Finally, the dark clouds pressing down on the sky turned into rain, and heavy rain poured down.

Between the heaven and earth, like a curtain of water, endless rain poured on the earth.

Su Dingfang had to let the soldiers enter these unmanned huts to hide.

However, where can this hut cover up any wind and rain? A lot of rain fell down.

Li Shimin suddenly realized this. He sighed and said to Chen Zhengtai: "If this heavy rain continues, I am afraid the disaster will be even more terrifying."

Chen Zhengtai showed a rare gloomy look on his face and said, "Teacher, the people in this village..."

Li Shimin had no expression on his face: "I think most of them have fled, right? I just hope that such heavy rain will not cause any disaster for them."

Li Shimin's face was a little pale, and he said word by word: "When we were in Yangzhou City, did you see refugees?"

Chen Zhengtai shook his head: "I haven't seen it, but it looks like a peaceful scene."

Li Shimin said coldly: "Yes, it's such a peaceful scene. I'm tired, so take a break."

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but worry: "It's better to..."

"No need." Li Shimin shook his head: "I am not a person who cannot endure hardship."

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but admire Li Shimin. Although Li Shimin has experienced many battles and has definitely suffered a lot, he has still endured hardships after being emperor for so long!

So I went to bed that day.

The next morning, after a night of rain, the strange village was a little more peaceful, but there was no chickens and dogs crowing and no chickens were crowing and no dogs were barking.

Su Dingfang brought man-made rice, but Li Shimin had already gotten up and woke up Chen Zhengtai.

At this time, the sky was clear and cloudless. After the rain, the moist air in Jiangnan made people feel refreshed.

Li Shimin looked at the blue sky from afar, but frowned and said, "I read those memorials and say that the people are happy and the disaster relief is very timely. You are a secretary, and I think you have read the memorial."

Chen Zhengtai said in his heart that the report I read was three months ago and has not been updated yet!

He didn't dare to say that he had piled up countless memorials, and just smiled dryly, "Yes, the bachelor vaguely remembers it."

"It seems that your memory is not as good as mine." Li Shimin shook his head and said.

At this time, he returned to his usual beauty, but there was always a vague feeling between his eyebrows. He immediately said: "In order to provide relief, I ordered Fang Qing to transfer 70,000 stones of grain from Guandong. Qingque, Yuezhou, Yangzhou and other places also reported one after another, saying that he had urgently transferred 30,000 stones of grain from Jiangnan."

"I'm thinking that the disaster was only a few counties. I think the food for the relief was enough. Last year, Guanzhong encountered a locust plague. The court has not recovered yet. The food was borrowed by Fang Qing's family from all over the world."

Li Shimin's tone was very calm: "They said that this flood was the most severe of Gaoyou County. But looking at the way, even the disaster in Gaoyou was not as serious as they imagined."

This is the truth. In the memorial, Gaoyou County has become a country of territories.

But in fact, there must be some disasters along the way, but if you really encounter some major disaster, you always feel a little exaggerated because the disaster is not as serious as you imagined.

Chen Zhengtai just nodded desperately, and he could not say much at this time.

Li Shimin sighed: "There is a disaster, but it is not so serious. I have given all the food I should give, so I can breathe a sigh of relief."

After he said that, he walked behind his hands and took a few steps, and wanted to say something, but a team of people came in the distance.

Li Shimin only looked at the Quyou Path in the distance, and saw someone coming from afar, and was excited and finally could see someone.

Immediately, more than a dozen people had entered the village. These people did not look like they were suffering from disaster. They were all glossy and were dressed as a minor official. They seemed to notice someone in the village. So they were overjoyed and actually commanded a rogue person to guard the passage of the village.

Then he shouted, "People come, people come..."

When he saw Li Shimin outside, he saw that there were many horses here, and his eyes were even brighter and he stood up and said, "Who are you waiting for? Is it from Gaoyou?"

When Li Shimin saw this little official, he felt a little disappointed. He thought the people in the village had returned.

Li Shimin said, "We are just passing through this place..."

"Where are the people in the village?" The little official crossed his hands and obviously did not take Li Shimin seriously. He thought Li Shimin was a merchant coming and going.

Li Shimin's eyebrows trembled slightly and said patiently: "When we came, there was no people here."

"Nonsense, if there is no one, will people disappear? Now Gaoyou has sent a flood, and His Highness the King of Yue is already in a state of suffocation for this relief, and he can't sleep. The governor of Yangzhou Wu Envoy is also worried. He needs to defend the river embankment this time. If the river embankment collapses, then thousands of people will be doomed. You and others clearly have hidden the villagers and are in a vague relationship with the unruly people, but are they still pretending to be good people here?"

The little official was stern, but his eyes were staring at the carriages. The carriages were thick and solid, but they didn't know what they were carrying.

He raised his belly and his voice became louder, saying, "I really don't know what's wrong. There must be 75 laborers in this village, but so far, only thirteen have been taken. Since the rest have escaped, you can't leave..."

He spoke loudly and threatened, but Li Shimin seemed to be unaware of his clamor, but his mind seemed to be elsewhere. Li Shimin grabbed the words of the seventy-five people and couldn't help but say, "In such a small village, only a hundred people are in the population, but they actually have to be seventy-five people for corvee service?"

The little official sneered: "Who talks so much to you? Isn't it said that His Highness King Yue and the Envoy of Wu are worried about this. Now they are recruiting people to provide relief to the disaster. Why, do you dare not listen to the edicts of His Highness King Yue?"

He said, sneering very arrogantly and unconsciously walked to the side of the carriage.

At this time, Su Dingfang and others surrounded him.

Su Dingfang and others did not dare to act rashly without Li Shimin's will, and just sneered and watched.

The minor official was not afraid of the number of people in this caravan. After all, he was from the government. In Gaoyou County, there were merchants who met by chance, and there were also many larger caravans. On weekdays, he did not dare to extort merchants easily. After all, those who dared to go out for business would never be small characters.

But now it is different. Gaoyou is suffering from disaster, and His Highness the King of Yue and the Governor Wu envoy personally took charge, insisting on disaster relief.

With the name of disaster relief, you will be invincible!

Not everyone can afford this crime of disturbing relief.

He arrived at a carriage and said with a smile: "Are you still bringing so many goods at this time? Humph, I think there must be ghosts in this car, and I must check it today."

So, he opened the black ponies on the truck with great momentum. He was still smiling, and the few gangs behind him also laughed.

If there is really any precious goods, and I will intimidate you, the merchants will most likely want to bribe them in order to calm down the situation.

Otherwise, the merchants taken away will be taken back to the yamen. The disaster is urgent now. No matter who you are, can you surpass His Royal Highness King Yue?

So he reached out without hesitation to uncover the black tent.

As soon as he opened it, he still wanted to say something with a smile.

But then... his face suddenly changed.

The whole truck of goods was filled with crossbows, boxes of crossbows, and in addition to them, there were swords, guns, swords, halberds and other objects.

These weapons are all particularly dazzling. At first glance, they are made of fine steel, and even the weapons used by the soldiers of the Yangzhou Cavalry Mansion. Compared with those in this car, they are like broken copper and iron.

What a little official is? He felt something was wrong with him with a whisper.

Such standard weapons are not something that ordinary people can use, and there are so many, and what you see in front of you is just the tip of the iceberg.

It was a pig at this time, and he knew that something was wrong.

The next moment, he knelt softly on the ground, kowtowed to Li Shimin and said, "I don't know where the official is, I... I don't know Mount Tai..."

Li Shimin looked at him coldly, but said, "I just asked you, such a small village is only a hundred families, so why do you need to get as many as 75 people?"

"This...this..." The minor official was sweating profusely. Under Li Shimin's cold gaze, he hurriedly said: "According to the rules of the court, the corvee service is to collect one person from three households, but this year the disaster of Gaoyou is a disaster... requires manpower, Your Highness, the King of Yue..."

"Don't mention King Yue." Li Shimin interrupted coldly, his eyes slightly closed, his eyes like a knife: "Even if you are protecting the river bank, why do you need so much manpower? Besides, this place has not become a country of marsh, and the disaster has not been so serious. Even if you are a minor official, don't you even have this knowledge?"

"This...this..." The little official felt something was wrong. He said that he didn't mention the King of Yue. As he spoke, he seemed to be very disdainful of His Highness King of Yue.

He murmured in his heart, could this be the censor? The censor of the Tang Dynasty dared to scold anyone.

He cried and said, "The flood is indeed not serious. In fact, it requires a lot of manpower to repair the river embankment in Xinxiang."

Li Shimin frowned and a suspicious look appeared in his eyes: "Why is this?"

The little official's tone was very natural: "Because there is the land of Deng's family in Gaoyou, and Deng's family's fields are there."

Li Shimin frowned even deeper: "What does this have to do with relief?"

"You don't know about Deng's family? This is a great clan in Yangzhou. I don't know how many officials there were in my family. One of the great scholars Deng Wensheng was even more famous. His Highness King Yue respected him very much. He also taught His Highness King Yue to run scripts. This... This is in Yangzhou, but it is a legend. This happened to flood this time. Deng's field was in a low-lying place and was in danger. Therefore, it is necessary to quickly clear the river to avoid flooding the fields. His Highness King Yue... He is respectful to the wise and the nobles of Deng, also known as Manjiangnan... If his family's field is flooded..."

When Li Shimin heard this, he was not as furious as Chen Zhengtai imagined.

Instead, with an unpredictable calmness on his face, he slowly said, "Even so, why is there no one in this village?"

The little official was trembling and felt that the other party's identity was a little different. He said tremblingly: "In the past, the government still provided a meal, but this time, because it was a disaster, the government did not provide it. Let them prepare their own food... and work hard on the river bank, and these unruly people can't bear it..."

Li Shimin seemed to be extremely patient, and the blue veins burst out from his forehead, and suddenly said, "I'm afraid that Yang Guang would never reach this point when he was in Jiangdu."

"What...what?" The little official didn't understand what Li Shimin meant.

Li Shimin immediately said: "The grain provided by the imperial court has not been transferred to Yangzhou yet?"

Under Li Shimin's rage, the minor official said frightenedly: "Direction, it's been... However, the wise men and Gaomen of Yangzhou persuaded His Highness the King of Yue, saying that it is not time for the shortage of food in Gaoyou and other counties, so they might as well store the grain temporarily. When the people have no food in the future, they will be distributed. His Highness the King of Yue also felt that this was done properly, so he asked the governor of Yangzhou Wu to temporarily store the grain in the treasury..."

"Okay, it's so good, it's so wonderful." Li Shimin actually laughed. He shook his head, but just smiled, but his eyes turned red: "There are great reasons everywhere, and it's natural to take everything for granted."

The minor official tried hard to calm himself down, and finally squeezed out a little smile and said with a smile: "Dare you ask where the envoy came from? Since you came to Gaoyou, there is no reason not to visit the King of Yue. Why not go to report to the county magistrate first and arrange the envoy first, and wait until His Highness of Yue has a lot of things to do every day and have time to come to meet the envoy."

Li Shimin suddenly stared at the little official coldly: "Do you still want to leave?"

The sound was cold, and the little official was so scared that he was so scared that he was scattered.

The little official smiled awkwardly and said, "What the envoy said is, I am the punishment room of Gaoyou County..."

At this time, Li Shimin had already drawn out the sword at his waist.

Without waiting for the little official to react, Li Shimin was already very skillful in grabbing the bun on the little official's head. The little official had no choice but to raise his face. He felt that the person in front of him was extremely powerful, and he could not move all over. The most terrifying thing was that everything came too fast, so fast that the little official had not even noticed the danger.

The short sword in Li Shimin's hand had already pierced into his throat.

A stream of blood poured out like a fountain, splashing in the mud.
To be continued...