Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 124 The Legend of the Locust God

As Li Yin chewed, the fragrant smell of fried locusts instantly stimulated his taste buds, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"It's delicious! Sister, give Sixth Brother a taste!"

After finishing speaking, Li Yin immediately stretched out his hand towards Li Mingda, seeing his eager expression, Li Mingda smiled and shook his head immediately.

"No, big brother said, you have to wait half an hour after eating one, otherwise, if the locust god blames you, your life will be in danger!"

As soon as Li Mingda finished speaking, Li Yin burst out laughing.

"Haha, Big Brother lied to you, quickly give Sixth Brother another one!"

"no!"

Seeing Li Mingda's firm attitude, Li Yin had no choice but to seduce her.

"Sister, give Sixth Brother another one, and next time Sixth Brother will bring you a little tiger, okay?"

"No, big brother said, we have to wait for half an hour, sixth brother get out of the way, my son is going in to find father!"

Seeing that Li Mingda was about to leave, Li Yin, a foodie, suddenly became anxious, pointing in a direction and shouting.

"Look, son, Eagle!"

In fact, many children forgot the pain after their scars healed, and Li Mingda was one of them. After hearing Li Yin's words, he immediately walked in the direction of his finger without any doubt.

"Where? Where is the eagle?"

Just as she was looking for the eagle, she suddenly felt that her hands were empty. She looked down and found that the cloth bag containing the fried locusts in her hand was gone. When she looked up, she only saw Li Yin The back that has run away.

"Sixth brother..."

Seeing this familiar scene, Li Mingda suddenly remembered the familiar past few days ago.

Gao Ming robbed the little tiger a few days ago, and now Li Yin robbed him of his favorite fried locust. New and old grudges added up, Li Mingda couldn't hold it anymore, and burst into tears as soon as his mouth deflated.

"Wow……"

While crying, she ran into the Forbidden Garden to complain to Li Shimin.

At this time, Li Shimin had just returned from court, and before the ministers had time to review the papers submitted, he heard Li Mingda's crying outside, and he immediately sighed.

"Hey... this clever man, why did he bully his younger sister again? It's so outrageous!"

Just when Li Shimin thought of this, the door of the imperial study room was pushed open. Li Mingda ran in while crying, and then threw himself into Li Shimin's arms.

"Father, woo woo woo..."

Seeing Li Mingda crying with tears all over his face, Li Shimin immediately hugged her with distressed expression, and gently touched her little head.

"My poor little son, did your elder brother bully you again? Oh, don't go to the East Palace anymore..."

Before Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Mingda cried and shook his head immediately.

"Woooo...it's not the eldest brother, it's the sixth brother who robbed Sizi's things...that's what Sizi wanted to honor his father, woooooooo..."

"what?"

In fact, Li Shimin's differential treatment is still very serious. At the beginning, Gao Ming robbed Li Mingda's little tiger, because they were both children he loved, so Li Shimin turned a blind eye and closed his eyes. Min snatched Li Mingda's stuff, and it was Li Mingda's plan to honor him, Li Shimin was immediately angry.

He widened his eyes, and then "slapped" the table.

"It's really against him. Come, someone, go and catch Li Yin, this evil son."

"Yes!"

Li Shimin sent Qianniuwei, and they moved very quickly. They arrested Li Yin in less than a stick of incense, and sent him to the imperial study.

Looking at the angry Li Shimin, Li Yin shrank his head suddenly.

"Father...Father, the child knows his mistake!"

Li Shimin immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard that Li Yin admitted his mistake when he opened his mouth.

"Where did you go wrong?"

"My boy's fault is that I shouldn't have robbed my sister's food, and my boy will never dare again!"

Hearing Li Yin's answer, Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment.

"Is it something to eat? What is it?"

Li Yin didn't dare to hide it, so he quickly took out the cloth bag from his arms and placed it in front of Li Shimin.

"This is it!"

Looking at the cloth bag in front of him, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes curiously.

"What can be snatched by the sixth guy should not be ordinary food. I want to see what it is."

Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately picked up the small cloth bag and shook it, and immediately, two fried locusts fell on the table.

Looking at these two fried locusts, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened.

"This... this is a locust!"

Although the head and feet of the fried locust had already been removed, Li Shimin's image of it was too deep, so he could see it at a glance.

Seeing Li Shimin's staring eyes, Li Yin thought he was angry, and immediately knelt down with a "plop".

"Father calm down, it's because this food is so delicious, the child couldn't hold it back for a while, so he ate a few more, Father..."

Before he finished speaking, he found that Li Shimin had raised his head and looked at him in surprise.

"You said this food is delicious?"

"what?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yin was taken aback for a moment, but he reacted immediately and nodded quickly.

"Well, it's really delicious, crunchy and chicken-like!"

Having said that, he stretched out his tongue and licked his lips with a look of unfinished thought. Seeing this scene, Li Shimin immediately glared at him.

"A worthless thing..."

Li Shimin had just scolded Li Yin, and immediately heard the sound of "creak creak" coming from his ear. He turned his head to look, and immediately found that Li Mingda beside him was eating something.

"Could it be..."

Li Shimin looked down, and suddenly found that there was only one fried locust left on the table.

"Is this really delicious?"

Thinking of this, Li Shimin frowned immediately, then picked up the locust on the table and put it under his nose to smell it.

What Li Shimin didn't expect was that the smell emitted by the locust was not the grassy smell he had in mind, but a strange fragrance.

"It smells quite fragrant, and there seems to be a smell of beef..."

Gao Ming used butter to fry the locusts, so there would naturally be a smell of beef, but Li Shimin didn't know this, he frowned slightly, and put the locusts in his mouth to chew.

"crunch..."

After chewing for a few times, Li Shimin nodded immediately.

"Well, it's really fragrant and crispy, Sizi, where did these locusts come from?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Li Mingda smiled again on his face.

"Father, this son and elder brother caught this yesterday in the farmland outside the city!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his head triumphantly, showing an expression of "you praise me quickly". Seeing her like this, Li Shimin immediately burst out laughing.

"Haha, my little son can catch locusts, okay, okay, hahahaha!"

Having said that, Li Shimin let out a long breath.

"Huh... at this time, the people have already started farming, right?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Mingda nodded immediately.

"Well, Sizi saw a lot of people farming, and my elder brother even wrote a poem!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately showed curiosity.

"Your elder brother still writes poems, what kind of poems are you doing?"

"The name of the poem is "Compassion for the Nong", so I will read it to my father!"

After speaking, Li Mingda began to read.

"At noon on the day of hoeing, the sweat dripped down to the soil. Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard work. The eldest brother also said that every porridge and meal should be thought of as hard-won, and half a thread of constant memory is difficult. Thrift is a virtue. !"

As soon as Li Mingda finished speaking, Li Shimin nodded approvingly.

"Your elder brother is right, frugality is a virtue!"

Having said that, Li Shimin immediately gave Li Yin a hard look.

"A worthless thing, if you are half as good as your elder brother, why should I scold you? If you dare to bully your sister in the future, see if I don't break your leg, get out!"

Amidst Li Shimin's angry shouts, Li Yin suddenly ran out as if he had received an amnesty. After Li Shimin left, Li Shimin smiled at Li Mingda.

"Si, do you still have this at your elder brother's place?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Mingda bit his finger and nodded.

"Yes, Sizi and elder brother caught a lot yesterday."

As soon as her words fell, Li Shimin laughed immediately.

"Okay, then let's go to the East Palace now, and the emperor will ask your elder brother to give you another bag, okay?"

"it is good!"

Soon, Li Shimin brought Li Mingda to the East Palace.

At this time, Gao Ming was holding the little tiger in the yard to bask in the sun, and there was a plate of fried locusts on the stone table. He ate fried locusts while basking in the sun, his face full of satisfaction.

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin snorted coldly.

"Hmph, you will enjoy it!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Gao Ming quickly straightened up from the reclining chair, showing surprise on his face.

"Huh? Why are you here, old man?"

"Hmph, why can't I come? Could it be that you don't want me to come?"

Seeing his "I'm very upset" expression, Gao Ming quickly stood up and smiled at him.

"How dare I! Come on, come on, please sit down, Wan'er, go and prepare some tea..."

"no need!"

Before Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin waved his hand at him immediately, and then pointed to the plate of fried grasshoppers on the stone table.

"I came here for it this time."

When Gao Ming heard Li Shimin's words, he suddenly realized.

"So that's the case, then you are welcome, please use it!"

Seeing Gao Ming being so "knowledgeable", Li Shimin nodded, and then reached out to grab the locusts on the plate, but just as he stretched out his hand, Li Mingda stopped him.

"Father, the eldest brother said that after eating the first fried locust, you have to wait for half an hour. If the locust god does not punish you, you can eat the second one, otherwise you will be in danger!"

Hearing Li Mingda's words, Li Shimin frowned immediately, then turned to look at Gao Ming.

"Is there such a thing?"

Seeing Li Shimin's "don't lie to me" expression, Gao Ming was filled with helplessness, but he could only bite the bullet and nod.

"That's right, that's it. If you experience dizziness, vomiting, redness and itching, or something wrong within half an hour after eating the first locust, you can't eat it again, otherwise you will really die. Worry!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's face became serious.

"You mean the locusts are poisonous?"

(End of this chapter)