Outside the palace gate.

Jinyi Health Center.

"Young Master, how did this Guo Heng offend the Young Master? Do you want me to directly lead people to find a reason to arrest him!?"

Pei Jie hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask.

"What nonsense are you talking about?! Is this young master the kind of person who pretends to be a public servant and benefits his own private interests?!"

After hearing Pei Jie's words, Hu Fei's face suddenly darkened, he turned to glare at Pei Jie and shouted sternly.

"No...isn't it?"

"no!"

Pei Jie was stunned for a moment and said blankly, but as soon as he said it, he realized something was wrong and hurriedly changed his words.

"Are you itchy?!"

Hu Fei patted Pei Jie on the shoulder and asked threateningly.

"Master, I was wrong, a slip of the tongue!"

Pei Jie shook his head and explained hurriedly.

"alright!"

"Keep an eye on him! Don't miss every move, and don't ask too much about anything else!"

"In addition, Han Jiang cannot know about this matter, so as not to interfere with him!"

Hu Fei waved his hand and lowered his voice.

"yes!"

Pei Jie agreed and immediately led the people out of the guardhouse.

Hu Fei stood in front of the door, with his hands behind his back, sorting out the vague memories in his mind.

Han Jiang was originally solely responsible for the supervision of hundreds of officials, but the Guo Heng case was very involved. He didn't want it to become as big as it was in history. If Han Jiang was asked to investigate, one person would be implicated.

But the reason why he attacked Guo Heng was not to achieve meritorious service, nor did he really want to purge the entire officialdom, but just to give Zhu Yuanzhang a satisfactory explanation.

So he planned to personally supervise this matter, so that one less person would be implicated, especially those who were guilty and innocent people.

If he remembered correctly, after the Guo Heng case was discovered, in order to clean up the officialdom, the autumn grains embezzled by Guo Heng were recovered, which made the people in the Ming Dynasty miserable and complained, and all the wealthy people went bankrupt.

He didn't want to see that kind of result, because corruption, no matter what dynasty or generation, was unavoidable and eradicated. All he could do was to minimize the losses.

Greed is human nature and can only be killed but cannot be destroyed.

...

Two days later.

at dusk.

Princess Mansion.

Hu Fei, who had just finished dinner with Princess Anqing, immediately came to the study after receiving the news that Pei Jie had returned home.

"Master!"

At the door of the study, Pei Jie saw Hu Fei approaching quickly and hurriedly bowed respectfully.

"Come in and talk."

Hu Fei nodded slightly, and walked straight into the study as he spoke.

Pei Jie immediately followed in.

"How's it going? Did you find anything?"

Hu Fei sat on the chair, poured a cup of tea, and asked while drinking.

"No..."

Upon hearing Hu Fei's question, Pei Jie shook his head and said helplessly.

"No clues at all?"

After hearing Pei Jie's answer, Hu Fei stopped drinking tea for a moment, looked at Pei Jie with some disappointment and asked.

"I'm sorry, Master, to disappoint you, but in the past few days, I have been monitoring Guo Heng with my men almost all the time, and indeed I haven't found anything suspicious at all."

Feeling Hu Fei's disappointed look, Pei Jie said with some self-blame.

"It doesn't matter."

Hu Fei shook his head and said helplessly.

Pei Jie lowered his head and said nothing, his face full of self-blame.

But from beginning to end, he didn't even know what the young master wanted to find out from Guo Heng.

"You don't need to blame yourself. It's true that I acted too hastily and didn't explain it clearly to you."

"Furthermore, if I had caught him so easily, it wouldn't have been a few years before anyone discovered the fact that he was greedy for ink."

Hu Fei smiled bitterly and said thoughtfully.

"Talented ink?"

When Pei Jie heard this, he was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise.

"That's right, and it is a huge corruption. The huge greed is hidden under the emperor's feet. You can imagine how deep this person's scheming is. Naturally, it is not so easy to reveal the truth."

Hu Fei nodded and said slowly.

"If that's the case, what should we do? He must have thought of a perfect strategy. Even if he finds clues, I'm afraid he will have a way to clear himself."

Pei Jie frowned and said worriedly.

"Humph, it depends on who his opponent is. He is unlucky. He met me. If it was really someone else, maybe he could survive for another three to five years."

Hu Fei curled his lips and said with a sneer.

"Master, have you come up with a new strategy?"

Pei Jie's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but ask.

"It seems you have to take someone on a long trip."

"Early tomorrow morning, you will take people to Taiping Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, as well as Beiping, Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhejiang West, Yingzhou...Cizhou and other places to strictly investigate the local government departments, mainly investigating the tax collection and collection of local government offices.

Grain collection!”

"All personnel must not reveal their identities, they must investigate secretly, and do not let anyone know!"

Hu Fei thought for a moment, looked at Pei Jie, and said seriously.

"Yes, Master!"

After hearing this, Pei Jie bowed his hands and said in a deep voice.

"Go ahead and set off overnight. Just take Qi Yun and the others with you. There is no need to go back to the guardhouse to avoid being noticed by Han Jiang. Let Qi Yun find the manpower."

Hu Fei thought for a moment and added.

Pei Jie agreed and left immediately to meet Qi Yun secretly.

That night, dozens of members of the Jinyi Guards left the capital city one after another and galloped away in different directions.

As Pei Jie and others were ordered to leave, Hu Fei also decided that it was time to tell Zhu Yuanzhang the name Guo Heng. After all, so many people in the Jinyi Guards suddenly left Beijing, and it would definitely not be hidden from Han Jiang's eyes. Zhu Yuanzhang was also very

You'll find out soon.

...

Early the next morning.

Royal Palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Jiu'an is outside seeking an audience."

Pang Yuhai quickly walked into the hall and said respectfully.

"Oh? Let him come in."

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said slowly.

Soon, Hu Fei followed Pang Yuhai slowly into the main hall.

"My son, please see your father!"

Hu Fei walked closer, bowed respectfully, and said loudly.

"Well, let's get flat."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, put down the memorial in his hand, and spoke slowly.

Hu Fei responded and stood up.
To be continued...