The spark ignited, and the canola oil in the pot slowly heated up, and a wisp of smoke came out.

"What the hell are you going to do here?"

Yan Lide wondered,

"Your Majesty and the ministers are cutting and killing locusts, but you have set up a stove here."

"Is this a bit ......?"

In his mind, as the emperor's confidant and important minister, how could he unify the pace with His Majesty and fight on the front line.

This is definitely a good opportunity to brush up on popularity!

It's not a heavy minister, and you don't have that qualification......

But Buzun is not taking the usual path, compared with the hard-working emperor, he seems a little leisurely......

"I have my own ideas."

Xu Fenglei fiddled with the condiments and said casually,

"Your Majesty treats the symptoms, let's try to cure the root cause, otherwise this is nothing more than a show, after the emperor leaves, there will be locusts left behind, and the people will still be poor."

"What's the use?"

When Yan Lide heard this, he bowed his hand slightly and said no more.

Buzun always has unexpected ideas, and it is not for him to keep up.

……

The locusts flew up and down, and every time Li Shimin swung his sword hard, he could cut off a large piece!

But in the next second, the locusts that had been cut down were on their feet again, except for a few unlucky ones who were cut in two, the rest were only slightly injured, and they swept up from a low place, flying even more wildly!

"Die, die, die!"

Li Er's eyes were red, and he waved the war sword in his hand frantically.

The feeling of exhaustion has slowly emerged.

At this moment, he could understand the desperation of the farmers.

Being in this swarm of locusts is like being alone surrounded by hundreds of thousands of enemy troops!

Even if there is a monstrous strength, there is a moment when it is exhausted.

And the "enemy army" doesn't care about you at all, they will eventually win a crushing victory, even if you are the so-called god of war.

Rushing!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Beside him, Wei Chi Gong, Cheng Biting Jin, plus a team of forbidden soldiers played swords more frequently.

At their feet, the carcasses of locusts were piled up, like heaps of grain.

However, even as fierce as they were, they were already gasping for breath at this moment.

Syllable!

A locust pounced on Wei Chigong's face, sticking to his nostrils.

"Get out!"

Wei Chigong raised his hand and threw it to the ground.

But in the next second, the locust flew up again and circled above his head.

"Damn!"

Yu Chigong couldn't help but burst into a rude voice,

"This locust is really disgusting! Lao Tzu would rather face an army of tens of thousands and fight against the Turkic wolf than against this disgusting thing! ”

"I can't kill it at all!"

The rest of them all nodded.

Just these people, they can't finish killing here for a few days and nights!

"I ...... I can't do it, I can't do it......"

The long sword in the hand of the eldest grandson Wuji fell to the ground, holding his head and gasping,

"I'm so exhausted that I can't cut ......"

"Ahem! cough cough cough ......"

A locust flew to his mouth as he spoke, and the frightened eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly spat and got goosebumps all over his body.

It's disgusting!

If he hadn't been able to follow the emperor, he wouldn't want to face locusts in his life!

Looking at the rest of the people, Fang Du and the others were all about the same, their faces were pale, and they were on the verge of exhaustion.

"Your Majesty, it's not a way to go on like this......"

Hou Junji persuaded,

"Locusts are poisonous, we don't have enough strength, be careful of being injured by this poisonous insect!"

"Get out of the way! The soldiers will do the rest. ”

Li Shimin looked at the swarm of insects in the sky, his eyelids drooped, and he sighed deeply.

"How difficult it is for the people......"

He grabbed a fluttering locust and muttered,

As he spoke, someone suddenly shouted:

"Your Majesty, look, the locusts have retreated!"

Li Shimin raised his head suddenly!

I saw that the swarm of locusts suddenly began to turn around and fly towards the east.

In a moment, it has already flown into the distance.

"Your Majesty, we have won, we have repelled the locusts!"

The eldest grandson Wuji shouted excitedly,

"We've won!"

This sentence made the hearts of everyone present excited, and they all smiled.

"What a victory, it's just that the crops in this place have been eaten up, and they are going to harm the next crop."

Li Shimin looked at the bare ridges and said with a wry smile,

"It's not that we won, it's that they won't be accompanied."

As soon as these words came out, the smiles on everyone's faces came to an abrupt end.

In the next moment, everything was silent, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.

Oh, yes.

It's not that they won, it's that the locusts don't want to play anymore.

That's a real blow to confidence......

“…… In any case, it was His Majesty who led us to repel the army of locusts. ”

Fang Xuanling smiled reluctantly and said,

"At least, I can give an explanation to the people."

"Your Majesty, let's go back......"

Swish.

Li Shimin put the sword in his hand back into the sheath, pinched the locust in his hand expressionlessly, and walked towards the city gate.

Rushing.

In the farmland, two layers of locust carcasses have been piled up.

A few farmers sat on the ridges in a daze, looking at the farmland where there was nothing left in their homes.

It's gone, it's all gone......

Li Shimin walked slowly, suddenly stopped, and said lightly:

"Where's Xu Fenglei?"

"Uh...... Back to Your Majesty, Duke Xu didn't seem to come. Hou Junji beside him was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted and responded.

Li Shimin's expression was indifferent.

"I and all of you Aiqing are fighting bravely to kill locusts, but he is better and hiding."

He snorted coldly,

"Heh......"

"Sure enough, to understand a person, one should not listen to what he says, but to see what he does! The word Taishi, it seems that he can't afford it! ”

"Let's go! Get back! ”

"This one is far from enough to explain to the people!"

Li Er was really a little angry at the moment.

Although you Xu Fenglei are not military generals and don't have much strength, but Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are also on it?

Even if you cut it twice, you can do it together. Don't even want to put on a show?

In his opinion, Xu Fenglei is purely a matter of attitude!

The faces of all the ministers behind him changed.

Your Majesty's words are very serious! Originally, it was tacitly agreed that Xu Fenglei had crowned the crown prince and the prince, but today's ...... Will something happen?

Du Ruhui opened his mouth, wanting to defend Xu Fenglei twice, but he didn't know what to say.

He wondered what to do.

It stands to reason that Xu Gong is a smart person and should not make such a low-level political mistake!

Does he have a plan of his own?

I hope so......

The group was silent and returned to the city gate.

Thousands of people were still kneeling on the ground, but their eyes looking at Li Shimin were already full of reverence!

"Your Majesty has returned from repelling locusts!"

"The emperor is martial, the emperor is heroic!"

"Long live Your Majesty, long live King Qin!"

Suddenly, the people shouted long live and greeted Li Shimin's "triumphant" return!

The people who scolded the emperor before also shouted along at this moment.

However, Li Shimin shook his head and only heard him lament:

"My people...... I'm sorry for you! ”

(End of chapter)