The method of arraignment is quite innovative, and the atmosphere is very harmonious, using games to try prisoners, Li Su can be regarded as a precedent for the past and present, to minimize the psychological pressure of the interrogators, everyone uses a gentle drizzle to solve the problem, which is very good.

It would be better if there were a few bottles of cold beer between the two, a fist stroke from time to time, a guess of the dice, and a piece of music next to it that was so hilarious that it flew up, it would be even better, anyway, Li Su missed this atmosphere.

Of course, it depends on the attitude of the person being tried, the so-called salute first and then the soldiers, and the so-called toast first and then punish the wine, Wei Congli chooses to drink a toast or choose to drink a penalty wine, it all depends on his meaning, Li Su doesn't mind either, both are willing to cooperate.

The game is very innovative, at least not played by people of this era.

It's just that playing games depends on the mood, and if you are in a good mood, you will naturally be interested, such as Li Zhi, who scratched his ears and cheeks next to him because he couldn't participate, and he was so anxious that he couldn't do it, but Wei Congli, a game participant, was obviously not in a good mood at the moment, and for him, this game was very bad.

Li Su is very direct, everyone is very busy, there is no need to go around in circles, the first question goes straight to the point.

Wei Congli's face was ugly, pale and a little bruised, with an expression that he was about to be beheaded by the executioner on the court.

"200,000 people is not a small number, the government officials are tired like dogs searching around the villages under the jurisdiction of Jinyang, almost all of them are ten rooms and nine empty, although the family has no food to find a way to live, but the government did not say that it will not help, right? Walk a few steps to Jinyang City, fragrant rice porridge is waiting for everyone, lie in the tent every day and sleep when you are full, what a beautiful day, but there are only less than 10,000 people outside Jinyang City waiting for the government to help, and the villages are also empty and can't even see a mouse, which is a bit too much, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and Ben Hou first came to the treasure land, these strange things happened on the ground in Jinyang, and I hope that the guards will not hesitate to advise. ”

Li Su smiled and said these words slowly, his eyes were still staring at Wei Congli without blinking when he spoke, and any change in the expression on Wei Congli's face did not escape his gaze.

Wei Congli's eyes flickered, hesitated for a while, and said, "Master Hou, villain...... Can the villain choose ......, uh, big adventure? ”

Li Su smiled and said happily: "Of course you can, this is a choice within the rules of the game, if you don't want to answer this question, then take a big risk, I say one thing, if you do it, this question is revealed, let's move on to the next round." ”

Wei Congli arched his hand with a bitter face and said, "Please also ask Master Hou to show me." ”

Li Su raised his hand and pointed at Li Zhi next to him, and said, "Have you seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin beside me?" ”

"See."

"Okay, pump him, let's move on when we're done." Li Su said with a wicked smile.

Li Zhi was stunned, with an innocent look of confusion.

Fu Shanyan and the others next to him had unkind faces, and slowly surrounded them in a semicircle, their eyes were full of murderous energy, and they didn't know if this murderous aura was aimed at Wei Congli or Li Su, and it was estimated that they were a little more at Li Su.

Wei Congli's face turned pale, he knelt down with a plop, and finally cried: "Master Hou, the villain is just a small Shengdou small people in Jinyang County, please let the villain go." ”

Li Su sighed and said, "I don't want to tell you the truth, I don't want to take a big risk, except for the guards, you don't pay attention to playing games, you tell me, what should I do with you?" ”

Wei Congli hung his head, speechless, as if he wanted to carry it to the end.

Li Su looked at him with a smile, and a murderous aura finally appeared in his eyes.

The reason why he decided to salute first and then soldiers was not because he was merciful, but because Li Su himself had a serious habit of cleanliness, and he couldn't see the blurred appearance of flesh and blood after punishment, which was too unappetizing, but at this moment, Wei Congli seemed to prefer to drink punishment wine, so Li Su had to change his method, since the gentle wind and drizzle could not achieve the goal, the bloody wind and rain were not bad.

Just when Li Su's eyes became more murderous and he was about to order the punishment, Wei Congli suddenly opened his mouth, breaking the silence that wanted him to die.

"Master Hou, the villain has difficulties...... Wei Congli said with difficulty.

Li Su said with a smile: "Living in this world, everyone has difficulties, such as me and His Royal Highness the King of Jin, one is a prince and the other is a county marquis, can we be regarded as powerful, right?" But the errand assigned by His Majesty still has to be done well, if it is not done well, when he returns to Chang'an, His Royal Highness the King of Jin will inevitably be reprimanded and disappoint His Majesty, and I will inevitably be punished and even exiled. ”

After a pause, Li Su smiled again: "Of course, people are selfish, and I can't be exempt from vulgarity, so in contrast, in order to solve my difficulties, it is inevitable that I will not be able to take into account your difficulties, this is human nature, and please forgive the guards, I am sure, you must know something I want to know, tell what you know, you don't have to worry about the next thing, the government will protect you, any place in the Tang Dynasty is the land of His Majesty the Emperor, and no one dares to touch you." ”

Saying that, Li Su glanced at Li Zhi, and after many days of getting along, there was already a tacit understanding between the two, Li Zhi puffed up his chest, and said in a deep voice with a childish majesty: "This king is the concubine of His Majesty the Emperor, I can swear to God, as long as you say it, I will ensure that you are thorough, and there will be a lot of hairs for you." ”

Wei Congli was still full of sorrow, and it was obvious that Li Su's assurances did not give him much confidence.

After hesitating and struggling for a long time, Wei Congli knew that this hurdle should not be able to pass today, and if he didn't confess honestly, the two magnates in front of him who looked kind and kind would definitely not mind smiling and dismantling him.

Therefore, he can only choose to pass the current hurdle first, and then talk about the troubles in the future...... I can't get over the hurdles in front of me, what will I talk about?

Seeing Wei Congli gritting his teeth, Li Su understood that he had made a decision, and couldn't help but smile warmly: "So, outside of the guards, let's start the game again?" I ask questions, you answer ......"

Wei Congli smiled bitterly and said: "Hou Ye, when it comes to this, you don't need to go around in circles, the villain actually knows what you want to ask, don't bother you to ask, the villain will say it as it is, and please ask His Royal Highness King Jin and Hou Ye to remember what he said just now, and ensure the thoughtfulness of the villain and his family." ”

Li Su smiled: "Okay, you say, I'll listen to you." ”

Wei Congli lowered his head and was silent, as if he was organizing the wording, and after a long time, he raised his head and said: "Master Hou, in fact, since the midwinter of last year, the people of Jinyang County have begun to migrate......

Li Su frowned: "Last year, midwinter...... Did anyone see the snow disaster at the beginning of spring? ”

Wei Congli shook his head: "The villain is just a grass farmer in Jinyang, at best, he has a thin family, and he is barely a rich family, but when it comes to connections, he is actually not extensive, His Royal Highness and the Hou Ye are top magnates, maybe they don't know the thoughts of the next people, the connections are not so easy to climb, the villain has no prospects, his eyes are staring at his own few acres of fields all day long, and he doesn't care too much about the outside things, so do you see the snow disaster, the villain really doesn't know, only know that in the middle of winter last year, the heavy snow fell evilly, and then, And the people left their homes in twos and threes......"

Li Su frowned and said: "They are all villagers from the same village and village, there is always a saying about leaving home, right?" How do you explain it to someone? Where to leave home, what to do, what to do for a living, whether the family has any more fields, etc., these are all questions, don't those who leave home have no explanation for the outside world? ”

Wei Congli shook his head: "I didn't say anything, I just left the house, I took advantage of the fact that no one left in the middle of the night, and when I left, it was a whole family, from the old man to the aunt to the children, and after a night, the whole house was empty, and even the dog guarding the door was taken away......"

Li Su unconsciously straightened up and said solemnly, "Are you sure it was in the middle of winter?" ”

"Sure, at that time, New Year's Day has not yet arrived, the villain's own village has quietly gone more than a dozen households, when the villain was so anxious that the corners of his mouth bubbled, and kept telling his family that this year's New Year's Day is afraid that it will not be able to go on, because the farmer who ran away still owes half a year of rent and has not paid ......"

Li Su's heart sank suddenly.

Things are more serious than he imagined, if it is said that after the snow disaster came, the people left home in twos and threes, it was forced by God to go out to beg for a living, whether it was taken in by others, or used by ulterior motives to do something shady, after all, it was a man-made disaster caused by natural disasters, but if the people left home and disappeared before the snow disaster came, this is not a trivial matter, indicating that there are people behind the plot, someone instigates, and it is a big conspiracy to uncover.

Quickly glanced at Li Zhi, the little kid still looked ignorant, he couldn't see how heavy he looked, obviously he didn't understand the meaning of Wei Congli's words, well, don't blame him, with his age and stupid attributes, it's normal to not be able to figure it out.

"Outside of the guard, you go on." Pressing the irritability in his heart, Li Suhan said with a smile.

Later, after New Year's Day, the heavy snow did not stop at all, it was about to start spring, it was spring sowing soon, the continuous heavy snow covered the fields, the experienced old farmers gradually saw that something was wrong, every day squatting on the edge of the field with a sad face and sighing, more and more people left the village with their families, there were more and more people, and finally there was a statement, and was stopped and asked, one said that this year must be a disaster year, and the family did not have enough food, so go out to ask for a way out...... Hou Ye, 'save grain' this thing, every household must have, every year the village has to pay rent, in addition to the rent handed over to the landlord and the government, the rest is their own food, when the year is good, save more, when the year is bad, eat less, try to save, leave it for next year and then have a good idea, some save wheat and rice, most of the storage millet seeds, rice is more expensive, millet this thing is cheap, livestock also eat, people also eat, most of the farmer's homes are millet mixed with a little rice stirred and stirred in the pot, cooked even if it is a meal for the whole family... …”

"The villain's family is a landlord for three generations, not profitable, but the farming is still very clear, how much surplus grain can be saved by the family every year, probably there is a number in the heart, if it is said that just after New Year's Day, the spring sowing has not yet begun to eat the family's grain storage, kill the villain and do not believe it, Guanzhong has a disaster every year, which year has not seen the farmers miserable into this situation, often their own family eats less, the landlord receives the help, the government and then the relief point, the disaster year is so-so to deal with the past, until the autumn harvest, and can save food, At that time, the villain muttered in his heart, estimated that something was wrong, so he looked for the village Lizheng, and Lizheng was also anxious, so he reported the matter to the Jinyang government, but unfortunately, at that time, Jinyang County was busy fighting against the snow disaster, busy with the allocation of grain, no one cared about this little thing in the county government, and the villain did everything he should do, so he had to watch the villagers leave their hometowns one by one......"

Later, probably last month, the villain saw that the spring sowing was hopeless, and heard that the neighboring village was troublesome, and several wealthy families were continuously destroyed by robbers, it can be said that the chicken and dog were not left, and the villain was not sure, because the villain was also afraid, afraid that one day he would sit at home and invite the disaster of killing, and for no reason he was cut by the thieves and bandits, and he died unjustly, so he sent his family to the distant relatives of Shannan Province, and the villain hid his family wealth and grain, and also left home, planning to go into the mountains to hide for a while, and entered the mountains, and found that there were many people in the mountains, most of whom were victims of the villagesThe villain even saw a few of his own farmers, who gathered in the mountain col, and dug some caves in the mountains without knowing what method, and the people lived in the caves......"

Wei Congli said, with a strange expression on his face, glanced at Li Su, and said slowly: "Entering the mountain is a way to survive the disaster year, every year when there is a disaster, there are villagers into the mountain, because the mountains are densely wooded, there are a lot of mushrooms and wild vegetables, this thing is inexhaustible, a few days after digging, after a new rain, another stubble grows, not to mention that there are many beasts and prey in the mountains, if you are lucky, fight one or two wolves, one or two rabbits and pheasants or something, enough for a family to deal with for several days, there are meat and vegetarian, In the event of a disaster, it is generally possible to deal with the past...... The villain saw that there were a lot of victims in the mountain, and he planned to go in and spend some time with everyone, after all, it was not safe under the mountain, and there were many people...... But when the villain was just about to go out to greet everyone, he found that someone had brought food to the villagers in the mountain pass, and more than 100 big men carried more than 20 cauldrons, and when the pot was opened, the fragrant rice and pastry in it were ......"

Li Su's eyelids jumped, and he said, "Wait, outside the guard, you just said that someone sent food to the villagers in the mountain pass?" And it's rice and bread? ”

Wei Congli's expression twitched, and he sighed, "Did Master Hou also find out that something was wrong?" Yes, the villain swears to God, absolutely not mistaken, those people brought rice and bread! If the villain has half a word, teach me to be born in the animal way and not be born in the world! ”

It was only at this time that Li Zhi finally heard that something was wrong, and said blankly: "In the year of the catastrophe, the people who went into the mountains to survive the disaster actually ate rice and flour? And someone sent it to them, who is so big? ”

Li Su glanced at him, turned his head and smiled at Wei Congliqiang: "You continue to talk outside the guard." ”

Wei Congli's cheeks twitched, and he sighed: "The villain's family situation is actually not bad, to be honest, the family has stored some food over the years, even if there is no harvest for ten consecutive years, the villain is confident that he can fill the stomach of the family, the reason why the villain sent away his family and left home himself is because he is hiding from bandits and avoiding unwarranted disasters, not for food, so the villain is different from those victims in the mountain col, when the villain hid in the woods, saw the hundred or so big men distribute rice and bread to the villagers, the villain felt his heart beating hard, The col is evil from the inside out, I don't know what unsightly things are in it, the villain wanted to come forward and get together with everyone, but after thinking about it, he still dispelled his mind, and then immediately went down the mountain......"

Li Su was silent for a moment, and asked slowly: "Outside the guard, it's not that I don't believe you, the season when you went up the mountain is when the heavy snow has just stopped, and everything is bleak, and the woods are not dense, and the people are hidden inside, which can be seen at a glance, why haven't those villagers hidden in the mountain col been discovered by the government or people passing by?" ”

Wei Congli sighed: "Hou Ye is a shrewd person, this question is to the point, that piece of mountain col is very low, just at the lowest point of the junction of two mountains, said to be a mountain col, in fact it is a valley, there is only one sheep intestine exit, the only exit has a rugged mountain rock and low bush, the exit is tightly covered, even if someone walks to the exit, see the eyes full of rocks and low bushes, must think that there is no way forward, turn back, the crowd gathered above the col, is covered by a towering tree, there is no day, Torches are lit in broad daylight, and unless you are familiar with the road, you would never have thought that there are so many people living in it......"

Li Su asked in a deep voice, "So, how many people live in the mountain col you saw?" ”

Wei Congli thought for a while and said, "There are four or five thousand people, and the mountain col is very large, and there are hundreds of caves dug out alone......

Seeing Li Su's solemn face and silent speech, Wei Congli smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, the villain is a responsible person, counting up to three generations are responsible, in addition to collecting rent and storing grain, he has never had any thoughts about the court and the government, the villain has lived to forty-two this year, and he can be regarded as having some insight, there are so many people living in this mountain col silently, and it is not the government's relief, there is a special person to deliver food every time it is time to eat, the blind can see that this matter is unusual, the villain is naturally timid, where do you dare to get involved in such a big thing, Hou Ye, you can see it!" ”

Li Zhi couldn't help but interject: "But when we caught you, why didn't you take the initiative and tell this matter happily?" What are you hiding? ”

Wei Congli's old face twisted into a ball, and he shouted: "Your Highness, you open your eyes!" There are thousands of people in the col who raise thousands of people for nothing, I don't know what to do with these people, there are such generous people, naturally they are not unknown juniors, if they know that it is the villain who has leaked their secrets, it is not easy to kill me, a small landlord? The villain is just a grass people, who can he afford to offend? Who do you dare to offend? If it weren't for Hou Ye being forced into such a situation today, how could the villain dare to leak this matter? ”

Li Su kept rubbing his eyebrows, only to feel a terrible headache.

His intuition was really right, the first time he saw Wei Congli, he felt that there was something wrong with this person, and today he really took something out of his mouth, and the thing he took out was likely to be a shocking case.

Li Su believed that there might be more than one col in Wei Congli's mouth, after all, most of the 200,000 people in Jinyang had disappeared, and the col that Wei Congli happened to encounter was only four or five thousand people, so it was certain that there were many similar hidden places, and ...... These disappeared people are all raised by people every day, and the results are chilling to deduce from this.

Who has so much food to feed more than 100,000 people, gather all these people, what do the people behind the scenes want to do?

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PS: Big Chapter, Big Chapter...... More than 5,000 words, I'm just lazy to be distinctive, lazy to score chapters...... (To be continued.) )