Three days later, in the early morning, Li Chengqian and Li Xiaogong set off as scheduled, and embarked on the return journey in a team of 2,000 Yue cavalry and 100 Xuanjia troops.

Li Xiaogong has never paid attention to Li Chengqian since that night, but every time he sees Comrade Xiao Li's face, his face is not very good-looking.

Little Lori was sullen until noon, because her unscrupulous brother refused to go to Chang'an, and was determined to stay in Qingzhou.

Wang Xuance, Bao Longtu and Lao Qian did not come back, and they were all left in Qingzhou by Li Chengqian, after all, such a big stall always needs someone to guard it.

Moreover, Li Chengqian's decision to let Wang Xuance take over as county commander has not yet been settled, and this is also Li Chengqian's big plan, so Wang Xuance cannot leave no matter what.

"Your Highness, there is a team behind us all the time, do you want to go over and ask?" During the lunch break, Xue Rengui said to Li Chengqian.

"How many are there?" It is indeed rare for people to dare to follow the army, so Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment before asking.

"There are about twenty people, and there should be female dependents." Xue Rengui said.

"Do you think they could attack us?" A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and Li Chengqian asked.

"Probably not, if you want to attack us, you can use a better way, don't follow us." Xue Rengui said affirmatively.

"Then leave him alone, let them follow, it's not easy to go out, it's safe to follow the army, besides, this is also a trust in our Datang soldiers, and we can't live up to it." Xue Rengui's judgment that Li Chengqian was still quite convinced, and if he wanted to attack, there was indeed no need to follow behind.

"Your Royal Highness is kind-hearted, and it is the blessing of the people of my Tang Dynasty." Gonggong Fang, who had been following Li Chengqian, waited for Xue Rengui to leave, and said with a smile.

"Just compare your heart to your heart." Li Chengqian waved his hand indifferently from his father-in-law's praise, thought for a while and asked, "But what are you doing with me every day, this old man?" How good it is to chat with Uncle Hejian Wang, and there is a common language. ”

"The two guards around His Highness are not bad, but it's a pity that they are a little tender, so the old minister is still at ease with His Highness in person." The old eunuch didn't save any face for Wu Chen and Heizi, or didn't put the two in his eyes.

"You old guy don't mention your back, and you hit people, it's really old. But if you follow me, you're not afraid to eat and hang fish? Li Chengqian asked after scolding his father-in-law with a smile.

"This is what the old minister should do, and it is also the main purpose of His Majesty to send the old minister, otherwise it would be enough for a random eunuch to come over." The old eunuch smiled lightly and shook his head, indicating the purpose of his trip.

The way Li Chengqian talked to him The old eunuch liked it very much, laughing and scolding, there was no discrimination, there was no superiority, which made Fang's father-in-law feel very comfortable, so compared to Li Xiaogong, he preferred to follow Li Chengqian's side, as for the safety issue...... Wu Chen and Kuroko were not as unbearable as he said.

"Okay, whatever you want." The old eunuch doesn't want to leave, so it's better to stay, anyway, Li Chengqian has nothing to be afraid of people knowing.

From Qingzhou to Chang'an, more than 2,000 miles, Li Chengqian and his entourage traveled 70 or 80 miles every day, walked for more than a month, and only entered the boundary of Chang'an in March.

However, as time went by, the closer he got to Chang'an, the more ugly Li Chengqian's face became, and when he arrived near Chang'an, he had completely lost his smile.

"Brother Prince, what's wrong with you? Why not be happy? Little Lori hadn't seen Li Chengqian smile for two days, so she asked a little nervously, for fear that it was because of herself.

"That's it, boy, what's wrong with your sad face all day long, who provoked you?" Li Xiaogong has been sulking for seven or eight days, and he has resumed relations with Li Chengqian.

"We're in big trouble!" Pulling the little Lori to his side and gently pulling the pigtails on her head, Li Chengqian said a little distractedly.

"What's the trouble? It's only two days away from Chang'an, and we have more than 2,000 cavalry, who would dare to trouble us? You kid, don't be alarmist, okay. Li Xiaogong put down the horizontal knife he was wiping in his hand and pouted.

"It's us, it's not us." Li Chengqian glanced at Li Xiaogong and said lightly.

"What does Your Highness mean by the Tang Dynasty?" The old eunuch was a waiter after all, and he quickly found some differences between the two 'we'.

"Yes, it's Datang." Li Chengqian nodded.

"What's the trouble? Isn't it good for you kid to explain it once? Is it interesting to always sell Guanzi? Li Xiaogong put the horizontal knife back into the scabbard and asked with a frown.

"See these little things on the ground?" Li Chengqian pointed to his feet.

"Locusts?" The old eunuch glanced down and asked suspiciously.

"Don't you think it's too much? It's all over the place. Li Chengqian said solemnly.

The locust plague has always been something that Li Chengqian did not dare to proclaim, because he could not explain how he knew about it. Therefore, if you talk about the locust plague in advance, the most likely thing is to be dissected, rather than arousing Li Er's attention, so as to prevent it in advance.

Speaking of locust plagues, that is half the area of Datang, in the era of no pesticides, even if you know in advance, you will not be able to return to the sky.

Raising some natural enemies of locusts may play a role, but how to raise other things when people can't eat enough? It is unrealistic to force the people to support them, without Lao Li's support, such a plan cannot be realized at all, and even if it is not done well, it will provoke a civil uprising.

But if you want to get Lao Li's support, things will return to square one, and the source can't explain it.

People are selfish and self-sacrificing, this kind of thing Li Chengqian thought he couldn't do, so at the beginning he chose to hide it and didn't mention the locust plague to anyone.

Now that the locust plague is imminent, there is no need to hide it, and you can spit it out.

"Boy, what the hell do you mean, tell me clearly!" Li Xiaogong's expression became more and more serious, and there was a faint feeling of bad feeling in his heart.

Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Locust plague!" ”

Except for Xiao Wu, almost everyone's faces turned white, and Li Xiaogong even asked, "Impossible!" How can you be sure that there will be a plague of locusts? ”

"Under normal circumstances, how many have you ever seen? Last winter was so warm, and I heard that there wasn't even a lot of snow here, isn't that enough proof? "Crush a small insect that jumped to his feet with his foot, Li Chengqian said with squinted eyes.

"It's just your guess, it's not accurate." Li Xiaogong shook his head and said that he did not believe Li Chengqian's words.

"Whether it's allowed or not, old Fang, you hurry back to Chang'an first, and secretly report to your father and the emperor." Li Chengqian sighed, didn't argue with Li Xiaogong, turned his head to the contemplative old eunuch and commanded.

The direct impact of the locust plague can not break out until at least the autumn harvest, and there is still time to transport grain before that, but the impact is very large, and Lao Li must be notified as soon as possible, otherwise once someone uses the locust plague to make trouble, it will become a big chaos.