Section 055, entering the palace to steal food [2]
Before the prefect was ready, he had already walked out of the palace with Liu Shoucai, and as soon as he got out of the palace, the prefect felt like he was in a dream, he never thought that he would have such a one-day experience.
"Lord Prefect, wake up soon, it's time to come back to your senses."
"Oh! I'm really sorry to make Master Liu laugh, alas! I really didn't expect that I still have such courage, but you said that if the emperor found that he was missing so much rice and grain in the warehouse, would he be angry? ”
"No, I guess he doesn't know how much grain is in his granary at all, an emperor who has never cared about the affairs of the world, where would he care about such a trivial matter, we already have food, go back! Now we are waiting for the food distributed by the emperor in the later period, and we don't have too much anyway. ”
Xiaobai and Badou had also come out at this time, and seeing their relaxed and laughing appearances, Liu Shoucaihe knew that they must have succeeded, and they seemed to be very rich.
"Sit down, let's go back now."
After getting into the carriage, Badou began to drive back, the emperor had already returned to his dormitory at this time, he was lying comfortably on the bed enjoying the concubine's massage, just when the emperor just put his hand on the concubine's shoulder, suddenly there was a father-in-law outside the door who asked to see, good things were disturbed, and the emperor's mood plummeted.
"Damn minion, you'd better have something important to report, or I'll kill you."
As soon as the father-in-law came in, he saw the emperor glaring at him fiercely, and he was so frightened that the father-in-law hurriedly kowtowed and admitted his mistake.
"The emperor spares his life! The slave is so anxious, and he really has something urgent to tell the emperor, and the people below said that there is not a lot of grain in the warehouse, and there will not be much left for the seven days of rations for the victims, so the slave came to ask the emperor what to do? ”
"Damn, how can there be so little food left? Is the palace poor like this? Go and tell the prime minister that within seven days, they must collect 8 million stone rations, and if they can't collect them, let them go home and recuperate! ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave is retired."
After the father-in-law went down, the emperor angrily dropped the teacup on the table, he knew that Liu Shoucai didn't have any good intentions this time, although he didn't know much about the grain in his granary, but he also knew that he would definitely not be so poor, but he couldn't figure it out, how did Liu Shoucai steal the food?
The emperor suddenly thought that Liu Shoucai and they all knew magic, could it be that they used magic to transport the food in the palace? Thinking of this, the emperor's eyes were full of anger, and the concubines on the side were so frightened that they didn't dare to approach the emperor, and Liu Shoucai didn't know at this time, the emperor had already guessed that they were stealing grain.
After returning to the prefect of the county government, Liu Shoucai asked Badou to open the Qiankun bag, and then filled the granary of the prefect county government, after the granary was full, the grain in the Qiankun bag was only a corner less, Liu Shoucai saw this situation, and then he knew that the food they stole was enough for the victims to eat for a year.
"Badou, you guys are good enough! I stole so much grain and came back, I'll be obedient, and the victims will have surplus food for a year, but you steal so hard, won't the emperor really know? ”
"I think you know! After all, the guards guarding the granary in the palace will also count them, forget it, they have already been stolen anyway, and it's useless to think about it so much now, so let's think about how to distribute food tomorrow! ”
Badou was not worried about stealing so much food at all, but he didn't care, the prefect's heart was numb, anyway, he also knew that Badou would not steal a small amount of food, and he was also selfish.
"Okay, since it's already like this, it's impossible for us to return the food, Lord Prefect, think about how to distribute the food tomorrow! Let's go back first. ”
"Master Liu, let's go slowly, let's distribute food together tomorrow! I would ask my servants to build a shed in an open area to the north, and then I would take people to distribute rice. ”
"Alright, then we'll come over together tomorrow morning to help."
After thinking of a way, Liu Shoucai and they went home, when they got home, Badou and Xiaobai immediately went back to the room to rest, today is tired for a day, they have no strength, Liu Shoucai returned to the room, and directly began to calculate, I didn't expect it to rain in half a month.
"Looks like God help me!" After calculating the rainy season, Liu Shoucai was also relieved, as long as it could rain, he didn't have to worry too much.
Early the next morning, Liu Shoucai asked Xiaobai to inform the old one that they would go to the prefect's county yamen to gather, this time to distribute rice and grain, Liu Shoucai also asked the old one and them to join together, in order to let them see the pain of those disaster victims, and let them do more good deeds in the future, so that they can also accumulate their own merits.
Half an hour later, everyone gathered at the gate of the prefect's county, and the prefect had already asked someone to pull out the rice and grain at this time, and saw that so much grain was put at the entrance of the prefect's county, and many people were curious to watch, and the prefect also began to explain at this time.
"Villagers, these grains are prepared by Master Liu, and they plan to distribute them to the victims, the place where the grain is put is in the open space in the north, there is a grain shed, everyone take the things containing the grain to line up! We'll go over now, everyone doesn't have to worry, everyone has it, no one can only receive rations for seven days at a time, and we will continue to distribute the rest after seven days. ”
"You don't have to be in a hurry, I still have a good thing to tell you, I already calculated last night, half a month later, there will be a heavy rain, so the drought is about to pass, everyone bear with it."
Liu Shoucai's words made the people cry out happily, seeing them wiping their tears, Liu Shoucai's heart was also warm, he didn't expect that the mood of doing good deeds would be so exceeding, the prefect saw that his people were so excited, and the panic in his heart also dissipated, he felt that he had done nothing wrong.
Liu Shoucai and the prefect were in the back to help push the rice and grain towards the north, and those people were also helping on the side, Liu Shoucai was very satisfied with the people managed by the prefect, if it was the people in other regions, I am afraid that they would have already started to grab grain, it seems that this prefect really has two brushes.
Because there was a good start, so when the rice grain was distributed, it was very fast, everyone was lined up, no one was shooting, Liu Shoucai watched everyone lead the rice grain away, and then discussed with the prefect the problem of finding a water source, although it was said that it would rain heavily in half a month, but now many rivers have dried up.
If you don't look for water sources, I'm afraid that even if you have food, everyone will die because of lack of water, Liu Shoucai suddenly remembered a spell he had learned, that is, it can spread clouds and rain, and if it is with the Fu Seal, the power will be greater, thinking of this, Liu Shoucai is not afraid of drought again.
"Your Excellency, I plan to open the altar tonight to make it rain, so let everyone come over with pots at night! However, I can only make a little rain at a time, and that rain is only enough for everyone to use for a day, so I plan to come to rain once a night so that everyone can last until it actually rains. ”
"This method is good, then it's hard Master Liu, I asked someone to go down and let the people come over to catch the rain at night, Master Liu, you really saved these victims this time!"
"Where, if I want to accumulate merit for myself, then the prefect will tell me to go down! Yato and I went back to prepare the props needed for the rain. ”
After saying goodbye to the prefect, Liu Shoucai took Badou and Xiaobai back to prepare props, and the talisman seal also needed to be drawn, because these things would not be used before, so they were not prepared.
"Badou Xiaobai, you two go and prepare the props needed for Shi Yu, I'll draw the talismans, and strive to get them all in the afternoon, so that we still have a little rest."
"Well, let's go! Go your separate ways. ”
Badou and Xiaobai hurriedly went out to find the things they needed, Liu Shoucai also drew talismans at home with peace of mind, and the old one did not come to disturb Liu Shoucai because they were ordered another task.
Everyone was busy for a noon, and finally got all the things that Shi Yu needed, Liu Shoucai also drew a lot of talismans at this time, and counted them, which was enough for half a month, so he also stopped.
"Okay, everything is complete, we can also take a rest, and we will only wait for the evening."
"I don't understand, why wait until the evening? We spread clouds and rain day and night! ”
"Stupid, don't be mysterious, how can those people worship us."
Xiaobai glared at Badou angrily, Badou also understood at this time, but he also felt speechless, Liu Shoucai didn't care, in fact, he was too lazy to go out to rain because it was too hot during the day.
"Alright, let's all get some rest! After this period of work, let's travel together, we have been in ancient times for so long, we have not traveled, I am really sorry for such a beautiful resource! ”
"Yes, it's okay, let's all disperse!"
Xiaobai walked back to the room with a figure-eight step, Liu Shoucai and Badou packed up their things, and also went back to the room to take a nap for a while, in the afternoon, Liu Shoucai called Badou and Xiaobai to go out to eat, after eating, they set up a formation in the north where the grain was placed.
Those curious people all watched at this time, Liu Shoucai didn't care, anyway, it started to rain at night, and now they can't see anything, the old one They have learned a little Taoism from Liu Shoucai, so they will also set up a formation, with their help, the rain formation will be arranged quickly, and now wait for the opportunity.
"Master, when are we going to start?"
The old one walked up to Liu Shoucai and asked, and the onlookers next to him stretched their ears at this time to listen to how Liu Shoucai answered, and Liu Shoucai smiled when he saw this.
"It starts as soon as it gets dark, and now the sun hasn't set, so you go and ask the prefect to prepare some torches and put them around, so that no one can see them at night, and you must put them in a place to shelter from the rain, lest the torches be extinguished when it rains."
"Yes, master, the disciple will do it immediately."
After seeing the old one and they left, Liu Shoucai and they also walked to rest under the shed where the grain was placed, and the surrounding people also scattered and discussed separately, they didn't dare to come to Liu Shoucai and them, for fear that Liu Shoucai would be angry, so they wouldn't help them, of course, they were very respectful to Liu Shoucai.
Seeing that the sky had gradually darkened, the prefect also asked someone to light the torches, and the people all came over with basins and buckets at this time, Liu Shoucai stood in the center of the formation, and Badou stood on the top of the tower to pray for rain.
Liu Shoucai recited a few incantations, and suddenly a dark cloud appeared in the sky, followed by a strong wind, just now in order to avoid the wind blowing out the torch, so Liu Shoucai deliberately made a small formation around the torch, so that the torch would not be blown out by the wind.
After the strong wind, Liu Shoucai threw the talisman in his hand into the sky, and suddenly lightning and thunder roared, followed by a downpour, the victims hurriedly put up buckets and basins to catch the rain, and the prefect also hurriedly asked those officials to help receive water.
Although the rain only fell for more than an hour, but everyone received enough water for the day, Liu Shoucai walked out of the formation, he looked tired, he didn't expect Shi Yu to be so draining of energy, but as long as he rested for one night, his energy would be replenished the next day, so Liu Shoucai was not worried about tomorrow's rain.
"Your Excellency, let everyone go back with water! I'm going back to rest too, it's so tiring. ”
"Thank you for your hard work, Master Liu, hurry up and go back to rest."
The prefect saw that Liu Shoucai looked tired, and knew that Liu Shoucai didn't have much strength anymore, so he sent a carriage to send Liu Shoucai and Badou back.
"My lord, Master Liu is really good, even the emperor dares to offend for the sake of the people, and for the sake of rain, he does not hesitate to consume his spiritual power, it is really my pride!"
"Yes! He is respected, go, order, and when the drought passes, we will build a temple for Master Liu together, and Master Liu will be our true god in the future. ”
"Yes, my lord, my subordinates will order me to go down."
The prefect has a smile on his face, he has no regrets about going to the palace to steal food, what Liu Shoucai has done for the people, he is also very admired, he also deeply takes Liu Shoucai as an example, if he is replaced, he will not dare to do this at all, maybe Liu Shoucai is really the true god in everyone's minds!
As soon as he returned home, Liu Shoucai hurriedly lay on the bed and fell asleep, although Badou and Xiaobai were also very tired, they were much better than Liu Shoucai, after all, most of the things were done by Liu Shoucai, and the two of them just knelt on the tower and prayed.
After sleeping for a night, Liu Shoucai also regained his energy, because everyone received seven days' rations yesterday, so there is no need to distribute food today, as long as it rains at night, they have already come to class at this time.
"Today, your Teacher Bai and Teacher Badou will give you a lecture, the master has no spirit to lecture, and after this drought, the master will teach you to learn."
"Master, you have a good rest, when it rained yesterday, we also know that the master consumes a lot of energy, and the master now consumes energy every night, so there is no need to waste energy on the disciples, the disciples all understand the master."
"Master, you must take care of your body!"
"Don't worry! The master will already take good care of his body, Badou Xiaobai, they will be handed over to the two of you, I'll go out and have a look. ”
After explaining, Liu Shoucai went out, although the problems of water and food were solved, but he also saw many people sick yesterday, and now he has to go out to see if there is anything he can help.
It may be because the victims here have water and food, so many victims in the disaster area have also poured into the town, and in the end, because the town is really not able to enter so many victims, so the officers and soldiers closed the city gate, Liu Shoucai looked at the streets full of disaster victims, and felt very uncomfortable.
The emperor said that he would distribute the grain, but until now he has not seen where the grain distributed by the emperor is, at this time Liu Shoucai is really angry, does the emperor want to break his promise? But it shouldn't! Could it be that the grain distributed by the emperor was deducted by the people above?
Liu Shoucai is from the 21st century, and he has seen a lot of similar things, so he is no stranger to this kind of incident.
"Lord Prefect, hasn't the food distributed by the emperor yet arrived?"
"It's not here yet, I said it was noon today, but I'm worried that someone above will deduct food."
"I also thought about this question just now, so let's wait patiently first, if there is really less food, then I will go into the palace with you, I want to see which one of them dares to withhold our food."
Liu Shoucai's eyes let out a cold light, what he hated most was to deduct the food of the victims, those victims were already very pitiful, if the court deducted the food again, how could the victims live?
The prefect was also sad in his heart, the court he was in had reached this point, he really didn't know where tomorrow would be, was there really not a good emperor appearing? The prefect and Liu Shoucai were thinking about what was in their hearts, and they didn't see a pair of soldiers and horses coming in the distance.
"Your Excellency, we have been ordered to come to distribute food."
When Liu Shoucai and the prefect just wanted to raise their heads, suddenly a person called the prefect, it turned out that the food distributed by the emperor had arrived, but when they saw so little food, the prefect and Liu Shoucai also had cold faces.
"The emperor said that he would distribute rations to the victims for seven days, why is it just like that? Not even one day's rations are enough, Lord Yao, I don't know where the rest of the rations are? ”
"No kidding, we've been escorting rations here, that's all there is to it, love it or not, we can pull it all away."
"Presumptuous, dare to withhold disaster relief food privately, Lord Prefect, immediately ask someone to send this grain back to the palace, I want to see what the emperor will say when he sees this food, how much rations he distributed, we also believe that the emperor is clear, I don't know if Lord Yao is clear."
After Liu Shoucai's majestic voice, Lord Yao was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse, and the prefect also glared at Lord Yao with an iron face, Lord Yao already knew that he was in trouble at this time, but he didn't dare to admit that his superiors had embezzled rations at this time, after all, he also had a family.