Li Hanrui slapped the table, "Did you know that stealing imperial food is a capital offense?"
"Your Excellency, you underestimate me. Although I am not as high as the two generals, I still know a thing or two about the laws of the court!"
"Now that you know it, you still knowingly commit the crime?"
He Shilong slowly raised his head and looked at Li Hanrui, "General, first of all, I didn't steal this grain. It was given to me by someone and asked me to distribute it to the people. Second, when these grains arrived in my house, I couldn't bear a grain of rice." It has not entered my stomach! I have been drinking water every day for seven days. If you don't believe it, after I die, open my house and find a grain of rice. There will be no peace under the nine springs of Xiaguan!"
A sentence stopped in everyone's ears. I really couldn't bear to blame, but Zhao Xuanyi didn't care about it. This matter was related to his father's life. "There is no food or rice in Qianqiu City. You can ask the court for help again, but you know clearly that the food was stolen." Where is the money, but you knew it and didn’t report it, do you admit guilt?”
"General, I don't know where the food is. It's just that people deliver food to my house every day. Do you think these people will tell me where the food and silver are?" He Shilong said with a sure face. Expression asked.
This sentence was like a blow to the head, waking up Zhao Xuanyi. Only then did Zhao Xuanyi understand that these people who had stolen food money used this method to appease the people in order to prevent being reported. How much does the food cost? Ten thousand shi of grain is only 10,000 taels, and the most important thing is the 500,000 taels of silver!
They use the minimum amount of food to relieve the people every day, and use this method to compete with the officers and soldiers. Now the food here in Li Hanrui is also stretched. Once Li Hanrui's food and grass are exhausted, they will evacuate, and then they will transport all the silver away.
Why does it feel so familiar to the situation when he was caught? Could it be the same person? But the most critical issue right now is the food issue!
"How much food do you have here?"
"Less than half a bag!" He Shilong said.
"When do they deliver it to you every day?" Li Hanrui asked.
"At midnight!"
Zhao Xuanyi shook his head, "Second brother, if we come with such a big fanfare today, the other party may have discovered it and won't come to deliver food again!"
"This? What should I do?" Li Hanrui asked.
Zhao Xuanyi sighed, "It seems that we can only use the last resort?"
"any solution?"
"When I left Beijing, I asked my father-in-law to raise funds for me. I had already sold Tangyanju, hoping to collect the one million taels. Then I would say that the lost silver taels had been found. In this case, maybe I could be saved. Father!" Zhao Xuanyi said helplessly.
"I don't believe it anymore. How can these people rebel? Come on, arrest He Shilong!" Li Hanrui shouted loudly.
"Yes!" Liu Bo led people to arrest He Shilong and tie him up with a rope!
Li Hanrui took He Shilong directly to the square of Qianqiu City, got a prison car, and threw He Shilong into it. It was already dark, hundreds of soldiers held torches in their hands, and the local officials were arrested, and thousands of people Come and watch.
Li Hanrui stood next to the carriage, looked at the people below, and shouted loudly, "I know that you are alive today only because He Shilong secretly sent you food, so you are alive, but the food he gave you was imperial food!" "
"Now I give you a chance. If you hand over the person who stole the food, I will release He Shilong. If not, I will immediately escort him back to the capital. When he arrives in the capital, he will be punished by the emperor. By then, the nine tribes will be implicated. Do you still feel at ease? "
After Li Hanrui shouted, thousands of people just watched quietly without saying a word. This made Li Hanrui a little surprised. No one spoke?
Li Hanrui didn't believe that these people were so cruel, "I will show He Shilong here for a day. If someone comes to me within this day and tells me where the food is hidden, I will let him go. Otherwise, he will be escorted to the capital one day later!"
After the thousands of people below heard it, they remained unmoved. They just stood here and watched quietly without saying a word, as if it had nothing to do with them!
When Li Hanrui saw this situation, he could no longer express his anger. It was simply unacceptable to him. How could a group of common people be so ruthless? At least He Shilong saved them from starvation, but now that their savior has been arrested and will be sentenced, no one comes to rescue them?
Zhao Xuanyi watched all this from a distance. After seeing it, he shook his head slightly, then turned and left. After returning to his residence, he saw Zi Yuan already tidying up in the room. After seeing Zhao Xuanyi come back, Zi Yuan left in a hurry come over.
"Uncle, please take a rest quickly. I haven't had a good rest for so many days. Let's have a good sleep today!" Zi Yuan said softly.
Zhao Xuanyi nodded. After Zi Yuan helped Zhao Xuanyi undress, the two of them lay under the quilt. Zhao Xuanyi held Zi Yuan in his arms and asked, "Where did you put the things?"
Zi Yuan patted the pillow lightly, "From today on, I won't leave the room unless there is anything else. Even if I go out, I will wear this suitcase!"
Zhao Xuanyi nodded, "It is estimated that very few people know about this thing now. Otherwise, it is impossible for these thieves to only steal silver coins, they will definitely take away these two orbs!"
"If we don't tell, no one will know!"
Zhao Xuanyi sighed. He clearly knew that the silver and food were in the city, but he couldn't find them at all. Maybe there was some secret room in the city. No one could find them after they were put there. Zhao Xuanyi was a little upset for a while.
After dawn the next day, Zhao Xuanyi and Zi Yuan were having breakfast in the room when they heard Li Hanrui's voice coming from outside: "Brother-in-law, are you awake?"
"Second brother, please come in!" Zhao Xuanyi shouted.
Li Hanrui walked in, Zi Yuan stood up quickly, "Second Young Master, please sit down!"
"You're welcome, when is this? Brother-in-law, this trick doesn't work, is it? These people are so cruel. It's been all night. He Shilong even fainted from hunger and pain, but no one Come forward to help, even if it's just a bowl of water!" Li Hanrui said a little upset.
Zhao Xuanyi smiled, "Second brother! What do you think human nature is? Don't mention that you put He Shilong there to show to the public. Even if you punish him, these people will not come out to kill him!"
"Are they so shockingly unkind?"
"If they don't tell, they can still get themselves a mouthful of rice porridge, but if they tell where the food is and save He Shilong, they will have no food of their own and will starve to death. How do you think this group of people will choose? "Zhao Xuanyi asked.
After hearing this, Li Hanrui was so angry that he stood up and paced back and forth in the room, "These thieves, in order to feed themselves, do not hesitate to help the thieves, and even abandon their parents and officials who saved them. It is really abominable!"
"You can't say that. Who knows who is hungry! They just want to live. To put it bluntly, who owns the world, who is the emperor, what do these things have to do with the people? Whoever can give them food, they will help!"
"But what they accepted was food from thieves!"
"In their eyes, it's because the court doesn't give them food. Even the devil's charity is far worse than the salvation of gods! They don't have such high faith!"
"Me? I...?" Li Hanrui was so angry that he turned to look at Zhao Xuanyi, "Brother-in-law, what should we do now?"
"We don't have much food and grass left. There is no other choice now. There is no way to drag it out here. I don't know how long my father can last. Fortunately, we have found five hundred thousand taels of silver. The remaining The five hundred thousand taels will wait until I return to Tiancheng and rescue my father first!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
"You found five hundred thousand taels? Where is it? Why didn't I see it?" Li Hanrui asked.
Zhao Xuanyi didn't intend to hide anything from Li Hanrui, so he gave Zi Yuan a look. Zi Yuan walked to the bed, opened the pillow, and took out a box. Zhao Xuanyi opened the lock with the key, and then opened the box, and a burst of beautiful light radiated out!
After Li Hanrui saw it, he couldn't help but be stunned, "Is this?"
"Ye Mingzhu, this is also the disaster relief fund!" Zhao Xuanyi closed the box. "Our food is estimated to last three days, which is enough for us to return to the capital. We will leave with He Shilong this afternoon!"
Li Hanrui understood instantly, "Brother-in-law, you are planning to make He Shilong confess to this crime!"
"Whether he admits it or not, I will spend money to rescue my father. I don't care about the rest! What does it have to do with me? Whoever they want to send relief food next time will send the money. This kind of work is simply impossible." It was not done by humans!" After Zhao Xuanyi finished speaking, he locked the small box!
"Sure! I will ask all the brothers to retreat immediately. At least we can return to the capital before the food runs out!" Li Hanrui said and walked out of the room!
Shen Wei saw Li Hanrui leaving and walked in, "Young Master, you are looking for me!"
"I didn't ask you to bring eighty brothers here with you. Why didn't I see anyone when I came here?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
After hearing this, Shen Wei had a gloomy look on his face, "They are all dead, only five...four people are left!"
"All dead?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"yes!"
Zhao Xuan smashed the teacup in his hand against the window with loyalty, "Damn it, I only have these few soldiers in my hands!"
"There were nearly ten battles, large and small, along the way. No matter which one was a hard battle, there were originally two thousand soldiers when we set off from the capital, but now there are less than five hundred! Fortunately, the soldiers brought by the second young master are all elite soldiers, otherwise we would Maybe we can’t even reach Qianqiu City!”
After hearing this, Zhao Xuanyi had a sarcastic smile on his face, "The Ming Dynasty is so good. The people in our own country don't save the people in our own country, but they are still frantically grabbing food money. What a wonderful country!"
After Shen Wei heard this, he slowly lowered his head and said nothing. Zhao Xuanyi immediately ordered, "Let all brothers prepare and return to Beijing this afternoon!"
"Back to Beijing? But the lost silver has not been found yet!" Shen Wei said.
"It doesn't matter. I don't care about food, grass and silver. I just need to rescue my father. Who has anything to do with me? I may be better than anyone else. When I go back, I will ask my father to resign and wait for them." The old couple will go to Hangzhou, and from now on we will live quietly without paying attention to anyone!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
After Shen Wei heard this, he didn't say anything and listened quietly to Zhao Xuanyi's words. Shen Wei was tired these days and was mentally and physically exhausted. Now that he thought about Zhao Xuanyi's words, Shen Wei didn't want to care anymore. Who wouldn't enjoy a good life?
"Yes, I understand. I'll make arrangements right away!" After Shen Wei finished speaking, he turned and walked out of the room.
When the time came in the afternoon, Li Hanrui had led all the soldiers to gather in the square. He Shilong had fainted from hunger and cold, but there were still thousands of people surrounding the square!
Li Hanrui rode a war horse to the middle of the square. He looked at the group of people, his eyes full of disappointment and hatred, and pointed at He Shilong who was tied to it. "I ask one last time, is anyone willing to save this person? If no one is willing, Rescue him, I will take him away immediately, return to the capital, and beg the emperor to convict him!"
After everyone heard it, no one spoke. Everyone was just talking in low voices, but no one stood up and said where the food was hidden. Li Hanrui had lost all patience. He had lost all patience with this group of so-called common people. and sympathy!
He pulled the reins and turned in a direction. "Everyone, put on He Shilong and return to Beijing. From now on, this disaster area has nothing to do with us. This is a group of people not worth saving. Even the Buddha has turned away their souls!" "
"Go back to Beijing!" Liu Bo shouted, and hundreds of soldiers began to evacuate. He Shilong was also pulled away by a carriage. Thousands of people in the square looked at them like wood carvings and stone sculptures, without any expression on their faces. No one said anything and watched helplessly as the team escorting disaster relief food left Qianqiu City!
Among the crowd, one person saw the group of people leaving and smiled on his face. He turned and looked at the people around him, "Go and see if they are really gone. Don't kill anyone again!"
"Yes!" A man wearing a patch slowly disappeared into the crowd!
