In the Daming Palace, Li Shimin was very puzzled.
Why didn’t the locust plague come?
Is the news wrong? Or did the locust commit suicide? Or is it due to other reasons? It’s really puzzling.
So Hou Junji and Gao Shilian were called.
His face was very bad.
"Hou Junji, didn't you say that the locust plague is coming? Where is it? Why didn't I see it or hear your report?"
As soon as these words came out, Hou Junji was so frightened that his whole body trembled.
This made him very uncomfortable.
You know, he did everything possible to wait for this opportunity.
But this opportunity disappeared at the critical moment.
At that moment, he even thought about whether Li Min was behind this.
But that was a locust plague, not an ordinary pest damage.
what to do?
There were only three words in his mind.
Facing Li Shimin’s question, he said:
"This...this minister doesn't know! Maybe it's because of the delay?!"
"Don't know? You say you don't know? Locusts are not human, so why are they delayed? Are you sure you are not joking? You are so disappointing. You were not like this before! Hou Junji, Hou Junji, ah , how can you ask me to trust you again in the future?"
I originally wanted to control the locust plague well, but now what do you think? How is he going to treat the bugs when they haven't come? It feels like a joke!
After a while, Li Shimin still hadn't said enough.
Then he said:
"Or is your news wrong!? Don't tell me that the locust plague disappeared out of thin air! Don't say that kind of thing to deceive children again!"
This temper came up immediately, and it got bigger and bigger.
Facing Li Shimin's anger.
He was frightened.
This was something he didn't expect.
how so! Why is it happening like that.
It’s puzzling.
It took a long time for Hou Junji to say something.
"Rong Chen, let someone take a look! Your Majesty, don't be impatient!"
Do not worry? What to say! Are Hou Junji and Gao Shilian the same thing? Don't you mean what you say without thinking?
"Look? You guy, you still need to look at it. It's been two days. Shouldn't you understand very well? Don't let me be anxious? You are better, what have you been doing these days? Are you daydreaming? ?”
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Gao Shilian said at this time.
If he doesn't speak again, Hou Junji will be scolded to death.
For Gao Shilian, because he was the uncle of Queen Changsun, Li Shimin did not give him much good looks.
But Hou Junji is different, because he doesn't perform well.
"Calm down your anger? If it were you, how would you calm down your anger? Tell me!"
Li Shimin asked rhetorically.
Gao Shilian was also frightened.
Put yourself in someone else's shoes, who can be calm at this time? There is a kind of person who is treated like a monkey. How could Li Shimin talk to them well? It’s simply wishful thinking!
"This... Your Majesty, I have checked. The locust plague is indeed coming to Chang'an. There has been news in the past few days. Wherever they go, the crops are directly devoured by them, and the people along the road are miserable. Regarding this, It was also reported in yesterday’s announcement.”
Li Shimin was silent because he didn't criticize the book yesterday.
Li Min would be very happy if he knew they were being scolded! The locusts came, but when they arrived, they couldn't make it happen. It was all because of Li Min's arrangement.
"If that's the case, is it possible to go somewhere else? If that's the case, that wouldn't be good!"
Li Shimin said suddenly.
Regarding this, everyone thinks it is possible.
Gao Shilian said first: "This is somewhat possible, but we still need to confirm it. Rong Gongchen sent someone to check!"
"Okay, just do it! Do this quickly, don't wait until later and let us misjudge it! That would be bad."
Li Shimin's anger subsided a little.
But he still disliked Hou Junji.
But just when Gao Shilian was about to go out, a guard ran in in a hurry.
"Report!"
The guard shouted.
Gao Shilian did not leave.
And listening.
Li Shimin gestured to him.
"General Cheng ordered the younger one to come into the palace to report that the locust plague was wiped out ten miles south of the city!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin was shocked.
"wipe out?"
Looking at the past, I am afraid that no one can say that we will eliminate locusts.
But Cheng Yaojin dared to say that?
There's obviously something wrong with this.
The question is, shouldn't Hou Junji and the others be responsible for this kind of thing?
Why did Cheng Yaojin come to report?
This behavior is puzzling.
The two of them didn't believe it even more, this was not true.
It must be fake news.
But at this time, who would spread false news? You can do it if you don't want your life.
But at this moment, Hou Junji said: "Your Majesty, General Cheng must have said that on purpose. There must be a plan here!"
Gao Shilian followed: "No, how can the word "annihilation" be said so easily?"
The two just didn't believe it.
In addition, Cheng Yaojin said it, and they didn't believe it even more.
Cheng Yaojin had beaten the two of them before.
Now, he exists again.
At the same time, Hou Junji said: "The Sixth Prince must have instigated General Cheng to do this. What on earth did he want to do?"
Li Shimin obviously didn't care about what the two said.
On the contrary, he said: "Let's go, I want to see it!"
Seeing is believing.
Hou Junji said, "Your Majesty, let's forget about this, right? If there is really a locust plague outside, it would be a very dangerous thing!"
Locust plagues appear in units of hundreds of millions at every turn. If a person is surrounded by them, they may be scratched or something.
Therefore, Hou Junji wanted to stop Li Shimin.
But in Li Shimin's opinion, his obstruction seemed to be due to a guilty conscience.
in turn. He said: "Look what good things you have done! You have used so many talents and financial resources, but in the end, nothing is used! Your methods are so disappointing to me!"
The locust plague that was about to come disappeared on the day it arrived.
Why is Li Shimin not angry?
In addition, during this period of time, just digging pits took up a lot of land, spent a lot of money, and used a lot of talents.
There are a lot of people from the court alone, and these are all costs.
At the same time, it was just because of some words of Hou Junji.
In contrast, Li Shimin even began to suspect that the reason why the locust plague disappeared was because of Li Min's doing.
Why.
First, Li Min went out in the newspaper with such a high profile, saying that he could deal with the locusts. You must have thought about what to do!
Second, ask Cheng Yaojin to send someone to report, indicating that Cheng Yaojin must have been there at the time.
I just don’t know why people are brought into the palace to retaliate?
Do you just want to show off your abilities?
Or is it because of certain people?
All of this is unknown.
At this time, Li Shimin wanted to know what happened.
So, no matter what, he had to go and have a look. He wanted to know what method Li Min used to kill all the locusts.
So he got up.
"Stop driving and head to the south of the city!"
He did not allow any doubt and headed directly to the south of the city.
