The locust plague is coming, and in the past few days, the outside of the city has long become a world of locusts, and the locusts are overwhelming, penetrating and drilling.

Densely turned, the place passed, it was clear that the previous moment was a green grass beach, but when you look at it again the next moment, it will become a withered yellow place.

An old farmer stood at the edge of his millet field, and although his majesty ordered that soybeans be planted in Guanzhong this year, there would always be some farmers who planted a little millet or wheat in addition to soybeans.

And the old farmer in front of him is obviously such a person, who planted a few fields of soybeans, and later planted half a piece of millet in this field.

At this time, the millet has already set ears, just wait for the weather to be sunny for a while, and then, wait for the ears of millet to be full/full, and wait for the autumn harvest.

But now, the old farmer was standing at the edge of his millet field, listening to the rustling sound coming from the field, and his mouth opened weakly, revealing a bitter expression.

After a long time, the old farmer suddenly bent down and picked up a piece of soil, raised his hand, and threw it far into the field.

It was also in the old peasant's hand that the soil was gala, and when it fell into the millet field, the 'rustling' sound in the ears suddenly paused, and the next moment, I heard a 'hum', and instantly saw a large 'black cloud' rising from the millet field.

Like a thousand beehives that had been startled, with a huge buzzing sound, they flew up from where Tugala fell, and then fell again a few feet away!

And at the moment of falling, the 'rustling' sound that had just disappeared came again!

The old farmer standing in the field heard this 'rustling' sound, and his mouth opened weakly again. It seems that I want to cry, but in the end. His eyes only glanced bitterly at the millet field, and turned away from the field.

"Scrapped. When the old farmer left, his already carrying back was even more hunched, and if you listened carefully, you could still hear the sigh from the old peasant's mouth.

And the line of sight followed the old peasant's footsteps, and just past a small hill, there was a small village in front of him.

At this time, when the old peasant entered the village, he saw that the village was filled with smoke. At the east end of the village, it was supposed to be a place to worship the mountain god, but at this time it has been replaced with an offering table.

On the offering table, there are all kinds of offerings, such as white steamed buns, fat pigs' heads and three animals, and 'divine money' that has been cut into strips.

An old man in a linen robe in his sixties. At this time, he held a sacrificial text in his hand, stood in front of the offering table, and his mouth was babbling and chanting. With a pious look on his face.

Behind the old man, there were hundreds of kneeling villagers, old and young. The expression on his face was the same as that of the old man who was reciting the sacrificial text. In addition to piety, there is unspeakable grief.

And this scene in front of me. It's just a microcosm of the entire Guanzhong, when the eyes are put away and the eyes are cast on the entire Guanzhong, such a scene is almost all over the many states and counties in the entire Guanzhong.

The locust plague is overwhelming, and everywhere it passes, whether it is trees or grass, it will almost be swept away, turning into a bare ground, which makes people tremble!

The overwhelming locusts have cast a shadow on the entire Guanzhong, and in the face of such a huge natural disaster, people seem extremely small.

Especially, in such an era, drinking saliva can be regarded as a gift from the river god, and it is easy to understand why many people worship the locust god!

This is the reason why Li Erjue's helplessness allowed Zhao Chen to use his identity as an immortal disciple to come forward to clarify, but he was politely rejected by Zhao Chen!

There was a locust plague outside the city, and the atmosphere of the early dynasty became extraordinarily solemn.

At this time, there was silence in the Taiji Palace, and the civil and military officials present, almost all of their faces, seemed to be smeared with a layer of frost, with a cold face, standing quietly in the main hall, waiting for the emperor to go to court.

In today's Taiji Palace, there are obviously some differences, not only everyone's faces are ugly, but the furnishings in the hall are even more different from the past.

From the moment they entered the main hall, almost everyone could see at a glance that in front of everyone's futon, there was suddenly an extra low table.

In the entire Taiji Palace, those who can go to court are all officials above the fifth grade, there are hundreds, and in the main hall, hundreds of low tables have been prepared early!

What does this do?

The officials, although their faces were a little ugly, when they saw the scene in front of them, they still looked at each other and looked at each other very puzzled, with incredible expressions in their eyes.

Such a scene obviously looks like the emperor is going to prepare a banquet for them, but at this time, there is a locust plague outside the city, and it is an ordinary day, why does the emperor give them a banquet?

There were a hundred doubts in my heart, but they were all silently asking each other, and when I found out, the other party also looked confused, and after expressing my puzzlement, I had to look at it and quietly wait for His Majesty the Emperor to appear.

And when the hundred officials below were looking at each other, those who were at the head of the hundred officials, such as the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others.

At this time, looking at the low table that appeared, his brows were furrowed, and he seemed to be a little incredulous, and he glanced at each other, both trying to find a positive answer from each other's eyes.

And when, after seeing the same wry smile in the other party's eyes, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed.

I'm afraid this locust is going to be eaten!

Sure enough, after the fox-like people smiled bitterly at each other, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in the side hall.

Then, His Majesty the Emperor, dressed in a bright yellow robe and wearing a crown that reaches the sky, slowly walked out of the side hall surrounded by a group of palace maids.

"Your Majesty!" When Li Er entered the main hall and stood still behind the imperial case, the ministers below immediately held the court in their hands and bowed to Li Er.

"All the ministers are exempt!" Li Er saw the ministers below paying homage, stretched his arms slightly, raised his hand from afar, and the voice of intimacy in the majesty came from above the main hall.

"Today, a catastrophe has fallen on my Datang!" When the ministers sat down, Li Er, who was sitting behind the imperial case, looked at the ministers below and said: "I am worried, yesterday afternoon, I stood hard in the wheat field of the inner garden, and I couldn't bear to see the wheat field in the inner garden, which was eaten by locusts, and I was heartbroken!" ”

When Li Er spoke, there was silence in the hall, and the ministers only sat there silently, quietly listening to Li Er's voice above.

Then, Li Er's voice, which I heard, came from above again: "However, I know that the hearts of the people are more painful than when I come!" ”

When these words fell, Li Er suddenly took a long breath, looked at the ministers below, paused slightly, and then said again: "This morning, I think you Aiqing have also seen that there are many more dwarfs in the main hall!" ”

Hearing Li Er's words, Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji and others, who had already guessed the result, had a wry smile in their eyes.

And those who realized it later, who had just reacted, opened their mouths slightly, the muscles of their cheeks twitched slightly, and their eyes showed a look of horror.

However, just as there was a look of horror in their eyes, then there was another sound of footsteps in the side hall where they listened.

Then, everyone was surprised to see that Li Chengqian, who was the crown prince of the empire, walked out of the side hall together with several princes and princesses.

Behind Li Chengqian and the others, there were palace maids holding wooden plates in their hands, taking small steps, and placing the plates in their hands on the low table in front of the hundred officials in turn.

As these wooden plates were put down, there was a slight 'buzzing' sound in the main hall, and the faces of the officials who saw it were distorted, their eyes looked at the contents of the plates, and their mouths were closed very tightly for a moment.

The wooden plate contained something that had been fried, yellow raw, crispy, and exuding bursts of strange aromas, if they didn't know, they would probably salivate, and they couldn't wait to feast on it.

However, now after knowing what this thing was used to blow up, they looked at the things in front of them one by one, with a frightened look on their faces, thinking about the outcome they might face later, and their faces turned extremely pale for a moment.

"I don't think I'll say anything about it, you Aiqing must have guessed it!" In front of Li Er, there was also a plate, and the contents were exactly the same as those placed in front of the ministers.

As he spoke, Li Er picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of fried crispy locusts from the plate, looked at the ministers below, and said, "That's right, this thing was fried by the locusts outside!" ”

As Li Er's words came out, among the ministers below, the faces of some of them began to turn yellow, and their mouths bulged out one after another, and they were about to kick the door, and they might vomit on the spot in the main hall.

It's just that Li Er didn't wait for the people below to react, and the voice came from above again: "Food is the life of the people, and now this locust is eating food, just like killing innocent people!" ”

As he spoke, Li Er suddenly stood up from behind the imperial case, stared at the ministers below, and said loudly: "What kind of crime do the people have, if there is really a locust god who condemns the people, then what can I do to replace the people?" ”

"Son, I am willing to work with my father to scapegoat the people!" Li Chengqian's face was sallow, with a look of excessive grief and indignation, and when he heard Li Er's words above, he immediately grabbed his plate, looked at Li Er above, and opened his mouth with a crying voice.

"Sons, etc., I am willing to share it with my father!" Li Tai's body seemed to be a little weak, and the tone of his speech was obviously a little lacking, but he still followed Li Chengqian's example, grabbed his plate, and spoke in a trembling voice.

"Your Majesty is right, what is the crime of the people!" The princes and princesses have all changed their attitudes, and Li Ji below suddenly stood up, looked at Li Er above with a look of resentment, and said: "Your Majesty wants to share the burden for the innocent people, and the old minister is not talented, but also can barely share a little responsibility for the people!" ”

"Your Majesty wants to share the burden, and there will be less ministers!" Li Ji's voice fell, and Li Shentong also stood up from his seat, raised his plate, looked at Li Er above, and vowed to advance and retreat with Li Er, and spoke.

"Your Majesty, there are still ministers!"

"It's also an old minister!"

"......" (To be continued.) )