Do not drink when riding a horse, and do not ride when riding a horse.

The half-drunk Li Ling and Li Moyun walked on the streets of an empty small county. Fortunately, there were stars and moons above their heads, otherwise they might not even be able to see the road clearly.

This Ruyi Tower is a bit far from the inn where he lives, so they didn't want to be ridiculous in the brothel and could only return overnight. For privacy and sobering, Li Ling didn't even ask the carriage arranged by others for him. Just like this, the two of them led the horse slowly and were free.

After a few night winds blew, the alcoholic spirit really dissipated a lot. While observing the left and right, Li Moyun asked in a low voice: "Young Master, why did you spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy food from them this time? Isn't this cheaper for those guys?"

Li Ling turned his head and looked at the other party: "You have such questions in Ruyi Building, right?" Seeing him nodding, he smiled again, "Because I want to find out what their deeper purpose is, I must make them believe that I am their fellow travelers.

"Didn't you see that this grain auction is very strange? How much food can you have after the disaster in a small county? But what about them, more than 1.2 million stones of grain were sold in this auction alone. They said it was food from the entire Suizhou area, but I always felt that there was another mystery, so I naturally had to dig deeper."

Li Moyun's expression suddenly became serious: "So that's it. The young master means...the food in their hands may be from other prefectures in Huguang?"

"Well, this is a mixed network. It seems that Guang'an is just a small county town, but in fact it affects a huge amount of grain, or many corrupt officials in Huguang, as well as some even more greedy gentry and businessmen!" Li Ling said, with a light flashing in his eyes, "Do you think the people at the scene today would spend several times the price to buy a large amount of grain?"

"Isn't it because of the shortage of food?"

"It's not them who are short of food. On the contrary, they already have a lot of food in their hands, so why do they still do this?"

Li Moyun was stunned, then his face darkened: "Do they hoard goods in order to make ordinary people unable to buy cheap food, and then sell them at high prices to make a profit?"

Li Ling nodded: "Some people have made such an idea, but not all of them. Like the generous boss Shu, the goal is obviously bigger."

"What else can he do?"

"Fields." Li Ling said with a calm face, "The fields of farmers who have no food in hand and the whole family cannot survive. Huguang is different from Jiangnan. Eighty-most of the people here rely on farming to make a living, and the court also needs this granary to exist and be stable. Therefore, for decades, Huguang's fields have actually been distributed in the hands of ordinary people. As for those merchants and gentlemen, they may also have more fields based on their money and power, but obviously they cannot satisfy them!

"So they seized the opportunity this time and colluded with the government, hoping to use this disaster to force the people to sell the land at a low price. In this way, they can acquire a large amount of land at the lowest price. Once they really succeed, they may have a harder life in the Huguang people in the future."

Li Ling did not have conclusive evidence for this inference, but only through the accounts that could be found from the Ministry of Revenue and other yamen, as well as the grasp of the human hearts of these greedy people, Li Ling did not think that he would guess the intentions of those people wrongly.

Li Moyun was shocked and then said, "If this is the case, I'm afraid even the government may be subject to them. Then will the government help them promote such a conspiracy?"

Huguang is the granary of Dayue. Who can control the output of grain and have considerable power. Before that, it was just a group of discrete people, so the government was a real existence that could make the decision. But once the food supply became a local gentry and businessman with greater influence and stronger influence? Can the government still suppress them at that time?

What Li Moyun couldn't understand was that the success of this was the grain stored by the government and the food that should have been used to provide relief to the disaster victims. Didn't this the government shoot himself in the foot?

Li Ling sighed softly: "Because some officials are one with these local forces, the so-called gentry and businessmen are cultivated and supported by them, but they are just subordinates who use them to make money. As for other officials, they will leave him soon. What will Huguang become and what will it do with them? However, the money that falls into hands is the most realistic. What will the people in the future, what will succeed the officials in the future, and what will the court in the future? How can they take it to heart?"

Speaking of this, Li Ling's eyes were filled with murderous aura: "Of course, these are just my temporary guesses, and the truth is unknown. However, if those people really dare to do this, I will make them pay the price. Before that, what I have to do is to mix in them and master more insider evidence. This is the purpose of my contempt here."

Li Moyun nodded, "Don't worry, young master, this time we will definitely find out the true identities of those greedy people hiding behind the scenes!"

As he walked, the two of them quickly returned to the inn, and then just washed up for a while, Li Ling went back to the room to sleep. Although he had something to do, under the influence of alcohol, he fell asleep quickly. After a while, his snoring started to sound. However, Li Moyun was in the room next to him, thinking a lot in a mess, and he couldn't sleep even though he tossed and turned.

Just as he was thinking about whether to get up or do something, his ears suddenly moved, and his expression also changed: "Is there a thief?" But he heard a small movement of someone climbing over the wall and entering the hospital, which made him feel trembling. He immediately got up, took out his sword, and had arrived in front of the door.

If he was just an ordinary thief, he might not be relieved, but Li Ling's identity was here, but he had to be careful. So after thinking for a moment, he quietly opened the window and swept through the outside room. At the same time, he was about to go out like a monkey, and turned around and wanted to protect his son.

But as soon as he landed, a person on the side exclaimed, and then the two of them rushed over quickly, and two swords had quickly stabbed, judging the vital points of his chest and throat.

The two of them cooperated extremely well, which made Li Moyun unable to fight hard for a while, so he could only retreat and look for another opportunity. However, during this retreat, the person was a little further away from Li Ling's house. At the same time, the third person had seized the opportunity, and with a heavy shoulder, the person had already crashed into the house with a loud bang.

No! Li Moyun was shocked. Why did he make such a big mistake? They saw through it. The most important thing was the young master! But when he wanted to try his best to save him, the sword was wrapped up like a vine. The sword was light and heavy, and the sword was fast and slow. With the cooperation, it actually entangled him tightly, making him unable to get over at all. He could only shout repeatedly, wanting to remind Li Ling and wake up the other people in the inn.

But in the inn, it was still quiet. Not to mention the shopkeeper, even none of the other guests nearby showed up. In the room, with a few bangs, Li Ling's muffled groan came out, and then a humble shout full of murderous intent: "If you move again, you will see the blood!"

"Young Master--" Li Moyun's eyes were really red. He ignored the attacking sword and suddenly snatched forward. The sword in his hand turned into two phantoms and slashed straight at the enemy in front of him. The momentum was extremely fierce. Once he was really hit by the sword shadow, the two of them would be seriously injured even if they were not killed. They were scared to hurry to withdraw, which made him finally get rid of the entanglement and pounce in front of the door.

But just when he was about to take advantage of the situation to kill the man, the other party said coldly: "If you dare to move, he will die first!"

This was heard. When he saw the quick knife that was lying on Li Ling's throat, Li Moyun's movement suddenly stopped and he completely stopped at the door as if he was impatient. Even the two people behind him rushed over, he did not resist at all. He let them hit him hard on the back and neck, and then his body staggered and fell down.

"Mo Yun... don't hurt him!" Li Ling was shocked and furious when he saw this. He shouted loudly regardless of his own safety, but was pressed by the person beside him. At the same time, he also said, "Don't hurt him!"

Obviously this person was the leader of the three. The other two followed the order and did not take any more ruthless measures. They just put the sword on Li Moyun's neck in case he had any abnormal movements again.

"You are very deep in love with the master and servant, and it is admirable." The man said with emotion, "Come on, let's sit down and talk about it. Our brothers have something to come to the door this time, and I want to ask you for something, Boss Ling."

Hearing this title, Li Ling's heart relaxed a little - he had already made the worst plan, thinking that it was the killer sent by the prince, or the Luotian Sect, who found his place and came to the door. He even began to regret his previous decision. If Yang Zhen and the others were here, how could the only three of them threaten him?

But now that people only call themselves a pseudonym, it means that the other party is not a mortal enemy, so there is still room for maneuver. He calmed down a little, tried not to care about the quick knife in his throat, and just looked at the other party calmly: "Your style of talking to people in Huguang is really special."

"Haha, after all, you are a big shot. If you are a rude person like us, you can only use extraordinary means to see you."

"There is no need to say these polite words. Just say anything you have to ask for." Li Ling said bluntly.

"Okay, then I'll just say it, we want your food!"

"Food? Do you mean the food I just bought?"

"Yes, it's the 300,000 stone of grain you bought with a lot of money."

When Li Ling heard the other party accurately telling the amount of food he bought, he was slightly surprised, but then looked at him and said, "What do you want this food to do?"
Chapter completed!