The more Li Mu spoke, the more sad he became, and his eyes turned red. Humanity is that the man doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place, the more he is like this, the more suspicious the onlookers are, what happened to the Hou Ye, so that he was forced into such a situation, and he had to cry in front of the public?

Looking at the eyes of everyone, Li Mu secretly said in his heart, what is the matter, you have to arrange a few childcares, counting on the spontaneous reaction of the people, it is too much to delay. He raised his sleeves to cover his face, and glared at Li Tai next to him, Li Tai still had a somewhat tacit understanding, guessed Li Mu's thoughts, and said, "Big brother, how did those wicked people force you, you said." The people know who you are, and they will not misunderstand you, so speak out and expose their crimes to the world! ”

With Li Tai taking the lead, the people finally knew what they should say, and they all asked one by one. Li Mu didn't say it at first, the more he didn't say it, the more the people asked, and finally 'forced to be helpless', Li Mu had no choice but to tell the 'truth'.

"If you really want to ask, I won't hide it. Some people know, some people don't, so I'll talk about them all today. Benhou started by winemaking. When I was in Chang'an, I made my first money by making wine. When I arrived in Luoyang, I moved the winery over, and I needed food to make wine, so I ordered to go down, and posted a notice at the door of the winery to buy grain every day. Saying this, but before the locust plague came, it was more than ten days. ”

"At that time, there were no signs of locust plague at all, and it stands to reason that Luoyang City should not be short of food. But it's very strange that I want 3,000 catties of grain, but I can only receive 1,000 catties a day, and this is the case for several days, so I wonder, why can't I buy food when I have money? ”

So, Ben Hou sent someone to check. Li Mu said, and became angry: "It doesn't matter if you don't check, this check, Ben Hou is very angry!" It turned out that as early as a few months ago, someone wantonly purchased grain storage, and collected all the grain storage within a radius of 800 miles from Luoyang! How much food is there in Luoyang City every day, completely controlled by them, how much they release, how much can we buy, do you want to buy more? No! ”

Li Mu said angrily: "The grain within a radius of eight hundred miles, what a big stroke!" At that time, I only thought that they were not for me to make money by making wine, and although I was angry, I thought that after all, it did not affect the lives of the people, and if I was not allowed to make money, I would not make money. It's a big deal that when the new grain comes down, I will buy it early and prepare the grain for next year's brewing. I put up with this planting without saying a word. ”

"But I didn't expect that they were not targeting me when they bought stored grain!" Li Mu gritted his teeth: "Less than half a month after this happened, the locust plague broke out. I realized why they bought the stockpile! This is trying to make a fortune! It's just that Ben Hou couldn't understand, how did they know in advance that there would be a locust plague? But in any case, since they predicted the natural disaster, they did not inform the imperial court, but purchased grain in advance with the intention of making huge profits, and their hearts can be punished! But what can be done? Although Ben Hou has seen through everything, but after all, people have not broken the law, if they have to say that they mean this, they have the meaning of wanting to add to the crime! Ben Hou can only endure and continue to endure! ”

Li Mu said sadly: "What Ben Hou could do at that time was only to strictly order that the price of grain in Luoyang City should not rise. It is rumored in the market that it was Ben Hou's refusal to bow his head that left Luoyang City without food. Heaven has mercy, what a great injustice this is! If those merchants are willing to help buy grain, let alone bow their heads, they will kneel down and kowtow, for the sake of the people in the city, Ben Hou will not say half a word! Even if he is killed, Ben Hou will not frown! But is it really that simple? Ben Hou's original intention was not to let the people suffer both natural disasters and man-made disasters. Who would have thought that those behind the scenes who failed to succeed would join forces, and if I didn't let the price increase, they would let Luoyang City have no food! It was they who threatened Benhou with the lives of the people of the city! ”

"People!" Li Mu's tears had already been prepared, and with this sad cry, they flowed down his cheeks: "You say, what should I do?" Of course, I can compromise and go along with them, Benhou's status is here, how much money they make, and they can't share Benhou's share! But in this way, it will kill you all! Think with your toes how much the price of food will rise! Ben Hou checked the county records, and during the last locust plague, the price of grain soared 32 times. How many can afford such expensive food? Even if you can afford to sell your house and land, what will you do when the locust plague passes? Are you willing to be slaves and slaves for the rest of your life? ”

"Ben Hou can't bear it, I can't bear it!"

Therefore, knowing that the grain storage was only enough for ten days, Ben Hou insisted on refusing to give in. These days, Ben Hou asked for help from the imperial court, and actively relieved the disaster, the chief Shi Ma Zhou of the Hou Mansion, on the first day of the locust plague, was arranged by Ben Hou to collect grain along the canal, but the opponent had already prepared, and went all the way north along the canal, but he couldn't receive a little grain! Li Musheng burst into tears: "Yesterday night, Ben Hou sat in the courtyard, looking up at the sky, and he really wanted to die!" Maybe the sky has eyes, and the golden immortal came to the world and gave this life-saving incense. Now it's okay, at least half of the autumn grain can be saved, and the people of our Luoyang City are saved! ”

"People!" Li Mu straightened his waist and shouted: "Seeing that the autumn grain is coming down, you tell me, this head, is Benhou low or not?" Are you willing to bow your head and eat dry rice that you can't afford for a few days, or drink gruel for a few days and wait for new grain to come down? Tell me, what a choice! ”

The atmosphere has been set up, and the people are so angry that their eyes are red when they hear these details. If it weren't for the shopkeepers of a few grain shops who didn't run fast when they saw things, they would definitely be eaten alive! Hearing Li Mu's shout, everyone shouted at the top of their voices: "Don't bow your head when you drink porridge!" We can't let them get away with it! ”

"Good! Then let's go out of the city first and burn all the locusts to death!" ”

"Let's go!" "Let's go!"

Jin Yiwei led the way in front, and the people who were still shouting to find Li Mu for an explanation now seemed to be his dead soldiers, and they all ran out of the city with a roar. Li Mu raised his hand and rubbed his eyes that had cried for a long time but only shed a tear, nodded with satisfaction, and glanced at Li Tai and Dugu Jiu beside him: "Let's go, let's go back too." ”

"Big brother, why don't you go over and have a look?"

"Look at what? What is there to see about the roasted locusts? Li Mu climbed on the horseback and stretched: "Your sister-in-law is about to give birth, since the matter is settled, I can't accompany her?" ”

……

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin is discussing with Fang Xuanling and eldest grandson Wuji about the allocation of food to relieve Luoyang.

"Report-" A little eunuch ran directly into the temple gate without a report. But everyone was not surprised, because looking at his clothes, they knew that he was from Dongchang. It must be that the East Factory has an urgent warning, otherwise it would not be so rude.

Li Shimin motioned to Fang Xuanling to wait first, and motioned to the little eunuch to bring the urgent performance.

Li Shimin checked the fire paint and opened the envelope. took out the secret report and took a look at it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed. He waved his hand, sent the little eunuch away, couldn't help but smile, and said to Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji: "The two Aiqing don't have to worry, the locust plague in Luoyang, Li Mu has solved it." "Lazy people listen to books

"The locust plague solved?" Fang Xuanling's eyes widened: "Your Majesty, this is not a joke, how to solve the locust plague?" Since ancient times, I have not heard of any dynasty or generation that solved the locust plague, how did Li Mu do it? ”

"How we do it is not yet known, but the news from the East Factory will never go wrong." Li Shimin seemed to have a hidden reason and was reluctant to say it clearly, but said: "This news was sent urgently for eight hundred miles, and the specific details will be available in the next two days." ”

Fang Xuanling was skeptical and said, "Your Majesty, the minister still can't believe it. The minister thought that he should still prepare. ”

"I know what to do, so you should step back first."

Li Shimin said this, Fang Xuanling was naturally inconvenient to ask again, and the two bowed and retired. When he turned to leave, Li Shimin glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji nodded slightly, and after Fang Xuanling went out, he turned back from the secret passage after a while.

"Look at this." Li Shimin handed the letter to the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji looked down carefully, his brows furrowed, he returned the secret letter to Li Shimin, and said, "Your Majesty, will the news be fake?" ”

"Absolutely not." Gao Gonggong answered, he had just read the secret letter: "This secret letter is passed all the way from Luoyang back to Chang'an, and the fire paint, seal, and secret mark on the letter are all correct, and there will never be a fake." ”

"But this is too bizarre, too platinum stars have come out-" The eldest grandson Wuji smiled speechlessly and bitterly: "The minister thinks it's very ridiculous." ”

"I thought it was ridiculous, but the incense worked. Didn't you see what it said? A stick of incense can attract locusts within a radius of several miles. A fire burned hundreds of catties to death. If it's not the secret method of the Immortal Family, how can it be explained? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji thought for a while and said, "Li Mu is used to inventing strange things, maybe this is what he invented by mistake." ”

"Even so." Li Shimin asked again: "Then how to explain the flames that appeared on the palm of his hand when he hit the 'Heavenly Master' on the high platform?" The letter was clearly written, and he raised his hand to accompany the fire, and the flame floated on the palm prints, burning the man's clothes! ”

"This, this may be a trick—" Eldest Sun Wuji didn't know what to say, but he still didn't believe that Li Mu would be the reincarnation of the Golden Immortal. Such a thing is something that a normal person wouldn't believe, right?

At this moment, the secret passage sounded again, and Yuan Tiangang walked out of the secret passage. When Li Shimin saw him, he immediately said, "Look at this." ”

Yuan Tiangang didn't dare to slack off, and read the letter from beginning to end, but he didn't show his attitude at the first time, but looked at Gonggong Gao. This happened in Luoyang yesterday, and his bad guy has not yet delivered the news, but Dongchang has already sent the news to Li Shimin's desk. Is the efficiency of the East Factory already so high?

"Aiqing, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks, maybe it's true, maybe it's false."

When Gonggong Gao heard this, of course he would not let go of the opportunity to ridicule, and sneered: "Daoist Yuan, it seems that he didn't say this, either it is true or false, how can it be true or false, so that people can't understand it." ”

Yuan Tiangang ignored it and explained to himself: "Your Majesty, the minister has reported to Your Majesty that Li Mu, who is in the local population of Mayi, is originally a simple and dull character, which is completely different from his current appearance. And when he changed, about a year and a half ago, he noticed an anomaly, a comet crossing the sky. The minister believes that not only the minister has seen it, but His Majesty, Gao Gonggong, and Uncle Guo have also seen it. Calculate the time, coincidence. ”

"There have long been rumors in the market that Hou Ye is talented and intelligent, and he is born to know that he has Su Hui and is an immortal. If it is as it is said in this letter, it can be correct. Therefore, the minister said that this thing may be true. It's just ......" Yuan Tiangang pursed his lips and didn't continue.

Li Shimin asked: "What are you still hiding at this time, but what, what do you say?" ”

"Your Majesty, the image of Tai Bai Xing in Taoism is that he is the envoy of the Jade Emperor, responsible for conveying various orders, so he is loved by the people. But the Yin and Yang family believes that he is a martial god, in charge of war, and the main killing. The appearance of the platinum star at a special time and region is a symbol of "changing the sky", which means that something big is about to happen. "Hanshu Astronomical Chronicles": "Taibai Jingtian, it is the revolution of the world, and the people are more kings." Yuan Tiangang ignored it and explained to himself: "Your Majesty, the minister once reported to Your Majesty that Li Mu in the local population of Mayi was originally a simple and dull character, which was completely different from his current appearance. And when he changed, about a year and a half ago, he noticed an anomaly, a comet crossing the sky. The minister believes that not only the minister has seen it, but His Majesty, Gao Gonggong, and Uncle Guo have also seen it. Calculate the time, coincidence. ”

"There have long been rumors in the market that Hou Ye is talented and intelligent, and he is born to know that he has Su Hui and is an immortal. If it is as it is said in this letter, it can be correct. Therefore, the minister said that this thing may be true. It's just ......" Yuan Tiangang pursed his lips and didn't continue.

Li Shimin asked: "What are you still hiding at this time, but what, what do you say?" ”

"Your Majesty, the image of Tai Bai Xing in Taoism is that he is the envoy of the Jade Emperor, responsible for conveying various orders, so he is loved by the people. But the Yin and Yang family believes that he is a martial god, in charge of war, and the main killing. The appearance of the platinum star at a special time and region is a symbol of "changing the sky", which means that something big is about to happen. "Hanshu Astronomical Chronicles": "Taibai Jingtian, it is the revolution of the world, and the people are more kings." "Your Majesty, the image of Tai Bai Xing in Taoism is that he is the envoy of the Jade Emperor, responsible for conveying various orders, so he is loved by the people. But the Yin and Yang family believes that he is a martial god, in charge of war, and the main killing. The appearance of the platinum star at a special time and region is a symbol of "changing the sky", which means that something big is about to happen. "Hanshu Astronomical Chronicles": "Taibai Jingtian, it is the revolution of the world, and the people are more kings." ”