Chapter 599: Puzzle Like Mist
The landlord's surname is Wei, a very elegant surname, and Empress Wei Qingwei of the Han Dynasty is the family.
It's just that the appearance of the landlord Wei at the moment is not half of General Wei's brilliance, standing in front of Li Su with a cowering face, his body still trembling a few times from time to time, and his face is white and chubby, but he is wearing a very inappropriate coarse cloth clothes, looking like a traitor who was caught stealing a landmine at the scene.
Li Su smiled gently, and there was a trace of coldness hidden in the warm smile like a spring breeze.
It's very interesting, since he came to Jinyang, it's just an eye-opener, what messy weird and mysterious things have been encountered by him, and even picking up a landlord halfway is the kind of cringe and look like he's done something wrong, - good Jinyang, what's wrong with it? How deep and muddy is the water?
In a trance, Li Su found that he seemed to have returned to the original Xizhou, the desolate and poor border city.
Jinyang ...... Is the same true? If so, who is hiding in the dark to stir up trouble and make trouble?
While he was thinking for a long time, the landlord had bowed to him.
"The villain Wei Cong salutes, meet this nobleman...... Uh, this Hou Ye. ”
Li Su smiled and gestured sideways: "Come, first meet His Royal Highness the Ninth Son of the Emperor, King Jin." ”
Wei Congli shook his head, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he said, "The emperor...... Prince? King Jin? ”
Li Su smiled and said, "Yes." ”
Li Zhi behind him looked up at the sky very cooperatively, and his incomparable appearance became more and more proficient.
Wei Congli knelt down towards Li Zhi and said in a trembling voice: "The villain greets His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”
Li Zhi snorted, as if two arrogant monotones came out of his nostrils: "No courtesy." ”
In the next dialogue, Li Zhi has completely become an expensive ornament, although the shelf is very cold, but the content and rhythm of the dialogue have been completely taken over by Li Su, and Li Zhi maintains a proud posture of looking up at the sky, with a lonely face that is unbearable from a high place.
"May I ask who is Jinyang's clan outside the guard?" Li Su asked with a smile.
Wei Congli said with a wincing expression: "If you go back to the Hou Ye, the villain is from Longgou Village, Jinyang, and the villain has lived in Longgou ......Village for three generations."
Li Su nodded, and then said with a smile: "Looking at the appearance of the guards, there must be a lot of family wealth, right?" How many acres of land are there in the family, how many households? ”
"The villain is not angry, the accumulation of three generations, the land is not more than 1,000 acres, and the village has less than 400 people."
Li Su showed an expression of admiration, arched his hand and said, "I can't see that there is such a huge family business outside the guard, it's amazing!" What was the harvest like in the past two years? ”
Wei Congli replied honestly: "The first two years were completed, and there are still hundreds of stones left after paying the rent of the government, but the two years are not good, the wind and rain are not smooth, and the harvest in the field is also small, although the government has also reduced the rent, but it is only enough to keep the food and clothing of the family and the villagers, as for this year's ......."
Wei Congli sighed gloomily and shook his head silently.
Li Su was still smiling: "This year's New Year is naturally even worse, I'm afraid there is no spring sowing outside the guards, right?" ”
Wei Congli sighed gloomily: "At the end of the year, the heavy snow did not stop, crushed the houses of many villagers, and crushed a few people, at that time the villain felt that it was a bad omen, sure enough, until the spring sowing season, the soil in the ground was still frozen like a stone, the hammer could not be broken, how many days have been in spring, there has not been a rain, and some fields have not even melted the snow, the farmers are crying miserably, looking for the villain to get an idea, God has sent heavenly punishment, what can the villain do?" I had to cry with the villagers, dig ditches with them, and pour water into the fields to thaw them, but it still didn't work......"
"The farmers eat the little food left at home, looking forward to God's grace to give a way to live, the more the grain is eaten, the less the grain is eaten, and finally the farmers began to run out of food one by one, the villain gritted his teeth and opened a warehouse to help a few times, but no matter how much the villain saves grain, he can't stand hundreds of people to eat every day, and later, the spring sowing season has been completely missed, everyone is desperate, so slowly, there are a few farmers to kowtow to the villain, saying that they can't wait for death in the village, and they want to take the family out to find a way to live, and there are two families, The dealers all came to say goodbye to the villain, and the villain wanted to stop him, but he could ...... How to stop it? I can't stop it! If you stop them, you have to feed them, how long can the food in the villain's house feed them? ”
Wei Congli said, suddenly squatted on the ground and cried, the five-foot man cried extremely miserably, which was sad.
Li Su couldn't help but sigh gloomily.
Farmers have the hardships of the villagers, the landlord's life is actually not easy, not to say that someone in the family can live a comfortable life if they have land, since they are the landlords, they have to take responsibility, how many farmers in the family have to bear how many people eat, drink and Lazar, this year the folk customs are simple, and there is no unscrupulous landlord who has not forced Yang Bailao to sell Xi'er, in this reasonable era, no matter what class, their moral bottom line is obviously very high, not only do not dare to do things that are unconscionable, but also have the courage to bear, so as to win the hearts of the villagers, Let the farmers work hard for you and pay the rent.
Looking at Wei Congli, who was crying miserably in front of him, Li Su sincerely felt sympathy, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said: "You have done a very good job, and the time is also lucky, there is nothing to do, and you will be worthy of your heart if you do your best." ”
Wei Congli wiped away his tears and said, "The prince and the marquis forgive me, the villain really can't help ......"
Li Su nodded and said, "Okay, the guard continued, your family's dealers are almost clean, right?" ”
Wei Congli sighed: "Yes, I walked cleanly, I can't stop leaving, my livelihood has been cut off for a whole year, and I am in the village, can I see the elderly, aunts, and children at home starving to death?" A good home, thousands of acres of good land, hundreds of villagers said scattered and scattered, the villain stood at the entrance of the village every day, watching the villagers leave with their families, and finally walked away without a left, and then heard that Jinyang was a bandit, there were homeless people robbing the rich, the villain was also worried that there would be no good end, first let the servants send away the family, and then hid the money and grain, the villain also left the village, afraid of being robbed and killed by the homeless, the villain had to pretend to be a homeless person......"
Li Su pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The last question...... Except for the guards, all the households in your family have fled from their hometowns, do you know where they have gone? ”
Wei Congli's cheeks twitched, and a trace of imperceptible panic quickly flashed in his eyes, which was fleeting, and quickly returned to normal, but Li Su's sharp eyes successfully captured the abnormal moment.
A smile bloomed on Li Su's face, and he smiled playfully.
It's good, it's getting interesting.
"Villain...... It's just that the main family of the villagers, but not their father and mother, they fled from their hometowns, the villain felt sorry for his father, how could he have the face to ask their behavior, besides, they are all fools in the countryside, living in ignorance, some of the villagers are afraid that there is no specific direction when they get on the road, where is the duckweed going, the Hou Ye asked, the villain really doesn't know......
Li Su looked at him deeply and said leisurely: "The guards really don't know? ”
Wei Congli bowed down with a bitter face and said, "How dare the villain deceive His Royal Highness and the Hou Ye?" I really don't know. ”
His eyes stared at him without blinking, I don't know how long he stared, until Wei Congli's face became more and more pale, his forehead was oozing with sweat, and his expression became more and more uncomfortable, Li Su broke the silence and said with a smile: "Okay, I have asked everything that should be asked, I have bothered the guards outside, and the guards have come to work hard from afar, so let's live in Jinyang City, rest assured, the government will take care of food and housing, if it doesn't go well, it's okay to send you two servants." ”
"Huh? Live...... Stay? Stay, where to stay? Wei Congli said in surprise.
"Of course, live in the county Yali......" Li Su said solemnly: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin and Ben Hou have just arrived, and they don't know anything about Jinyang, you have also seen it, a tent has been set up here to accommodate the villagers who have fled for relief, and the Sun County Commander is so busy that his feet do not touch the ground, and he has no time to take care of us, it is rare to meet such a local person outside the guard, His Royal Highness and Ben Hou are about to rely on the guard outside these days to lead us to appreciate the customs and customs near Jinyang, how about the guard?" ”
Wei Congli's face became more and more bitter, and it was obvious that he was unwilling to take the job of this tour guide.
"Hou, Hou, villain...... The villain ......" Wei Congli blushed, scraping the intestines and searching the stomach organization's wording of how to refuse politely.
Li Su turned his head and threw a look similar to "Wangcai, bite him" at Li Zhi.
"Your Highness, go berserk!"
The little kid cooperated very tacitly, and suddenly his eyes widened, and he had a bullying face with angry eyes, and dragged a lengthy single tone out of his nostrils: "Hmm-?" ”
Wei Congli trembled, and hurriedly knelt down: "The villain obeys his fate." ”
After the little boy finished his work, he continued to look up at the sky, with a haughty appearance that was light and light.
With a smile, he ordered the fifth general of Fang to lead Wei Congli into the city and settle down in the county office.
Until Wei Congli's figure disappeared into the corridor of the city gate, Li Zhi's expression changed from arrogant back to childish, and he asked impatiently: "What does Brother Zizheng mean by leaving him in the county office?" ”
Li Su glanced at him and said, "Didn't Your Highness find anything wrong with what this person just said?" ”
"Is there one? No, it's sincere, I want to cry with him for a while......" Li Zhi showed a familiar confused appearance, and his ignorant expression was stupid and cute.
Li Su didn't bother to look at him, turned his head to look at the city gate, a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said: "'Love is sincere' is true, 'not true' is not wrong, this person's stomach has not been cleaned, how can I not leave him graciously?" You have to empty your stomach before you can let him go. ”
Li Zhi was shocked: "Could it be that this person knows something?" ”
Li Su glanced at him again, he didn't squeak, he was lazy, too lazy to answer nonsense.
Li Zhi said again: "Could it be that he knows the secret that many people in Jinyang have disappeared inexplicably?" ”
Li Su said lightly: "Maybe you know, maybe you don't know, in short, it's not a bad thing to keep him, Jinyang is like a fog, and after all, we have to find a breakthrough ......" (to be continued.) )