Chapter 79: Boarding the Thief Ship

Li Biao thought there was something wrong with his ears.

Grab food?

No kidding, right?

...... He immediately rushed out, and was immediately frightened by the scene in front of him, his legs went limp, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

There seemed to be a sudden flood in the rice line, and countless homeless people were wearing tattered clothes, their eyes flashing with blood-red color, and they rushed to the food on the store shelves.

As if it was just a moment of stunned effort, the bags of grain in the store were emptied.

The guys in the shop watched all this in amazement, as if they had forgotten to stop it.

Li Biao shouted: "Hurry, stop them!" ”

The guys seemed to have just reacted at this time, and rushed forward with a big shout, but unfortunately it didn't work at all.

There were so many people that they were like a small branch in a torrent, and in a moment they were swept to the ground, and some of them were trampled by the crowd who had fallen into madness.

"Report to the official, go and report to the official!"

Li Biao shouted, shuddered under the counter, and his heart was raised to his throat.

At this time, I heard someone shouting: "It's gone, how can there be so little food in this store?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Biao's heart settled down a little, and he secretly said in his heart:

"Good fellow, fortunately there isn't much food in this shop, if they find out about the warehouse in the backyard, it will be troublesome!"

As soon as this thought fell on him, he heard a woman scream:

"Don't panic, everyone, there must be something in the warehouse in the backyard!"

I grass! Who is this mother?

...... Li Biao almost fainted, countless legs flashed in front of his eyes, and he saw that he was running to the backyard.

Hulala, the crowd ran to the backyard at once, and Li Biao crawled out from under the counter tremblingly.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, patted his chest and muttered:

"Fortunately, it's okay, fortunately, this store was robbed today, my Li family has four big stores in Luoyang City, I have to call someone to notify those three stores quickly!"

So he looked around, and was about to call someone out to inform him, when he heard a woman's voice outside:

"Everyone, don't just stare at this one store, there are three other stores in Luoyang City, let's divide into three teams and look for them separately, so that everyone can eat their bellies!"

Li Biao suddenly felt that his eyes were full of stars, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

"Damn, this is definitely a premeditated, organized robbery!"

He shouted in his heart, kicked the guy next to him fiercely, and shouted:

"Go and report to the official, go quickly!"

The guy finally ran out, Li Biao was stunned for a while, and finally got up and ran towards his house.

Lee's House!

Li Jingyun was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

The Li family's four rice shops in Luoyang were all robbed by the homeless, and what was even worse was that these homeless people didn't know what was going on, so they found the Li family's grain storage warehouse effortlessly.

It's really damning!

In order to fight with Zhu Yunxi, Li Jingyun bought a large amount of grain, and the price was not low, if it was robbed all at once, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe.

So he immediately sent someone to the yamen to report to the official, and he walked around the house, rubbing his hands in a hurry.

"Dad, what the hell is going on?"

Li Biao stumbled in and shouted.

Li Jingyun shook his head, he was confused until this time.

"Could it be that Zhu Yunxi sent someone to do it?"

Li Biao asked.

Li Jingyun shook his head again and categorically denied: "Impossible, he is the emperor's grandson, and he will never do such a thing!" ”

"Why not?"

Li Biao asked rhetorically: "This time, there are definitely people who have premeditated and organized, and they are coming for our Li family." ”

"I know someone is coming at us, but if it's him, how can it be?"

Li Jingyun shouted impatiently: "This is a big crime against the law, even if he Zhu Yunxi hates me again, he will definitely not dare to do such a thing!" ”

"Who could that be?"

Li Biao was puzzled, this matter was too sudden and caught people off guard.

"Don't worry, I've already sent someone to inform the yamen, I don't believe it, I'll catch a few of them, and I'll definitely be able to find out who is behind the scenes."

At this moment, several family members stumbled in, gasping and shouting:

"Sir, sir....."

"There is no one in the yamen, not even the soldiers patrolling the city tower!"

Li Jingyun was stunned, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and shouted, "What? You repeat! ”

In desperation, several family members repeated it again.

At this moment, Li Jingyun was completely stunned.

Oh, my God!

At this moment, there are no officials of the yamen in Luoyang City, and there is no patrolling garrison.

What the hell is going on?

...... He sat down on the ground with a blank look.

After a long time, Li Jingyun shouted nervously as if he had suddenly returned to his soul:

"He Qian! It must be He Qian! ”

As soon as the words fell, he jumped to his feet and rushed out of the gate in a frenzy.

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On the embankment, Lan Yu looked at the migrant workers who repaired the embankment everywhere and the embankments that were built one by one, and showed a happy smile.

"Lord He, I will definitely give you the first credit this time."

He smiled at He Qian and said: "Tomorrow I will play Your Majesty, Lord He has worked hard and made great contributions, and his great achievements are on the front line of repairing the embankment, Your Majesty will be very happy!" ”

He Qian hurriedly bowed down and said:

"The general has won the award, these are the credits of the little third master."

He now sincerely admires Zhu Yunxi, this idea is really good.

With the garrison in the city and the officials in the yamen, the speed of the embankment has been significantly increased, and if nothing else, all the embankments will be repaired before the floods next year.

At this moment, there was a sound of horses' hooves not far away, and many people rushed over on horses, shouting He Qian's name in their mouths.

He Qian and Lan Yu both stopped what they were doing and looked at the people in front of them from far and near.

"My lord, it's wrong, there's something wrong in the city!"

A yamen officer on duty jumped off his horse with a shout and knelt down in front of He Qian.

Immediately afterwards, several other people also jumped off the horse, and they were also several officials on duty, all of whom were on duty in different positions in Luoyang City, and they were all shouting together at this moment;

"My lord, something is wrong, something is wrong!"

He Qian's heart sank suddenly, and the joy just now suddenly disappeared, and he asked in a trembling voice:

"Say, what's going on?"

An official swallowed his spit, and then said intermittently;

"A large number of displaced people suddenly broke out in the city to grab grain, and the four shops and granaries of Li's Rice Store were all robbed!"

This sentence made He Qian dumbfounded, and he also didn't believe his ears, until several other people also said the same thing, he was convinced that something big had indeed happened in Luoyang City.

Lan Yu watched coldly from the sidelines, at first he thought something big had happened, but when he heard that it was this kind of thing, he immediately lost interest.

At this moment, several more horses flew in the distance.

I saw that before the leader arrived in front of He Qian, he had already shouted hoarsely;

"He Qian, you despicable villain, I fought with you today!"

Everyone was taken aback by this sentence, and He Qian looked at the person who came in confusion.

Li Jingyun stopped in front of He Qian as soon as he reined in the horse, he pointed at He Qian and shouted:

"Okay, you He Qian, you are so despicable, in order to please Zhu Yunxi, you don't hesitate to send someone to rob me of my rice line, aren't you afraid that I will sue the emperor?"

When He Qian heard this, he immediately understood.

Oh, it turned out to be for my trouble!

...... He pursed his lips at Li Jingyun and shouted:

"Bold, you actually spewed blood on this official, saying that I sent someone to rob you of rice, is there any evidence?"

If it was before, He Qian naturally wouldn't dare to treat Li Jingyun like this, but at this moment, there is still Wei Lanyu by his side, and he can't lose face.

Seeing He Qian's denial, Li Jingyun suddenly became angry, pointed at He Qian and shouted:

"If it weren't for you, why would it be so coincidental that all the city defenses were not in Luoyang City? Even the officials in the yamen were dragged here by you, if it wasn't deliberately arranged, how could you be like this? ”

As soon as He Qian heard this, he immediately felt his head buzzing, he turned his head to look at Lan Yu, but saw that the other party was looking at him with a meaningful smile.

That's it, I was played by the little third master...... He Qian understood, this matter was absolutely inseparable from Zhu Yunxi.

"You mean that you want me to send all the officials and garrisons in the city here, so I was holding back this idea!"

He Qian shouted in his heart, thinking of Zhu Yunxi's harmless appearance of humans and animals, his mouth couldn't help but feel bitter.

"Li Jingyun, this matter has nothing to do with me, but you, blindly raising the price of rice, doing it yourself, and complaining about others!"

He Qian said unhurriedly, he can only go one way to the dark now, and he feels that he has unknowingly boarded Zhu Yunxi's thief ship.

"Hmph, you don't have to quibble, I will definitely sue Ying Tianfu for something, even if you are the third master's person, I must sue you to Dali Temple to go to prison!"

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Since there were no officers and soldiers and people from the yamen to come forward, the displaced people did not stop this time, and directly robbed Li Jingyun of all the four rice shops in Luoyang City.

This is not the end, Li Jingyun's largest grain warehouse in the west of the city was also looted.

Then the displaced people dispersed in a hurry, like fish into the river and sea, and disappeared without a trace in an instant, and even the porridge shed set up by Zhu Yunxi is now no one here.

He Qian issued a document and ordered the yamen in Luoyang to immediately launch an investigation, and it was necessary to arrest these displaced people who participated in the robbery.

But everyone knows that this is just a show, how can there be dozens or hundreds of robbers?

Li Jingyun spit out a few mouthfuls of blood angrily, and immediately wrote a letter to tell Li Jinglong of Ying Tianfu about this matter, he believed that this time, Li Jinglong would definitely make decisions for himself.

Because for so many years, he has been supporting Li Jinglong, and he will take out a lot of silver for Li Jinglong to use every year, and now that something like this has happened, I am afraid that there will not be so much silver for Li Jinglong in the future.

Li Jinglong was furious when he saw the letter, this matter was clearly instigated by someone to secretly incite the homeless people to rob the grain, and He Qian was even more inward-looking, and at the time of the incident, all the officials and soldiers in Luoyang City were transferred away.

"He Qian, He Qian, you don't take me too seriously!"

Li Jinglong shouted in his heart, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then he felt a little calmer.

"He Qian is just an accomplice in this matter, and the mastermind must be Zhu Yunxi."

He silently analyzed in his heart, and suddenly felt a headache.

He Qian has a way to clean it up, but Zhu Yunxi can't deal with it!

"Forget it, let's see Your Majesty's attitude first."

Li Jinglong thought so in his heart.

The next day, in the temple of Fengtian.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department took a document and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Your Majesty, there was a large-scale civil uprising in Luoyang City a few days ago."

Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils suddenly shrank, and he asked in a deep voice: "Rebellion?" ”

He is an iron-blooded emperor, and he started by rebellion, and he has a strong sensitivity to things like the people's rebellion, so he immediately thought of someone rebelling.

Unexpectedly, Li Yuanming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, shook his head again and again:

"It's not a rebellion, it's the homeless people who are looting food."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was immediately furious, only to see him slap the dragon case and shout:

"Isn't that a rebellion?"

He thought that the homeless people had robbed the granary of the Ming Dynasty in Luoyang, then this was a big deal, and its nature was even worse than a direct rebellion.

When Li Yuanming saw Zhu Yuanzhang's dragon face, he was furious, and immediately kowtowed and said:

"Your Majesty, it was the homeless people who robbed Li Jingyun's rice shop and warehouse."

As soon as these words came out, the Fengtian Hall suddenly exploded again.

"Li Jingyun again?"

"Didn't the little third master complain to His Majesty last time, saying that this guy deliberately raised the price of rice, but His Majesty let it go because this behavior did not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty at that time, shouldn't this be the revenge of the little third master?"

"But how could this happen?"

"What about the prefect of Luoyang City? Could it be that he just watched and ignored it? ”

For a while, there was a lot of discussion, and some officials had already begun to write their babies, ready to spray it once in a while.

As for who sprays, it doesn't matter, anyway, the job of the official is to spray people, if you don't spray for a long time, I'm afraid that the emperor will think that these people are all decorations.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, pointed at Li Yuanming and scolded:

"Can you finish your mother's words in one go?"

Li Yuanming nodded: "He Qian, the prefect of Luoyang, has reported this matter to the Criminal Department, and I ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and said in surprise: "I still have to decide this kind of thing?" Is he He Qian eating dry rice? Is your criminal department also an ornament? ”

Li Yuanming swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then continued:

"He Qian, the prefect of Luoyang, said that he couldn't catch the murderer, so he could only ask the criminal department to help."

"Why can't you catch it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little curious and asked, "Could it be that he was drunk at that time?" ”

"He Qian was repairing the embankment with General Lan Yu at the riverbank site, and the garrison in the city and the officials in the yamen were all transferred to the riverbank by him to participate in the construction of the embankment and dam, leaving very few personnel on duty in the city."

Li Yuanming said according to He Qian's book: "So when the robbery happened, no one stopped it, and the robber could not be caught afterwards." ”

The hall was quiet, and everyone was staring at Li Yuanming, because this matter was too bizarre, and there was a trace of intriguing flavor everywhere.

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into contemplation again, there is no need to think about this matter, it was his precious grandson Zhu Yunxi who did it.

Good guys, this hand is beautifully played.

It's simply a paragon of the aesthetics of violence!

Zhu Yuanzhang started like this back then, he started when he didn't agree with him, robbery and murder were commonplace, and now that he has won the world, what he worries about is that his successor has lost his blood and violence.

The crown prince Zhu Biao was like this back then, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but he didn't know that it was useless to reason with some people and things.

Well, now that Zhu Yunxi seems to be more talented in this area than his father.

...... Zhu Yuanzhang thought silently, in this round of the contest between the two emperors and grandsons, Zhu Yunxi obviously won.

He looked at Li Yuanming and asked:

"Didn't He Qian say why he arranged all the defenses in the city outside the city?"

"Having said that, he said that there were too many river embankments in Luoyang that needed to be repaired, there were not enough people, and he was afraid that he would miss the best opportunity, so he did this."

In the entire Ming Dynasty's official rank system, the status of civil officials is greater than that of military attachΓ©s, so He Qian is the number one in Luoyang and has the power to mobilize the army.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, remained silent, and said secretly in his heart:

"There is no doubt that He Qian was taken down by Zhu Yunxi again, hehe, I don't know how many people in the court will become his henchmen after this kid treats the flood this time."

At this moment, the officials jumped out.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Jingyun and Zhu Yunxi are fighting, and then Zhu Yunxi doesn't do anything, just do it!

As for He Qian, it was just a one-time cooperation.

But although I saw through it, there was no evidence, so I couldn't say it clearly.

Since this is the case, let's take He Qian first.

"Your Majesty, the prefect of Luoyang mobilized troops and horses without authorization, causing the city's air defense to be weak, so this kind of thing happened, please ask Your Majesty to dismiss him and investigate it!"

"General Lan Yu was ordered to control the flooding of the Yellow River, but he wanted the local government to contribute money and efforts, and even caused local riots, please Your Majesty to investigate!"

"Li Jingyun is greedy for profit, deliberately raising food prices, causing a civil uprising, you are the culprit!"

"Your Majesty, is there someone behind this matter who deliberately instigated the displaced people and caused turmoil in Luoyang City, please Your Majesty investigate!"

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The words of the officials came and went, but Zhu Yuanzhang basically didn't listen to it, he just thought about how to deal with it.

After a long time, he waved his hand to stop the generous speech of the speakers, and said:

"He Qian was derelict in his duties, but his original intention was to control the flood in the Ming Dynasty, so he was fined for one year and charged him with investigating the mastermind behind this matter."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Wang Jinghong.

"Retreat!"

Wang Jinghong threw the whip, and Zhu Yuanzhang left directly.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, and their hearts were as transparent as a mirror.

Your Majesty, this is again with the mud.

Fined for one year, that's just for show, as for tracking down the people behind the scenes, hehe......

Li Jinglong was not too surprised, he seemed to have thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would do this.

"It seems that everything is still on your own!"

He sighed in his heart and said: "Your Majesty is obviously looking at the abilities of the two emperors and grandsons, and he is naturally too lazy to pay attention to this little thing." ”

He shook his head and walked out of the Fengtian Palace, ready to go to Huang Zicheng and Liu Sanwu to discuss it.

In this battle, it seems that Zhu Yunwen lost again.

That doesn't look good!