Eventually, the dark clouds in the sky turned into rain, and the rain poured down.

Between heaven and earth, it is like a curtain of water, and endless rain pours on the earth.

Su Dingfang had to let the soldiers take refuge in these uninhabited huts.

But where can this hut shelter from the wind and rain? A lot of rain is dripping down.

Li Shimin was suddenly unaware of this, he sighed, and said to Chen Zhengtai: "If such heavy rain continues, I am afraid that the disaster will be even more terrible." ”

Chen Zhengtai showed a rare gloomy look on his face, and said, "Teacher, the people in this village ......"

Li Shimin had no expression on his face: "I think, most of them have fled, but I just hope that such a heavy rain will not cause them any more disasters." ”

Li Shimin's face was a little pale, and he said word by word: "When we were in Yangzhou City, you could see the homeless? ”

Chen Zhengtai shook his head: "I haven't seen it, but it's a peaceful scene." ”

Li Shimin said coldly: "Yes, it's really a peaceful scene. I'm tired, take a break. ”

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but worry: "I can't cover the wind and rain here, so it's better to ......"

"No." Li Shimin shook his head: "I am not a person who can't endure hardship. ”

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but admire Li Shimin, although Li Shimin had experienced a hundred battles and had never suffered less, but after being an emperor for so long, he still endured hardships!

So he went to sleep that day.

In the early morning of the next day, after a night of rain, this strange village was a little more peaceful, but there were no chickens and dogs smelling each other, and there were no chickens and dogs barking.

Su Dingfang took people to eat, but Li Shimin had already gotten up and woke up Chen Zhengtai.

At this time, the sky is clear, it is cloudless, after the rain, the humid air in the south of the Yangtze River makes people refreshed.

Li Shimin looked at the blue sky from afar, but frowned and said: "I look at those songs, they all say that the people are happy, and the disaster relief is very timely. ”

Chen Zhengtai said in his heart, the report I read was still three months ago, and it hasn't been updated yet!

He didn't dare to say that he still had countless notes, so he only smiled dryly: "Yes, the bachelor vaguely remembers." ”

"It seems that your memory is not as good as mine." Li Shimin shook his head and said.

At this time, he regained his normal color, but between his brows, there was always a faint feeling of bad feelings, and he immediately said: "In order to help, I ordered Fang Qing to naturally transfer 70,000 stone grain to Kanto. Qingque and Yuezhou, Yangzhou and other places also played one after another, saying that they urgently transferred 30,000 stone grains from Jiangnan. ”

"I was thinking, the disaster was only affected by a few counties, and I thought that the food for this relief would be enough. Last year, Guanzhong suffered a locust plague, and the imperial court has not recovered until now, and these grains are still borrowed from Fang Qing's family. ”

Li Shimin's tone was very calm: "They said that this flood, among which Gaoyou County was the most seriously affected. But along the way, even the disaster in Gaoyou is not as serious as imagined. ”

This is the truth, in Songshuli, Gaoyou County has become a country.

But in fact, along the way, there must have been disasters, but if you really have encountered any major disasters, I always feel a little exaggerated, because the disaster is not as serious as imagined.

Chen Zhengtai just nodded desperately, he couldn't say anything more at this time.

Li Shimin said with emotion: "The disaster is there, but it is not so serious. All the food that should be given has been given, and I can breathe a sigh of relief. ”

As he spoke, he paced a few steps with his hands behind his back, and was about to say something, but a group of men and horses came in the distance.

Li Shimin only looked at the winding path in the distance, and when he saw people coming from afar, he lifted his spirits, and finally saw people.

Immediately, more than a dozen people had entered the village, these people did not look like they had been affected by the disaster at all, all of them were oily, the first one, but they were dressed as small officials, and they seemed to notice that there were people in the village, so they were overjoyed, and actually commanded a person who was like a splash to guard the passage of the village.

Then he shouted, "People come, people come......"

When he saw Li Shimin outside, and saw that there were many horses here, his eyes lit up even more, and he stepped forward and said, "Who are you waiting for, but Gaoyou's?" ”

When Li Shimin saw this little official, he was slightly disappointed, he thought that the people in the village had returned.

Li Shimin said: "I'm just passing through here......"

"What about the people of the village?" The little official forked his hand, obviously did not take Li Shimin in his eyes, he thought that Li Shimin was a merchant who came and went.

Li Shimin's eyebrows trembled slightly, and he said patiently: "When we came, there was no one here. ”

"Nonsense, if there are no people, will people still be gone? Now Gaoyou has sent a big flood, His Royal Highness the King of Yue is already anxious for this relief, and he can't sleep for the night, and Yangzhou Assassin Wu Envoy Jun is also worried, this time it is necessary to hold the embankment, if the embankment collapses, then thousands of people will be able to recover. You are clearly hiding the villagers and colluding with those people, but you are still pretending to be good people here? ”

The little official's voice was fierce, but his eyes were already staring directly at the carriages, which were thick and thick, but he didn't know what to contain.

He straightened his belly, his voice was even louder, and said: "I really don't know what to do, there should be seventy-five servants in this village, but so far, only thirteen have been detained, and the rest, since they have escaped, you will not want to ......leave."

He spoke loudly and threatened, but Li Shimin was unaware of his clamour, but his mind seemed to be elsewhere, Li Shimin grabbed the words of the seventy-five people, and couldn't help but say: "Such a small village, there are only 100 people, and 75 people are required to serve as conscripts?" ”

The little official sneered: "Who is so verbose with you, hasn't a certain person already said, His Royal Highness King Yue and Wu Envoy Jun are worried about this, and now they are recruiting people everywhere to help the disaster, why, His Royal Highness King Yue dare not listen to the edict." ”

As he spoke, he let out a very arrogant sneer, and unconsciously walked to the side of the carriage.

At this time, I saw Su Dingfang and others surrounding one after another.

Su Dingfang and the others did not dare to act rashly without Li Shimin's will, and only sneered and watched from the sidelines.

This little official saw that there were many people in this caravan, but he was not afraid, after all, he was a person from the government, in Gaoyou County, the merchants he met by chance, there were more than this huge caravan, on weekdays, he did not dare to extort merchants easily, after all, those who dared to come out to do business would never be a small role.

But now it's different, now Gaoyou has suffered a disaster, and His Royal Highness King Yue and Wu Envoy Jun are personally in charge, so they have to provide disaster relief.

In the name of disaster relief, there is no disadvantage!

This crime of disrupting relief is not something anyone can afford.

He came to a carriage and said with a smile: "At this time, do you still bring so many goods?" Hmph, I think there must be a ghost in this car, and I must check it today. ”

So, he violently lifted the black puff on the truck, his face was still smiling, and several helpers behind him were also laughing.

If there are really any valuable goods, and they and others are intimidated, the businessmen will want to pay bribes in order to calm things down.

If not, take the merchants back to the Yali, now the disaster is urgent, no matter who you are, can you be bigger than His Royal Highness the King of Yue?

So without hesitation, he stretched out his hand and lifted the canopy.

As soon as he opened it, he grinned and wanted to say something.

Can be ...... immediately His face changed suddenly.

The whole truckload of goods was all bows and crossbows, as well as boxes of crossbows and arrows, in addition, there were swords, guns, swords, halberds and other things.

These weapons, all of them are particularly dazzling, at first glance they are all made of stainless steel, and even the weapons used by the soldiers of the Yangzhou Hussar Mansion are like broken copper and iron compared to those in this car.

What kind of person is the little official, he snorted, and instantly felt that something was wrong.

Such standard weapons are not available to ordinary people, and there are so many, and what you see in front of you is only the tip of the iceberg.

It was a pig at this point, and he knew something was wrong.

The next moment, he knelt on the ground softly, kowtowed to Li Shimin, and said, "I don't know where Lang Jun is, I'm ...... I don't know Tarzan ...... I have eyes."

Li Shimin looked at him coldly, but said: "I just asked you, such a small village, but only a hundred households, why do you need to draw as much as seventy-five?" ”

"This ...... This ......" The little official was sweating profusely, and under Li Shimin's cold gaze, he hurriedly said: "According to the rules of the imperial court, the conscription is one of three households, but this year's Gaoyou disaster...... Manpower is needed, His Royal Highness the King of Yue ......"

"Don't mention King Yue." Li Shimin interrupted in a cold voice, his eyes closed slightly, and his eyes were like knives: "Even if it is to protect the river embankment, why do you need so much manpower?" Moreover, this place has not become a Zeguo, and the disaster has never been so serious. ”

"This ...... This ......" The little official felt more and more that something was wrong, that sentence did not mention King Yue, and when he spoke, he seemed to be very disdainful of His Royal Highness King Yue.

He muttered in his heart, could this be the imperial history? The imperial history of the Tang Dynasty is something that anyone dares to scold.

He cried and said: "The flood is indeed not serious, but in fact, it requires a lot of manpower to repair the river embankment in Xinxiang." ”

Li Shimin frowned, and a suspicious look appeared in his eyes: "Why is this?" ”

The tone of the little official was very reasonable: "Because that is the field of the Gaoyou Deng family, and the fields of the Deng family are all there." ”

Li Shimin's brows furrowed even deeper: "What does this have to do with relief?" ”

"You don't know, Deng? This is the Yangzhou family, I don't know how many officials have been in the family, one of the great Confucian Deng Wensheng, is even more famous in Jiangnan, His Royal Highness the King of Yue respects him very much, and he also taught His Royal Highness the King of Yue to write down, which ...... This is in Yangzhou, but it is a good story. This time there was a flood, and Deng's field was in a low-lying area, which was precarious, so it was necessary to dredge the river as soon as possible to avoid flooding. His Royal Highness the King of Yue...... He is a corporal, and Mr. Deng is also known as Manjiangnan...... If his field is flooded......"

When Li Shimin heard this, he was not as angry as Chen Zhengtai imagined.

On the contrary, with an unpredictable calmness on his face, he said slowly: "Even so, why is there no one in this village?

The little official trembled, and felt more and more that the other party's identity was a little different, and said with trembling teeth: "In the past, the government still provided a meal for the conscription, but this time, because it was a disaster, the government did not provide it. Let them prepare their own bread...... If there is hard work on the embankment, these people can't bear the hardship......"

Li Shimin seemed to be extremely forbearing, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he suddenly said: "I'm afraid that when Yang Guang was in Jiangdu, he would never have reached such a point." ”

"What...... What the? The little official didn't understand what Li Shimin meant.

Li Shimin immediately said: "The grain donated by the imperial court has not been transferred to Yangzhou?" ”

Under Li Shimin's angry eyes, the little official said in horror: "Tune, it's here...... However, the virtuous and Gaomen of Yangzhou persuaded His Royal Highness the King of Yue, saying that now Gaoyou and other counties have not yet reached the time of shortage of food, so they might as well temporarily store these grains, and then distribute them when the people have no food in the future. His Royal Highness the King of Yue also felt that this was appropriate, so he asked Yangzhou Assassin Wu to temporarily store the grain in the treasury......"

"Well, very good, it's wonderful." Li Shimin actually laughed, he shook his head, just smiled and smiled, but his eyes were red: "There is really a big truth everywhere, and everything is taken for granted." ”

The little official tried hard to stabilize his mind, and finally squeezed out a little smile, and said with a smile: "Dare to ask where the envoy came from?" Since I came to Gaoyou, there is no reason not to visit the king of Yue, so I may as well go to report to the county order first, arrange the envoy first, and wait for His Royal Highness the king of Yue to take care of every opportunity, and then meet with the envoy. ”

Li Shimin suddenly stared coldly at the little official: "Do you still want to leave?" ”

The voice was cold, and it frightened the little official's soul away.

The little official smiled embarrassedly: "What the envoy said, I am the ...... of the Gaoyou County Torture Room."

At this time, Li Shimin had already pulled out the sword at his waist.

Without waiting for the little official to react, Li Shimin was already very skillful in grabbing the bun on the little official's head, the little official had no choice but to raise his face, he felt that the person in front of him was extremely powerful, where was the imperial history, he couldn't move, the most terrible thing was that everything came too fast, so fast that the little official didn't even notice the danger.

The short sword in Li Shimin's hand had already pierced his throat.

A stream of blood poured out like a fountain, splashing into the mud.

The little official was not dead, and when Li Shimin kicked him away, he was still convulsing on the ground, his eyes were desperately wide, and his chest was heaving and trying to breathe, but with every breath, blood spurted out again.

Eventually, the officer stopped moving.

Chen Zhengtai stood very close, it was the first time he saw the killing people so closely, his brain was stunned for a while, and he suddenly felt a little sick to his stomach, especially when he smelled the smoke of the cooking that was making rice, the smell of meat came, which made him retch, and he felt creepy.

When the helpers brought by the little officials saw it, their faces turned pale with fright, and they wanted to run, but at this time, they seemed to feel that their feet were like stakes, staring at the ground.

Li Shimin had already thrown the short sword on the ground lightly, and he didn't even look at the little official on the ground.

He seems to regret a little, of course, what he regrets is not that he killed someone, but that he personally killed a native chicken and a dog like a little official with his own daughter.

He only said calmly: "None of them will be left." ”

Su Dingfang, who had been silent on the side, heard a short sword that did not leave four words, and had already taken out short swords, and before those gangsters could beg for mercy, there were already dozens of holes in their bodies, and they fell to the ground and died.

Chen Zhengtai only then discovered that Su Dingfang and these people looked like they were watching the excitement with their hands on the side, but in fact, they had already stood in different directions when they were silent.

Whether it was the little official or the other helpers, they had already been stared at to death, whether they were dead or alive, in fact, they had already become fat on the board.

In the distance, a helper guarding the village road noticed the situation here, and with a bang, he turned to escape.

Su Dingfang was not in a hurry, so he went to the truck to get a bow and arrow, bent the bow, pulled the string, and set up the arrow in one go, and then the arrow shot out like a meteor. As soon as the arrow came out, Su Dingfang didn't look at the target, so he threw the bow and arrow back into the truck.

The next moment...... The man in the distance fell straight to the ground.

Breathless.

Chen Zhengtai kept taking deep breaths.

If it weren't for the fact that he brought a backpack and his knowledge of standing on the shoulders of giants, Chen Zhengtai found that compared to these people in this era, he was simply no different from waste.

Li Shimin immediately said lightly: "Is the meal ready?" ”

Zhang Qian hurriedly said: "Okay." ”

"Eat."

Zhang Qian quickly brought Li Shimin breakfast and a bowl to Chen Zhengtai by the way.

It's meat soup.

The smell of meat came to his nose, but Chen Zhengtai felt his stomach churning so badly that he just wanted to vomit.

Li Shimin suddenly looked at him and said, "Why don't you eat?" ”

Chen Zhengtai came back to his senses at this time, looked at Li Shimin in astonishment, and was speechless for a while.

Li Shimin smiled lightly: "You, you, have you forgotten, at that time, you gave me a book every day and asked me if I was eating." ”

Chen Zhengtai tried hard to calm himself down before he said, "Teacher, let's hurry up later and go to see Senior Brother Yuewang?" ”

Li Shimin's eyes were gloomy, and there was a different meaning in his tone: "He is really my good son." ”

Chen Zhengtai smiled awkwardly and said, "Senior Brother Yue must have been deceived by someone. I want to ......"

Li Shimin's eyes were cold, and he interrupted: "It doesn't matter whether you are deceived or not, the people who fled cannot make up for the fright." The dry bones and drowned baby girls beside the road will not be able to rise from the dead. What's the use of talking about it now? Things in the world, right is right, wrong is wrong, some mistakes can be made up, and some can be made up, how to make up for them? ”

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but feel very touched at this time, his eyes were a little more depressed, and he sighed and said: "I never thought that such a good thing as relief could also become an excuse for these people to knock out their bones and squeeze their marrow." ”

Li Shimin had already finished his breakfast, and then stood up, Su Dingfang and the others were also full of food and drink, they had a tacit understanding, gathered the corpses together, found some fire oil, and piled up dry firewood, and burned them directly.

Li Shimin always seemed calm, and even said to Chen Zhengtai easily: "Now, we can be regarded as prisoners of murder, if Gaoyou County is caught at sea, I am the main culprit, and you are the coercion." ”

No kidding.

Chen Zhengtai despised him very much in his heart, isn't Wang Fa your family?

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