"Uncle, please don't say such harsh words. We are really here to build a water conservancy project to benefit the people. Why do you think so?"

This remark instead angered the farmer, who threw his hoe aside and glared at Chu Weiyue fiercely.

"Don't think that I am uneducated and can fool me. I have never heard of such a good official in my life. What a prince, he is just an official protecting each other. He came here for his own career. He just gave me a blind eye and left.

You people in the imperial court don't care about the lives of us common people. You just go through the motions and report to the emperor to get rewards. You don't do your job seriously. In the end, you will be bought by those bastards of the Ouyang family."

Chu Weiyue sensitively caught the words "Ouyang family" he said and immediately asked?

"Uncle, why do you say that the Ouyang family bribed court officials? The Ouyang family is just an ordinary merchant. Do they have the ability to bribe officials?"

The uncle laughed coldly: "Of course not, the Ouyang family is a group of bastards with connections, and the court officials are very close to them. Everyone knows that they have protectors above them.

We have been suffering from drought for many years. The people are extremely poor. Our neighbors next door have starved to death, but these officials are all very well-off. Look at how fat they are..."

The more he spoke, the angrier the uncle became, and in the end he even mentioned Ouyang Feng's name and cursed loudly.

When he had almost finished scolding, Chu Weiyue continued to ask more questions.

"Then do you know the names of those officials? Who was bribed by the Ouyang family?"

"It's not that..."

He was about to say it out loud, but suddenly he thought about it and shut up obediently.

There are some things he cannot say, if he says them, his family may be broken up.

When inquiring about Chu Weiyue, I found that her dress was unusual, and it was very likely that the government officials were deliberately gathering information.

If he said a few more words, the woman might go back and complain. He sighed deeply and shook his head.

"Alright, stop asking questions. None of you are good people. I will never trust your government again. Maybe this is my fate..."

Chu Weiyue took the initiative to stop him and said, "Uncle, you can tell me the list without worry. I will definitely keep it a secret for you."

He touched the silver on his body and gave it to him.

But the uncle remained unmoved: "Even if I take your money, what will happen? If I say those names, my family will be ruined in the end. I will not take your money.

Regardless of whether you are kind or not, I don't want to have any contact with anyone from your government."

No matter how Chu Weiyue pestered him with questions, he refused to say anything and left in a hurry instead.

Watching his leaving back, Chu Weiyue sighed helplessly.

But she also understood that after being exploited by officials for so long, they would not believe it even if someone appeared who was willing to take charge of their affairs.

Recalling what the farmer had just said, she felt extremely depressed.

I looked at the sun in the sky and realized it had been out for long enough, so I decided to go back.

Suddenly I found some digging tools not far from where the farmer had just left.

This made her a little depressed, so she walked over to take a look and found that these things seemed to be used for turning the soil.

"It's really strange. Even if he grows crops, they won't survive without water."

Chu Weiyue couldn't help but complain in a low voice. Although she felt something was wrong, when she thought about it carefully, there was nothing wrong.

She didn't recognize many of the tools here, but there was one that she happened to recognize, which seemed to be used for digging underground holes.

I picked it up and examined it for a long time, but still had no idea what it was used for.

Without thinking too much, he left these things behind and strode back.

When she returned to the original place, she found that Wen Jingchi and others had left, which made her extremely angry, and she kicked the small tree next to her hard.

"Damn Wen Jingchi, he actually went back without waiting for me!"

After a few dissatisfied complaints, he went back along the same path.

The way here is hard to find, and I asked several times before I got back to Ouyang's house.

When I arrived at the garden, I happened to meet Bajie.

He was holding a beautiful hairpin in his hand. When he saw Chu Weiyue coming, he walked over excitedly and handed the hairpin to her.

"Weiyue, you are finally back. I have been waiting for you for a long time. I specially gave you this hairpin. Do you like it? If you don't like it, I will give you something else. I spent a lot of money to buy this hairpin."

Ouyang Yu proudly shook the hairpin, which was inlaid with beautiful gold thread and had two lifelike butterflies. One could tell it was worth a lot just by looking at the workmanship.

"No merit, no reward. Thank you for your kindness, young master."

Chu Weiyue gave him a cold look, not wanting to pay any attention to him at all, and turned around to leave.

Ouyang Yu refused to give in and blocked Chu Weiyue's way.

"Girl, why do you have to reject me? I really have feelings for you. If you don't mind, why don't you stay and be my wife?"

Chu Weiyue almost laughed out loud. She looked at him coldly for a few times and said with a click of the tongue: "You still want to be my husband?"

"Why not? Don't think I can't see that the person you like in your heart is the prince, right? But who is the prince? How could he marry a commoner like you? You should wake up and consider me instead."

Not wanting to waste any more time talking to him, I pushed him away forcefully and was about to leave.

But Ouyang Yu kept sticking to Chu Weiyue and refused to let her leave.

Tired of being harassed, Chu Weiyue angrily kicked him hard on the leg.

"Get out of my way. If you dare to block my way again, I will be rude to you."

Who would have thought that Ouyang Yu would become even more excited: "I just like your aggressiveness!"

These words completely left Chu Weiyue speechless.

In that case, she would slap him hard twice to let him know that he could be even more aggressive!

At this moment, Wen Jingchi came out from the side, his face looked a little ugly, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Chu Weiyue, so you are here. Your master was looking for you everywhere just now." Wen Jingchi walked over and pretended to scold.

Then he set his eyes on Ouyang Yu: "Your father was looking for you just now, you should go back quickly."

Taking a look at Wen Jingchi and Chu Weiyue, Ouyang Yu naturally knew that they had a close relationship.

Fearing that he might anger Wen Jingchi, he nodded awkwardly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for telling me. I will go back soon."

But he still didn't want to give up, so he took the hairpin and forced it into Chu Weiyue's hand.

"You must accept this hairpin. I will give you a more beautiful one another day. I have something else to do, so I will leave now."

He smiled at Chu Weiyue, bowed respectfully to Wen Jingchi, and then turned and left.

Watching his departing back, Chu Weiyue felt indignant and threw the hairpin he gave her directly into the pool on the side. She only felt disgusted by the things given by such a person.

Even if she accepted the things obtained by squeezing the people's money, she would not feel at ease using them, and she didn't want to have anything to do with this man.