The day after Li Hao sent 28 special forces to carry out the rescue mission, rumors spread everywhere in Tingzhou City, saying that the granary of Tingzhou was empty, and all the money and grain were greedy for ink by the new assassin Li Hao.

You don't have to think about it to know that this rumor must have been spread by Cao Tian, although these rumors are nonsense, but most of the people are ignorant, they all believe it, they don't dare to make trouble, because Li Hao is an official, a big official, and he holds the power of life and death for everyone in Tingzhou, who dares to make trouble. But the panic of food shortage haunted everyone's hearts like a nightmare, and for a while, the entire Tingzhou City was enveloped in a strange atmosphere.

In the afternoon, under the instigation and call of some mobs, nearly 1,000 people in Tingzhou gathered at the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, blocked the Assassin's Mansion, and knelt on the ground to beg Li Hao to release food to save his life.

How can Li Hao have grain, the three hundred stone grain found from the two judges' homes of Si Cang and the treasurer have been transported to Zhichong Mansion to make military food, after all, there are still two thousand soldiers and horses to be raised in Zhichong Mansion, otherwise if there is a mutiny among soldiers, the consequences are unimaginable, the remaining fifty stones, he keeps raising five hundred right guards, besides, even if he takes out these fifty stone grains now, it is not enough for the thousands of people in front of him, and there will definitely be people from Cao Tian who come in to fish in troubled waters.

Li Hao was in a dilemma for a while, and he could only hope that the special forces would save the son of the shopkeeper Li of the Longchang grain store as soon as possible, so as to completely solve the food crisis in Tingzhou.

There were more and more people outside the Assassin's Mansion, all of whom knelt silently outside the door, and one of them made the most trouble, shouting and asking Li Hao to release grain, and said that Li Hao was greedy for public food, black heart and black lungs, and scolded very badly.

Li Hao frowned and stood in the courtyard, he had to admire Cao Tian, he could force himself into such an embarrassing situation with a casual move, listening to the shouting and scolding outside the door, Li Hao sighed helplessly: "Cao Tian is a good means, a good means!" Forcing the people with food, forcing me with the people, I'm still too tender. ”

Lu Yun heard some frustration in his words, and stepped forward to comfort: "Young Master, don't be impatient, the Flying Eagle and they have already gone to rescue Shopkeeper Li's son, once Shopkeeper Li's son is rescued, things will be settled." ”

"I don't know that." Li Hao sighed leisurely, "But what if they can't save the hostages? ”

Lu Yun was speechless for a while when he heard this, and he couldn't think of a good word when he opened his mouth several times, so he could only shut up.

Li Hao frowned slightly, thoughtful, and then said slowly: "Everything must be prepared for the best and the worst, we can't all rely on the Flying Eagle and them, even if the Flying Eagle and they can really rescue the hostages, we must also make follow-up preparations, what if Cao Tian goes to burn the grain again?" ”

Lu Yun's hairs stood up when he heard this, if Cao Tian really burned the grain in Longchang Grain Shop, then it would be really difficult for Li Hao to turn over.

Li Hao said slowly: "Since he has already taken the first step, then you can't let him take the second step, Lu Yun, you go and secretly contact the shopkeeper Li and tell him that we have sent someone to save his son, so that he can wait with peace of mind, and at the same time, you take Jinli and them to cooperate with the shopkeeper Li to protect the grain in the Longchang grain shop, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"Yes!" Lu Yun solemnly accepted the order, and just wanted to turn around and leave, but suddenly thought of something, turned his head and asked, "Young master, I have something in my heart, and I don't know what I know." ”

"Speak."

Lu Yun asked suspiciously: "Why didn't Cao Tian burn the grain in Longchang Grain Store at the beginning, in that case, you would definitely lose." ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Maybe he can't get so much food in a short time, or maybe he doesn't want to offend the Li family in Longxi, so as long as he is not forced to be in a hurry, he won't destroy the grain in Longchang Grain Shop, I guess...... When the special forces bring back the son of the shopkeeper Li, it should be the time for them to burn the grain, so you have to be prepared and don't be careless. ”

"Don't worry." Lu Yun slowly narrowed his eyes and said proudly, "If they are allowed to succeed, I will take off my right hand to apologize." ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, his solemn expression finally eased a little, and he grinned: "I just like to see you look so shameless when you pretend to be forced." ”

Lu Yun was stunned, smacked his mouth, although he didn't say anything, his expression had already expressed what he meant: "You are so handsome for only three seconds." ”

Lu Yun shouted to Jinli and their group, and successively climbed over the wall out of the Thorn Shi Mansion, and rushed to the house of the shopkeeper Li, the home of the shopkeeper Li and the Longchang grain shop are connected together, although the Longchang rice shop is not big, but the yard and warehouse inside are very large, otherwise how can the Longchang grain shop provide rice grain for the people of the city, of course, not everyone in Tingzhou buys grain, although the harvest of the farmland here in Tingzhou is very poor, but each mu of land can still produce one or two hundred catties of grain per year.

Lu Yun found the shopkeeper Li and explained his intention, the shopkeeper Li heard that Li Hao had sent someone to save his son, and he was so moved that he almost cried, and he was about to kowtow to Lu Yun on the spot, but Lu Yun was quick and stopped him.

Cao Tian used Xiaobao's life to coerce Shopkeeper Li to close his business and not sell grain, otherwise he would tear up the ticket, and Shopkeeper Li had no choice but to pit Li Hao. Unexpectedly, Li Hao repaid his grievances with virtue, not only did he not blame him, but also helped him save his son, and now he also sent people to protect the grain, there are still more than 1,500 stone grains in their granary, which is not a small amount, if it is burned by Cao Tian, he will not be able to explain to the family at all, and it is estimated that he will not want to have a bright future in his life.

After chatting with Shopkeeper Li, Shopkeeper Li took Lu Yun and them to the granary, the granary is so big, there are ten grain stacks, the grain stacks are cylindrical, adobe walls, pointed tops, listen to the introduction of Shopkeeper Li, each grain stack here can store 1,000 stones of grain, and ten can store 10,000 stones of grain in total.

There was a group of guards guarding around the grain stack, about thirty people, Lu Yun checked the surrounding terrain again, the courtyard wall was a four-meter-high brick wall, the east of the courtyard was a vacant land, the west of the courtyard was an alley, the south side was connected to the storefront and some of his shops, and the north was the home of the shopkeeper Li.

After Lu Yun looked around, he asked the shopkeeper Li to let himself lead the arrangement, the shopkeeper Li nodded and agreed, and let Lu Yun lead all his more than 30 guards, Lu Yun communicated with these guards, only to find that these guards are not ordinary people, they have all been government soldiers, and there are many masters, think about it carefully, this does not seem to be strange, the Li family in Longxi generally only sends goods to the Longchang grain shop once a year, 10,000 stone grains each time, why do you want to do this, because the road is too far away, and the road is not easy to walk, it is all desert, Every time it is transported, it will waste a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, so it is only once a year.

10,000 stone grain at one time, this is not a small amount, for the sake of safety, the Li family in Longxi naturally sent many masters to escort, after the grain arrived in Tingzhou, leaving half of the masters in Tingzhou, responsible for guarding the granary, as time goes by, the grain is getting less and less, so the guards are getting fewer and fewer, so by now, there are still 1,500 stone grain left in the granary, and there are only thirty guards left.

Lu Yun was afraid that these guards would not listen to him, so he performed a ladder to the sky in front of them, and ran to the top of the grain stack on foot, shocking the audience, the eyes of all the guards became extremely worshipful, Lu Yun saw that the effect had been achieved, and then began to arrange tasks.

When Lu Yun showed his light skills in the granary of the Longchang grain shop, the people outside the Assassin's Mansion made a lot of trouble, and some of the more radical people had begun to buckle bricks from the wall and smash them on the gate of the Assassin's Mansion.

Li Hao secretly looked out from the crack in the door for a while, and found that although the leader was ragged and wearing patched clothes, his face was oily and strong, how could he look like a poor person.

Li Hao saw that the person who led the troublemaker was invited by Cao Tian, and it seems that Cao Tian is not stupid, and he will also use it.

The people were encouraged by the words of the leader, and their emotions became more and more intense, and some of the people saw that the officers and soldiers did not dare to touch them, and the assassin Shi had been a turtle with a shrunken head, and gradually became bolder, and they picked up the broken mud and bricks and threw them on the gate of the Assassin's Mansion, and the already dilapidated gate was smashed and swayed.

Li Hao gritted his teeth vigorously and shouted suddenly in the courtyard: "Everyone stop for me!" ”

When everyone outside the door heard the sound, they all stopped, Li Hao saw them stop, opened the courtyard door suddenly, strode out, his cold eyes swept the audience, and shouted majestically: "What are you doing?" Smashing the gate of the Shifu? Want to rebel? ”

The people who had just gained courage were frightened by his momentum, and they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to shout, but the guy in the lead said loudly: "Lord Thorn Shi, we are the people under your rule, and now we have no food to eat, so we can only come to you, my lord, please open a warehouse and release grain, save us!" ”

Li Hao glanced at him and asked coldly, "Are you dying of hunger?" Why does this official think that you are jumping up and down, your voice is still so loud, and your strength seems to be inexhaustible. ”

The man hurriedly said: "My lord, although the villain is not hungry, the surplus food at home is only enough for two days, if you don't release food for relief, the people of Tingzhou will not be able to endure it!" ”

"Yes, my lord's help, my lord's help......" The rest of the people chimed in and begged together.

This makes Li Hao very helpless, the people's herd psychology does not seem to be a product of the future world, at least the Tang Dynasty has, among the people here, there are a few people who have begun to run out of food at home, at most there is not much food in the family, and then mistakenly believe the rumors, panic psychology, one person panic does not matter, if thousands of people panic, tens of thousands of panic, it may cause a disaster, many long-planned civil uprisings in history happened like this, and in the end it was this group of poor people who were unlucky.

Li Hao looked at the sea of people kowtowing in front of him, and he had already made a decision in his heart, he must first eliminate the panic, now at this time, whether there is food or not is secondary, and stabilizing the hearts of the people is the most important thing, so he slowly raised his right hand, erected two fingers, and said in a deep voice: "Two days, two days later, this official will give everyone grain." ”

When the people heard this, they quieted down, if they could put grain in two days, they could afford to wait, even if the family had already started to run out of food, they could ask relatives to borrow a little, and two days would pass.

The leader saw that Li Hao had settled down the people with a single sentence of empty white teeth, and he was immediately unhappy, his task was to encourage the people to make trouble, how could he calm them down, so he asked Li Hao in a loud voice: "My lord! Why wait two days before putting the grain? Is it really as the rumor says, you are greedy for the grain in the state warehouse! ”

This sentence was like thunder on the ground, and the people who had just calmed down became noisy again, and the audience was full of buzzing discussions.