The more Li Mu said, the more sad he became, and his eyes turned red. Humanely, men don’t cry easily, but they are not sad. The more he is like this, the more doubted the onlookers are, what happened to the Marquis, who was forced to such a situation, and shed tears in public?

Looking at the eyes of everyone, Li Mu thought to himself, "Whatever you do, you have to arrange a few children. It's too late to look at the spontaneous reaction of the people." He raised his sleeves to cover his face and stared at Li Tai next to him. Li Tai still had some tacit understanding. He guessed Li Mu's thoughts, and said, "Brother, how did those evil people force you? You said that. The people all know your character and will definitely not misunderstand you. Tell me out quickly and expose their crimes to the world!"

With Li Tai's lead, the people finally knew what they should say and asked them one by one. Li Mu didn't say it at first, but the more he didn't say it, the more the people asked it. In the end, Li Mu had to tell the truth.

"If you really want to ask, I won't hide it. Some people know, some people don't know, so I will talk about it together today. My husband started his business by making wine. When he was in Chang'an, he made his first money by making wine. When he arrived in Luoyang, I moved the winery over. It took grain to make wine, so I ordered him to post a notice at the door of the winery to purchase grain every day. He said this, but it took more than ten days before the locust plague came."

"At that time, there was no sign of locust plague. Logically speaking, Luoyang City should not be short of food. But it was strange that I wanted three thousand kilograms of grain, but I could only receive about one thousand kilograms a day. This was the case for several days. I wondered why I could not buy food if I had money?"

"So, I sent someone to investigate." Li Mu said, and became angry: "It doesn't matter if I don't check it. This investigation made me very angry! It turned out that some people had purchased stored grains for a large amount of 800 miles in Luoyang! How much grain is there in Luoyang City every day is completely controlled by them. How much they release, how much can we buy, and want to buy more? No!"

Li Mu said angrily: "What a huge deal for a grain of 800 miles! At that time, I just thought that they were trying not to make money by making wine. Although I was angry, I thought that it did not affect the lives of the people after all, and if I didn't make money, I wouldn't make money. At worst, when the new grain came down, I would buy it early and prepare the grain for brewing next year. I endured this without saying a word."

"But I didn't expect that they bought grain storage, but the target was not me!" Li Mu gritted his teeth: "Less than half a month after this incident, the locust plague broke out. I realized why they bought grain storage! This was to make disaster money! But this marquis couldn't figure out how they knew that the locust plague would occur in advance? But no matter what, they foresaw the natural disaster, but did not inform the court officials, but purchased grain in advance to make huge profits. Their intentions were to be punished! But what could be done? Although this marquis saw through everything, they did not break the law after all. If they had to say that they meant this, they would have no intention of adding any crime! This marquis could only endure it and continue to endure it!"

Li Mu said sadly: "The only thing I could do at that time was to strictly order the food in Luoyang City not to increase the price. It is said that this marquis refused to bow his head, which made Luoyang City lose its food. God felt that it was such a big injustice! If the merchants were willing to help purchase food, let alone bowing their heads, they would even kneel down and kowtow, for the sake of the people in the city, I would not say a word of no. Even if I was killing my neck, I would not frown! But is the matter really that simple? The marquis' original intention was to not want the people to suffer from natural disasters and man-made disasters. Unexpectedly, those behind the scenes who failed to succeed joined forces to join forces. If I did not allow the price to increase, they would let Luoyang City have no food! It was them who threatened the people in the city with their lives!"

"People!" Li Mu's tears were already ready, and with this sad cry, it flowed down his cheeks: "You said, what should I do? Of course I can compromise and join them. The status of this marquis is here. How much money they make will be worth the marquis! But in this way, you will all be cheated! Use your toes to think about how much grain prices will rise! My marquis checked the county annals. When the last locust plague, the price of grain soared thirty-two times. How many of these expensive food can be afforded? Even if you can afford it, what if the locust plague has passed? Are you willing to be slaves and servants and be driven by people for the rest of your life?"

"I can't bear it, I can't bear it!"

"So, even though we knew that the grain was stored for only ten days, I insisted on not submitting. These days, while asking for help from the court, I actively rescued the disaster. Ma Zhou, the chief of the Marquis's mansion, was arranged by me to collect food along the canal on the first day of the locust plague. Unfortunately, the opponent was prepared and went north along the canal, but he could not receive any food!" Li Mu cried: "Last night, I sat in the courtyard, looking up at the sky, and really wanted to die! Maybe the sky had eyes, and the working golden immortal came to the world and gave this life-saving incense. Now, at least half of the autumn grain can be saved, and the people of our Luoyang City can be saved!"

"People!" Li Mu raised his waist and shouted: "As the autumn grain comes down, tell me, is this marquis low? Are you willing to lower your head and eat dry rice that you can't afford for a few days, or drink porridge for a few days to wait for the new grain to come down? Tell me, what to choose!"

The atmosphere has been set off, and the people were so angry that they all turned red when they heard these feelings. If the shopkeepers of several grain shops had not been able to run fast when they saw things, they would have been eaten alive! Hearing Li Mu's shouting, everyone shouted at the top of their throats: "Don't bow your head when drinking porridge! You can't let them succeed!"

"Okay! Then let's go out of the city first and burn all the locusts to death!"

"Go!"/"Go together!"

The Jinyiwei led the way, and just now he was shouting that he would ask Li Mu for a commoner who had made an explanation. Now he seemed to have become his dead soldiers, and they all ran out of the city screaming. Li Mu raised his hand and rubbed his eyes that had cried for a long time but only shed a tear. He nodded with relief and winked at Li Tai and Dugu Jiu beside him: "Let's go, let's go back too."

"Brother, don't you come and take a look?"

"What are you looking at? What's the good thing about burning locusts?" Li Mu climbed onto the horse's back and stretched his waist: "Your sister-in-law is about to give birth. Since the matter has been resolved, I will not be able to accompany her?"

...

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin was discussing with Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji about allocating food to help Luoyang.

"Report——" A little eunuch ran into the hall gate without reporting. But everyone was surprised, because looking at his clothes, he knew that he was from the East Factory. It must be that the East Factory had a hurry to report, otherwise he would not have been so rude.

Li Shimin signaled Fang Xuanling to wait a moment, and signaled the eunuch to present the urgent report.

Li Shimin checked the hot paint, opened the envelope, took out the secret report inside and looked at it, and couldn't help but be happy. He waved his hand and sent the little eunuch out, couldn't help laughing, and said to Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji: "Don't worry, two dear friends, don't worry, the locust plague in Luoyang, Li Mu has solved it."

"Has the locust plague been solved?" Fang Xuanling widened his eyes: "Your Majesty, this is not a joke. How can the locust plague be solved? From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of which dynasty solved the locust plague. How did Li Mu do it?"

"I don't know how to do it, but the news from Dongchang will never go wrong." Li Shimin seemed to have a hidden story and was unwilling to say it clearly, just said: "This news was sent in a hurry of eight hundred miles. For the specific details, there will be some insights in the past two days."

Fang Xuanling was skeptical and said, "Your Majesty, I still can't believe this. I think I should still prepare."

"I know what I know, you guys should step down first."

After Li Shimin said this, Fang Xuanling naturally did not want to ask again, and the two bowed to leave. When they turned around and left, Li Shimin gave Changsun Wuji a wink. Changsun Wuji nodded slightly. After following Fang Xuanling out, he turned back from the secret passage soon.

"Look at this." Li Shimin handed the letter to Changsun Wuji. Changsun Wuji looked down and frowned. He returned the secret letter to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, will the news be fake?"

"It's definitely not." Eunuch Gao continued. He had just read the secret letter: "This secret letter was passed from Luoyang to Chang'an. On the way, without the hand of a second person, the fire paint, seal and secret notes on the letter were correct, and there would never be any fake."

"But this is too bizarre, too white Venus has come out-" Changsun Wuji smiled bitterly: "I think it's very ridiculous."

"I also think it's ridiculous, but the incense really works. Haven't you seen what is written on it? A incense can attract locusts from several miles apart. A fire can burn hundreds of kilograms to death. If it weren't for the secret method of the immortals, how would you explain it?"

Changsun Wuji thought for a while and said, "Li Mu is used to inventing strange things, maybe this is what he invented by accident."

"Even so." Li Shimin asked again: "How to explain it? When he hit the 'Tianshi' on the high platform, the flames appeared on his palm? The letter was written clearly in class. He raised his hand and accompanied the fire. The flames floated on the palm lines, burning the man's clothes!"

"This, maybe this is a trick-" Changsun Wuji didn't know what to say, but he still didn't believe that Li Mu would be the reincarnation of the Golden Immortal. Such a thing is something that a normal person would not believe, right?

At this moment, the secret passage sounded again, and Yuan Tiangang walked out of the secret passage. When Li Shimin saw him, he immediately said, "Look at this."

Yuan Tiangang did not dare to neglect the letter. He read the letter from beginning to end, but did not express his attitude at the first time, but looked at Eunuch Gao. This happened in Luoyang yesterday. His bad guy had not yet sent the news back, but the Dongchang had already sent the news to Li Shimin's desk. Is the efficiency of the Dongchang so high?

"My dear, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, I think it may be true or false."

When Eunuch Gao heard this, of course he would not miss the opportunity to mock him. He sneered: "Master Yuan, you didn't seem to say this. It's either true or false. Why is it true or false, so people can't understand it."

Yuan Tiangang ignored it and explained to himself: "Your Majesty, I have reported to Your Majesty that Li Mu, who is the local people in Mayi, has a simple and stupid personality, which is completely different from his current appearance. When he changed, it was about a year and a half ago, when he found an unusual situation, with a comet running across the sky. I believe that not only me saw it, but also Your Majesty, Eunuch Gao, and the uncle of the country also saw it. Calculate the time, and it coincides with it."

"There have been rumors in the market that the Marquis is talented and born to know that he is a banished immortal who descends to the earth. If he follows what is said in this letter, he can also be correct. Therefore, I said that this may be true. But..." Yuan Tiangang pursed his lips and did not continue to say it.

Li Shimin asked, "What are you doing when you are hiding at this time, but what, are you saying?"

"Your Majesty, Taibai, Venus, two, real one. Taibai is Venus, also known as Qiming and Changgeng, the brightest one in the eastern sky in the morning is. In Taoist classics, there are records about Taibai Venus, saying that he was a white-haired, kind-hearted old man, loyal and kind-hearted, and was the special envoy of the Jade Emperor, responsible for conveying various orders, such as an official who was sent to the court. But in the theory of Yin and Yang Family, Taibai Venus is the martial god who is responsible for killing and fighting, in charge of war affairs. If it has any abnormal movement, it is a symbol of "changing the sky". Therefore, if the Marquis really Taibai Venus descends to the earth, then..." Yuan Tiangang did not say it clearly, but the meaning was already very obvious.

Eunuch Gao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the change of the sky may not necessarily change from bad to bad. I saw that the Marquis is here, everything is changing from good to good! "

Yuan Tiangang glanced at Eunuch Gao and said, "What's the matter with me? I didn't say it was going to be a bad thing. Your Majesty will make a decision if you change it better or worse."

"you!"

"Okay!" Li Shimin interrupted the two of them and said, "Continue, if he was not the Golden Immortal, what should I say?"

Yuan Tiangang restrained his expression and said, "If not, it was the method of the marquis. He knew the rumors about him, and used them to make up a story to gain the trust of the people. However, I don't know how to explain the matter of that fragrance."

"After talking, I'm still guessing!" Li Shimin finally became a little impatient and said, "I have decided to allocate 10,000 pounds of grain from the account of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and send it to Luoyang tomorrow. You will go on my behalf. Yuan Aiqing, you can also take a look."

"I received the order." The two of them responded and said withdrew.

Li Shimin was still irritated and sat in a daze.

Choosing to deliver food at this time is actually a bit of a hindsight. Ten thousand guan of grain can be bought in Chang'an, only a little over 20,000 jin. Such a little grain is a drop in the bucket for hundreds of thousands of mouths in Luoyang. But Chang'an's grain is not enough. Before the new grain came down, Luoyang could not transport food, so it would be tight to store grain. If he hadn't learned that the locust plague was gone, he would not have even sent it to him. Because doing so would have no meaning.
Chapter completed!