The apse of Tai Chi Palace.

Li Er supported his chin with his hand, thinking about what Li Zexuan said before, the foundation of the five surnames and seven wangs is too huge, and it has a high reputation in various places, how easy it is to weaken the family.

The chamberlain in the hall picked up the fold that Li Er had just used to smash Li Zexuan, carefully placed it in Li Er's hand, and then stepped aside lightly.

Li Er's eyes swept inadvertently, and he found that the fold was the secret fold of the locust plague prophecy that Qin Qiong presented to him yesterday.

It's over, and I was so angry with that kid that I forgot to get down to business.

"Come on, go and summon Li Zexuan back!"

Li Er hurriedly commanded.

"No!"

Although the chamberlain was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly withdrew to chase Li Zexuan.

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"A wave in the waves, a wave in the waves, you don't have to go up to the morning and can't afford to go early, you will sleep until dawn tomorrow!"

Li Zexuan walked on the palace road happily, although he failed to kill the mastermind behind the scenes, Li Er assured him that Wang Renyi would not come to provoke him again in the future, and more importantly, he would not have to go to this cheating father's early dynasty in the future.

It is estimated that Han Yuxi should have come out of the Qin Mansion at this time, Li Zexuan planned to go home directly to eat, he ate a bowl of porridge in the morning, and he didn't even eat steamed buns, and now his hungry chest is attached to his back, uh, he almost forgot that the steamed buns in the Tang Dynasty were too unpalatable, sour, and tasted weird, he once vomited after eating a bite.

"Lord Li, Lord Li, wait, Your Majesty has summoned you back again!"

The same sound, the same place, Li Zexuan really wanted to jump into the pond next to him and drown the ball.

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"Minister~ See Your Majesty!"

Li Zexuan saluted weakly. Your arms can't reach your thighs, Lao Li asked you to come back, do you dare not come back? You can say he's cowardly, but if you cross over, don't you coax one to try?

"Don't be weird, I just forgot one thing, I'll let you go back when this matter is finished."

Li Er wanted to laugh a little when he saw Li Zexuan playing treasure there, shook his head, and then said: "This is the secret fold that Shubao presented yesterday, take a look!" ”

There is a chamberlain who gave the secret fold to Li Zexuan, Li Zexuan caught it, opened it and saw that it was a prophecy of the locust plague, it seems that Qin Qiong can't wait.

Li Zexuan roughly scanned it, and was suddenly stunned when he saw the last few lines.

"The old minister thinks that the prediction of the locust plague is eighty percent true, and hopes that His Majesty will prepare as soon as possible, so as not to come to the locust plague, and the people of the world will starve for thousands of miles. Every time the old minister thought about this, he couldn't bear it, so he dared to write a book. If the locust plague does not come next year, the old minister voluntarily stripped the title of the duke, and all the assets of the family will be handed over to the state treasury to make up for the loss of the imperial court. ”

Li Zexuan was deeply touched in his heart, and he agreed with Qin Qiong at that time, and he would jointly write a letter and take responsibility for the accident, but he didn't expect Qin Qiong to "keep his word" and take all the responsibility by himself.

Li Zexuan was both annoyed and moved in his heart, this is an old man worthy of his lifelong respect.

"Is this locust plague prophecy really true?"

Li Er saw that after Li Zexuan finished reading it, he asked in a deep voice.

Li Zexuan sorted out his emotions and said seriously: "Back to Your Majesty, my family did say it before I was born, and Xiaochen has been convinced of Master's words since he was a child. If the locust plague does not come next year, the ministers will also voluntarily cut off their titles, scatter their wealth, and make up for their sins. But please also ask Your Majesty to believe in this prophecy for the sake of thousands of people in the world, and prepare early. ”

Since Qin Qiong has gambled all his net worth for this, what does he Li Zexuan have to be afraid of.

He traveled to the Tang Dynasty, although he invented some new things, but these were not enough to change the course of history, let alone change natural disasters such as the locust plague, and next year's locust plague will definitely come as scheduled.

When Li Er heard this, he was slightly surprised, he didn't expect that Li Zexuan, a person who was unwilling to suffer, could say these words that were obviously harmful to him, which made him pay more attention to this prophecy.

"Since Uncle Bao and you are so sure, then I believe in this locust plague prophecy, but even if I know that there will be a locust plague next year, what can I do? Last year, the Turks emptied the treasury of Chang'an, and the imperial court certainly couldn't afford to take up so much money to hoard food for millions of people in advance. ”

When Li Er talked about the Turks, he couldn't help but slap the table hatefully.

Li Zexuan was silent, the Weishui Alliance was indeed a mark of shame on the Tang Dynasty, but it is estimated that in less than two years, Li Er will be able to be ashamed. He thought for a moment and said:

"Your Majesty, the world will only hoard food in advance to survive the locust plague, but why does no one think of curing the locust plague?"

Li Er frowned and said, "Governance? There have been countless locust plagues since ancient times, but why have I never heard of a way to deal with locust plagues? ”

Li Zexuan said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, do you remember the 150,000 chicken seedlings raised by the ministers in Hanjiazhuang and Meicun?" ”

Li Er's eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Could it be that you kid want to use these chickens to control the locust plague?" But when the locust plague comes, the locusts will definitely be overwhelming, how can you chickens eat the locusts? ”

Li Zexuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate the ability of chickens to prey on locusts, Xiaochen once read a book, which said that an adult chicken can eat more than 300 locusts a day, and at that time, the minister estimates that twenty or thirty chickens can almost ensure that there are no locusts in an acre of land." ”

Since you don't believe me, then let's use data to speak, anyway, he has said the same thing more than once.

Li Er is also a well-read cultural person, he frowned and said in disbelief when he heard this: "Will there be a book to record such a boring thing?" I've never seen it. ”

Li Zexuan was suddenly choked and said embarrassedly: "Eh, this is a lone book that Master Xiaochen once left, and now it is long gone." But what the minister said is true, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to catch a chicken and try it. ”

Li Er nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly he pointed to Li Zexuan's nose and said angrily:

"No wonder you kid bought so many chicken seedlings before, and last time he deliberately quibbled in the court, saying that buying chicken seedlings is for the villagers, in order to make a whole chicken banquet next year, you kid is bullying the king, what crime do you say!"

Lao Li is really unkind, he actually unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, and settled the account after the autumn.

Li Zexuan was speechless, and shouted wrongly: "Your Majesty, this, the two reasons that the minister said are indeed true, as for the prophecy of the locust plague, this matter is very important, how dare the minister talk nonsense everywhere." ”

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said it was time for you to have lunch."

At this time, a delicate palace maid came in and said to Li Erfu.

Li Er nodded, got up and said to Li Zexuan: "You kid is a little slippery head, go back and write a detailed charter of your plan, and then present it to me." ”

Li Zexuan suddenly felt tired, and said listlessly: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Li Er was angry when he saw him like that, and couldn't resist the thought of slapping Li Zexuan on the back of the head, Li Er shook his sleeves and said, "Okay, then you go back first!" ”

Li Zexuan gave up his hand and retired, and complained to Li Er fiercely in his heart, leaving Lao Tzu here to ink for a long time, and he didn't care about food, so he was stingy.

But it's better not to keep him to eat, there are so many rules in this palace, if you make Lao Li unhappy, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable for yourself?

Li Zexuan hurriedly walked out of the palace, for fear that Li Er would send someone to call him back again, came to the palace gate, found his horse, Li Zexuan tidied up his clothes, turned over his horse, and galloped in the direction of Yongle Fang.

In the palace, Li Er said to the attendants beside him on the way to the West Inner Garden: "You go to pass on Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji to enter the palace in the afternoon!" ”

"No!"

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(End of chapter)