jdhmnovel Chapter 408 Locusts eat people
Chapter 408 Locusts eat people
"Master Yu, you are back, we..."
"Does this field eaten by locusts belong to you?"
The villagers who ran over were stopped by Magistrate Yu before they could finish speaking.
The villager was stunned by Magistrate Yu's question.
Shouldn't Magistrate Yu know very well who owns this field? Even if he has never been to the field, he should know it.
The person who went to the county government to report that the crops were eaten by locusts was Zhang Yuanwai himself.
No one else dares to do this.
Magistrate Yu secretly winked at the villager.
The villager was quite clever and quickly replied: "Yes, it is our field."
Ling Su saw Magistrate Yu giving the villagers a look.
He snorted secretly. If you dare to tell lies in front of the emperor and the little princess, you are digging your own grave.
You really don’t know what the little princess is capable of.
"Since this field belongs to you, follow me to see the emperor and the little princess."
When the group of people heard that they were going to see the emperor and the little princess, their calves started to tremble a little.
The main reason is that they have something wrong with them.
Zhang Yuanwai didn't say that the emperor and the little princess would come here, he just told them to keep an eye on them and notify him in time if anything happens.
He still didn't know what the emperor was going to do, but he couldn't make up his mind, so he shouted to the people who came with him: "San Mulu, go back to Zhuangzi and tell the others that the emperor and the little princess have come to give us rain."
The person walking at the end turned around and ran back.
Ling Su knew that the man had gone to report the news.
Just let him go and save him another trip.
"Yes, yes, yes, call all the farmers whose crops have been eaten by locusts." Magistrate Yu followed.
Ling Su first brought these people to the emperor and Xiao Yanbao.
This was the first time for the villagers to see the emperor. They all knelt down in fear, lowered their heads, and did not dare to breathe.
Emperor Lan Gan glanced at the kneeling villagers and asked, "Does this field belong to you?"
"Go back to the emperor, it belongs to us." The villager who took the lead replied.
"Are the crops in your fields eaten by locusts?" Emperor Langan asked again suppressing his anger.
"They were eaten by locusts," the villager replied simply.
Xiao Yanbao walked up to the villager with a clatter, squatted down, held his little cheek with both hands, and looked at the villager intently.
“Did you cut these crops overnight?”
"Yes, I can't cut it even at night..." Halfway through the sentence, the villager realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly shut up.
The body began to tremble non-stop.
Lying in front of the emperor is a crime of deceiving the emperor and will result in beheading.
It must come full circle.
"It was eaten by locusts and only a pole was left. I heard that the crops grew back from the soil. We were afraid of delaying the growth of the crops, so we cut off the poles overnight."
After the villager finished speaking, he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
There should be no loopholes in my own editing.
Xiao Yanbao nodded as if he understood.
"What about the locusts? There are still a lot of crops over there that haven't been eaten. Why did they fly away?" Xiao Yanbao asked, blinking his big black eyes.
He seemed very curious.
"The locusts...the locusts may have found the crops here unpalatable and flew away," the villager continued.
If you tell a lie, you have to cover it up with countless lies. There is no turning back.
"It's not delicious, well, the crops are not as delicious as human flesh." Xiao Yanbao muttered and stood up.
With a wave of his hand, many locusts were released from the wishful bag.
In fact, before releasing the locusts, Xiao Yanbao threw out a protective talisman.
Covering this bare field.
How could the locusts that were finally caught be released again to harm crops?
But Emperor Lan Qian didn't know, and thought there were really locusts again.
"Yanbao, locusts, so many locusts."
Xiao Yanbao winked at his father and signaled him to calm down.
When Emperor Lan Gan shouted, the villagers all raised their heads.
They were frightened to see the black locusts circling around them.
Isn’t this retribution coming?
Xiao Yanbao asked with a smile: "Are these locusts eating your crops?"
The leading villager said, "Yes, yes, these are the locusts."
Ling Su snorted from the side, "Your eyes are so good, you can recognize them all."
"These locusts told me that the crops here are indeed not tasty, but they think your meat tastes better."
After Xiao Yanbao finished speaking, the locusts began to attack the villagers.
Although they know that locusts do not eat humans, they are still very scared when countless locusts fall on them.
So I quickly shot it down with my hands.
Something unexpected happened, these locusts actually bit people.
This was their first time experiencing locust bites.
Magistrate Yu was so frightened by the scene in front of him that his legs went weak. He held his head and ran behind Emperor Lan Gan.
He saw that these locusts would not attack the emperor and his party.
Little Yanbao giggled as he watched the villagers being bitten and running around.
"Let you lie. Since you like the locusts coming back so much, let them get close to you."
Locusts like to eat crops, so the villagers wanted to run to places with crops, but for some reason, they were knocked back by DuangDuang before they could get far.
After being hit, they seemed to have been knocked awake.
They ran back and knelt down in front of little Yanbao, "Little princess, have mercy on me, little princess, have mercy on me!"
Xiao Yanbao: You are not stupid, you still know how to come back and beg me.
Xiao Yanbao waved his little hand, and the locusts left the bodies of the villagers.
"If you don't tell the truth, I will let these locusts eat you." Xiao Yanbao said angrily.
"Tell us what the little princess asks. We will tell you whatever we ask and we will never lie." said the leading villager.
"Then this field is eaten by locusts?"
"No, Zhang Yuanwai asked us to chop it down." The leading villager lowered his head and said.
Before Xiao Yanbao could ask the next question, Magistrate Yu knelt down again with a plop.
"Your Majesty, it's all the unscrupulous ministers who didn't find out. They went to find the emperor in a hurry. The ministers were also deceived. These unscrupulous people are really too bold."
[Master, he lied. He received a box of silver ingots from Zhang Yuanwai. 】
Xiao Yanbao understood that these fields must belong to Zhang Yuanwai.
When Emperor Lan Gan heard Dahuang's words, he really wanted to kick Magistrate Yu away.
"Then bring Zhang Yuanwai for confrontation." Emperor Lan Qian said coldly.
I see how you dog bites dog.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there's no need to look for it." Zhang Fu whispered from the side.
Then he pointed far away.
Emperor Lan Gan looked up and saw a group of people walking towards him from a distance.
Walking at the front was a short fat man wearing a brocade robe.
At first glance, it seems that he is used to being domineering.
But this group of people didn't know why, and they suddenly fell to the ground one after another while walking.