Chapter 127: The Legend of the Locust God (Part II)
There's a good saying that says, "When you tell a lie, you're going to fill it with ten." 【Thousand ↑ Thousand △ Small ↓ Say △ Net W xQq 】Please search () to see the most complete! The fastest update
Gao Ming belongs to this situation now, and in the face of Li Shimin's sharp eyes, he can only bite the bullet and continue to lie.
"It's not that this locust is poisonous, but the punishment of the locust god, but the probability of this punishment is very small, it can be said that it is one in ten thousand!"
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's brows suddenly furrowed.
"None of ......"
Li Shimin walked out of the East Palace while talking to himself, and after a while, Liu Bing ran back to ask Gao Ming about the method of fried locusts.
"What are they doing here?"
Just when Gao Ming was puzzled, he suddenly had just reached his sleeve and was pulled twice, he looked down, and immediately found that Li Mingda was looking at him pitifully.
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately put away all the doubts just now, and then gently touched Li Mingda's little head.
"What's wrong? Who bullied my little son? ”
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Mingda suddenly pursed his lips.
"It's the sixth brother, he snatched all the fried locusts from his son!"
After speaking, Li Mingda took out the empty small cloth bag, and shook it in front of Gao Ming, indicating that it was empty.
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.
"Damn, Li Su, a foodie, even wants to grab his sister's things
Gao Ming scolded with a smile, and then hurriedly comforted Li Mingda.
"It's okay, it's okay, isn't it just some fried locusts, big brother here!"
As he spoke, Gao Ming took the small cloth bag in Li Mingda's hand, and then poured the plate of fried locusts on the table into it, and then returned the small cloth bag to Li Mingda.
Seeing that his small cloth bag was full again, Li Mingda suddenly showed a happy smile.
"Hee-hee, thank you, big brother!"
Gao Ming was immediately infected by her smile, and immediately stretched out his hand and rubbed her little head dotingly.
"You're a snack too!"
"Hmm...... The eldest brother hated it, and messed up his son's hair......"
When Gao Ming and Li Mingda were laughing, Li Shimin had already returned to the imperial study, and Qian Niuwei gave an order.
Catch the locusts!
Although this order made the soldiers of Qianniuwei feel very strange, since it was issued by Li Shimin, they naturally had to obey it, and in the afternoon of the same day, hundreds of horses galloped out of Chang'an and ran to the farmland outside Chang'an to catch locusts. Remember [Qianqian w w.x q q x o m] in one second, and provide you with wonderful reading.
Qianniuwei's action was very large, which immediately attracted a lot of onlookers from the people, and looking at the grand scene of "100 people catching locusts", the people began to discuss.
"I'm not mistaken, these officials are catching locusts?"
"Yes, yes, you see they put all the locusts in their sacks."
"Oh, that's weird, what are they going to do with this locust?"
"That's it, that's it, yesterday there was also a son of an official family who brought his sister to catch locusts, and at that time he asked us to help him catch ten locusts for a penny!"
As soon as this person's words fell, the surrounding people suddenly fell silent, and after a long time, someone asked in disbelief: "Ten locusts can be sold for a penny?" ”
Looking at his incredulous look, the person who spoke at first immediately laughed.
"Haha, I wasn't the only one at that time, Liu Er's family, Zhao Shan's family, and Zhang Dahua's family all went, if you don't believe it, you can ask them."
After listening to his words, the surrounding people looked at the more than 100 Qianniuwei who were catching locusts, and their eyes were completely different from before.
"It turns out that the people thought that the money given yesterday was too high, so they sent troops to arrest it!"
It has to be said that misunderstandings often arise in this way.
The soldiers of Qianniuwei didn't know what the people around them were thinking, they were just seriously catching locusts.
But unfortunately, last year's weather was very cold, and even a few snowfalls, most of the locust eggs were frozen to death, so even if hundreds of Qianniuwei were caught together, when it was dark, they only caught less than ten catties.
Seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, the leading captain of Qianniu Wei suddenly waved his hand.
"Collect the troops and go back to the palace!"
"Yes!"
With an order, hundreds of Qianniu guards immediately stepped onto the war horses, and in less than a cup of tea, their figures disappeared, leaving only the dust in the air to prove that they had come.
After all the Thousand Cow Guard soldiers had left, a voice suddenly sounded in the crowd.
"You say, if tomorrow there is still money to catch locusts......
Before he could finish his sentence, a group of people suddenly ran to the field with a shout.
"Master, go back and get the torch!"
"Great!"
"Get out of the way, this field belongs to my family, and the locusts in it are also mine, you are not allowed to take it!"
"Hahahaha, I caught one!"
“……”
Suddenly, the whole field was lively again.
When the people on the outskirts of Chang'an were busy catching locusts, the previous more than 100 Qianniuwei had already returned to the palace with the locusts they caught, and then under the command of the great eunuch Liu Bing, they were first scalded to death with boiling water, then their heads and feet were pinched off and cleaned, and finally fried in an oil pot.
When the fried locusts came out of the pot, Liu Bing immediately went to invite Li Shimin over, looking at the locusts that were blown yellow, Li Shimin nodded suddenly, and then picked one up and put it in his mouth.
"Crunch...... Yes, that's the taste! ”
After speaking, Li Shimin nodded towards the captain of Qianniuwei next to him.
"Distribute this fried locust to all the palace guards, one for each person, and if anyone feels unwell after eating it, or if there is anything unusual, bring it to me immediately!"
"Yes!"
Captain Qianniuwei left with a large pot of fried locusts, and waited until the early hours of the morning to come to the imperial study to report to Li Shimin.
"Back to the Holy Lord, there are a total of 2,416 Qianniu Guards in the palace, and there is nothing abnormal, but there is ......"
Looking at his spitting appearance, Li Shimin suddenly frowned.
"Say!"
As soon as Qianniuwei heard Li Shimin's words, he immediately knelt down on one knee, and then clenched his fists towards Li Shimin with both hands.
"It's just that a few soldiers are greedy and eat a few more, and the last general has already ordered someone to take them down, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins!"
As soon as his words fell, Li Shimin immediately burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha, what else should I do, it turns out that this is it, just eating a few locusts, what can I do? This locust has devoured the grain of my people, but now I have eaten it by a thousand oxen, this is the will of heaven, and there is no guilt! ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
"Hahahaha......"
After Li Shimin laughed a few times, he immediately stretched out his hand and pointed to the basin on the ground, and then nodded towards the captain of the Qianniu Guard.
"Leave a few of these locusts, and take the rest to the soldiers to eat!"
As soon as Captain Qianniuwei heard Li Shimin's words, he hurriedly saluted Li Shimin.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After speaking, he left a small half in the basin, and then went out happily with the rest of the fried locusts, and when he went out, Li Shimin smiled and shook his head.
"Even this locust has become a reward!"
As he spoke, Li Shimin also took out one from the basin and threw it into his mouth, and ate it "crunch".
"Well, it's delicious, but what is the one-in-a-million locust god punishment that my son is talking about?"
Li Shimin has always had to solve any doubts in his heart, so when he went to the court the next day, the ministers were suddenly surprised to find that there were two more rows of guards in the court today, and they all held a plate in their hands.
"What's going on?"
Just when everyone was puzzled, Li Shimin came, and then waved his hand to the ministers in the call of "Long live, long live, long live".
"Ladies and gentlemen, in recent years, my Tang Dynasty has been in good weather, and the people have been able to recuperate, all relying on the credit of your Aiqing."
Hearing Li Shimin's words, the ministers didn't even dare to say it, and seeing this scene, Li Shimin laughed again.
"I know that now is the season of sowing, so yesterday I specially ordered someone to catch some locusts from the field into the palace, and then ordered someone to cook, I ate it very deliciously, so I rewarded more than 2,000 thousand cattle guards in the palace, this morning I suddenly thought of your Aiqing's contribution to the society, so I asked people to prepare some, and gave it to you Aiqing, in order to express my heart."
After speaking, Li Shimin beckoned to the side, and a guard immediately came to him with a plate, and the plate in his hand was fried locusts!
Li Shimin took one out of the plate and put it in his mouth, and then "crunched" and ate it, waving his hand to the two teams of guards next to him with a smile on his face while eating.
"Divide this fried locust into all of you!"
"Yes!"
Under Li Shimin's order, the two teams of guards immediately carried the plates to the front of the civil and military officials, and when they saw this scene, most of the officials looked at each other a little.
However, there are also more pleasant ones, that is, the military attachés, in their opinion, aren't they just locusts, the emperors have eaten them, and what do they dare not eat?
Immediately, one by one, they picked up the fried locusts on the plate and threw them directly into their mouths, and then "crunched" and ate them.
Compared with them, the civil officials had less wine, except for the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling and others, some of the rest did not take it, and some did not dare to eat it.
Seeing this scene, Li Shimin immediately burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha, ladies and gentlemen, this is my kindness, not to force you, and I have heard that if some people eat this locust, it will attract the punishment of the locust god within an hour, just like poisoning, and it is okay for you not to eat it if you have this concern!"
As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, Cheng Biting Jin's big voice rang out.
"I think what Your Majesty said is reasonable, you can eat if you like it, and if you don't eat it, you will give it to my Lao Cheng, I Lao Cheng is not afraid of any punishment from the locust god!"
As soon as Cheng Yanjin's words came out, the entire court suddenly fell silent.
If Li Shimin's words just now made it difficult for the Wenchen to ride the tiger, then Cheng Biting Jin's mending knife can be said to be very sharp, if anyone does not eat, they will definitely be infamous as "afraid of the locust god", which is very fatal to the Wenchen who advocates "silent and strange power".
As a result, many of the ministers who were still hesitating suddenly closed their eyes, and then threw the locusts in their hands into their mouths, and chewed "crunch", but as they chewed, the expressions of many of them suddenly changed and became a little surprised.
Well? I didn't expect this thing to be delicious!