【Father-in-law Chapter 28】Mission

What Shen Zhen called "changing his identity" was actually just pretending to be Chu Jiao's bodyguard on the road and providing "close" protection.

As for "Shen Zhongxing", he would be a few days late in joining the convoy due to his weak body.

Lin Wenyue had always been in the inner chambers, so she didn't know about the fire in the third room of Shen's house in the capital. When they left the capital, no one knew about it. After all, compared to the turmoil in the court, trivial matters in the inner chambers would be forgotten in a few days.

This was also the reason why Shen Zhen dared to use the name of Shen Zhongxing to walk outside.

At worst, even if he was exposed, he still carried other life-saving and identity-providing items with him.

This trip was a secret order from the Emperor. The "Minister Shen" who was originally in the capital had been reprimanded by the Emperor for his poor management of the family and was ordered to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, so no one noticed his quiet departure. The Shen family was struggling to raise money, so they would not pay attention to Shen Zhen, an "unfilial son" who could not help at all and wanted to blame others.

Shen Zhen did what he wanted, but Chu Jiao still had to deal with Lin Wenyue.

After the group arrived at the post station, Chu Jiao and Lin Wenyue sat down and had a good talk, and in the process, they made their identities clear.

Lin Wenyue finally let go of her doubts about Fulai's identity and breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that after all the twists and turns, although she did not meet her brother-in-law, she met her sister's nominal "daughter-in-law".

Chu Jiao was too lazy to delve into this mess of seniority and still called her "Miss Lin".

While the two were talking, Shen Zhen had been standing behind Chu Jiao with a ferocious look on his face. After Lin Wenyue took a glance at him when he just entered the room, she never dared to look at him again.

God knows she was most afraid of this kind of reckless man. She was in no mood to chat with Chu Jiao in detail. She even forgot to ask about Shen Zhen's affairs. She finished her meal in a state of anxiety and hid in her room alone.

Chu Jiao was so amused. Why did the male protagonist in every world treat the female protagonist like an enemy that she couldn't stand? There was no need for her to break them up. The two of them went their separate ways on their own. She was happy to be free, as if she was going to different worlds for vacation and romance.

The annoying idlers finally left tactfully, Shen Zhen sat down with great enthusiasm, and asked the waiter to bring half a pound of big-sliced ​​meat and a pot of Huadiao wine.

"Do you really think you are a good outlaw?" Chu Jiao looked at the table full of food and raised her eyebrows, "Or have you never eaten enough before?"

Shen Zhen picked up a piece of meat and chewed it carefully, explaining, "It's not that we are not full, but that some people are hungry."

When getting off the carriage, Shen Zhen blocked Chu Jiao tightly, so Chu Jiao didn't see that there were actually many refugees wandering outside the inn, with pale faces and thin bodies, and hungry.

The drought in the Central Plains affected millions of people living there. Some people stayed in their hometowns waiting for disaster relief from the court, while others decided to go north because the closer they were to the capital, the more prosperous it was, and the more chances they would have to survive.

Shen Zhen couldn't help everyone. If he was generous and kind, those refugees might ask for endlessly. At the same time, as the saying goes, money should not be shown off, so he could only order more food. If it couldn't be eaten up later, he would let Fulai take it out and "throw it away". He helped as many people as he could.

Since the implementation of the previous "donation of official positions" policy, the pressure on the national treasury has been greatly relieved. Emperor Xie Yu has ordered the immediate mobilization of food for disaster relief. It will surely be effective soon. I just hope that these refugees can wait until then.

Shen Zhen's mission this time is also related to this.

Although the national treasury was short of money earlier, the Ministry of Revenue still managed to scrape together money for disaster relief. Jiangnan has been a land of fish and rice for thousands of years and has always been wealthy. The Ministry of Revenue followed precedent and bought grain from grain merchants in Jiangnan and then transported it to the Central Plains for disaster relief.

The money was sent, and tens of thousands of stones of grain were transported to the disaster-stricken areas, but the court continued to receive urgent reports from counties in the disaster area over a distance of six hundred miles. The casualties and unrest of the victims continued to increase, and Emperor Xie Yu was furious, which led to a series of measures later.

Previously, he was busy with appeasement and disaster relief, and he had no time to pursue this matter. Now that the situation has eased a little, he also has the mind to clean up the court termites who have been sitting in their positions and eating for free.

Shen Zhen received a secret order from the emperor, ordering him to go south and investigate the whereabouts of the relief grain and silver in the past period of time. If necessary, he could kill first and report later.

Of course, Shen Zhen promised to be loyal in front of the emperor, and turned around and embraced Chu Jiao, treating this trip as an outing.

If Emperor Xie Yu knew that his trusted minister was so obsessed with love, he would be so angry that he would take back the imperial sword.