Li Zhi was reading in the room, waiting for Li Hao to come back by the way, he was tired of watching, and just picked up the teacup and was about to take a sip of tea, when he suddenly heard Li Hao's voice outside: "Your Highness, I'm back." ”

Li Zhi hurriedly put down the teacup: "Sir, please come in." ”

"Squeak--" Li Hao pushed the door in, and after coming in, he bowed to Li Zhi, then turned around and waved to the back, and said coldly, "Come in!" ”

Two beautiful girls who looked exactly the same stepped into the house with small steps, Shi Shiran walked into the house.

Li Zhi glanced at the two girls with a confused expression, and asked Li Hao suspiciously: "Sir, what is this?" ”

Li Hao closed the door and said, "This is a gift from Qin Miao to me, two beautiful beauties, and they are twin sisters." ”

Li Zhi's face turned sullen when he heard this, he frowned and looked at Li Hao, and asked, "Sir, how can you accept bribes!" ”

Li Hao smiled lightly: "Your Highness, don't be angry first, listen to me." ”

Li Zhi saw that Li Hao was smiling very meaningfully, and couldn't help but be full of curiosity, and said, "Mr. has something to say, please speak." ”

Li Hao said: "These two beauties are Qin Miao's biggest temptation for me, if I don't accept it, he will be suspicious, since ancient times, the corrupt officials are happy to be in the same stream with the corrupt officials, I just want to pretend to be a corrupt official, let him let down his guard, just wait for him to show his feet, and immediately catch him and punish him." ”

Li Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he clapped his hands and praised: "Good strategy, sir's method is really good, but it's just ......" He turned his head to look at the two beauties and said, "These two already know your plan, sir, will they go to the informant." ”

Li Hao smiled and said: "After entering this post house, if they can still get out, they can count their skills." ”

The two beauties originally thought they were coming to bed, but they didn't expect to hear Li Hao's plan, and they were already very surprised in their hearts, and when they heard Li Hao's words, their faces changed sharply in fright, and they both knelt on the ground, crying and begging: "Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives, our sisters must be tight-lipped and dare not divulge the affairs of adults." ”

Li Hao walked up to them and asked coldly, "What is your name, which one is the elder sister and which is the younger sister?" ”

The woman on the left hurriedly said, "Lord Hui, the folk girl is my sister, her name is Jin Zhu'er." ”

The woman on the right said: "The folk girl is a younger sister, called Jin Ling'er." ”

Li Hao nodded and said, "Jin Ling'er go out first, stay in the courtyard and don't move, Ben Hou has something to ask your sister, and I'll ask you later." ”

"Yes." Jin Ling'er got up with the order, exited the room, and closed the door with her hand, only to see more than a dozen warriors standing in the courtyard outside the door with iron shields and swords, full of murderous aura, when she came before, with Li Hao by her side, she didn't feel very scared, at this moment she was standing here alone, being watched by this group of guards, only feeling cold hands and feet, not daring to move, standing there shivering.

In the room, Li Hao looked at Jin Zhu'er and asked coldly: "Jin Zhu'er, Ben Hou asks you, where do you live?" If there is anyone else in the family, think about it and then answer, because Ben Hou will ask your sister later, once you find that the answers given by the two of you are different, Ben Hou will immediately tell your sister's head to fall to the ground! ”

"Yes, the folk girl will never dare to tell half a lie." Jin Zhu'er nodded again and again, and then began to answer Li Hao's question, "The Minnu sisters live in Shibao Village, Anping County, and they have a father, mother, and two younger brothers. ”

Li Hao frowned when he heard this: "Since your sisters' parents are still alive, why do you still sell yourself to Qin Miao?" ”

Qin Zhu'er suddenly turned red when she heard this, and cried with tears in her eyes: "The folk girl is also involuntarily, the fields at home have long been occupied by the Cui family, my father broke his leg two years ago, and the situation at home is really worse day by day, since the summer of this year, all rely on the villagers to help each other, it just so happened that Lord Qin went to Anping more than a month ago on business, passed by our village, and proposed to buy our two sisters and go back to be concubines, but our parents refused, our sisters knew that the family was in a bad situation, and they couldn't watch their younger brother and parents suffer, After discussing it in private, our sisters proposed to our parents to sell ourselves to Lord Qin, and although our parents were reluctant to do anything, they finally agreed bitterly. ”

Li Hao nodded and asked, "Then how much did you sell it in the end?" ”

Qin Zhu'er raised her sleeves to wipe away her tears, and said sadly: "Twenty yuan of money, plus three stones of grain." ”

Li Hao was speechless for a while when he heard this, two big living people, it is worth twenty yuan, three stone grain, this is the so-called prosperous age, Li Hao suddenly felt very sad, he finally realized that no matter what kind of prosperous era, there will be poor, even if it is the future world, people's living standards exceed this era by thousands of times, there will still be poor, they are all because of various unexpected reasons that lead to extreme poverty, such as diseases, disasters, etc., in the end they can only continue to struggle in life, struggle......

Although Li Hao was sentimental for Qin Zhu'er's words, he also knew that with his current ability, he could not let Datang eliminate this kind of poor household, and only when he was full-fledged in the future could he give it a try, but now it was still important to get down to business, he continued to ask: "Since you have been accepted as a concubine by Qin Miao, why does Qin Miao still say that you are virgins?" ”

Qin Zhu'er said: "Back to my lord, because Lord Qin's main room Cui is domineering by nature, Lord Qin is not allowed to take concubines, since the two of us came to Lord Qin's mansion, the Cui family has often made trouble with him, and placed the two of us sisters to serve by her side, not letting Lord Qin get close." ”

"Cui's?" Li Hao suddenly frowned and said, "Qin Miao's main family name is Cui? Is it from the Bolingtri clan? ”

Jin Zhu'er shook her head: "This folk girl doesn't know, she only knows that Lord Qin is afraid of her." ”

Hearing this, Li Hao seemed to guess something, thought about it, and asked again: "So this time, Qin Miao gave you to me, did you have anything to say?" Answer carefully, don't lie, otherwise, Ben Hou will not only kill your sisters, but also your family, Ben Hou kills people, and never blinked. ”

Jin Zhu'er trembled when she heard this, and hurriedly replied: "The people don't dare to lie, it's all the truth, Lord Qin said that you are a big man, let our sisters do everything they can to win your favor, and after pleasing you, say good things for him, as long as he can be promoted, he promises to treat our parents well, and will let our two younger brothers study." ”

Li Hao nodded when he heard this: "Okay, the official knows, now you go to the courtyard and change your sister to come in, remember, you are not allowed to say a word to your sister, and you are not even allowed to look at her, you know?" ”

"Yes." Jin Zhu'er exited the room and walked to the courtyard with her head down, not daring to look up the whole time.

Li Hao walked to the door and beckoned to Jin Ling'er: "Jin Ling'er come in." ”

Jin Ling'er walked into the house tremblingly, Li Hao asked the question just now, Jin Ling'er answered basically the same as Jin Zhu'er, which can prove that the two of them are not lying, Li Hao is relieved, and asks Lu Yun to arrange a room for the two sisters to stay for one night, and plan to take them home tomorrow.

Seeing off the Jin family sisters, Li Zhi asked: "Sir, Qin Miao, as a state pastor, actually gave you such a big gift, which shows that he is indeed not a good official." ”

"That's right." Li Hao nodded and said, "I suspect now that Qin Miao was greedy for money and food, so that the state treasury was empty, and tens of thousands of people outside the city died in disregard." ”

"Damn!" Li Zhi glared angrily when he heard this, and shouted, "Poetry madness! Is there any evidence of his greed? ”

Obviously, Li Zhi was very angry, he didn't even shout Mr., and directly called Li Hao a poet, Li Hao didn't care, but was a little happy, Li Zhi's biggest weakness is that his personality is too good, he lacks temper, and now he sees him angry, it seems that he has induced him well.

Regarding Li Zhi's question, Li Hao smiled helplessly: "Your Highness, how can it be so simple to find evidence, a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and it is very likely that his relationship with the Boling Cui clan is not clear, you have just heard it, he is extremely afraid of guilt, and his wife's surname is Cui." ”

Li Zhi nodded when he heard this: "Yes, if he has a relationship with the Cui family, then the matter is really difficult to do." ”

"It's hard to do, but it's not a bad thing." Li Hao said with a smile, "Although the Cui clan is huge, but the emperor has a secret decree, let me find the handle of the Cui clan, hehe, if I move Qin Miao, I don't know if the Boling Cui clan will make a move, as long as they dare to make a move, then they can seize the handle, the difficulty now is, what to do with Qin Miao, Qin Miao's matter...... Can't investigate openly, and there is no clue about the secret investigation, we can only wait for him to commit a crime, catch a current, and then we can investigate him openly, maybe we can also touch the melon and pull out something else. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he asked, "Then when will he commit a crime?" ”

Li Hao said: "Don't worry, it won't be long before the disaster relief food will arrive, so much food, I don't believe he is not moved, as long as he dares to stretch out his hand, hum, his death will come." ”

Li Zhi glared at him when he heard this, and exclaimed: "He also dares to be greedy for disaster relief food? ”

Li Hao sneered: "The reason why corrupt officials are called corrupt officials is because their greed cannot be satisfied at all, so they don't care about the life or death of others, they stuff their own pockets first." ”

Li Zhi was silent for a while when he heard this, Li Hao's words, he understood, but he didn't understand, why these people were greedy for money, why they tried all means to be greedy for money, and didn't even care about the lives of others, he knew that Li Hao was also greedy for money, but Li Hao was not like them to harm others, and the money he earned was above board.

Li Hao continued: "Your Highness, tomorrow I plan to go to Anping County to borrow grain from the Boling Cui clan, but will Your Highness not go down?" ”

Li Hao had told Li Zhi before that they had expected that Cui's would definitely not borrow grain, and Li Hao was just going to test Cui's, since this was the case, Li Zhi felt that it was pointless for him to go, and shook his head and said: "I still won't go, they won't borrow it anyway." ”

"Okay." Li Hao said, "Then I will leave Lu Yun behind and protect you." ”

"No, you don't." Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "With so many people guarding me, it will be fine." ”

Li Hao sighed: "Although these guards are powerful, they may not be able to prevent the assassination of masters, for the sake of His Highness's safety, it is better to leave Lu Yun behind." ”

Li Zhi was puzzled when he heard this: "Sir, I don't have an enemy, how could someone stab me?" ”

"Your Highness, you don't have an enemy, I have." Li Hao smiled bitterly, "And there is no shortage of masters in my enemy's family, it is more troublesome for them to assassinate me, after all, I have a martial art, but Your Highness does not understand martial arts, if the assassin breaks through the defense line of the guards, then your life will be in danger." ”

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Why did your enemy assassinate me?" ”

Li Hao just wanted to explain to him, but Li Zhi suddenly came to his senses and said, "Oh! I know, I am the prince, you are responsible for protecting me, if something happens to me, my father will definitely blame you. ”

"That's it." Li Hao nodded.

"Okay, then let Mr. Lu stay." In order to reassure Li Hao, Li Zhi nodded and agreed, of course, after listening to Li Hao's words, he was also a little afraid in his heart.

The two chatted for a while, Li Hao retired, and when he left the room, he saw Lu Yun and Chen Song outside the door, Li Hao asked, "Did you hear the conversation between me and King Jin?" ”

Chen Song nodded honestly, but Lu Yun shook his head knowingly.

Li Hao waved his hand: "Don't pretend, you hear it, I don't blame you, if I don't want you to listen, I will let you go farther." ”

Lu Yun laughed dryly and nodded, "I heard it." ”

Li Hao said: "Then I won't say much, you stay and guard the King of Jin, you must protect him thoroughly." ”

"Yes." Lu Yunjaw leader ordered.

"Chen Song come with me." Li Hao said and left the courtyard.

Early the next morning, Li Hao prepared a carriage and sat in it by himself, with the Jin family sisters serving on the side, Chen Song as the coachman, and five hundred Zuo Xiaowei guarding him.

The team slowly drove out of Dingzhou City and headed east.

Qin Miao stood on the city tower, looking at Li Hao and their team, the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, and his face was full of gloomy sneers.