"You dare!" Lu Qiang suddenly became angry, waved his hands and said, "You are a little Wupin Tongzhi, have you eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall?" Dare to abuse our little boy like this......" Before the words fell, he had already been forced by the iron pillar behind him to his neck with a knife, and said coldly: "Dare to make a mistake in front of adults?" And he kicked him in the knee.

Lu Qiang was in pain and knelt on the ground.

Silently looking at his face that was violently distorted by anger and pain, he said leisurely, "Even the governor of your family will not talk to me like this. He said and said with a slight bow: "Fifty thousand stone of rice, one more ten thousand stone a day, until your little son can't hold on." ”

"If you can't hold on, will you let him go?" Lu Qiang pleaded with a pleading face.

"If you can't hold on." Shen Mo smiled faintly and asked Sanchi beside him: "How did you sing the song I taught you yesterday?" ”

Sanchi cleared his throat and sang in an affectionate, melancholy, slightly slower tone: "The chrysanthemums are broken, the ground is full of wounds, and the flowers fall to break people......"

Shen Mo got goosebumps, and quickly stopped: "That's probably what it means." ”

In the middle of the night, Shen Silent slept soundly. But he was woken up by the iron pillar.

What he didn't expect was that Lu Ji insisted on seeing him, saying that he could agree to any conditions, as long as he could change places, otherwise he would wait to collect his body tomorrow.

"Didn't you put him in a private room?" Shen Mo asked as he rubbed his eyes and yawned. Although he is very unhappy with this sissy, after all, he has read 'Miscellaneous Notes in Prison', 'Zuo Zhongyi's Public Affairs', 'Prison Storm', and 'Black Prison Broken Intestine Song', and he still knows a little about the sinister nature of the prison, so naturally he will not risk Lu Gongzi's real 'chrysanthemum remnants and wounds all over the ground', and put him in a public cell, after all, this kid is more expensive than gold, and can be exchanged for tens of thousands of stones of rice.

So even though the cell was tight, he was given a small single room with no cellmates.

Afraid that the life-saving food would be gone, he got up silently and followed the iron pillar to the government prison.

At the west end of the courtyard at the entrance gate, there are four old prisons, and five rooms in each old prison are arranged in a tic-tac-toe pattern. The central room is small, with a skylight for ventilation, which is usually occupied by jailers. The four cells next to it are very large, but they have no windows, they cannot be ventilated and are not transparent, they are the real cells, and there are fifty or sixty prisoners in each room, and everyone only has a place to live, eating, drinking, and sleeping in them, and the taste can be imagined.

Lu Ji was locked in the central room where the jailer lived, and when he was silent, he was curled up on the bench with his legs in his arms, all beards and tails, intact, and couldn't help but say angrily: "What a spacious space, what a fresh air, what a puffy straw mat, what a soft light, if you don't cherish such a good condition," he said, stretched out his hand and pointed to the big cells around him: "Then exchange with them!" ”

Frightened, Lu Ji's head shook like a rattle, and he said with a cry: "Uncle, if you do well, just put me back." ”

"Isn't it nice here?"

"It's not good," Lu Ji shook his head and sobbed, "It's terrible." ”

"What's bad?" Shen Mo asked with a smile.

"Flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, rats, ......" Lu Ji looked at the thatched pile with a frightened face, and his whole body was silent.

"It's not that I'm afraid that you will have long nights and no intention of sleeping, and the children will play with you." Shen Mo laughed, but in this dark prison, the laughter was extremely terrifying.

Lu Ji rubbed his hair vigorously with both hands, covered his ears, and changed his voice: "Don't listen, don't listen......"

Shen Mo was suddenly stunned, and glanced at the iron pillar beside him, and the iron pillar whispered: "This guy is in a hurry, why does he sound like a girl?" ”

pondered silently for a moment, and said, "What's so strange about this, Wei Jue and Xiao Si are both out of breath. Having said that, he still took the oil lamp and carefully looked at this nephew.

I saw that his hairband was scratched because he was too excited, and the long hair that was originally tied at the back of his head suddenly became loose and messy, half-covering his handsome face, and under the dim light, it gave people an extremely amazing feeling. Because the body was too nervous, it was hugged together, with beautiful curves, like a frightened woman...... "Damn, don't be confused with your surname!" Shen Mo muttered, and couldn't help shuddering, so he didn't dare to look at him again, lest he even vomit out the overnight meal, and said: "If you don't want to live here, you can write a letter to your family and ask them to prepare 100,000 stone of grain." ”

Now Lu Ji just wants to leave this ghost place as soon as possible, silence means a million stones, he will not object, nodded like a peck of rice and said, "Got it." ”

Tie Zhu passed the pen and paper through the cell door and asked him to write a tearful letter asking for help.

I took it and looked at it, and I thought it was good, so I silently ordered: "Escort him back to the firewood room." Saying that, he glanced at Lu Ji and said, "If your family doesn't agree, I'll lock you up tomorrow!" ”

Lu Ji was so frightened that he trembled.

Shen Mo knew very well that those people had invested so much money and laid out such a big game, it was impossible for them to lose their achievements because of one Lu Ji, so the Lu family would definitely not take out 100,000 stone of grain - even if this Lu Ji was really that important, the Lu family really wanted to exchange so much food for him, and their allies would not agree!

Because the market situation in Suzhou is really bad, it can't be worse...... Due to the price of grain, the prices of staple and sideline foods such as vegetables, meat, eggs, and oil have also risen. In the early days of the grain shortage, the common people could still rely on the grain stored at home, but now it is said that many people have exhausted themselves, and more and more people must buy grain from the grain store, which puts great pressure on the grain and oil chamber of commerce, even if it is a price limit, it can not support three or five days at most.

However, because the grain stamps sold by the pawnshop ticket number are one or two halves of silver cheaper than the grain store, the common people who want to buy grain first buy the old grain stamps from the pawnshop and the ticket number, and then use the old grain stamps to exchange for grain in the store. And because the old grain stamps were sold at the original low price, and their prices were only two to three percent of the current grain price, if it were not for the fact that the sale of the new grain stamps was quite gratifying, I am afraid that the grain store owners would have to collectively throw themselves into the river.

And for the common people, it is also more and more sad! For the poor, they have to borrow money to make a living, and the main property used as collateral is all kinds of bills!

Only those ticket numbers and pawnshops were extremely happy, and on the one hand, they made a lot of money by selling the hoarded food stamps, and on the other hand, they put a lot of money in print, and concentrated all kinds of coupons in the hands of the common people into their own hands. Many people even began to dream that when this wave of grain prices was finished, would they fry meat or oil again.

So time can't tolerate silence and the other party's tug-of-war, he opened his mouth, nothing more than asking for a price, sitting on the ground to pay the money, after a brief negotiation, the two sides finally set a deal on 65,000 stones! hand over the grain with one hand and the other hand, so that the Suzhou government can hold on for another ten days.

It took about three days, and just this morning, a truckload of grain and grass was secretly transported into the granary of Suzhou Mansion, and after Shen Mo personally supervised the count, he said to Lu Ji, who was squatting on the ground and drawing circles: "Get out." ”

Lu Ji raised his head when he heard this, and glanced at Shen Mo fiercely with resentful eyes...... To put it more clichéd, if his eyes could kill, he would have died 10,000 times, 10,000 times.

Silent and disapproving smile, seeing Lu Ji return to Lu Qiang and the others, I thought that they would get out immediately, but who knew that Lu Ji turned around and said viciously: "I capsized in the gutter this time, and I was so 'hospitalized' by you, I will definitely be rewarded!" ”

Hearing his childish words, he smiled silently and asked, "What is the relationship between you and Lu Ji?" ”

"He's my ......" Lu Ji has been completely silently played into a brain-dead, and almost became a colander again, but fortunately, Lu Qiang on the side hurriedly coughed, and he suddenly woke up: "I'm him, what else can I do, alone." ”

Shen Mo laughed a few times and said: "Girl, it's not good to learn from anyone, you have to learn from Brother Chun, so that you will marry in the future?" ”

The expression on Lu Ji's face was extremely exciting, dumbfounded, and indescribable, and Lu Qiang on the side was about to collapse, and said in his heart, "Hurry up, if you don't leave, you will be played into a fool." ’

But Lu Ji was obviously unwilling, and was obviously stunned for a while before he sneered: "I'm a man!" As he spoke, he pointed to his Adam's apple and said, "Which woman did you see like this?" ”

Shen Mo didn't argue with him, and sneered: "How many days have you been locked up?" ”

"Thirteen days and three hours!" Lu Ji gritted his teeth and said, "I will never forget it in my life." ”

"Oh," Shen Mo touched his beard and said, "You are so happy, you haven't grown a single beard for thirteen days, and your face is still like a duck's egg, which is really the envy of us stinky men with unshaven beards." ”

Lu Ji touched his smooth lips, only to discover his flaws, and forced himself to calm down: "There are hundreds of kinds of people, all kinds of people, who said that if you don't grow a beard, you must be a woman?" ”

"And eunuchs." Silent laughter.

"You ......" Lu Ji almost turned his back on his anger, he was so angry that he trembled, Lu Qiang saw that he couldn't care about humility anymore, so he hurriedly stuffed him into the carriage and retreated in embarrassment.

"My lord, how do you know that Lu Ji is not Lu Ji?" After silently sighing that the price of grain broke the historical record, Gui Youguang asked curiously.

"My wife replied." Shen Mo chuckled and said: "She told me that the person in charge of the Lu family is indeed called Lu Ji, who debuted at the age of sixteen, swept both black and white, shocked Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi, was ruthless and decisive, and was terrifying, and could almost command the entire southeast merchants." As he spoke, he twisted an orchid and pointed: "Do you think Lu Ziyu is that material?" ”

"It's impossible to ......" Gui Youguang smiled: "I see, then why did he pretend to be Lu Ji?" ”

"It must have been 'honking at the tank – there's a reason.'" Shen Mo smiled and said, "That's why I broke it and gave them some trouble and chaos." Shen Mo has already received the news, because he slaughtered this knife, the other party directly increased the price of grain by one or two, so the silver in his hand, the purchasing power has shrunk again, and it seems that it can only be said that there is no compensation.

"You really want to go with those people." Gui Youguang smiled bitterly: "Your old friend, Su Songlu sent a document to explain that the inspection is here, see if you can welcome it." ”

"Mung bean flies?" Shen Moden pulled down his face and said, "What is he doing here?" ”

"Do you need to talk about it?" Gui Youguang pouted and said, "Those people must have come to block you." ”

As soon as he thought of that Lu Douyin, Shen Mo was angry, and he really wanted to rectify this grandson, but although the other party was still a seven-grade sesame official, the authority of the patrol was too great - it was the imperial history sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect the province, and he was not bound by local officials, and he could also dictate local affairs. Therefore, even if it is a governor or a political envoy, you must be careful of flattery, lest the other party listen to the heavens and let yourself go around without eating.

And these people must not be provoked, because offending one, they will often attract hundreds of imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to attack together, even if Yan Ge Lao is so tough, he can't bear it, not to mention his little acquaintance.

"It's really a drink and a peck, all have a destiny, yesterday it was said to be a cause, and today it is said to be a fruit!" Silently shook his head helplessly - it is said that this patrol will be appointed for one year and cannot be re-elected, but because Zhu Shisan and they stood up for themselves, they beat Lu Douyin to a life and could not take care of himself, and could no longer perform his duties, so the court had to choose a new person, and after the old brother had been in office for one year, he was thinking about who would take over. At this time, Lu Douyin finally recovered and came back to ask for a shortage, come on, let him continue to do it. So, Lu Douyin re-appointed Su Song's patrol, just so that he could be disgusted and silent...... "It seems that in the future, you should do more good deeds." "Shen Mo deeply felt that his character had been exhausted recently, and there were more unfortunate things in the stall than in his life, so he couldn't help but secretly make up his mind: 'I have to repair Wu Songjiang, and it is estimated that I can increase my character a lot.'

Thinking about dealing with the pesky mung bean fly, Hai Rui hurriedly came in, and after ten days of night and night, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, the corners of his mouth were full of burning bubbles, and his voice was hoarse: "My lord, the inspection department came to report that a large number of homeless people are approaching in the east of the city, and there are tens of thousands of people. ”

This is really 'the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the ship was late and encountered a head wind'!

Shen Mo stood up and said, "Go and see!" ”

Hurried to the head of the city, put his hands on the pergola and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw signs of a large number of people moving in this direction, and he couldn't help but feel cold.

What are the magistrates most afraid of? It is a large number of people from other places who enter the country, accept it, and the people under their jurisdiction will scold their mothers; Don't accept it, not only the victims scolded, but also the gossip officials, it can be said that 'Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror, and he is not a person inside and out'.

Now that Suzhou City itself is facing the danger of running out of food, how can it still have the ability to shelter these people? Shen Mo felt that his head was two big, and it was still buzzing.

Gui Youguang on the side said indignantly: "What a vicious method, while transferring the patrol according to the imperial history, and at the same time attracting the victims who are begging everywhere, this is to blow up our Suzhou City inside and out!" ”

Hai Rui also said with tears in his eyes: "It's too vicious, it simply treats the people like mustard, madness, and beasts!" ”

Shen Mo held on to the city wall, his figure shook, and he nodded slowly: "They are not going to drive me off the stage this time, but they are going to force me to death and pull me down." Said with a miserable smile and said: "It seems that the real Lu Ji is really retribution, isn't it just to catch him as a stand-in?" As for such a big move? "He just let go of the Xibei goods on the front foot, and the back foot was hit so hard, this is the 'real Lu Ji' described in Ruohan's letter, and the means should be.

"My lord, what now?" Gui Youguang asked.

Shen Mo looked at Hai Rui, who was full of sorrow, and knew that if he didn't care about those victims, this guy would definitely not agree. Now is the time for solidarity and hardship together, and of course there can be no infighting. After thinking for a moment, he threw the question to Hai Rui and said, "Haizhi County, what do you think?" ”

"The most urgent thing is not to starve to death for those people in other places." Hai Rui said in a deep voice: "My lord, at the moment, so as not to report the situation, apply for the imperial court to allocate grain. On the one hand, he opened a porridge factory outside the city to put grain......"

"We don't have enough food for our own people!" Gui Youguang said unhappily: "If we want to provide disaster relief, our people will be in chaos immediately!" ”

"Absolutely not!" Hai Rui waved his hand and said: "If we have grain to open a porridge factory, then in the eyes of the people, there is undoubtedly grain in the granary of the government, and there will be no panic." As he spoke, he arched his hand towards Shen Mo and said: "If the victims are isolated outside the city, the people in the city will suddenly feel besieged and trapped, and even if the lower officials have three heads and six arms, they will not be able to maintain the security of Suzhou City." ”

After pondering silently for a moment, he nodded and said to Hai Rui: "Just do as you say." You can watch and dispose of the food in the treasury, but you have to take care of it both inside and outside the city. ”

Hai Rui nodded heavily and said, "I see." ”

"You have to hold on to me for five days." Shen Mo stretched out a slap and said, "In five days, I will bring you back food, but within five days, you can only rely on those in Curry." ”

"Where are you going to get food?" The two asked in almost unison.

"Matsue Mansion." He replied in a deep voice.

(To be continued)