A spark ignited, and the rapeseed oil in the pot slowly heated up, emitting a wisp of smoke.
"Master, what are you trying to do?"
Yan Lide said doubtfully,
"Your Majesty and your ministers are killing locusts, but you are setting up a furnace here."
"Isn't this a bit..."
When he thought about it, as an important minister of the emperor, he should work in unison with his majesty and fight on the front line.
This is definitely a good opportunity to boost your popularity!
He's not an important minister, so he doesn't have the qualifications...
But the minister did not take the ordinary path. Compared with the hard-working emperor, he seemed a little leisurely...
"I have my own ideas."
Xu Fenglei played with the condiments and said casually,
"Your Majesty treats the symptoms, and we will try to treat the root cause. Otherwise, this will be nothing more than a show. After the emperor left, locusts were left everywhere, and the people were still in poverty."
"What's the use?"
When Yan Lide heard this, he slightly cupped his hands and said no more.
The minister always has unexpected ideas, which he cannot keep up with.
…
The locusts were flying up and down, and every time Li Shimin swung his sword vigorously, he could cut off a large piece!
But the next second, those chopped locusts started to stand up again. Except for a few unlucky ones that were chopped into two pieces, the rest were only slightly injured. They flew up from low places and flew even more crazily. !
"Die, die, die!"
Li Er's eyes turned red and he waved the sword in his hand crazily.
But the feeling of exertion has slowly emerged.
At this moment, he could understand the despair of the farmers.
Being in this swarm of locusts is like being alone and surrounded by hundreds of thousands of enemy troops!
No matter how much strength you have, there will be a moment when it is exhausted.
The "enemy" doesn't care about you at all. They will eventually achieve a crushing victory, even if you are the so-called God of War.
Wow!
Wow!
Beside him, Yu Chigong, Cheng Yaojin, and a group of forbidden troops were using their swords more frequently.
Under their feet, locust corpses were already piled up, like piles of grain.
However, even those as fierce as them were beginning to breathe heavily at this moment.
Snapped!
A locust flew onto Yu Chigong's face and stuck to his nostrils.
"roll!"
Yuchi Gong raised his hand and threw it to the ground.
But the next second, the locust flew up again and hovered above his head.
"Damn it!"
Yuchi Gong couldn't help but said rudely,
"This locust is really disgusting! I would rather face an army of tens of thousands and go head-to-head with the Turkic Wolf Riders than fight against this disgusting thing!"
"It's impossible to kill them all!"
The other people all nodded.
Just these people, they can't finish killing them here for days and nights!
"I...I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore..."
The long sword in Changsun Wuji's hand fell to the ground, he held his head and gasped,
"I'm exhausted and can't cut anymore..."
"Cough! Cough cough cough..."
A locust flew towards his mouth while he was speaking. Changsun Wuji was so frightened that he spat quickly and got goosebumps all over his body.
too disgusting!
If he had no choice but to follow the emperor, he would never want to face locusts in his life!
Looking at the other people, Fang Du and the others were all about the same. Their faces were pale and they were on the verge of exhaustion.
"Your Majesty, this is not the way to go..."
Hou Junji advised,
"Locusts are poisonous, we don't have enough strength, be careful of being injured by these poisonous insects!"
"Get out of here quickly! Let the soldiers do the rest."
Li Shimin looked at the swarms of insects in the sky, his eyelids drooped, and he sighed deeply.
"It's so difficult for the people to live..."
He casually grabbed a flapping locust and murmured,
While talking, someone suddenly shouted:
"Your Majesty, look, the locusts have retreated!"
Li Shimin suddenly raised his head!
I saw that the locust swarm suddenly began to change direction and flew towards the east.
In just a moment, he has already flown into the distance.
"Your Majesty, we have won, we have repelled the locusts!"
Changsun Wuji shouted excitedly,
"We won!"
This sentence made everyone present feel excited and all smiled.
"What's the victory? It's just that the crops in the farmland here have been eaten up, and they are going to harm the next crop."
Li Shimin looked at the bare fields and smiled bitterly,
"It's not that we won, it's that they stopped accompanying us."
As soon as these words came out, the smiles on everyone's faces suddenly stopped.
The next moment, everyone was silent, and the atmosphere was somewhat depressing.
yes.
It’s not that they won, it’s that the locust didn’t want to play anymore.
This is really a confidence blow...
"...No matter what, it was His Majesty who led us to repel the locust army."
Fang Xuanling forced a smile and said,
"At least, I can give an explanation to the people."
"Your Majesty, let's go back..."
Uh-huh.
Li Shimin sheathed the sword in his hand, held the locust in his hand expressionlessly, and headed towards the city gate.
Wow.
There were already two thick layers of locust corpses piled up in the farmland.
Several farmers sat in a daze on the ridge of the field, staring blankly at their empty farmland.
No more, everything is gone...
Li Shimin walked slowly, suddenly stopped, and said calmly:
"Where's Xu Fenglei?"
"Uh... Your Majesty, it seems that Mr. Xu is not here." Hou Junji beside him was stunned for a moment, then immediately responded and responded.
Li Shimin looked indifferent.
"My dear friends and I are all fighting bravely to kill the locusts. It's better for him to hide."
He snorted coldly,
"Ah……"
"Sure enough, to understand a person, you should not listen to what he says, but what he does! It seems that he is not worthy of the title of Grand Master!"
"Let's go! Go back!"
"Just this one scene is far from enough to explain to the people!"
Li Er was really a little angry at the moment.
Although you, Xu Fenglei, are not a military commander and have little strength, aren't Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also on board?
Even if he cuts it twice together, that's fine. Don't you even want to put on a show?
In his opinion, this is purely a matter of attitude for Xu Fenglei!
The expressions of all the officials behind him changed.
Your Majesty's words are very serious! It was originally agreed that Xu Fenglei would be crowned Crown Prince and Grand Master, but after today's incident... something will change?
Du Ruhui opened his mouth, wanting to defend Xu Fenglei, but he didn't know what to say.
He himself was puzzled.
Logically speaking, Mr. Xu is a smart man and should not make such a low-level political mistake!
Does he have his own plan?
hope so……
The group returned to the city gate in silence.
Thousands of people were still kneeling on the ground, but their eyes looking at Li Shimin were full of reverence!
"Your Majesty has returned after fighting off the locusts!"
"The emperor is mighty, the emperor is brave!"
"Long live your Majesty, long live the King of Qin!"
In an instant, the people shouted long live and welcomed Li Shimin's "triumph" back!
The people who had yelled at the emperor before were now shouting along with him.
However, Li Shimin shook his head and lamented:
"My people...I am sorry for you!"
(End of chapter)
