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Chapter 320 Chapter 330: Split up
Seeing Li Zhi's anxious appearance, Li Hao patted him on the shoulder again, and comforted him: "Your Highness, don't panic, I will take care of everything."

Li Zhi looked at Li Hao in disbelief: "Sir, what should we do now?"

Li Hao frowned and stroked his chin, and slowly paced back and forth in thought. Li Zhi knew that he was thinking of something, so naturally he didn't dare to disturb him, and could only look at him hopefully.

After a long time, Li Hao finally stopped pacing, raised his head and said, "First of all, we will send a fast horse to report this news to His Majesty."

"Okay." Li Zhi nodded hastily, "I'll write a memorial to my father later, what's next?"

"Then let's split up." Li Hao said, "Your Highness, take a thousand Zuo Xiaowei to Hengzhou, and ask Lu Dong to borrow food. You don't need to borrow much, as long as eight thousand stones are enough."

"Eight thousand stones?" Li Zhi exclaimed when he heard the words, "How can eight thousand stones be enough? There are already 10,000 disaster victims outside the city of Dingzhou alone, plus so many disaster victims in the counties under the rule of Dingzhou, there are a total of [-]+ disaster victims. How can eight thousand stones be enough?"

"Your Highness, please trust me." Li Hao cupped his hands and said, "There are eight thousand grains, enough to wait for His Majesty's will."

Seeing that Li Hao is so determined, Li Zhi no longer argues with him, nodded and said: "Okay, after I finish writing the memorial, I will immediately go to Hengzhou to borrow food, sir, what about you, what are you doing?"

"I'm staying in Dingzhou." Li Hao said coldly with a cold look in his eyes, "I want to find out who caused the fire."

Li Zhi was shocked when he heard the words: "What! Was this fire set on purpose?"

Li Hao nodded with a gloomy face: "Of course, there is no such a coincidence in the world. As soon as the relief food arrived, a fire broke out in the granary. Your Highness, to tell you the truth, someone wants to take advantage of this disaster to stir up trouble in Hebei." , in a vain attempt to subvert the Great Tang Dynasty!"

"Someone wants to rebel?" Li Zhi was beyond shocked. He was only a child, so he would be shocked after receiving such a huge amount of information at once.

"Your Highness, don't be afraid." Li Hao said very calmly, "I have reported this matter to Your Majesty, and His Majesty's order will come soon, this group of people will not be able to make a difference."

"If they rebel, they rebel. Why do they burn food? That's food! 10,000+ disaster victims are waiting for the food to save their lives!" Li Zhi had a bitter expression on his face. In his opinion, rebellion was nothing. Naturally, his father sent troops to suppress them, but these victims were innocent, because he saw with his own eyes that the victims were so pitiful.

Hearing this, Li Hao sighed with emotion: "Those who have achieved great things since ancient times are not hard-hearted, and who among those emperors did not step on the corpses of tens of thousands of people to ascend to the throne. Since they dare to plot against the Great Tang Dynasty, how can they care about the Great Tang Dynasty?" The life and death of the people, besides, only burning food can cause great panic and make the people no longer trust the court. If they can recruit 20 disaster victims in Hebei and train them into an army, it may really make His Majesty feel uncomfortable."

Li Zhi was silent when he heard the words. He didn't know much about rebellion and war, and he was not interested. He just wanted to get food and prevent the refugees outside the city from starving, so he raised his head and said, "Sir, let's Let's split up, I will write the memorial now, and then go to Hengzhou to borrow food."

Li Hao nodded: "Okay, Your Highness, your safety is very important, Lu Yun still keeps it to protect you, so as not to make any mistakes, I have two hundred Zuo Wuwei and Chen Song brought by myself, there should be no big problem. "

"Okay, I'm going to write the memorial now." Li Zhi came to the case and began to write the memorial. He has been studying since he was a child. After putting his stamp on it, Li Zhi raised his head and asked, "Sir, can you send it to the post?"

"No! This matter is no small matter, so send your own person to deliver it." He said, went to open the door, and called, "Lieutenant Yang, come in."

Xiaowei Yang strode into the door and bowed his hands in salute: "I greet His Royal Highness King Jin, and I greet the Marquis of County Li."

Li Zhi handed the memorial to Lieutenant Yang, and said, "For me...for me, send this urgent report to Chang'an, and give it to my father."

"Yes!" Lieutenant Yang held up his hands and lowered his head to accept the memorial.

Li Hao urged from the side: "You send two or three trustworthy and capable brothers, the sooner the better, this matter cannot be delayed for a moment."

"Yes!" Lieutenant Yang replied again, and exited the door with the memorial in hand.

"Okay, next, I'm going to Hengzhou to borrow food." Li Zhi turned his head and looked at Li Hao. When he thought of himself going to borrow food to save the people, he suddenly felt a sense of pride. In his opinion, This is a very remarkable thing, because it can save people, and it can save many people, so it is very remarkable.

Li Hao nodded: "Your Highness, take care of yourself all the way, and remember that your safety is the most important thing."

"How can it be a trivial matter to borrow food." Li Zhi muttered softly, and then walked out, followed closely by Li Hao.

Li Zhi ordered Qi Wang to drive to Hengzhou City, and the left guards began to prepare. After about ten minutes, everything was ready. Li Zhi's car and more than 1000 people were already waiting outside. Li Hao cupped his hands and said, "Sir, I'm leaving, and Dingzhou will be handed over to you."

Li Hao also cupped his hands and saluted: "Your Highness, take care of yourself along the way, as the same sentence says, your safety is the most important thing."

Li Zhi hummed, turned and went out, boarded the carriage, and the team set off slowly, heading west along the street.

"Lu Yun." After watching Li Zhi leave, Li Hao called out habitually.

Chen Song came over and said, "Lu Wangba went to protect King Jin."

"Oh, it's easy to say." Li Hao smiled awkwardly and said, "Let's get ready and go to the granary."

"Which granary?" Chen Song was full of doubts.

"Of course it's the granary in Dingzhou, the one that was burned down by the fire the day before yesterday."

Chen Song became more and more puzzled: "What are you doing there?"

"Go investigate the case." Li Hao turned and walked into the backyard, and said to Chen Bin, "General Chen, set off in line and go to the Dingzhou granary."

"Yes!" Chen Bin shouted heavily, and quickly ran to the stables with two hundred Xuanjia soldiers, each of them took a horse, and assembled outside the gate of the post house.

Soon, Li Hao and Chen Song also came out with their horses. Li Hao didn't say much, turned on his horse with a gloomy expression, then pulled the reins, and headed for the Dingzhou granary.

When Li Hao came to the original Dingzhou granary, he could see that it was in ruins from a distance. The two common people's houses on both sides were also affected by the fire, and most of them were burned. Currently, only half of the roof and ruined walls remain.

The original gate of the granary was only left with a black door frame. An old man in shabby office clothes half leaned on the broken wall, his eyes slightly closed, basking in the sun, the sound of neat horseshoes was too loud, and he approached the old man. woke up.

The momentum of the two hundred Xuanjia troops was too great. Just as Li Hao and the others stopped their horses, the old man was so frightened that he let out a strange cry and turned his head to run away.

"Stop!" Li Hao shouted coldly, the old man was frightened and froze in place, not daring to move.

Li Hao got off his horse and walked up to him, asking, "What's your name?"

"Humble position... low official... the little old man is called Zhao Si, and everyone calls him the fourth son." This Zhao Laosi looked like a coward, and he had no knowledge. At this moment, Li Hao seemed to be a high-ranking official, and he was leading the army. I don't even know how to call myself a general.

Li Hao asked again: "What are you doing here?"

Zhao Laosi hurriedly replied: "The little old man is guarding the granary here."

"Guard the granary?" Li Hao turned his head and glanced at the granary in the ruins of the burned city, and sneered, "Is the granary burned like this? Are you still guarding the granary?"

Zhao Laosi said: "I don't even think about it, I don't think about it. In this cold weather, they all froze to death. They could stay in the granary before, but now they can only suffer from the cold outside, but Mr. Qin said, even if the granary doesn't It’s our duty to guard it, too.”

"You?" Li Hao frowned and asked, "Anyone else?"

"Yes, there is another one." Zhao Laosi said, "The other one is Wang Ermazi, ah, no, I just said it, his name is Wang Er, but last night he violated the discipline and fell asleep when he was on duty. Huo Huo ordered the granary, Master Qin got angry, he has already been taken to prison for questioning, and I heard that he will be executed."

"Oh?" Li Hao frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "The two of you have been taking turns guarding this granary all this time? No one else?"

"There is no one else." Fourth Zhao said something, "The little old man and Wang Ermazi have been guarding this granary for almost ten years, and there has been no trouble. I never thought that the relief food just arrived last night. Something went wrong, fortunately the little old man was not on duty last night, otherwise the little old man would be dead this time."

Li Hao's brows were frowned. It's too childish to send only one person on duty for the [-] shi relief food. Based on this alone, Qin Miao can definitely be convicted of dereliction of duty. However, Li Hao is not in a hurry, he still needs to investigate The scene of the fire, so he began to declare his identity: "I am the Marquis of Lantian County, Li Hao, the general of Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang, according to the emperor's order, to protect the king of Jin and come here to deal with the disaster. As for the granary leaking case, since you are the guard of the granary, it is necessary for this Marquis to inform you."

"Lazy... monkey? Zuo what guard... Central wolf general?" Zhao Laosi was a little confused. He had never heard of Li Hao's names in his life. After all, he had lived in Dingzhou City all his life and knew the most. His official is the Governor of Dingzhou, and then he only knows about the emperor. As for other high officials and titles, he doesn't know at all.

"It's the Marquis of Lantian County! Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang General!" Li Hao raised his voice, repeated slowly, and said, "This Marquis is here to investigate the case! You can call me General or Lord Marquis!"

"Oh, general!" Zhao Laosi's eyes lit up, he knew what a general is, and a high-ranking official who leads troops to fight is a general, so he hurriedly said, "The general is here to investigate the case, the general will investigate, the little old man will not Disturb you, dare not disturb you."

Li Hao didn't have time to waste saliva with him, so he led Chen Song into the burnt ruins of the granary, and began to look around.

After carefully inspecting the ruins for a long time, Li Hao suddenly stopped, and Chen Song approached Li Hao and asked in a low voice, "Master, is there anything you can gain?"

"The harvest is not small." Li Hao sneered, "The fire this time was indeed arson."

Chen Song was surprised when he heard the words, they were burned like this, and it can be seen that it was arson, which is too mysterious, but he had seen Li Hao's ability, so he couldn't believe it, and asked curiously: "How did you tell the difference?"

(End of this chapter)