Chapter 332: A Thousand Thoughts of a Wise Man
Eighty thousand stone grain was placed in the post house in such a big way, and soon the news spread out, and all the grain in the seven major grain shops was stolen overnight, but none of the grain shop shopkeepers dared to make trouble, because they already knew that all their grain was in the post station, so they quietly reported the matter to Qin Miao, and at the same time reported it back to Cui's family.
In the post house, Li Hao was just about to have breakfast, and suddenly Chen Bin brought someone to report: "Master Hou, the victims outside the city were angry early in the morning, and they seemed to have known about the water in the granary in the city. ”
Li Hao frowned when he heard this, drank the porridge in one gulp, got up and said, "Someone must have leaked the matter of the food being burned." ”
Chen Bin asked, "Master Hou, do you want to tell them that the grain has been found?" ”
"Nope." Li Hao raised his hand and said, "Since they want to stir up the storm, I will cooperate with them well and see how they stir up, the food they brought before is enough for the victims to eat for a few days?" ”
Chen Bin said: "The 1,000 stone of grain we brought has been used up, and the last porridge was just dispersed this morning, and 3,000 victims have not received the porridge. ”
"Very well, this way, they are more convinced of the fact that the food is burned." Li Hao's eyes suddenly shone brightly, and he said coldly, "Chen Song, you have another task." ”
Chen Song was overjoyed when he heard this, took two steps forward, and asked, "What task?" ”
"Pretend to be a disaster victim." Li Haoruo smiled meaningfully, and smiled badly.
"What? Pretending to be a disaster victim? Chen Song was a little confused, feeling that the tasks of Li Hao's faction were always so peculiar.
Li Hao beckoned to him, signaling him to come over with his ear, Chen Song stepped forward with his ear, Li Hao whispered in his ear: "Since we can't find the enemy's lair, then we can only let the enemy take us to their lair, you pretend to be a disaster victim, mixed in the disaster victims, if the disaster victims make trouble, the enemy will definitely send people to win over, after all, this is 70,000 or 80,000 disaster victims, you leave a secret signal along the way, go deep into the enemy, and wait until Your Majesty's will arrives, I will lead the troops to encircle and suppress, then you and I should cooperate with the outside world, capture the thief and capture the king first, you know." ”
"Great idea!" Chen Song clapped his hands when he heard this, this time he had to admire Li Hao's strategy.
"Chen Bin!" Li Hao shouted.
Chen Bin arched his hand: "What does Master Hou command?" ”
Li Hao said: "Quickly go and get a set of shabby clothes worn by the victims, remember, you must keep it secret, and don't let others know." ”
"Yes!" Chen Bin took the order and left.
After a long time, Chen Bin came back, and sure enough, he got a set of dirty and old cotton clothes and pants, Chen Song picked up his clothes and went to the back room to change them, and when he came out, the painting style was immediately different.
Li Hao still felt that it was not enough, so he reached out and smeared some dust on the ground, and then wiped it on Chen Song's face and neck, and kneaded Chen Song's hair into a mess, almost making it into a bird's nest.
Li Hao looked at it again for a moment and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, that's it, let's go." ”
Chen Song handed the sword to Li Hao and said, "Help me keep it." ”
Li Hao took his saber and nodded vigorously: "It's all up to you, be more careful yourself." ”
"Don't worry." Chen Song turned his head and rushed to the fence, a ladder to the sky, and went directly out of the courtyard.
After sending Chen Bin away, Li Hao turned around and went back to the house to write a letter, came out and handed it to Chen Bin, and said, "Send someone to Hengzhou and hand it over to King Jin with your own hands." ”
"Yes!" Chen Bin answered, turned around and walked in front of a Xuanjia army, and said, "Ke Huai, this is a letter written by the Hou Ye, which will be sent to Hengzhou as soon as possible and handed over to His Royal Highness the King of Jin in person." ”
"Yes!" The Xuanjia soldier named Ke Huai took the letter with both hands, stuffed it into his arms, and turned around to leave.
Then, Li Hao said loudly: "Recently, you have taken good care of these grains for me, and you must not go out on any errands." ”
"Yes!" All the Xuanjia soldiers replied loudly, and the sound was like thunder, which frightened the nearby people, and they thought that it was thundering on a sunny day.
Everything is arranged, and the next thing is to wait, first to wait for the group of rebels to win over the victims, then to wait for the return of King Jin, and finally to wait for Li Shimin's holy decree.
Li Hao made a series of actions here, and Cui's side was not idle, Li Hao stole the grain, Cui's already knew, Cui Wentai and Cui Chongzhi were discussing in the hall.
"Wentai, what my father said is right, this Li Hao is really not an idle person." Cui Chongzhi was not worried about losing food, but was quite proud because he saw people accurately.
Cui Wentai bowed his head and said: "Father really knows everything, he knows his true nature before he sees Li Hao, this fire is so meticulous, he will actually see through it, and I don't know if there is a traitor." ”
"It doesn't matter." Cui Chongzhi said proudly, "Tonight, the prince will send someone to pick up the victims outside Dingzhou City, 90,000 victims in Yizhou, 100,000 victims in Dingzhou, plus the victims they have collected from other nearby states and counties during this time, there are 300,000 people, it only takes two or three months, they can train this group of victims into an army, at that time, the prince's banner will be raised, Hebei will be chaotic, cooperate with the army of the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo, hehe...... Is Li Shimin's throne still secure? ”
Cui Wentai said worriedly: "Father, I'm afraid that things are not so simple, then Li Hao is cunning and treacherous, I am afraid he will not sit idly by." ”
"Don't worry." Cui Chongzhi said, "My father hasn't had time to tell you that at noon, my father has already received a flying pigeon from the prince, and he has sent a master to capture Li Hao, and whether he can succeed or not, at least Li Hao can take care of himself, plus Qin Miao's response, how can Li Hao still have air traffic control victims." ”
Cui Wentai frowned in displeasure: "Why don't you just kill Li Hao and capture him?" ”
"The prince said, this is what the military advisor meant." Cui Chongzhi sighed softly, "Although the military advisor is not in Hebei, before leaving, he told the prince that Li Hao is a great talent, try to keep his mouth alive, and not kill lightly." ”
"Oh? Could it be that the military advisor still wants to entrap Li Hao? ”
"Who knows...... Cui Chongzhi said leisurely, "This military advisor is deeply hidden, he confesses like this, naturally he has his deep meaning, this matter is not something we can control, we only supply money and food, and do not participate in the rebellion, so that once the matter is defeated, it is easy to withdraw." ”
"That's what my father said."
As the night fell, the victims outside the city began to starve, Li Hao had food, but he didn't have enough manpower to distribute porridge to the victims, and these rice grains couldn't be handed over to Qin Miao, because it was tantamount to meat buns beating dogs, besides, even if he had enough manpower, he still planned to starve these victims for one night, to see if the enemy would come to win over this group of victims, disaster control is important, rehabilitation is also important, on the premise of ensuring that the victims are not starved to death, Li Hao wants to find out the group of rebels.
After dinner, Li Hao thought carefully about his plan in the room to see if there was anything missing.
Suddenly, many crockpots flew over the courtyard wall and landed in the courtyard, and all the ......crockpots were shattered.
"What people!" The Xuanjia soldiers shouted loudly, erected their shields to block the crockpots that flew in later, and then heard someone shouting, "Oops! It's fire oil! ”
Chen Bin was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted: "The enemy wants to set fire!" Stop it! ”
As soon as the words fell, dozens of torches had flown into the courtyard wall, and all the Xuanjia soldiers stepped forward to wave their knives to knock the torches away, but there were still fish that slipped through the net, three torches fell to the ground, touched the fire oil, and the fire spread rapidly, and a raging fire ignited in the courtyard with a "whew", surrounding the grain pile.
"Zhang Er! Lead the team out and kill the gangsters who set the fire! The rest of the people rushed to put out the fire! Chen Bin was in danger and shouted loudly.
The team named Zhang Er immediately shouted: "Brothers, follow me!" With that, he quickly stepped forward and opened the door, and rushed out with nine people.
A group of people outside had already fled, but they could only hear the sound of footsteps in the distance, and the night was heavy to-day, and it was impossible to catch up in such darkness.
Zhang Er said depressedly: "Brothers, stay outside, don't let people make trouble again." ”
Everyone in the courtyard began to carry buckets of water to put out the fire, Li Hao also rushed over when he heard the sound, fortunately the fire was not big, it was quickly extinguished, and more than a dozen bags of grain were lost, Chen Bin finally breathed a sigh of relief, although he was calm just now, he was actually afraid, if these grains were really burned, it is estimated that without Li Hao to say, he himself wanted to commit suicide and apologize.
Li Hao stood in the courtyard looking at the grain pile in a daze, he always felt that something was wrong, who sent these people? Was it sent by Qin Miao? Do you want to burn food by setting such a little fire? Or test yourself? What is the intention, it can't be to disgust yourself, right?
He couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time, so he simply gave up and turned around and went back to his room. The weather is too cold, and there is a small stove in front of Li Hao's bookcase, on which hot water is boiled, roasting the fire, and drinking hot tea, which is called winter.
Li Hao took a sip of the tea on the table, and muttered: "When His Royal Highness comes back, you can handle Qin Miao first, this thing that eats inside and outside, it is always a misfortune to keep it, and it is very troublesome, I have to find a better reason and evidence, this guy's home is probably not clean, when the time comes, send Lu Yun to his mansion to see if there is anything unsightly......"
He was muttering to himself, when he suddenly felt a little dizzy, he raised his hand to rub his head, but found that he had no strength in his body, and it was difficult to lift his arm.
"Oops!" Li Hao was shocked, and just wanted to scream, when suddenly a figure rushed down from the beam of the room, fell right behind him, and reached out to cover his mouth.
Until this moment, Li Hao finally understood why someone came to set the fire just now, it was just a ploy to divert the tiger from the mountain, in order to lure everyone to the front yard, so that the assassin could sneak into his room smoothly, drugged in the tea, and then quietly solve himself. Unexpectedly, a wise man will eventually make a mistake, such a clumsy trick, he was actually fooled, it was really a mistake.
Li Hao was desperate in his heart, at this moment, he suddenly felt a burst of heat rise in his lower abdomen, and his body actually had some strength, which should be the internal strength he had cultivated so far, so he raised his elbow and used all his strength to hit the assassin behind him, but in the end he was drugged, even if he had internal strength, his strength was limited, the assassin reached out to block his arm, still covering his mouth, but the assassin spoke, his voice was very cold: "Don't resist, or I will kill you." ”
"It's you!" Li Hao screamed as hard as he could, but his mouth was covered and he couldn't do it in the end.