatisfied and shouted sharply.

"As soon as the drum was heard, it was spread throughout the capital, and together with the Wanmin letter, Chen Ning's guilt was irrefutable. Prime Minister Hu knew that he was powerless, so naturally he would not plead for Chen Ning."

Han Yike said without thinking.

"Han Qing! That's enough! That's it for now, don't say any more!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and interrupted Han Yike again, his face looking very ugly.

Han Yike glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, moved his mouth, and finally said nothing more.

"Okay, I'm tired, please leave!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, said in a deep voice, and ignored Han Yike.

Han Yike sighed secretly, bowed and left slowly.

After watching Han Yike walk out of the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head angrily. He knew that Han Yike had always been upright and outspoken in everything, but he always spoke with a stiff head, regardless of the consequences, just for his own pleasure.

"Pang Yuhai, do you think this matter is really related to Prime Minister Hu?"

After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang hesitantly turned to look at Pang Yuhai who was standing aside, and asked thoughtfully.

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Han said sounds a bit horrifying, but there is no real evidence, so I don't dare to make rash assertions."

When Pang Yuhai heard this, he immediately bowed and replied, with a look of fear on his face.

"Forget it, it's useless to ask you. I'll tell you to go down and ask the inspector to investigate secretly, and then you can clear the suspicion for Mr. Hu."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said casually.

"The slave obeys the order."

Pang Yuhai felt nervous and answered hurriedly and respectfully.

...

Hu Mansion.

Front yard study.

Hu Weiyong was sitting on a chair, his face solemn and worried.

"Where's the old man?"
To be continued...