Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 181
There was a severe drought in Guanzhong in the first year of Xianheng, and there was no rain for several months. Even though it was late autumn, God was still very stingy. There was no rain in the sky, and there was not even a cloud in the sky. The hot sun burned the earth. , the pond dried up, the brook dried up, and even the Bashui River, which was always gurgling in the past, dried up to the bottom. The earth was cracked with countless criss-crossing gaps, like holes waiting to be fed, and countless victims I had to leave the hometown where my ancestors lived for generations with my family, and embarked on the journey of immigrating to other places. Fortunately, the local governments have received the imperial decree, not only arranging manpower to maintain order, but also organizing many local wealthy households to help along the way. The porridge managed to barely maintain the lifelines of most of the victims, but even so, there were still not a few weak people who went bankrupt, so it was so desolate.

"Your Highness, let's rest for a while, we are about to reach the territory of Lantian."

Ever since he passed the Hangu Pass, Li Xian's complexion has become uglier day by day, and the smile of He Xuan in the past can no longer be seen without saying a word, and he talks very little. He just silently stared at the refugees passing by. The pain caused all the guards to be silent. No one dared to disturb Li Xian easily. Only Jiang Ye had the courage to do so. After galloping for several hours, seeing that it was almost noon, Jiang Ye galloped up to Li Xian and asked tentatively.

"Go to the station!"

Li Xian glanced at Jiang Ye, and replied in a hoarse voice, his face was still grim. This was not Li Xian's deliberate act of being pitiful, but the grief and guilt from the bottom of his heart—this natural disaster Li Xian It has been expected long ago, not only due to the experience of the previous life, but also received early warnings from various companies in various places. Compared with the princes of the court, Li Xian is undoubtedly the first to know that the catastrophe is coming , but Li Xian did not disclose this matter. The most fundamental purpose was to take this opportunity to achieve the purpose of emigrating. The reason is very simple. This is precisely because the Tang Dynasty has always adhered to the Guanzhong standardism, and the people of the native country have always had a strong sense of locality. It is not easy to immigrate. Only with the help of natural disasters can this goal be achieved. Now, the goal is about to be realized, but there are casualties The tragedy made Li Xian feel extremely guilty, even though Li Xian had tried his best to arrange for his subordinates to donate money, but it still couldn't alleviate the depression and sadness in his heart.

"Speed ​​up, Your Highness said, go to the post station to eat a big piece of meat and drink a big bowl!"

Jiang Ye is an optimist whose sky is falling and being covered. He doesn't mind Li Xian's indifference at all. He laughed and turned around, yelling at the exhausted guards of the palace, and was immediately excited. Everyone screamed strangely, and the dull atmosphere in the team immediately lightened. Although Li Xian heard it, he didn't pay attention to Jiang Ye's "crime" of tampering with his own words. He just smiled wryly and shook his head. Shaking his head, he rode his horse and galloped forward... Lantian, the southeast gate of Chang'an City, belongs to Jingzhao Mansion and is famous for its rich jade. The county is not big and the population is not too big. , generally make a living by mining or carving jade articles. Although Lantian was also affected by the drought, the disaster situation was not too serious. Because it is located in a traffic pass, the victims of disasters from all over the world generally pass through here, and the whole county will inevitably be in chaos. In the end, the city had to be shut down to not take in the victims, and only some porridge sheds were set up along the road outside the city to relieve the victims. In this way, the four townships and Bayeli became places where the victims were concentrated everywhere, even the inns outside the city did not. Except, the dirty and messy scene made Li Xian and his party frowned. They couldn't bear it anymore, so they had to set up a small camp on a hill outside the city, and didn't care about eating. Li Xian didn't even wait for the camp to be set up, so he led Jiang Ye and several other followers to rush to the porridge stand.

Lantian is the place where the victims of the disaster must pass through. There are many porridge shops outside the city. There are not only the porridge sheds of the Lantian government, but also the porridge shops of the wealthy households in the city. Setting up porridge sheds, of course, the largest porridge donation point is the porridge shed set up by Li Xian's "Deng Ji Company". It was that place, but before Li Xian could reach the ground, there was a sudden commotion in front of him, the sounds of fighting, roaring, screaming, and cursing all became one. Li Xian's face darkened, and he couldn't help but speed up A few minutes later, relying on his strong body, he pushed aside the chaotic crowd abruptly, and his face darkened instantly when he saw it—a dozen strong men in firm clothes were besieging two victims of the disaster!
Needless to say, the beater, even if he was not a member of the "Deng Ji Firm", was absolutely inseparable from the firm. As for the person who was beaten, it was a bit strange-a bearded and strong man desperately resisted the attack of the firm's personnel, covering A middle-aged scribe who lives behind him has quite good fist and foot skills. With both fists open, he has the ability to subdue a tiger. No matter how many people in the business attack, he is always as stable as a rock, but he only defends and does not attack. Even if he suffered a lot of punches and kicks because of this, he would never fight back.

"...Beat, give me a hard hit, what, I give you food with good intentions, don't say thank you, and dare to dislike it endlessly, looking for smoke, brothers, give me food Work harder, kill these two bastards, grandma, don't go to inquire about it, can we "Deng Ji Company" be provoked by you, tell you boy, let alone you two troublemakers, it is Jingzhao People from the mansion come, so you have to lie on your stomach, but His Royal Highness Zhou Wang stands behind our house, understand? Fight, brothers, work harder, kill the ball..."

There was a lively scene of punching and kicking on the field, and there was a big fat man in management uniform at the door of the porridge shed, screaming furiously and cursing non-stop, while all the onlookers remained silent, just Everyone's face is full of expressions that dare not speak out.

Damn villain!Li Xian didn't know what happened at first, but when he heard the fat man talking nonsense, he immediately guessed the root of the matter, and immediately became angry—in order to avoid suspicion, Li Xian seldom interacted with "Deng Ji Firm" in private. Correspondingly, all matters were arranged for Lin Hu to take care of them, and Gao Miao was responsible for all official troubles. Therefore, although many forces had guessed the relationship between "Deng Ji Company" and Li Xian , but no one can make trouble based on this. After all, it is an unwritten practice for princes to use the business’s stock capital. It was said on the table, and the fat man dared to publicize it in public, which is already a big taboo against Li Xian, let alone because the fact that the porridge relief and ginseng were fake was exposed, Li Xian's face was exposed. The flag was carried out as a tiger skin, isn't it obviously ruining Li Xian's reputation? Besides, this relief for the victims is a major event in the court, and there should be no room for ambiguity. It's no joke that Li Xian committed the crime of "buying people's hearts" with serious consequences. In Li Xian's anger, his complexion instantly became as dark as the bottom of a pot, and the evil spirit on his body immediately burst out.

"Take that fat man!"

After all, Li Xian is not an ordinary person, and his anger turns to anger, but he will never lose his sense of control because of this. He didn't directly commit murder, but ordered in a cold voice.

"promise!"

Ling Zhong and others who followed Li Xian were all old guards of the palace, so they knew Li Xian's temperament. Hearing Li Xian's serious tone, they didn't dare to be negligent. He took people by hand, but he didn't expect that Jiang Ye, who was silent, ran to the front before everyone stepped forward, and kicked the fat man who was still chattering to the ground without any politeness, regardless of his killing pigs. Howling incessantly, he kicked him in front of Li Xian like kicking a ball.

"Oh, it's murder, hurry up, save our family..."

The fat man was scolding, but he didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to come out halfway, not to mention that Jiang Ye moved his feet without saying a word. After being hit a few times, the poor fat man was already kicked. Dazed, he started screaming regardless of the three seven twenty one.

"Not good, hurry up and save the king."

"Where did the thief come from, court death!"

"Come on, kill them!"

A group of shop assistants who were besieging the two victims heard that the sound was wrong, so they didn't care to teach the victims any more, they screamed and rushed towards Jiang Ye.

"court death!"

Ling Zhong is the bodyguard who has followed Li Xian for the longest time. As one of the core figures in the Zhou Palace, he knows what is going on with the "Deng Ji Firm". With a cry, he led his guards and rushed over to meet the guys who were rushing over.

The battle broke out quickly and ended even faster. The two sides were not on the same level at all. Regardless of the fact that the shop assistants were numerous and mighty, they still had two hands, but when they met Ling Zhong and other master guards, what would happen? It's not enough to see at all, it's just a face-to-face effort, all the shop assistants have been lying on the ground, except for howling and rolling, no one has the strength to fight again.

"You, you are looking for, looking for death, my highness can't wait, you wait, ah..."

The fat man originally hoped that his subordinates could rescue him from the sea of ​​suffering, but he never expected that his seemingly numerous and powerful subordinates would be wiped out in an instant, and he panicked immediately. Ignoring the pain in his body, Gulu turned over and got up, dropped a few words, and planned to run away, but he never thought that as soon as he turned around, he saw Li Xian's gloomy black face, and he was stunned and stood there dumbfounded. On the spot...

(End of this chapter)