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Cheng Chumo was sent by him to farm, and then this guy started to trick the tenant farmers into doing all the work.
I am just like the uncle, playing around.
The next day.
Sure enough, what Li Xiao was worried about happened.
Zhao Yuntian's men caught a suspicious-looking man on the other side of the farm.
Kneeling in front of him at the moment.
"Who sent you here? What is the purpose?" Li Xiao asked with a frown.
Although the man looked fearful, he didn't seem to want to confess, and then Zhao Yuntian drew his sword.
The man was immediately terrified, and said tremblingly: "Someone gave the villain money to let the villain come. I really don't know that this is your place. If I knew, I wouldn't dare to borrow 1 courage from the villain! "
"Who gave you the money?" Li Xiao asked in a deep voice.
"I really don't know the villain, but he is a big spender. He is in his twenties, and his accent sounds like a native of Chang'an." The man thought about it carefully, and said slowly.
"What did he ask you to do?" Li Xiao asked again.
"He said just dig some seeds out of the ground and give him that."
Hearing this, Li Xiao fell into deep thought.
But Zhao Yuntian immediately put on a straight face and shouted: "How dare you not tell the truth?!"
As he said that, he raised a knife and cut a gash in the man's body, and the screams were accompanied by blood.
"Okay, Commander Zhao, lock it up first." Li Xiao waved his hand.
"Your Highness, why don't you interrogate me again?" Li Junxian said suspiciously.
"Don't ask, it should be Li Chongyi's fault." Li Xiao said thoughtfully.
"It's him? This man is so courageous!" Zhao Yuntian stared, "Your Highness, this subordinate is going to arrest Li Chongyi!"
"Inappropriate!" Li Junxian frowned, "Without evidence, how can you do anything wrong? Wouldn't this cause trouble for His Highness?"
"Then..." Zhao Yuntian's eyes flashed coldly, and he said calmly, "I'm beheading this person in secret!"
"Okay, stop arguing, stay well, and don't mess around without my order." Li Xiao interrupted the two, "I'll go to the palace."
"What is your Highness going to do?" Li Junxian asked curiously.
Li Xiao turned his head, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he said with a mysterious smile: "Sometimes, the evidence is not that important."
"Uncle Li, wait for my good news."
Chapter 62: The Emperor's Complaint
Hejian County Prince's Mansion.
Li Chongyi pushed open the door of his father's study with a smug look on his face.
"Chongyi, didn't you ask you to go to Lantian Villa to destroy the fields? Why are you hanging around here?"
Seeing Li Chongyi, Li Xiaogong couldn't help frowning slightly.
Suddenly he thought of something and asked, "But are you in trouble?"
"Father, don't worry, the baby has been arranged properly, and this time it will definitely succeed!"
Li Chongyi was triumphant, as if he couldn't wait to claim credit.
But Li Xiaogong said in a deep voice: "Don't be careless, that kid Li Xiao is not a good idiot, maybe he has already taken precautions."
"Hehe, Li Xiao is smart, so I'm just stupid, baby?"
Li Chongyi said disdainfully: "But he does value those seeds very much. The people I sent were arrested before they approached."
"Caught?"
Li Xiaogong looked at his son thoughtfully.
Li Chongyi looked proud: "Yes, they should be very happy and proud, but they don't know that they have fallen into my trap."
"The boy has secretly contacted some tenant farmers and spent some money. They have agreed to help me."
"On the bright side, puppets are used to distract the enemy's attention, and the real action is dormant in the dark..."
Li Xiaogong couldn't help nodding his head in appreciation and said: "Chongyi, you've made a good use of this trick. It seems that being a father for so many years has not taught you in vain."
"Father..." Li Chongyi suddenly thought of something, hesitantly asked, "Did your majesty mention who married that Dongying princess?"
"What are you asking about this?"
Li Xiaogong thought for a while, then suddenly his face darkened, and he said: "I warn you, don't think of Princess Dongying!"
"why?"
Li Chongyi was stunned for a moment, his face was a little ugly.
"Father, after all, we are also relatives of the royal family. If you talk to His Majesty, Your Majesty may agree to betroth the princess to me."
"Shut up! This is absolutely impossible!" Li Xiaogong scolded with a livid face.
"You haven't even tried it, how do you know it's impossible?"
Li Chongyi looked resigned, then gritted his teeth, showed a fierce look, and said in a deep voice: "Why don't I go and cook the raw rice right now, and if your majesty doesn't agree, you have to agree!"
"Snapped!"
A crisp slap sounded.
Li Chongyi covered his face in disbelief, and said in a trembling voice: "Father, you, you actually hit me, aren't you just a lowly foreign woman?"
"Say it again, stay away from that Dongying princess, otherwise it will ruin my event!" Li Xiaogong frowned and reprimanded sharply.
Hearing this, Li Chongyi suddenly realized, and tentatively said: "Father, you and her..."
"Shut up, don't ask what you shouldn't ask!" Li Xiaogong's face was livid.
"The child knows!"
Li Chongyi sighed, and walked out the door with a dazed expression on his face.
Li Xiaogong looked at his son's distraught look, and couldn't help but said: "When the matter is over, you can marry whoever you want, but not now."
When Li Chongyi at the door heard this, he immediately turned around in ecstasy: "Thank you, dad, for making it happen!"
At this moment, Li Chongyi's heart was in full bloom, and when he thought of the watery beauty, a look of eagerness appeared in his eyes.
"I'll go to the palace, you go back to Honglu Temple and stay there and don't run around."
At this moment, Li Xiaogong also came out and gave some instructions.
"Yes!"
……
Lantian Villa.
Li Junxian sat in the main hall, listening to his subordinates' reports.
"My lord, everything is as usual, nothing unusual."
"Continue to inspect, don't slack off!"
Li Junxian nodded, expressionless.
Suddenly, another guard came in at the door, walking in a hurry, holding a miniature crossbow bolt with a piece of paper on it.
"grown ups!"
The visitor immediately knelt down, raised the object in his hand, and said respectfully: "The villain found this at the gate. It is a sleeve arrow. The source is not sure yet. I don't know where it came from. No suspicious person was found."
"Take it here and have a look!" Li Junxian frowned.
The guard handed over the note, and after reading it, Li Junxian's expression changed, and he quickly ordered: "There are spies among those tenant farmers, arrest them!"
"Yes! Your lord!"
The guard immediately retreated.
And Li Junxian looked at the guard's back, his eyes filled with deep confusion.
Who actually reported to him?
Why did the other party know such a secret thing?
Also, what is this person's intention?
……
Royal Palace.
Li Xiao brought Zhao Yuntian and some forbidden soldiers just entered the gate of the palace when they met Li Xiaogong's carriage.
"Master Li?"
Li Xiao looked at Li Xiaogong, rolled his eyes, and showed a smile: "Why is it in such a hurry?"
"Secret." Li Xiaogong cast a glance at Li Xiao and said expressionlessly.
"Oh?" Li Xiao thought for a while, and said playfully, "Master Li, why don't you ask me why I'm here?"
"Why?" Li Xiaogong asked curiously.
"Hehe, it's also a secret."
Li Xiao showed an innocent smile.
Li Xiaogong immediately turned his head, and was no longer ready to talk to Li Xiao.
"I think you are also here to look for my father, are you going with me?"
Li Xiao had an inexplicable smile, and his eyes were radiant.
However, Li Xiaogong never replied a word, treating Li Xiao as air...
Royal study.
The two came to the door at the same time.
After the eunuch's report, the two walked in together.
Li Xiaogong immediately knelt down and saluted: "My minister kowtows to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"
However, as soon as Li Xiaogong finished speaking, Li Xiao cried out, "Father!"
"You have to decide for the child!"
"They... died so badly!"
"what happened again?"
Li Er saw Li Xiao's fake demeanor, and said impatiently, "Who's dead?"
Li Xiao became serious, and said with a heartbroken voice: "My father! With the spirit of selfless contribution to our Tang Dynasty, my child has worked tirelessly and painstakingly to grow food by myself. I just want to solve the disaster in the north and let the soldiers who are fighting bloody in the front Let's fill our bellies!"
"But now, there are thieves destroying my farmland and killing the tenant farmers I hired, which ruined my hard work and indirectly cut off the rations of the soldiers."
"Father, do you think this thief deserves death?"
"There is such a thing?" Li Er said expressionlessly, "But this criminal dispute, you have to go to the government office to report the case, and I have no time to take care of it."
Also solve the drought in the north?
Still preparing to grow food for armament?
Simply ridiculous.
Li Er was extremely speechless in his heart.
He didn't know about Li Xiao's flamboyance.
Just the few acres of land in Lantian Villa, it's like a joke.
As for the northern soldiers, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
The people in the disaster-stricken areas cost millions at least, and this amount of food is not even enough to fit between the teeth.
He didn't bother pointing out Li Xiao's clumsy acting skills.