Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 358 Grain was robbed
"Report to the lord! Something is wrong!" Li Ke, who had just dozed off in the middle of the night, woke up with an exclamation, and his heart skipped a beat.

"What's the matter?" Li Ke raised his eyes and saw that the person who came was his confidant guard Han Dong, Li Ke asked hurriedly.

"My lord! The soldiers and horses we sent to escort the grain and grass were intercepted and killed, and even the civilian husbands who transported the grain and grass were killed, and no one was left alive." Han Dong said.

The grain transportation team sent out to bring food nearby never came back, so Han Dong took people to investigate, only to find that all his people were killed on the way back and on the way to Qingxi County.

"What about the food?" Li Ke asked. Although he already knew that the food must be gone, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"All the food was taken away! Not a single grain was left behind," Han Dong said.

"Are all the food transportation teams sent out killed?" Li Ke asked, he sent a total of eight food transportation teams.

"Then there is still a food transport team that hasn't come back yet. Calculate the time and it should enter Qingxi today." Han Dong said.

"The thieves who dare to rob the grain transport team must have been prepared. This last grain transport team must not make any mistakes. You should immediately bring your elite and go to protect it. You must let the last grain transport team arrive safely. Qingxi."

"We are running out of food. If we lose even the food and grass delivered by the last team, we will have no way to sustain it. I don't care what method you use, you must deliver the food back to me safely." Li Ke said .

With this batch of grain, Li Ke will be able to last for a while longer.

"But, if I go, what should you do, my lord? Who will protect my lord?" Han Dong said.

"You just go. I, Li Ke, am a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. I dare not do anything to me even if they are daring. They dare not kill me."

"If I die in Qingxi, under His Majesty's wrath, they will all be buried with me. You don't have to worry about me. Food is important. Go quickly." Li Ke said, and he shouted the last two words with all his strength.

"My lord, take care!" Han Dong clasped his fists and saluted, took two steps back, turned around and left, gathered a group of elite cavalry, and left directly.

Li Ke did not expect that this group of people would be so insane that they dared to plan for disaster relief food, and even killed everyone to cover up their crimes.

Although it has been guessed that these local officials did it, Li Ke has no direct evidence to prove that they did it.

It is even possible that these wealthy businessmen in Qingxi also participated in it, colluding with the government and businessmen, and then bribed the robbers, and it is even very likely that they did it themselves.

These are all Li Ke's conjectures. Without evidence, he can't do anything to these suspects. Without evidence, there is no way to prove whether his conjecture is correct.

If they ordered to take down all the moths in Tang Dynasty indiscriminately, as long as someone deliberately spread rumors, there would be riots in Qingxi soon.

The emotions of the people in Qingxi were finally calmed down, and there must be no mistakes. Therefore, Li Ke can't do this, even if he knows in his heart that they did it, he can't do anything to them without evidence.

The current Qingxi can't be messed up. Once it gets messed up, it will be like a flood that burst a bank and is out of control.

This group of guys has seen this for sure, so they dare to collude unscrupulously.

Li Ke thought hard about how to find evidence to prove the crimes of these moths, and then lead the public to publicly judge these sinful moths.

When Li Ke was worried, the corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen in Qingxi were celebrating with each other, and there were refugees who couldn't get enough to eat, but these moths were feasting on fish and meat.

The table in front of them is full of delicacies from mountains and seas, delicious food and wine, and the table here is definitely not less than 50 taels.

How much food can be bought by these 50 taels, and how many disaster victims can be rescued, but these people are unwilling to take it out at all.

They would rather feed the food to the dogs than to help the untouchables in their eyes. The life and death of the untouchables has half a cent to do with him.

"Mingfu! Your strategy is really clever. We not only get a large amount of food, but also solve the current situation that is not good for us. Li Ke has nothing to do with us. It is really gratifying." A fat head and big ears , the rich businessman surnamed Zhang with a face as white as frost said to Qingxi county magistrate with a smile.

"There is no food here, and these refugees are still not making a fuss. Then, we will help them and stir up the flames for them."

"This situation is not out of control. When the time comes, those untouchables outside will definitely hate Li Ke to death. If he rebels because of this, Li Ke will be to blame." A rich businessman surnamed Ma with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks laughed.

"At that time, as long as the Ming government can take the opportunity to lead troops to put down the rebellion and wipe out these rebels, the Ming government will make a great contribution. From then on, it will be just around the corner." The magistrate of Qingxi County said with a smile.

"In this way, we will wish the Ming Palace a high promotion in advance!" Qingxi County Chief Registrar raised a wine glass and toasted the county magistrate.

"Congratulations on the promotion of Mingfu!" Everyone raised their glasses to congratulate the county magistrate. They really thought that the county magistrate would be promoted and their schemes would succeed.

"Come on! Cheers everyone, if you don't get drunk tonight, you won't go home!" The county magistrate was very happy, especially after drinking a lot of wine and hearing a lot of compliments on him.

Now he is gone!

The county magistrate imagined that the gang of untouchables would rise up in anger, Li Ke failed to complete the task, and left Qingxi in disgrace, while he suppressed the rebellion for the court, so he was naturally rewarded by the court, who gave him a promotion and made a fortune.

The more he thought about it, the happier he became, the county magistrate couldn't help but drank a few more glasses, and his whole face was flushed.

The grain transportation team sent out by Li Ke was united by them and killed, and even the grain was robbed by them.

They cannot allow outsiders to interfere in Qingxi County's affairs, even if this person is a relative of the emperor.

Now the court has exempted Qingxi from paying taxes for three years, which means that they don't have to pay taxes to the court for three years.

But they can set up a clever name and collect taxes from the lower levels themselves. Qingxi is rich in products, so how much benefit can they collect in a year.

How could they give up this piece of fat and let Li Ke "act wildly" here, disrupting their plans and blocking their wealth.

"Bang!" The door was suddenly opened, and everyone was scared to death. They thought that what they did had been exposed, and Li Ke led troops to arrest them.

Everyone panicked and looked towards the gate, and they were relieved immediately. The person who came was the head arrester from Qingxi County.

"Gou San, you're crazy, aren't you! You startled us, what are you doing in such a panic?" the county magistrate roared dissatisfiedly, his good mood was so calmed down by him, everything is gone, can you not be angry Well!

If Gou San doesn't give him a satisfactory explanation, his arrest will be over.

(End of this chapter)