Seeing Li Zhi's anxious appearance, Li Hao patted him on the shoulder again and comforted: "Your Highness, don't panic, everything has me." ”

Li Zhi looked at Li Hao with no master: "Sir, what should we do now?" ”

Li Hao frowned and stroked his chin, slowly pacing and pondering, Li Zhi knew that he was thinking of ideas, so he naturally didn't dare to disturb, so he could only look at him with hope on his face.

After a long time, Li Hao finally stopped pacing, raised his head and said, "First of all, we will send a fast horse to report the news to Your Majesty." ”

"Okay." Li Zhi hurriedly nodded, "I'll write a recital to my father later, what's next?" ”

"Next, the two of us will go our separate ways." Li Hao said, "Your Highness, you take a thousand Zuo Xiaowei to Hengzhou and ask Lu Dong to borrow grain, and you don't need to borrow much, just eight thousand stones is enough." ”

"Eight thousand stones?" Li Zhi exclaimed when he heard this, "How can eight thousand stones be enough?" There are already 70,000 victims outside Dingzhou alone, plus the victims in so many counties under the rule of Dingzhou, there are more than 100,000 victims in total, how can 8,000 stone grain be enough? ”

"Your Highness, please believe me." Li Hao waved his hand and said, "There are eight thousand stone grains, enough to wait for His Majesty's will." ”

Seeing that Li Hao was so determined, Li Zhi no longer argued with him, nodded and said: "Okay, after I finish writing the recital, I will immediately go to Hengzhou to borrow grain, sir, what about you, what are you doing?" ”

"I'll stay in Dingzhou." Li Hao's eyes showed a cold light, and he said coldly, "I want to find out who caused this fire." ”

Li Zhi was shocked when he heard this: "What! Was this fire deliberately set by someone? ”

Li Hao nodded with a gloomy face: "Of course, how can there be such a coincidence in the world, as soon as the disaster relief grain arrived, a fire broke out in the granary, Your Highness, let me tell you the truth, some people want to take advantage of this disaster to stir up the situation in Hebei, in a vain attempt to subvert the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"Someone is going to rebel?" Li Zhi was shocked, he was just a child, and he would certainly be shocked to receive such a huge amount of information at one time.

"Your Highness, don't be afraid." Li Hao said very calmly, "I have reported this matter to Your Majesty, and soon Your Majesty's will will come, this group of people will not be able to make it." ”

"If they rebel, they will rebel, why should they burn grain, it is food! Hundreds of thousands of victims are waiting for these food to save their lives! Li Zhi had a bitter and hateful expression, in his opinion, the rebellion was nothing, and naturally his father sent troops to suppress it, but this group of victims was innocent, because he saw with his own eyes that the victims were too pitiful.

Li Hao sighed when he heard this: "Since ancient times, which one of them is not hard-hearted, and which of those emperors is not stepping on the corpses of tens of millions of people to ascend to the throne, since they dare to plot against the Tang Dynasty, how can they care about the life and death of the people of the Tang Dynasty, besides, only by burning the grain can it cause a huge panic and make the people no longer believe in the imperial court, if they can recruit 200,000 disaster victims in Hebei to train into an army, it may really be possible to make His Majesty sleep." ”

Li Zhi was silent when he heard this, he didn't know much about rebellion and war, and he wasn't interested, he just wanted to get food now, so he didn't want to starve the refugees outside the city, so he raised his head and said: "Sir, let's go our separate ways, I'll write a note now, and then go to Hengzhou to borrow food." ”

Li Hao nodded: "Okay, Your Highness, your safety is very important, Lu Yun still stays to protect you, so as not to make a mistake, I have two hundred Zuo Wuwei and Chen Song brought by myself here, there should be no big problem." ”

"Okay, I'll go write the recital." Li Zhi said that he came to the front of the case, and began to write a note, he has been reading since he was a child, although he does not say that he is very talented, but it is not much of a problem to write a note, and after writing it, he stamped it, Li Zhi looked up and asked, "Sir, let the post station send it?" ”

"Nope! This matter is not trivial, send your own people to send it. He went to open the door and called, "Captain Yang, come in." ”

Captain Yang strode into the door and bowed: "Meet His Royal Highness the King of Jin, meet the Marquis of Li County." ”

Li Zhi handed the song to Captain Yang and said, "You ...... for me On behalf of the king, he sent this urgent letter to Chang'an and handed it over to his father. ”

"Yes!" Captain Yang raised his hands and bowed his head to take the recital.

Li Hao admonished on the side: "You send two or three trustworthy brothers with good skills, the sooner the better, this matter cannot be delayed for a moment." ”

"Yes!" Captain Yang answered again, and withdrew from the door with a piece in his hand.

"Okay, next, I'm going to Hengzhou to borrow grain." Li Zhi turned his head to look at Li Hao, and when he thought that he was going to borrow food to save the people in person, he suddenly felt a sense of pride, in his opinion, this is a very great thing, because it can save people and save many people, so it is very remarkable.

Li Hao nodded: "Your Highness, take care of yourself all the way, and remember that borrowing food is a small matter, and your safety is the most important thing." ”

"How can borrowing food be a trivial matter?" Li Zhi muttered softly, and walked out, followed by Li Hao.

Li Zhi ordered King Qi to drive to Hengzhou City, all the Zuo Xiaowei began to prepare, about ten minutes later, everything was ready, Li Zhi's car and more than 1,000 people were already waiting outside, Li Hao turned back to Li Hao and waved his hand: "Sir, I'm leaving, Dingzhou will be handed over to Mr." ”

Li Hao also bowed: "Your Highness, take care of yourself all the way, it's still the same sentence, your safety is the most important thing." ”

Li Zhi hummed, turned around and went out, boarded the carriage, and the team slowly set off, heading west along the street.

"Lu Yun." After seeing Li Zhi leave, Li Hao habitually screamed.

Chen Song walked over and said, "King Lu Ba has gone to protect King Jin." ”

"Oh, that's smooth." Li Hao smiled awkwardly and said, "Let's get ready and go to the granary." ”

"Which granary?" Chen Song's face was full of doubts.

"Naturally, it's the Dingzhou granary, the one that was burned down by fire the day before yesterday."

Chen Song became more and more puzzled: "What are you doing there?" ”

"Go investigate." Li Hao said and turned around and walked into the backyard, and said to Chen Bin, "General Chen, set off in line and go to the Dingzhou granary." ”

"Yes!" Chen Bin let out a deep sigh, and quickly ran to the stable with two hundred Xuanjia soldiers, each of whom took a horse and gathered outside the post house.

Soon, Li Hao and Chen Song also led the horses out, Li Hao didn't say anything, turned over on the horse with a gloomy expression, and then pulled the reins and headed towards the Dingzhou granary.

Li Hao came to the original Dingzhou granary, and could see from a distance that the front had become a ruin, and the two people's houses on both sides were also affected by the fire, burning most of them, and now only half of the roof and ruins remain.

There was only a black door frame left at the original granary gate, and an old man in a shabby yacha shirt was half-leaning against the broken wall, his eyes slightly closed, basking in the sun, and the sound of neat horses' hooves was too loud, which woke the old man up when he got closer.

The momentum of the two hundred Xuanjia army was too great, and as soon as Li Hao and the others stopped their horses, the old man was so frightened that his mother screamed, and he turned his head and wanted to escape.

"Stop!" Li Hao drank coldly, and the old man was suddenly so frightened that he didn't dare to move.

Li Hao turned over and dismounted and walked in front of him and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Humble ...... Xiaguan ...... The little old man's name is Zhao Si, and he is known as Zhao Laosi. "This Zhao Laosi looks like a timid person, and he has no knowledge, at this moment, Li Hao seems to be a big official, and he is a general with troops, and he doesn't know how to call himself.

Li Hao asked again: "What are you doing here?" ”

Zhao Laosi hurriedly replied: "Little Lao'er is guarding the granary here. ”

"Guarding the granary?" Li Hao turned his head to look at the granary in the ruins of the burned city, and sneered, "The granary has been burned like this?" Are you still guarding the granary? ”

Zhao Laosi said: "Little Lao'er doesn't want to, this cold day is all frozen to death, you can stay in the granary before, but now you can only freeze outside, but Lord Qin said, even if the granary is gone, we have to guard it, this is our duty." ”

"You guys?" Li Hao frowned and asked, "Is there anyone else?" ”

"Yes, there's another one." Zhao Laosi said, "The other one is called Wang Er Mazi, ah, no, it's smooth, his name is Wang Er, but last night he violated discipline when he was on duty, and accidentally fell asleep, Mars set the granary on fire, Lord Qin was angry, and he was already put in prison for questioning, and I heard that he would be beheaded." ”

"Oh?" Li Hao frowned and thought for a while, and asked, "This granary has always been guarded by the two of you in turn?" No one else? ”

"There's no one else." Zhao Laosi said something, "Xiao Lao'er and Wang Ermazi have been guarding this granary for almost ten years, and they have never gone wrong, and they never thought that the disaster relief food had just arrived last night, and something went wrong, but fortunately, Xiao Lao'er was not on duty last night, otherwise Xiao Lao'er would have died this time." ”

Li Hao's eyebrows were furrowed, 50,000 stone of disaster relief grain, only one person was sent to be on duty, this is just too child's play, based on this alone, Qin Miao can definitely be convicted of dereliction of duty, but Li Hao is not in a hurry, he still has to investigate the fire scene, so he began to report his identity: "I am the Marquis of Lantian County, Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang will Li Hao, by the emperor's order, protect the King of Jin to come here to treat the disaster, the King of Jin is now entangled in important matters, send me to investigate the case of the granary water, since you are the granary keeper, it is necessary for Benhou to inform you." ”

"Lazy...... Monkey? Left what guard...... Wolves general? Zhao Laosi was a little confused, he had never heard of Li Hao's names in his life, after all, he had lived in this Dingzhou city all his life, and the biggest official he knew was the Dingzhou Assassin History, and then he only knew the emperor, as for the other big officials and titles, he didn't know anything.

"It's the Marquis of Lantian County! Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang General! Li Hao raised his voice, repeated slowly, and said, "Ben Hou is here to investigate the case!" You can call me General or Hou Ye! ”

"Oh, General!" Zhao Laosi's eyes lit up, he knew what a general was, and the official who led the troops to fight was the general, so he hurriedly said in a stacked voice, "The general came to investigate the case, although the general investigated, the little old man didn't bother you, didn't dare to disturb you." ”

Li Hao didn't have time to waste saliva with him, so he took Chen Song into the granary that had been burned to the ruins, and began to look around.

After carefully inspecting the ruins for a long time, Li Hao suddenly stopped, and Chen Song leaned over to Li Hao and whispered, "Young Master, have you gained anything?" ”

"The harvest is not small." Li Hao sneered, "This fire is really arson. ”

Chen Song was surprised when he heard this, he was burned like this, and he could see that it was arson, which was too mysterious, but he had seen Li Hao's ability, so he had to believe it, and asked curiously: "How do you distinguish it?" ”