King Zhao squinted at the white jade bowl that made the guards not calm - it was transparent and immaculate, and the owner of the bowl was the woman's daughter. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that King Zhao's face was not good, the middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward and said flatteringly:

"The two officials, in fact, the people of the despicable family are not poor, but this locust plague people, the crops are all dead, what is the use of these Laoshzi like jade bowls? It's just a vessel for rice, and it's not useful at the top, don't you think it's so reasonable? ”

King Zhao listened to the middle-aged man's confession, and he only felt funny, so he kept silent, but the guards next to King Zhao couldn't see it, thinking that King Zhao would be deceived by the snobbish people in front of him:

"! Although my lord and I are from Rizhao Capital, it has been nearly three days since we came to Tianyun City for disaster relief! Even if you don't know a lot about the situation in Tianyun City, you can know a little bit about it - there are a lot of rice shops in the city, and you should know better than me how much food you can exchange for a white jade bowl! ”

The guard's words made the woman next to the middle-aged man panic, she dragged her daughter back without a trace, and puffed her eyes at her daughter vigorously, as if to say: How can I bring a jade bowl to beg for porridge! It's all because I'm too indulgent of you!

The woman's posture has become much more restrained, not as arrogant as before, and she has no time to talk about marriage for her daughter. At this moment, she is like a little woman who depends on her husband, Baba looks at her husband, and expects his husband to excuse their family.

The middle-aged man saw that his previous rhetoric couldn't frighten the guards, so he changed his head to clear up the suspicion of such immorality as eating disaster relief food:

"The official doesn't know, how can there be rice shops in Tianyun City? As early as after the people in the city had eaten the hoarded corn, all the rice shops were looted! This white jade bowl is valuable, but unfortunately there is no market! ”

The guard looked at the middle-aged man suspiciously, the action of making porridge did not continue, he looked at King Zhao hesitantly - if King Zhao nodded, the spoon in his hand would not be delayed for half a minute, and it would fall into the pot immediately.

King Zhao hinted to the guards to pause for a moment with his eyes, and then looked at the middle-aged man and asked:

"The grain in Tianyun City has been robbed, and those grain merchants will not rush to the neighboring Lingcheng to buy goods in order to make a fortune? Are you underestimating Ben Wang's IQ, or are you overestimating your ability to make up lies? ”

When the middle-aged man heard that King Zhao claimed to be the king, he thought that the displaced people in the city were rumoring that the famous King Zhao had rushed to Tianyong City for disaster relief. Therefore, the middle-aged man glanced at the guards beside King Zhao with a frightened face, as if he still didn't quite believe that King Zhao was King Zhao.

"Deceive the Fourth Highness! Grab disaster relief supplies! Don't kneel yet! ”

The guard's loud roar made the middle-aged man sit down on the ground with a thud, and the woman and her daughter looked at each other, for fear that King Zhao would punish them, and had the courage to confirm for the frightened middle-aged man:

"Your Highness! What I said is true! He didn't lie to you! We really can't eat! ”

Even though the woman was bold and self-deceiving, the slightest luck in her eyes was still captured by King Zhao.

King Zhao looked back at the arrogant woman and asked:

"Really?"

The woman's eyes flashed with a sly brilliance, and she hurriedly pounded her head. But the next moment, she couldn't continue to make up the lies.

King Zhao leaned a few words in the guard's ear, and then heard the guard announce loudly with a calm face:

"The Fourth Highness is here! The lady in front of her used a white jade bowl to beg for porridge, and told His Highness that Tianyong City could no longer buy rice! Can someone in the know prove it for her? ”

After the identity of King Zhao was revealed, those victims who dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, squatting in the corner of the wall to drink porridge, hurriedly walked to the porridge shed, and said in one word:

"Your Highness, don't believe them! This shopkeeper of Song is a well-known wealthy family in the city! Whoever can't eat is believed by the small people, they claim that they are so poor that they have no rice to cook, and they don't believe the death of the small people! ”

"That's right! Your Highness - Song He is talking nonsense with his eyes open! Some merchants in Tianyun City are still selling rice! Ordinary people can't afford it! Shopkeeper Song can't afford it! ”

"Your Highness, this family is too much! Not to mention the bright clothes, holding a white jade bowl to beg for food! How can we, the poor people, live? ”

……

Whether what the woman said was true or false was already clear at this time, King Zhao stared at the woman with a cold face, wanting to hear what the other party had to say.

The angry crowd surrounded the woman's family, and the woman, knowing that no matter how perfect an excuse she could think of here and now, would be pierced by the condemners in front of her, her eyes rolled and she simply bowed her head and confessed her mistake:

"Your Highness's forgiveness! Xiaomin was also confused for a while, so he tried in vain to hide the truth! The small people's family is indeed a big business, but I really don't know how long this locust plague will last, and it is impossible for the small people's family to sit and eat empty! Xiaomin pondered: Since the imperial court opened a warehouse for disaster relief, then it can be a meal! The heart of the small people - all because the family business is difficult to earn! Please forgive your Highness! ”

After listening carefully, King Zhao sighed almost inaudibly, and planned to order the cancellation of their family's relief quota.

As the old saying goes, if you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world, and King Zhao has only now realized that it is not easy to govern the country - the contradiction between the rich and the poor alone is enough to give the people in charge of state affairs a headache.

King Zhao does not seek to achieve the goal and help the world, but only to seek the rich, not to be rich or unkind.

King Zhao was about to speak, and ordered the family of four in front of him to go home, and they were not allowed to come to the porridge shed to beg for food in the future.

Unexpectedly, the woman thought that King Zhao was unwilling to let them go, and when she first admitted her mistake, she had the idea of forcing her two daughters to be concubines for King Zhao.

"Your Highness, what do you think of Xiaomin's daughters? If His Highness does not dislike it, the little people are willing to promise their daughter to you, and the dowry will be prepared within a few days! I will not disappoint Your Highness, and please smile at Your Highness! ”

The middle-aged man grabbed the woman who was instigating his daughter to step forward and stick upside down, his eyes widened and he shouted:

"Crazy woman! Aren't you ashamed enough! ”

How do you know that the woman didn't pay attention to the middle-aged man's advice at all, perhaps because the middle-aged man almost punished their family before, but relied on her to stop a disaster, so she was quite confident.

The guards saw that the woman was talking crazy, and the two shameless young ladies wanted to refuse and lean on King Zhao, so they hurriedly drew their swords and blocked King Zhao:

"Bold woman! Don't let your daughter step down yet! ”

Seeing that the guards moved the knife in a hurry, the woman knew that such a bribe in broad daylight was not good, and even if King Zhao had the heart to accept it, he would still pose in front of such people.

So, the woman laughed and dragged back her two daughters, and kept glaring at King Zhao, intending to show that she understood why King Zhao was reserved.

King Zhao looked away in disgust, and no longer wanted to tolerate the shameless behavior of the woman's family.

I heard King Zhao speak in a calm voice:

"Someone!"

In an instant, a strict and solemn personal guard team appeared, and they lined up in front of King Zhao in turn to wait for the departure. (To be continued.) )