Of course, he couldn't say these words in Li Hao's heart, otherwise he doubted whether he could get out of Cui's mansion, so he could only say with a smile: "It's really a big matter of 100,000 urgent, otherwise I wouldn't dare to alarm Master Cui, please forgive." ”

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Cui Wentai picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.

Li Hao said: "Master Cui, King Jin has arrived in Dingzhou, do you know?" ”

"Oh, King Jin is here." Cui Wentai behaved very plainly, as if he was not a prince, but a flat-headed common man.

Li Hao continued: "The King of Jin came this time to be ordered by His Majesty to patrol the heavens and control the snow disaster. ”

Cui Wentai put down the teacup and said, "What does this matter have to do with the old man?" ”

Li Hao smiled and said: "Yesterday, the King of Jin just arrived in Dingzhou, when he entered the city, he saw that Dingzhou was full of mourning outside the city, and he couldn't bear it. ”

"You don't have to do it." Cui Wentai said lightly, "There is no money and food, Li Xiaoyou doesn't want to see the old man's big business, and the daily consumption is also amazingly large, it is not easy to manage such a big family business." ”

Li Hao deliberately showed embarrassment when he heard this, and said: "Master Cui, King Jin came to ask for help very sincerely, I hope that Master Cui will raise his noble hand and save the people, which can not only accumulate virtue for the Cui family, but also be rewarded by the emperor, why not do it." ”

"The old man is also more than enough but not enough." Cui Wentai said slowly, "A catastrophe fell from the sky, the people suffered, is my Cui family better, do you know that this snow disaster, the biggest disaster is our Cui family, do you know how many crops of our Cui family are destroyed in the field, if Your Majesty wants disaster relief, my Cui family should also get a share of the disaster relief money and food." ”

Li Hao was stunned when he heard this, he already felt that he was very shameless, but he didn't expect this Cui Wentai to be even more shameless than himself, Nima, are you a disaster victim? Lao Tzu has never seen such an awesome disaster victim as you, the mansions are about to catch up with the Taiji Palace, and you still want disaster relief money and food, which is shameless.

Cui Wentai said this, the chat basically couldn't continue, Li Hao got up and arched his hand: "What Master Cui meant, the juniors understand, the juniors will go back and reply to King Jin." ”

Cui Wentai ignored him again, and continued to fiddle with the chess game, Li Hao was used to hitting the wall in Cui's house, turned around and left on his own, and when he walked out of the garden, Cui Wenjing stayed outside the garden gate, led Li Hao again, and sent him out of the house.

As soon as Li Hao came out of the garden, the lake suddenly rippled with water waves, and a painting boat slowly swam out from under the water pavilion, and it was a sturdy man who was rocking, and there was an old man with snow-white hair and a dragon clock standing at the bow of the boat.

The water pavilion has a wharf, the painting boat stopped next to the wharf, the old man was on crutches, and slowly walked up to the water pavilion with the support of the boatman, Cui Wentai immediately got up, bowed to the white-haired old man, and said respectfully: "Old lady." "It turns out that this old man is Cui Chongzhi, the old lady of the Cui family.

Cui Chongzhi waved his hand, signaling him to excuse himself, and then said slowly: "I heard what Fang just said." ”

Cui Wentai hurriedly went up to help him sit down, and said, "Dad, this Li Hao is spread out of the world, and according to the child, it's just like that." ”

"But so?" Cui Chongzhi raised his head and sneered, "Do you think that his words and deeds are impetuous, but he is frivolous?" ”

Cui Wentai was stunned: "Isn't it?" ”

"Humph!" Cui Chongzhi suddenly glared and snorted coldly, "If you think so, you are only afraid that you will harm our Cui family, have you forgotten the military advisor's comments on this son?" ”

"Yes." Cui Wentai was like a child who had done something wrong, bowing his head and saying, "The military advisor said that if this son is an enemy, he will become a big disaster." ”

Cui Chongzhi slowly stroked his beard and said: "At first, when I heard the military advisor say this, my father also felt that the military advisor was filtered, but now I have seen it myself, and I know that this is true, you just intended to give him a horse, but this son is obedient and blindly tolerates, can this be done by a frivolous person?" ”

Cui Wentai thought about it carefully, and also felt that Cui Chongzhi made sense, and then, only to hear Cui Chongzhi say again: "Since his debut, this son has overcome all kinds of strong enemies, and even Tubo Zhixing Lu Dongzan was defeated by him, and the military advisor also suspected that Tubo married an unwritten princess, all of which were controlled by this son, such a powerful person, but you think he is a frivolous person, Wentai, you are very disappointed to be a father." ”

Cui Wentai didn't dare to come out, and hurriedly said: "The child knows that he is wrong, please punish his father." ”

"Punishment is spared." Cui Chongzhi said leisurely, "Fortunately, my father is not at ease, I came in person, so I didn't make a big mistake, you sent someone to inform Qin Miao, no matter what, you have to drag Li Hao in Dingzhou, don't let him go any further, this bureau, for my father and military advisors has been planning for three years, and I finally waited for this heavy snowfall, and there may not be such an opportunity in the future." ”

"Yes." Cui Wentai commanded, and then asked, "If Qin Miao is exposed, how should I deal with it, and should I send someone to kill him at that time, so that he doesn't talk nonsense?" ”

"He won't talk nonsense." Cui Chongzhi said with a cold face, "His family of more than 20 people is under our control, even if he falls into the hands of Li Hao, he will solve it himself, you don't need to worry about this." ”

Cui Wentai asked again: "What about the money and food for disaster relief?" Do you want? ”

"Absolutely." Cui Chongzhi stood up tremblingly with crutches in his hand, and said, "If you want to do a big thing, money and food are the most important, although my Cui family has a lot of money and food, but this snow disaster has also caused us to lose a lot. ”

"Got it." Cui Wentai asked a little worriedly, "Dad, what are the chances of winning this big event?" Is it worth it? ”

Cui Chongzhi waved his hand and said: "How can there be a full chance of winning in the world, but this time, there is still some certainty, the military division has gone to Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks to persuade their khans to send troops, once the water in Hebei is disturbed, Xue Yantuo and the Western Turkic army are pressed at the same time, under the internal and external troubles, how can Li Shimin parry; As for whether this matter is worth it, my father has also thought about it, if it wasn't for me to help the Li family do things, how could the Li family come to this great country, I didn't expect Li Shimin to cook a rabbit and a dog, and cut my Cui's important ministers in the court one by one to weaken our power in the court, hmph, since he is unkind, you can't blame us for being unjust, for my father has already thought about it, if the situation is not good this time, let's withdraw as soon as possible, don't let Li Shimin catch the handle, even if he knows the truth, as long as there is no handle, he will not dare to move us, wait for more than ten or twenty years, Li Shimin will die, The limelight is over, it's just time-consuming, and we can afford it. ”

He paused and continued: "People live for a lifetime, it is like gambling money, but where there is a double benefit, even if it is only one percent certainty, you have to try, this time it is not just a double the profit, once it is done, from now on there will be no five surnames and seven hopes in the Tang Dynasty, only our Boling Cui clan can take the lead." ”

Cui Wentai was extremely excited when he heard this: "The child wishes his father to follow the dragon for the second time, creating the ancestors first, and from then on, in the Central Plains, only I Boling Cui's clan will lead the way." ”

Li Hao finally came out of Cui's Mansion under the leadership of Cui Wenjing, and when he saw Li Hao coming out, Chen Song also breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to ask, "Are you okay?" ”

"What can I do?" Li Hao smiled lightly, "At most, it's just a little deflated." ”

Chen Song asked coolly: "Back to Dingzhou?" ”

Li Hao looked up at the sky, shook his head and said, "It's almost dark, let's go to Anping City." After saying that, he walked straight to the carriage, the team started, and the official road to Anping City was headed.

Walking all the way to the outside of Anping City, Li Hao lifted the curtain, poked his head out and looked outside, suddenly frowned, and asked, "Chen Song, do you feel that something is wrong?" ”

Chen Song said: "How can there be no victims here? ”

"yes, that's what's wrong." Li Hao's eyes searched everywhere, and he couldn't even see a single victim.

Chen Song thought for a while and said, "When we came, we didn't meet a single disaster victim on the way. ”

Li Hao pondered: "This Anping County, there is a problem." ”

"What's the problem?" Chen Song blurted out.

Li Hao said: "You have to go in and have a look to know." ”

The team came to the city, the city gate has long been closed, seeing the arrival of the army of unknown origin, it is strange not to close the city gate, Li Hao personally walked to the moat, and said loudly: "I am the marquis of Lantian County, Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang Li Hao, on the order of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, on behalf of him to inspect the disaster control matters in Dingzhou counties, and quickly open the city gate!" ”

Everyone on the city tower was surprised when they heard this, and hurriedly sent someone to inform the county order Fan Chao, and soon, Fan Chao came to the city tower in a hurry, Li Hao showed a letter and seal, Fan Chao sent someone to check it, and was frightened, and hurriedly opened the city gate to welcome Li Hao into the city.

After entering the city, Fan Chao took the county officials to greet him on the street, and Li Hao waved his hand directly: "Don't be pretentious, go to the county government to discuss the disaster first." ”

"Yes!" Fan Chao received the order and took the officials and Li Hao's men and horses to the county office.

When he arrived at the county office, Li Hao sat directly on the official seat of the county order, which made Fan Chao very embarrassed, Li Hao was not a deposed envoy after all, just a military position, although he was ordered by the King of Jin to inquire about the disaster, but there was no document, it stands to reason that he could not occupy the magpie's nest, but Li Hao had already sat down, could Fan Chao still pull him down.

In order not to offend Li Hao, Fan Chao sent someone to bring a chair and sit on Li Hao's side, Li Hao began to ask: "Fan County Order, how is the disaster situation in Anping County?" ”

Fan Chao arched his hand and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, Anping County has suffered a lot of damage. ”

"Oh?" Li Hao frowned when he heard this, "Then why don't you see a single victim inside and outside the city?" Did you hide the victims? ”

"The lower officials don't dare." Fan Chao was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Even if the lower officials have the courage, they don't dare to lie about the disaster." ”

There are all kinds of strange officials in history, in the year of famine, some people deliberately lied about the disaster in order to embezzle disaster relief money and food, obviously it was a small disaster, but it was reported as a major disaster, just to let the imperial court allocate more money and food, so that they could be stuffed into their own pockets.

But there are also officials who are another way of lying, obviously suffering a catastrophe, but those officials hide the victims, and then report to the court that under his rule, the people have surplus food and are not afraid of disasters, so there are no disaster victims, this is to reflect their political achievements, and they want to be promoted.

Anyway, no matter what kind of lying report, in the end it is the common people who are unlucky, and the officials who benefit are the officials who lie about the disaster, Li Shimin, as a generation of Ming Jun, takes natural disasters very seriously, and sets strict laws, any official who lies about the disaster will be dismissed and punished, and all family property will be confiscated.

Li Hao frowned and asked: "Since the disaster in Anping County is very serious, where have the victims gone?" ”

Cold sweat oozed from Fan Chao's forehead, and he arched his hand and said, "Master Hou forgives his sins, and the next official ...... I don't know where the victims have gone. ”