Chapter 45: The Mystery of the Clouds

Li Shimin was silent for a long time, and suddenly spoke: "Lin Thorn History, this Yangzhou used to be the capital of the former Sui Dynasty, and this official has long admired Yangzhou, the capital of the former dynasty. ”

Lin Thorn Shi saluted: "Yangzhou is full of flowers, and Doctor Guanglu is here, so you must have a good visit." ”

"That's natural, I heard Lin Tingshi say this, this official must have a good time." Li Shimin played with the folding fan in his hand and laughed.

Li Junxian and Cheng Zhijie cooperated: "Yes! Let's take a good look at it too. ”

After having breakfast, Li Shimin and Li Junxian Cheng Zhijie came to the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the shore.

"This Grand Canal is so spectacular, with a total length of more than 2,000 meters from Zhuo County in the north to Yuhang in the south, and it took only three years." Li Shimin looked at the Grand Canal that runs through the north and south and sighed repeatedly.

Li Junxian stepped forward and comforted: "Son, don't be sad about this." ”

"Yang Guang, the instinct to become a generation of Ming Jun is because this Grand Canal exhausted the financial resources of the Great Sui, and finally let the Kaihuang prosperous era go up in smoke." Li Shimin looked at the Grand Canal and felt a feeling.

"Let's go, let's go shopping." Li Shimin and his entourage continued to walk forward.

The three of them unconsciously walked to a village, and the strange thing is that the village in front of them is very desolate and has no life.

"I beg you to give me back my food, my grandson is waiting for this food to save his life, please ask the official." The three of them heard the sound and quickly ran towards the place where there was.

But the three of them saw the scene before them: an official forcibly removed the grain from the old woman's house, but the old woman pulled at his sleeve and said, "Please, give me back the grain." ”

The official was still unmoved, and kicked the old woman a few times: "Didn't the relief food from the imperial court be distributed to you?" ”

Cheng Zhijie saw such a heart-wrenching scene, he couldn't hold it back, his hand held the weapon tightly, it felt like every nerve of his was full of tension and anger, he couldn't help but want to rush out, Li Shimin noticed his angry look, and stretched out his hand to stop him: "Wait and see what happens, don't be impatient for a while." ”

Cheng Zhijie restrained and controlled his emotions, and he didn't want to take advantage of the moment.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Junxian, and Li Junxian asked the official with a heartfelt question: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules, how can you bully the market so much, what crime should you be guilty of oppressing the people?" ”

One of the older officials in the group stepped forward and replied: "You should not take care of these things, I think you are also merchants from afar, so you should hurry up and do business!" ”

When Li Junxian was about to refute, he was stopped by Li Shimin, and he smiled indifferently: "This poor master, what he said is right, let's go!" ”

When they were about to leave, suddenly Li Shimin turned around and pinched his neck and scolded him loudly: "Say, whose order did you come to collect relief food, if you don't say it again, I will let you go to see the king of Hades." ”

Cheng Zhijie and Li Junxian cooperated with His Majesty the Emperor at a very fast speed in a moment to also hold those officials hostage, and instantly controlled the overall situation, Li Shimin had to hurry up and ask what kind of jurisdictional problems existed between officials at all levels in the land under his jurisdiction.

Li Shimin pinched the official's neck tightly, he gasped, his face began to turn red, he stared and struggled: "I, I ......"

The official confessed intermittently: "We are ...... Fenglin ...... The order of the assassin was done. ”

Li Shimin threw the person on the ground, his face turned black, and he roared in a deep voice: "Get out!" ”

"Let's go, let's go." The official got up and fled in a hurry, and the soldiers hurriedly followed.

Li Shimin hurriedly went to help the old woman up, and asked softly: "Old man, get up quickly!" ”

"Old man, there is something I don't understand, the Yangzhou disaster court has already allocated disaster relief funds, why did that official accept your grain, and it seems that you are the only family here."

"It seems that you are also strangers, come with me!"

Li Shimin, Li Junxian, and Cheng Zhijie followed the old woman to the inner room where the old woman lived.

It was a small place, several of the houses were made of thatch, and when you walked into the inner room, there were only broken dishes and a dilapidated table and chairs.

The old lady took out the last bit of food in the family, Li Shimin looked at the cake bun mixed with stones on the plate, and frowned slightly: "Old man, how can there be stones here." ”

The old woman sat down and wiped her tears: "The disaster relief grain of the imperial court, the history of the Honshu Thorn did not distribute it at all, and the relief grain of the imperial court was replaced with grain mixed with stones, and all the grain in our hands was replaced with old grain mixed with stones, and then sold to us at a high price for huge profits." ”

Suddenly, a very faint shouting voice came from the back room: "Grandmother, I am so thirsty and uncomfortable, I want to drink water." ”

The old woman heard the sound from the back room, and quickly walked into the back room, Li Shimin and they also followed up to take a look, after she walked into the back room, she carefully fed the little boy on the bed water to drink.

After the old woman had finished feeding the little boy, she helped her little grandson to lie down, and with tears in her eyes, she continued: "Our family has no money, so we have to eat food mixed with stones to survive. ”

Li Shimin took out a bag of silver from his body and handed it to the old woman: "Old man, this is a little bit of my heart, I hope you will accept it, I believe that there will be news of the relief food in a few days." ”

The cute little Mingche opened his eyes in a daze: "Grandmother, I'm hungry." ”

The old woman hurriedly grabbed Mingche's hand and suppressed her tears: "Grandmother's good grandson, you have finally woken up." She immediately took him into her arms, and the lovely little Mingche whispered, "Grandmother, I want to eat, I'm hungry." ”

"Mingche, what do you want to eat?"

"I want to eat dragon beard candy."

The old woman was embarrassed and persuaded Mingche: "Mingche, our family can't afford to buy something so expensive. ”

The cute little Mingche seemed to realize his mistake, and his lost appearance made Li Shimin feel compassion: "Xiao Mingche, as long as you are obedient, the big brother promises to let Xiao Mingche eat the best dragon beard candy tomorrow." ”

Xiao Mingche closed his eyes with peace of mind, opened his eyes from time to time in anticipation, and finally couldn't bear to fall asleep: "Thank you, big brother." The boy muttered to himself.

After the old man's family said goodbye, the three of them returned to the Thorn Mansion along the same road.

"You can find something unusual about him when you talk to Lin Tingshi." Li Shimin asked, shaking the folding fan.

"Childe, I think this person is used to flashing words." Cheng Zhijie replied.

"I also think he seems to be hiding something, and after such corruption is verified, his official hat will not need to be kept." Li Shimin strode forward.

When Li Shimin returned to the Assassin's Mansion, the first thing he did was to find Yang Hanyue.

Yang Hanyue was strolling in the garden of the Thorn Mansion, when suddenly a pair of familiar hands pulled her forward, and she was taken to the kitchen by Li Shimin: "Girl, I'm hungry, you teach me to make dragon whisker candy!" ”

Yang Hanyue was taken aback and joked to Li Shimin: "You said that you want to dance with a knife and a sword, and I believe it if you want to dance and write with ink, but you actually want to learn to cook, do you need to cook alone?" ”

"I want to learn, do you want to disobey me?"

"Well, you're really unreasonable." Yang Hanyue walked over and started to do it.

Li Shimin also learned Yang Hanyue's movements, and after all the processes were completed, he went to the steamer.

Li Shimin happily looked at his trophy, and when the fragrant dragon beard candy was ready: "Girl, can you taste the deliciousness I made?" Li Shimin's eyes were full of anticipation, and he watched Yang Hanyue eat it intently.

Yang Hanyue picked up a piece and tasted it, but she couldn't taste it when she ate it, but Yang Hanyue smiled slightly: "Brother Shimin, do you want me to tell you the truth?" ”

"Isn't it delicious?" Li Shimin grabbed it and tasted a piece himself.

Li Shimin tasted it and knew how bad he was doing, he hurriedly spit it out, but Yang Hanyue was still eating, he hurriedly grabbed it: "Don't eat it, it's so unpalatable, I'll try to make another one for you!" ”

Yang Hanyue snatched it from Li Shimin: "Actually, what you made just didn't have a taste." ”

"Actually, I understand why you can't do this well." Yang Hanyue sat down very leisurely and teased Li Shimin.

"Why?"

Yang Hanyue glanced at Li Shimin and couldn't help laughing: "Do you want someone to pull your beard away?" ”

"You dare to laugh at me." Li Shimin pounced on the girl in front of him who made fun of him like a wolf, and Yang Hanyue quickly dodged.

Yang Hanyue and Li Shimin ran freely in the kitchen, like riding a horse on the grassland.

The two played with each other for a long time, and suddenly Yang Hanyue stopped: "I'm tired of running, don't run." ”

Li Shimin hugged Yang Hanyue from behind and buried his head in her hair: "Do you know it's wrong?" Dare to laugh at me. ”

Yang Hanyue broke free, looked at Li Shimin very seriously, and looked carefully: "You don't have a beard, why are you so sure I'm talking about you." ”

"Girl, who do you think is better than me and Yuwen Chengji."

"What do you think of yourself?"

"Of course I'm better than him." Li Shimin replied confidently as a matter of course.

"You are really domineering and confident." Yang Hanyue looked at Li Shimin, this emperor was very conceited, but what he said was also the truth.

Yang Hanyue looked serious, and said eloquently: "I have long said that your dragon and phoenix posture is not a compliment to you, but an indisputable fact, your appearance is handsome and dignified, and you are rich all over the world, of course, you are better, and you are thick and fine." ”

"I like your answer very much, you have finally learned to respect your husband." Li Shimin smiled evilly with bad intentions, and Yang Hanyue was eager to teach him a lesson.