Outside the capital city.

On the mountain road, a team transporting stones was walking hard. Due to the rugged mountain road, seven or eight carts were all pulled forward by manpower.

A group of hard laborers were sweating profusely. Although it was already the twelfth lunar month of winter, the sweat on their faces never stopped.

More than a dozen officers and soldiers carrying weapons were lined up end to end, escorting them to the side, urging them constantly, and holding whips in their hands. If someone was lazy, the whip would hit that person hard.

And among these sweaty hard labors, you can see a man in the distance who keeps shaking his head, mumbling to himself, and complaining.

This person is Hu Fei!

This is already his third day here, but except for the person in charge who knew he was the prime minister's son when he reported on the first day, no one in the city guard knew him.

Therefore, he lived an inhuman life for three days, getting up early every day and working late at night. He was so tired that he couldn't breathe, and the soles of his feet had blisters. Even in his previous life, he had never done such a tiring job.

The hard laborers who were with him were all prisoners who had actually violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty. He was the only one who was forced here by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the reason was just that he did not want him to cause trouble in the capital city before the New Year.

Now, he almost feels regretful in his intestines. He only regrets that he shouldn't have beaten Xu Huizu on a whim in the Imperial College, otherwise he wouldn't have come here to suffer.

Each cart is filled with a cart full of stones, and they are all huge rocks. He may not be able to hold one by himself. There are people at the front of the cart responsible for pulling, and people at the back of the cart responsible for pushing.

Hu Fei was one of the people at the back of the car, but at this time, he didn't reach out at all, put his hands on his hips, and kept complaining, and his legs were almost useless.

For a child of a pampered family like him, just walking this section of the mountain road is strenuous enough, let alone pushing such a heavy cart on the rugged mountain road.

"what are you doing?!"

At this moment, a supervisor saw the lazy Hu Fei, his face instantly darkened, and he walked straight towards Hu Fei with long strides and rushed towards him.

"Stretch out, stretch out, then push hard!"

Hu Fei shrank his neck and hurriedly explained with a smile.

Although he is just a small boss, he is the god of plague that no one dares to offend among many hard workers, because the whip in his hand will really beat you to pieces.

In order to avoid this kind of physical pain, Hu Fei has been working hard since the first day he arrived, but he really has no energy today.

I was just lazy for a while, but I didn't expect to be discovered.

"I've been staring at you for a long time! You never pushed me! What are you saying all the time?!"

The commander stared at Hu Fei and asked sternly.

"I'm self-hypnotizing, cheering myself up, come on! Come on..."

While Hu Fei was explaining, he clenched his fist and waved it slightly, lying that what he just said was words like "come on."

"Not only are you lazy, you are also talking nonsense. I have tolerated you for a long time!"

Mr. Ba frowned, looked at the confused Hu Fei, gritted his teeth, and suddenly raised the whip in his hand, intending to whip it at Hu Fei!

"stop!"

Hu Fei's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly raised his hand and shouted loudly, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

If he were struck by that whip, given his body, he would either die or be crippled.

Perhaps Hu Fei's posture was too strong. When he heard Hu Fei's words, the commander was stunned for a moment and looked at Hu Fei in surprise.

"Do you know who I am?! Do you know who my father is?!"

Hu Fei stared at the manager and asked seriously.

"I don't care who you are?!"

The boss saw the fear in Hu Fei's eyes, snorted coldly, and raised the whip in his hand again.

"My father is Hu Weiyong!"

Hu Fei shouted again at the top of his voice.

After hearing his words, everyone present was stunned for a moment, including the manager.

Who in the entire Ming Dynasty doesn’t know Hu Weiyong’s name?

But then, the boss couldn't help but smile, and the people around him who were stunned began to move on, thinking that Hu Fei was crazy from exhaustion.

"Your father is Hu Xiang? You deserve it!?"

Mr. Ba snorted coldly and whipped the whip in his hand directly towards Hu Fei's shoulder!

"My father is really Hu Weiyong!"

Hu Fei was horrified and shouted loudly while moving away.

"stop!"

At this moment, a sharp shout suddenly sounded, and then a big hand appeared and grabbed the whip in the commander's hand!

The boss gritted his teeth and turned his head to look over with an angry look on his face. This was the second time he heard stop. He wanted to see who was not afraid of death this time.

But the moment he turned his head, his expression froze, and then he hurriedly released the whip and bowed respectfully.

"My subordinates have met Mr. Han Qian!"

Mr. Ba said respectfully while saluting.

The person who came was in his thirties, with a stern face and a dignified look on his brows.

"The materials are urgent, why are we delayed here!?"

The visitor stared at the manager and asked coldly.

"Reporting to Mr. Han Qian, just because..."

"My subordinate, hurry up and you won't be late!"

The general manager pointed at Hu Fei and was about to explain, but after seeing the gloomy look on the visitor's face, he hurriedly said something and led the convoy to move forward, ignoring Hu Fei.

Hu Fei froze on the spot, looking gratefully at this noble man who suddenly came to help. His gratitude was beyond words.

"Han Qianshu, the lower official, has met Mr. Hu."

After the motorcade had gone away, the visitor suddenly turned around, cupped his hands towards Hu Fei, and said respectfully.

"Who are you?"

Seeing this scene, Hu Fei couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and asked hesitantly.

"Your Majesty is a Commander-in-Chief of the City Guards. Three days ago, I received a secret order from His Highness the Crown Prince to take care of Mr. Hu. The reason why I only met Mr. Hu now is because I don't want to make it too public."

Han Qianshu cupped his hands and said seriously.

"That's it. Thank you Mr. Han Qian. What happened just now was really timely!"

After listening to Han Qianshu's words, Hu Fei suddenly understood, raised his hands and said.

At first, he thought that Han Qianshu might be Hu Weiyong's man, but he didn't expect that he was actually the prince's man.

Thinking of the words the prince said when he left the Yangxin Hall that day to let him take care of himself, Hu Fei couldn't laugh or cry. It turned out that even though the prince said so, he still secretly sent someone to take care of him.

"Young Master Hu is frightened. This kind of thing will not happen again in the future. However, in order not to arouse suspicion, people cannot know that this subordinate is a member of His Royal Highness, so in the next few days, Mr. Hu will still have to work. I hope Hu

Sir, please forgive me."

Han Qianshu looked at Hu Fei and said seriously.

"I understand, as long as I'm lazy and don't get beaten!"

Hu Fei nodded and said with a smile.

He didn't want to suffer and be whipped with a whip at the same time. He wasn't really a prisoner.

But thinking about what the general manager said just now that he was not worthy of being Hu Weiyong's son, he felt very angry. If he hadn't fallen to this level now, a mere general manager wouldn't even have the qualifications to stand in front of him and speak.

"Master Hu, they are already far away, hurry up and follow them."

Han Qianshu glanced at the convoy that had gone away and urged in a low voice.

"well."

Hu Fei agreed and hurriedly followed.

...

It's getting late.

In the military camp, Hu Fei and a group of hard laborers stayed in an extremely simple hut. This was their dormitory.

The wind was blowing from all sides, and my limbs were all cold from the cold, making it impossible to sleep.

Hu Fei was lying on the straw mat, his teeth chattering. All he could think of was the soft and spacious bed in Linglong Garden and the delicious food in Hong Bin Building.

Not only is the work here tiring, but the food is even harder to swallow. For a person like Hu Fei who eats and drinks all day long, those things are really not even as good as pig food.

But there is no other way. Now that he is here, he has to endure it and guard it. As long as he survives this month, he can return to the capital and he will never come back again in this life.

Just when Hu Fei was dreaming about the soft bed and delicious food, and was about to fall asleep with difficulty, there was a sound of footsteps, and an officer and soldier slowly walked into the straw shed, walking back and forth on the man lying on the straw mat.

After searching through the crowd, they finally came to Hu Fei.

While chewing his empty mouth, Hu Fei showed a look of enjoyment and was about to fall asleep.

At this time, the officer and soldier gently touched Hu Fei's feet and woke him up...
Chapter completed!