The people are the most easily fooled, this is the truth that has been unbreakable through the ages, since ancient times, a few rumors and a few incitements for the leader, the people who can't survive are happy to obey, so they gather into an army, attack the city and plunder the wall, and one dynasty after another is basically overthrown in this way.

The old man's words speak to the mentality of most refugees.

Their vision is not so long-term, what "there is no way in the present", what "killing brothers and killing brothers", these things are not what they are interested in caring about at all, or in other words, these things are too far away from them, and they cannot afford or are interested in getting involved.

What are the people's primary concerns? Two words, "clothing" and "food", no matter what kind of era, the ruler can ensure that the people have clothes to wear and eat, and the people are willing to recognize whom, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, and it doesn't matter if you big people play brains among themselves, the important thing is that we have food to eat and clothes to wear, which is enough.

At this moment, Li Su is most worried about this, because of natural disasters, "clothing" and "food", the imperial court has been unable to meet the people in time, so that there are people who incite a few words of demagogy in these refugee crowds, and there is a great possibility of civil unrest, after all, because of natural disasters, the most basic needs of the people can no longer be guaranteed, for the people, this is no way to live, since there is no way to live, what else do they dare not do?

The old man is not wrong, in the year of disaster, people are panicked, where can we talk about the word "Taiping"?

Li Su saw that the old man's face was very bad, so he waved his hand and ordered someone to hold the rice porridge, but the old man refused to drink it, Li Su patiently persuaded him, and ordered someone to take out the dried meat strips for the man. The mother-in-law and the child ate first until the three of them were full, and Li Su and the man took turns to persuade each other. To put it mildly, the old man began to hold the rice porridge and drink it little by little.

After drinking the rice porridge, the old man's face finally regained a little ruddy brilliance, and his spirit and confidence were enough, Li Su was not in a hurry, and squatted in front of the old man to accompany her. After chatting for a while about inconsequential routines, seeing that the old man's complexion had returned to ruddy health, Li Su got to the point.

"Old man, you said there are rumors in Jinju. Who started these rumors? Li Su smiled gently.

The old man shook his head: "Where can the rumors be found, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and finally everyone knows about it." We're just listening, too. No one will inquire about the truth, in the final analysis, we peasant families are concerned about their stomachs, and rumors and rumors cannot fill their stomachs. ”

"So, are there many people who believe these rumors?"

The old man hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's a lot, the old woman has been going all the way, and the villagers have complained a lot." Some said that the government was not effective, and they failed to remind the villagers before the beginning of spring. The most talked about is that His Majesty has no way and has done many evil things, so he has been punished by God, and the villagers have suffered......"

The old man paused, looked at Li Su, and said, "The old woman is right...... Isn't it too much? Dare to ask the nobles, but the magnates of the court? ”

Li Su said with a smile: "Old man, there are rumors in the future, don't believe it, Your Majesty and the court will not care about the life and death of the people, and the younger generations are following Your Majesty's will to go out of Beijing and go north to Jin, on behalf of the imperial court to help the villagers and help the villagers survive this disaster." ”

Pointing to Li Zhi beside him, Li Su smiled and said: "Old man, look, this is His Majesty's ninth son, the king of Jin, don't look at his young age, he is His Majesty's son-in-law, His Majesty sent him to Jin to help the people, and the relief grain and grass allocated by the imperial court will soon enter Jinzhou, old man, the imperial court will not ignore you." ”

The old man and the man behind him and his mother-in-law were stunned at the same time, and his expression suddenly became more and more cramped and nervous, and it didn't take long for the old man to gradually show joy on his face, glanced at Li Zhi, and then quickly lowered his head, got up tremblingly, and said: "It turned out to be the son of the real dragon, please forgive the old woman for being clumsy and ignore, the old woman kowtows to the nobleman......

The old man's family was just about to kneel down, Li Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man's arm, and said a little nervously: "You...... The old man must not be like this, it is said that it is a natural disaster, after all, the court and the government have not done enough for the people, we are ashamed of the people, it is time for me to apologize to your old man. ”

The old man didn't even dare to say anything, his expression was relatively calm, and the man and his mother-in-law behind him were nervous, rubbing the corners of their clothes from time to time, so nervous that they had nowhere to put their hands and feet, their faces were flushed, and they looked at a loss.

Li Su estimated that he couldn't ask anymore, after all, this family was just an ordinary refugee, and he didn't know much about Jinzhou's affairs, so he ordered someone to fetch a big bag of grain and handed it to the man, Li Zhi turned his head and glanced at Wufu, who took out a silver cake weighing five taels very knowingly.

Handing the grain and silver cakes to the old man's family, Li Su sighed: "This bit of food and silver cakes, the old man, please put it away properly, in fact, there is no need to go to Chang'an, the old man thinks, there are so many disaster-stricken villagers along the way, even if your family arrives in Chang'an, hundreds of thousands of villagers gather in the city, if you want to find a job that can support your family, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky, Chang'an...... If you don't go, if you can trust His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the younger generations, you might as well go back to Jinzhou, wait patiently for some time, see how His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the younger generations behave, and see if we have failed the people, whether the people have starved to death, old man, can you trust us? ”

The old woman was stunned for a long time, her expression was quite hesitant, and when she looked up at Li Su again, her cloudy eyes showed a touch of firmness, but she did not answer Li Su directly, but turned her head to look at her son, and said, "Child, you are in charge, and you have heard the words of the nobleman, what do you say?" ”

The man was a happy person, and when he heard the words, he said: "Mother, my son thinks that what the noble man said is reasonable, there are a lot of rumors along the way, each has its own statement, let's not believe this, these two nobles in front of me are from the imperial court, and there is also the emperor's own son, what they say, the son thinks he can believe it, what do you say?" ”

The old woman nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go back to Jinzhou, the old woman believes that Your Majesty and the court will not harm us, and I believe that the government will not let us starve to death." ”

The man patted his chest and said, "Jinzhou can also find a job, why should we leave our hometown?" The son has hands, feet, and strength, even if he can't farm the land, even if he doesn't rely on government relief, the son can support the family! ”

The old woman smiled and praised, "Ambitious." It's my baby! Let's go back to Jinju! ”

The family saluted Li Su and the others, with a smile on their faces. Happily turned around and walked towards Jinju, where the family was like a unique landscape in the crowd of fleeing refugees, gorgeously retrograde in the bustling flow of people.

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The team continued to move forward, and three days later, Li Su and his party entered Jin. Arrived outside the city of Jinju.

Jinju belongs to Hedong Province and was built as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, when it was called "Drum Country". In the Western Han Dynasty, the city was expanded, and three counties were set up, with a population of more than 40,000 households under its jurisdiction, and Wude was four years. Jinju Governor's Office. It was abolished in the sixth year of Jeongguan and was still named after Jinju.

Jinju is a land of outstanding individuals, from ancient times to the present, there are many benevolent heroes, the most famous, is a hardcore veteran player in the death world, that's right, Wei Zheng, this old man who has spent his life challenging the limits of personal survival for fun. He was born in Jinju, which is Wei Zheng's hometown.

When Li Su and his entourage arrived outside the city of Jinju. Outside the city, it's bustling.

The so-called "lively" is not a bazaar, but thousands of people have gathered outside the city gate, these people are all dressed as ordinary people, dressed very shabby, and the same as those fleeing people encountered on the road, they are all dragging their families, all carrying simple or cumbersome luggage, but these people did not hurry, but gathered under the drawbridge outside the city, an official in a scarlet robe led a dozen green-robed officials to stop in front of the crowd, I don't know what to say.

Li Su and Li Zhi rode on the horse, looked at each other in surprise, and then urged the team to speed up to catch up, and when they got closer, they found that the scarlet-robed official looked mournful, and his arms were naturally stretched out, and he stopped the excited crowd in a state of using his mantis arms as a car, but he didn't know what he was begging for.

Li Su and Li Zhi dismounted, and the two stepped forward side by side, finally hearing what the official said.

"Folks, our Jinzhou has indeed been affected by the disaster, this is God's disaster in the world, no one can do anything, the villagers drag their families and leave their hometowns to find a way to live, Yu also understands, Yu just wants to ask the villagers to believe in the Thorn History Mansion, believe in the imperial court, don't be in a hurry to leave your hometown, wait a few more days, just wait a few days! A few days later, the imperial court will have relief grain and grass allocation, this goes to Chang'an hundreds of thousands of miles, along the way without food, I don't know how many people will starve to death, Yu Mouxi for the Jinzhou assassin history, ashamed of His Majesty and the court, ashamed of the people of Limin, Yu can't stand everyone, I just want to ask everyone to be patient for a few more days, I have ordered the surrounding villages Guo landlords and rich households to open warehouses and release grain, everyone stay in Jinzhou and wait patiently for a few days, okay? ”

The crowd was silent for a moment, and then a cold voice came from out of nowhere.

"We've been waiting for three days, and we still haven't seen a grain of rice from the government, and you still tell us to wait, can we believe your words? Is there a way to live if you stay here? ”

This sentence came out of the crowd very abruptly, and the thousands of people who were pressed by the black crowd didn't know where the voice came from for a while, but as soon as the words were finished, the people who were still hesitating nodded in agreement.

"Yes, what do you say to let the landlord and rich family open the granary, our rich households in Jinzhou have already run away, and those who didn't run have been robbed of everything, how can the rich landlord have food in his house? As for the grain and grass provided by the imperial court, I don't know what year and month I got it, rather than waiting to die here, it is better to go south to Chang'an together and ask for a way to live for my family! ”

The face of this assassin surnamed Yu became more and more bitter, looking at the angry people, he couldn't stop stretching out his arms, trying to stop the people from moving forward.

"Folks, under the natural disaster, the imperial court will inevitably react lately, but please believe in the imperial court, believe in the government, we will not ignore the life and death of the villagers, the grain and grass allocated by the imperial court will start from Chang'an, and it will take a while to Jinzhou, everyone please listen to Yu's advice, wait a few more days, as long as you wait a few more ......"

Before he finished speaking, the cold voice in the crowd interrupted him: "A few days after a few days, if we wait for one more day, we will be hungry for one more day, do you know that the bark and grass roots near Jinju are almost finished?" How many folks haven't eaten for a few days, hungry and thirsty, only grabs a handful of snow from the ground to fill it, and waits for a few more days, and Yu Thorn Shi is willing to see our corpses all over the field? ”

The people who were originally hesitant were instigated by this voice, and suddenly clamored again, and they all agreed to echo it, and the thousands of black and oppressive crowds began to move forward again, Yu Tingshi and a dozen officials stretched out their hands to stop them, and their thin arms were unable to block the tide of people, the so-called blockade looked so ridiculous and pitiful, but it was also respectable and lamentable.

"You can't go, you can't go! Once out of town. I don't know how many people will starve to death on the road, folks, you can't go! Yu Tingshi burst into tears. Choked up and pleaded.

One of the people standing at the front sighed and said, "Yu Tingshi, you have been in Jinzhou for three years, and everyone knows that you are a good official, but ...... We can't afford to wait, my baby is only three years old, and he has been hungry for two days. Now that he can't even stand on his feet, the grain and grass of the imperial court have been missing for a long time, and the history of thorns remains. We really can't wait...... Please let us live. ”

Yu Tingshi cried: "You leave the city, it is the real dead end, why don't you believe me?" ”

In the crowd, the cold voice came out again: "Yu Thorn History." You are a good officer. The villagers all believe in you, but is the court a good court? How did this natural disaster come about? It has been spread all over the country, because His Majesty the Emperor is unkind, and he has killed his brother and killed his brother back then, so since the first year of Zhenguan, there has been a catastrophe almost every year, in the final analysis, this is His Majesty's fault, so God has condemned the world. But it has caused our people to suffer and suffer! ”

The crowd suddenly fell silent, and then erupted into countless echoes: "That's it." Your Majesty is unjustifiable, why do you want to affect us? How innocent are we, the poor people? ”

Yu Tingshi and the dozen or so officials behind him suddenly changed color, squinted and straightened up, and searched the crowd for the person who spoke just now, but finding a person among thousands of people was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack, and it was unsuccessful for a long time, but the anger of the crowd had gradually risen, and a civil unrest was brewing.

Li Su and Li Zhi, who had been standing quietly not far away and were silent, also changed their faces.

Taking advantage of the fact that the crowd was just beginning to commotion, Li Su waved his hand to the back, and a subordinate stepped forward, Li Su ordered in a deep voice: "Ask Fang Lao Wu to bring a few people with good ears and eyes over, and let General Fu also pick a few people with good ears and eyes from among the generals." ”

Soon, Fang Lao Wu and Fu Shanyan led more than a dozen people to Li Su's side, and Li Su said expressionlessly: "You look at the crowd carefully, no matter who is talking in the crowd, you have to identify him, can you do it?" ”

Fu Shanyan didn't say anything, he only turned his face to the generals behind him, Fang Lao Wu smiled: "Coincidentally, there are two killers in our family's trilogy, and when they were soldiers in the past, they were specially kept in the night camp, standing on a high place, they can hear the movement within a hundred zhang clearly, and they can see clearly, Hou Ye, you can see it." ”

Li Su nodded, and continued to stare at the crowd with gloomy eyes.

The crowd is still clamoring, tumulting, and showing signs of intensifying.

The sweat on Yu Tingshi's forehead and the tears in his eyes were mixed, his face became whiter and paler, his eyes were full of anger and sorrow, and he tried to stretch out his hand, desperately stopping the crowd that kept squirming forward.

"Yu has been in charge of Jinzhou for three years, and everyone patted their chests and said, has Yu done anything sorry for the villagers in the past three years? Ever said a word that broke your word and got fat? Why don't you believe me? Why don't you believe me! Yu Tingshi shouted with tears in his eyes.

The roar was like a trapped beast, the cry was like a cuckoo crying blood, Li Zhi's face in the back was pale, and he could see the embarrassed and depressed back of Yu Tingshi's lonely stream, Li Zhi couldn't help but have red eyes, his cheeks were bitten tightly, and his fists in his sleeves were clenched tightly, but he could only look at Li Su's calm and unwavering face, and he didn't dare to make a slight move.

Sure enough, the crowd once again uttered that icy bewitching voice.

"Yu Tingshi, the villagers don't believe in you, they don't believe in the court, you have done evil things today, why should we take responsibility? The villagers went to Chang'an, not only to survive, but also to ask His Majesty the Emperor for an explanation, no matter how powerful it is, it will not be as big as the word 'truth', right? ”

When the words fell, a group of subordinates behind Li Su suddenly raised their arms, and their arms pointed in one direction at the same time, Li Su stared over, but saw a middle-aged man in the crowd wearing tattered coarse cloth clothes, his face was dark, and there was a scar on his forehead, who looked no different from the ordinary people around him, and even his appearance belonged to the kind of ordinary people who did not have any distinctive characteristics, and were completely wiped out in the sea of people.

Li Su's eyes narrowed, hehe sneered twice, and then raised his hand, pointed at the middle-aged man in the crowd, and shouted: "Take it for me!" ”

Rumble!

More than ten generals rushed towards the crowd at the same time, unsheathing the scabbard on the side of the waist while running, while the crowd was in a daze, more than ten people had rushed to the front of the crowd, waving the scabbard like a splitting wave, all the people in front of them were slapped to both sides, and then rushed straight in, as if a tiger entered the flock, and rushed straight to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man hadn't reacted yet, or rather, he thought it was safe to hide in the crowd and incite and provoke, but he didn't expect that Li Su's subordinates had already locked him up, until he rushed to stand in front of him, and the middle-aged man still opened his eyes wide, looking at the dozen or so trilogies like wolves and tigers with a dull expression.

Syllable!

A slap slap slapped, the middle-aged man didn't have time to cry out in pain, he only felt a pain in his head, someone hit the back of his head with a scabbard, and then there was a strange pain in his legs, and when he looked down, he found that his legs were also broken by the scabbard, and finally he felt that his body was light, and the whole person was lifted by several subordinates and walked out of the crowd.

It's a long story, but from Li Su's categorical order, to the middle-aged man being lifted out of the crowd after being abolished, the whole process is only a few breaths, these parts are worthy of being killed after a hundred battles, and dealing with a person is really simple and neat, and even the movements look so pleasing to the eye and quite ornamental.

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PS: 5000 words big chapter, I'm also cute and cute when I'm lazy to score chapters...... (To be continued.) )