"My ancestor has no thoughts, and he has cultivated great virtues. Ranena always says that he will be worthy of his fate, and he will seek many blessings for himself."
"Yes, yes!" Luo Boyan woke up from a dream and waved his hands repeatedly, "Hurry up and send a message to Hou Wen and ask him to think of a way as soon as possible to persuade Jing Zhaoyin to come and save me! These people are really desperate!"
"My lord!" A domestic slave who was listening outside ran in and said in a hurry, "The group outside asked you to go out and give an explanation, otherwise they would rush in..."
Luo Boyan suppressed his fear and said stubbornly, "What's the explanation? Things are expensive when they are scarce, and cheap when they are plentiful. This is the law of nature! They are too poor to buy food, so they deserve to starve to death! What do you blame me for in the end?"
The situation has reached a critical point, which has seriously affected Luo's reputation. It is absolutely impossible for him to go out and bow his head to those ant-like Li Shu people.
Now the only person who makes Luo Boyan hold his breath is the imperial censor Shi Hou Wen. There are many transactions between him and Hou Wen. Now that a disaster is approaching, the court will never only pursue him. No matter what Hou Wen is for,
Will definitely help.
However, not long after, the Cangtou who climbed over the wall to deliver the message came back again, panicked and brought bad news: "Hou Yushi said, let, let you abide by the court's laws and seek happiness for yourself!"
This sentence shocked Luo Boyan. If Hou Wen and others wanted to ignore it, they would not help. Luo Boyan couldn't believe it. He asked several times and got the same reply. The look on his face suddenly disappeared, and his mouth
Li murmured and repeated, "How could this happen? How could this happen..."
Hou Wen on a boat actually refused to save him, which was beyond Luo Boyan's expectation. However, behind the abnormality, there must be another ordinary thing. Hou Wen must be sure that he can get away with it calmly, so he
Refuse to lend a helping hand to them.
When Cangtou saw that his master was also at a loss and had no idea what to do, he was beating a drum in his heart, quietly regretting why he had to run back after climbing over the wall. But at this time, he couldn't get out even if he wanted to.
Suddenly, Luo Boyan seemed to be stimulated by something, his face turned red and he cursed in the air, "Hou Wen! Do you think you can be safe if you hide? If I can't escape, you won't have a good life either!"
As if in response, the noise outside became louder, and Luo Boyan's face turned a little pale.
"Hou Yushi, I've been waiting here for a long time, but why is it so late?" Hu Miao squinted his eyes and looked at the ugly-looking Censor Hou Wen with ill intentions.
The phrase "Shan Shan Lai Late" was originally used to describe Emperor Xiaowu's Mrs. Li's slow and calm walking posture. At this time, Hu Miao used it on a man named Hou Wen, and the meaning of ridicule was palpable.
Hou Wen noticed the change in Hu Miao's attitude in the past two days, and why he still didn't understand that Hu Miao deliberately let him go on the disaster relief issue at the beginning, but he stood by and did not handle any of the grain expenses. It turned out that it had been dug long ago.
He fell into a trap and waited for him to fall into the trap. At this time, he was secretly resentful in his heart, but he couldn't say anything. He walked into the market pavilion as if nothing had happened, directly passed Hu Miao who made sarcastic remarks, and saluted and said hello to Sima Fang, the commander of Jinwu, and Fu Wan, the captain of the city gate.
, Sima Fang and Fu Wan didn’t even ask him why he came so late as he was delivering food at the nearby city gate, and just nodded twice. Hou Wen didn’t care, and walked up to Wang Ling seemingly casually, his eyes changing from level to level.
Ling Jia Xu and Ling Mi Zhu and others passed over them.
This time, only a few people such as Sima Fang, Fu Wan, Hu Miao, and Jia Xu knew about the court's actions. The purpose was to catch them by surprise, so as not to leak out and make the court not known as directing and acting on their own. Hou Wen initially thought it was ordinary.
The common people were making trouble and were still wondering why Zhi Jinwu and Chengmen Xiaowei gathered together. At this time, seeing these balances suppressing prices, Jia Xu and Mi Zhu, the masterminds behind the series of tricks that made the wealthy merchants in Guanzhong complain endlessly, also
When I was there, I immediately felt something bad. This was not a sudden response, this was clearly a well-prepared hunt!
Fortunately, he rejected Luo Boyan first when he came, otherwise he would have been inseparable from the relationship afterwards.
He glanced at Wang Ling next to him, nodded with some peace of mind, and said in his heart, 'After all, we are from a wealthy family in Taiyuan, and we support each other, so it's not in vain to give him a try these days.'
"Fu Gong?" Sima Fang politely cast an inquiring look at Fu Wan.
After Fu finished, he waved his hands and said humbly, "I am old and have no talent. I have to rely on Zhijinwu for everything. I can just help out from the side."
"That's alright." Sima Fang said a few polite words. Knowing that he had the most prestigious official position here, he did not refuse at this time. His eyes lightly passed over Jia Xu and said leisurely, "Since everyone is here, those people in the city
The commotion is almost over, and the emperor's edict is here again." He slightly arched his hands towards Jia Xu, who did have a copy of the imperial edict in his sleeve. He had just read it out in public, "It is an unforgivable crime to cause trouble for the people in the city."
, but there is a reason for thinking about it. The day before yesterday, we sent envoys to jail to investigate the grievances, so as to ask for rain from heaven. Now we should not only act impartially, but also put peace of mind of the people first, and resolve the grievances of the people as the most important. If there is any lawlessness and
Anyone who commits evil will be punished."
After hearing the words "putting peace of mind first and resolving people's grievances as the priority", Hou Wen's face changed slightly. How could he not understand the court's position on this matter? The rest of the people present hid their emotions very well. On the other hand,
The three imperial students standing in the corner were inexperienced, and they all looked happy to varying degrees when they heard this.
This street in the East and West Market is full of shops selling grain. Although some of them have inconspicuous facades, they are all wealthy and powerful people with a reputation in a certain place and thousands of acres of land and houses.
At first, only Luo Boyan's shop was besieged, because his shop was on the street, so he was the first to bear the brunt. However, Xiang Cun could not open the door for a while, and did not want to let the atmosphere go down, so he directed the excited people.
They dispersed to various places and broke down the doors. When other families saw this situation, they had already ordered their servants to lock the doors tightly, and then sent people to run out and inform the owners behind them.
Since the arrival of drought locusts and other disasters, commercial activities in the entire East and West cities have declined sharply. Every house has closed its doors, and only the grain shops are still open in full swing. This time, the streets are still full of people, but not as before.
They endured high prices to buy food, but instead smashed the store doors in chaos.
In the midst of this chaos, the Tiqiu guarding Jinwu arrived in style. Xiang Cun and others, who had been watching the wind, saw the Tiqiu's bright armor from a distance, as well as the dignitaries following behind it.
Before people could react and make any drastic move, he quickly raised his arms and shouted, "Everyone, everyone! Zhi Jinwu and Jing Zhaoyin are here! Please make the decision for us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone on the other side suddenly shouted, "Yes! It seems that the 'little prince' is here too. With the 'little prince' here, he will definitely be able to uphold justice for us!"