Hu Mansion.

Linglong Court.

The three-day period has arrived.

"Master, someone outside sent another letter."

Butler Qin Hai hunched over, holding a letter in his hand, walked quickly into Linglong Garden, and delivered it to Hu Fei, who was sitting in the main hall.

This is the third time he has walked into Linglong Garden today, because this is the third letter Hu Fei has received. The further back, the shorter the time between letters.

It seemed like something urgent had happened, but Hu Fei acted extremely relaxed.

Hu Fei smiled and took the letter. He saw that it still had the five familiar words "Your Majesty Mr. Hu" written on it, but his writing seemed to be getting more and more urgent.

"Thank you for your hard work, Butler Qin. Come on down."

Hu Fei waved his hand, signaling Qin Hai to step back, and then slowly opened the letter.

This is a letter inviting Hu Fei to Yanyu Tower. The person who wrote the letter is none other than Tu Jie.

But every time Hu Fei didn't make any response. He just glanced at it and threw it aside, not rushing to Yanyu Tower.

The one who is worried now is Tu Jie, not him.

"Master, if you don't go, I'm afraid Tu Jie will go crazy, right?"

Chundie on the side said with a chuckle while making tea for Hu Fei.

"Deserves it! I just want to put him through it and see how long he can endure it! Do you think he will rush into Hu Mansion to see me if he is anxious?"

Hu Fei snorted coldly, and then asked with a smile.

"Maybe he doesn't have the courage? Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent three letters in a row, and different people were sent for each letter. He must not want the master to know about this, right?"

Chundie smiled and said.

After listening to Chundie's words, Hu Fei nodded, his face blooming with joy.

He didn't smile like Tu Jie was cautious and eager, but because Tu Jie didn't know that Hu Weiyong already knew all this. Maybe they even exchanged greetings and greetings during the morning session today.

Thinking of this, Hu Fei couldn't help laughing.

...

Tufu.

study.

"Sir, the person who delivered the letter is back, but there is still no news from the Hu Mansion, and Hu Fei still has no expression."

The housekeeper Qi Yu quickly walked into the study and said solemnly to Tu Jie who was pacing back and forth in the room.

After hearing Qi Yu's words, Tu Jie's already frowned brows deepened and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

"What the hell is he doing?! We agreed on three days! Now that the agreed period has arrived, why don't you want to meet me? Are you regretting it?!"

Tu Jie turned to look at Qi Yu and asked loudly, his face turning red.

"Sir...even the little ones don't know..."

Qi Yu shook his head with a grimace and said hesitantly.

"What do you know?! Nothing can help me at this critical moment!"

Tu Jie hesitated for a moment, flicked his sleeves, and said in a tone of disdain.

Qi Yu's face turned red and he lowered his head silently.

"What on earth does he mean?! That was already the third letter. Do you really want to break up with me?!"

Tu Jie wandered around, frowning, mumbling to himself, anxious.

Qi Yu stood aside and shut his mouth honestly, not daring to say a word, but he began to feel worried about his future.

"Yan Mo! Write another letter. If there is no reply to this letter, he really regrets it!"

Tu Jie, who was hesitating, turned around and shouted, rolled up his sleeves, picked up the pen for the fourth time, and said through gritted teeth.

Qi Yu did not dare to neglect and hurriedly helped to grind the ink.

Soon, Tu Jie's fourth letter was delivered to Hu's house, but this time, there was finally a reply, and Hu Fei agreed to go to Yanyu Tower for the appointment.

Tu Jie was so happy that he hurriedly took the money, got into the carriage, and went straight to Yanyu Tower.

...

Royal Palace.

Fengtian Hall.

"Your Majesty, the thieves are so audacious that they even dared to steal money from Yushitai. I'm afraid they are quite powerful. I hope your Majesty will investigate this group of thieves strictly!"

Chen Ning, the imperial censor, stood in the main hall and said respectfully and indignantly to Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting on the dragon chair.

He is the person in charge of the new construction of the archives room at the Yushitai. But as soon as he arrived at the Yushitai early this morning, someone reported that the money just allocated by the Ministry of Accounts was missing or stolen by thieves, so he started working non-stop.

Enter the palace to play.

"How much money was lost?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a frown.

"Three thousand two hundred taels!"

Chen Ning replied hurriedly.

"More than three thousand taels? All the money for the establishment was stolen?!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he asked in surprise.

"That's not true. The Ministry of Revenue allocated a total of 5,000 taels of silver, but only 3,200 taels were lost, leaving 1,800 taels left."

Chen Ning shook his head and replied.

"Since he is a thief, why did he leave more than a thousand taels?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he asked doubtfully.

"This... I don't know, maybe, maybe..."

Chen Ning was stunned for a moment. He was too anxious just now and didn't realize that this was unusual. Now that he thinks about it, he can't explain it.

"Okay, okay, it's useless to ask you. Where is Tu Jie? Why didn't he come to report?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and asked impatiently.

"Master Tu reported illness today and did not go to the Yushitai for duty."

Chen Ning replied hurriedly.

"Weren't you fine when you went to court in the morning? Why did you suddenly become ill?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned in confusion, murmured to himself, and then turned to look at Pang Yuhai.

"Pang Yuhai, please immediately send an order to the Army and Horse Department of the capital to investigate immediately. I want to see what kind of thieves in the majestic capital city dare to be so brazen and even dare to steal the imperial government's public funds!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly to Pang Yuhai, the chief eunuch.

"According to the order!"

Pang Yuhai agreed and hurried to draft the decree.

Soon, the Military and Horse Division of the capital received the order and immediately sent people to the Yushitai to conduct an on-site inspection.

...

Yanyu Tower.

Private room on the second floor.

When Hu Fei arrived with Chun Die and Pei Jie, the impatient Tu Jie was pacing back and forth in the private room, extremely anxious.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Tu Jie turned around and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, Mr. Hu, you are finally here."

Tu Jie came closer with a grimace and hurriedly invited Hu Fei to sit down.

"What? Why does Mr. Tu look like an ant on a hot pot?"

Hu Fei smiled, sat down, and joked.

"I sent three letters today without any reply. I thought... I thought Mr. Hu was going to break the contract..."

Tu Jie hesitated for a moment and said tentatively.

"How could it be? How could a man go back on his word even if he keeps his word? There are actually some important things to deal with today, so it was delayed for some time."

Hu Fei shook his head and explained patiently.

Important thing?! What's important to you?!

What kind of man are you?!
To be continued...