Chapter 379: Questioning the Guilt
What the master didn't expect was that King Chen had been completely prepared before coming here, and there was a local guide mixed in his team.
Even though King Chen and the others didn't know where the restaurant was, the guide had grown up here since he was a child, and he knew every alley and every intersection very well, so he rushed all the way from the path with King Chen and the others.
When they pushed open the door of the private room, Lord Liu and Lord Huang ordered a table of dishes and were chatting with wine.
Two people, there are at least ten dishes on the table, if King Chen doesn't come this time, these dishes will most likely be wasted.
The guide who led the way could clearly hear the rumbling of his own stomach, he hadn't eaten a full meal in a long time.
The laughter of the two adults froze on their faces, and the wine glasses were still trying to clink glasses with each other in mid-air, and now the two of them seemed to be petrified, and they didn't dare to move there.
Compared with the master, these two have more knowledge, even if they can't see the identity of King Chen, but as long as they look at his luxurious temperament and the recent news that the prince is coming to relieve the disaster, they can guess.
But before King Chen arrived here, King Xi's order was the first to arrive here, and for a while, they didn't know who to listen to.
Later, General Lu was rumored to have committed treason and disappeared, and Concubine Yu was very favored in the palace, and stood on the side of King Xi, so this hesitation was dispelled.
But no matter what, this is still a prince, and he is also a popular candidate for the throne, and now that everyone has appeared in front of him, King Xi's order is a little embarrassing compared to the current situation.
"The two adults are so interested, this place is really good, the two adults are looking for such a place on a day off, and it can be regarded as stealing half a day of leisure."
King Chen glanced at them and sat down next to them.
Lord Liu's body stiffened, the smile on his face seemed to be barely squeezed out, and he looked at King Chen with a stiff smile.
"Why did His Royal Highness King Chen come here, and I didn't find someone to inform me in advance, it was the villain's inadequate hospitality." Lord Liu held back the fear in his heart and raised his glass to King Chen.
King Chen didn't see it, the store had just sent new tableware and wine glasses, and King Chen poured himself a glass of wine, ignoring the wine glass that was about to be raised in front of him.
Lord Liu's hand froze in mid-air for a moment, and then retracted it in a sneer.
"Your Highness, this is a well-known restaurant here, you see what you want to eat, and the villain immediately informs the kitchen to let the kitchen make it."
Lord Huang said diligently, picked up the chopsticks that no one had used on the side, and gave King Chen's vegetables very much.
There is even a roast suckling pig on the table, which is not too small for two people, which is a few dishes, it is simply luxurious, even the emperor has never been so extravagant.
Officials in two small localities did so during the disaster.
King Chen tried to suppress his temper so that he would not tear his face now.
"This king looked at the table and there were a lot of dishes, but there was a lack of white rice porridge, I don't know what the two of them think." King Chen said meaningfully.
Both of them are local officials, so they naturally know what King Chen's connotation is, but both of them have received orders from King Xi, and they have already chosen to stand on the side of King Xi, how can they easily take this crime down, they can only be sloppy.
"King Chen is right, we ordered a table of dishes but didn't order the staple food, it really shouldn't be." Lord Huang smiled dryly, raised his hand and touched his beard, and said that the voice behind him became smaller and smaller, almost inaudible.
"Yes, I think according to the amount of food we have, the rice in this restaurant may not be enough, so the granary is going to be opened, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to drink enough porridge." Even if he poured himself a glass of wine, King Chen didn't touch half a drop, and his fingers were gently touched on the table.
The crisp voice was like a life-urging bell, hitting the hearts of the two people one by one.
"Your Highness." After King Chen said those words, the two of them couldn't pretend to be able to do so after all, and they knelt on the ground one after another, making confessions on their faces.
King Chen dropped his chopsticks and glared at the two kneeling men.
"You two are so bold, I came to the disaster relief on the order of the emperor, the people outside the city are about to starve to death, you don't hurry up to open the warehouse and release grain, but eat and drink in the restaurant!"
"Your Highness is angry, can you listen to the villain's explanation." Seeing that King Chen was angry, Lord Huang hurriedly said cautiously.
King Chen glanced at him, took a few deep breaths, temporarily suppressed his anger, and said coldly, "What do you have to explain." ”
"Your Highness, this group of refugees outside the city is not ours here, but from dozens of miles away, and they just heard that there is a big granary here, so they took great pains to come over."
"Yes, it's true that there is a granary here, but this is also our reserve here, if we really want to help the refugees, we must give out all the grain in the granary, but in this case, what will we do if there is an accident here in the future."
"When these people see us opening a granary, they will definitely be like seeing a meat dog, and they will come here from all over the world, where can we hold these homeless people in a small city."
Before Lord Huang could finish speaking, King Chen interrupted him, "First of all, these people are my people of Cangliang, and you are standing at this moment is my Cangliang land. ”
"The current situation is that the displaced people outside the city are starving to death, and you are still frantically obstructing the opening of the granary, could it be that there is no food in the granary, and the grain has been sold by you? Otherwise, this king really can't figure out where the two of you got so many silver taels, as far as I know, the two of you are not so high, so where did those silver taels come from? ”
King Chen said, his eyes constantly rolling back and forth on the two of them, putting pressure on the two of them.
Even if he didn't look up and saw King Chen, Lord Huang could feel that his gaze had not left his body.
"His Royal Highness King Chen, the grain in the granary, the two of us have a slight movement, and we are all staying inside." Lord Huang hurriedly spoke, leaving the two of them out.
"In that case, find the key, open the storehouse and put the grain, build five temporary porridge shacks in this city, and open the gates of the city, so that the homeless people who have gathered outside can come in and receive the porridge."
What King Chen was waiting for was his clarification, and when he heard him justify himself, he followed his words without hesitation.
Lord Liu and Lord Huang looked at each other, but they couldn't say anything to refuse.