Cheng Yaojin's thick eyebrows furrowed.
For a moment, he could not think of any good solution.
He glared at his four sons fiercely." Give me my whip!"”
"Ah?" The butler was a little dizzy. He knew that the family head was going to punish him." Family head, that whip will kill someone!”
"I told you to take it, so go and take it. Why are you talking nonsense here?!”Cheng Yaojin grunted.
The butler was helpless.
He could only run all the way and take the long whip.
Cheng Yaojin raised his long whip and lashed it at his four sons!
Cheng Chumo and his brothers all slept together, and the long whip was indeed long enough!
Therefore, under the fierce whipping, it could actually achieve the effect of "rain and dew"!
The four brothers were having a sweet dream when they were woken up by the pain of the whip!
All of them crawled up.
"Aiyo! Dad, it hurts!"
"Father, why did you hit us!"
"Run! Father has gone crazy again!"
"Dad, stop fighting. If you keep fighting, you'll really die.”
After getting up, Cheng Chumo and his brothers ran out of the kitchen.
Cheng Yaojin chased after him! He chased and fought at the same time!
"You unfilial children! You only know how to cause trouble every day!"
"Did you tell me that you went out of the city to dig for locusts?”
"Do you know how much trouble you've caused?”
"Today, I will beat you to death!”
While shouting, Cheng Yaojin whipped his whip again!
Lu Furen heard the commotion and quickly ran out to stop Cheng Yaojin!
Cheng Chumo and the others seized the opportunity and quickly escaped from the residence!
"Master, why are you doing this? Why did she hit her son so early in the morning?
If Yuchi Gong next door heard this, he would laugh at you again!”Lu Furen reached out and snatched the whip from Cheng Yaojin's hand. At the same time, she said,
Cheng Yaojin waved his hand.
"Humph! Even if this old man is laughed to death by Old Man Yuchi, I can't let my four sons be killed by His Majesty!”
What?
Lu Furen was instantly stunned!
"Master, what did Chumo and the others do wrong? You actually offended the Holy Emperor!"
Cheng Yaojin then told him what happened last night and the rumors in Chang 'an this morning!
After hearing this, Lu Furen directly collapsed to the ground!
"Master, what should we do?"
"Master, you must save Chumo and the others! We can't let them be beheaded!"
Lu Furen cried as she pleaded!
Cheng Yaojin shouted,
"Why would I let my son be killed?
Sigh! I'll enter the palace to meet the emperor now!"
……
When Cheng Yaojin arrived at the Dew Palace, he found that Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were also there!
Li Shi Min laughed,
"Look, Cheng Yaojin is here to apologize!”
Cheng Yaojin fell to his knees with a thud.
"Your Majesty! Chumo and the others are insensible and have committed a mistake. However, please, Your Majesty, on account of their young age, punish me for whatever crime they have committed!”
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at Cheng Yaojin with smiles!
Li Shi Min waved his hand and said,
"What did Cheng Chumo and the others do wrong? In my opinion, the one at fault should be you!”
"Zhen said it yesterday! You can eat locusts, but you can't take them home!”
"You just don't listen! He even said that he wanted to bring it home to coax his wife!"
"It's fine now! His wife was not coaxed! He even leaked the matter of the locust plague in advance!”
Li Shi Min's words were reasonable!
Cheng Yaojin had to admit defeat!
"Sigh!" Cheng Yaojin sighed." Your Majesty is right! It is indeed my sin!
If I hadn't brought the locusts home, this wouldn't have happened!”
Li Shimin found it funny when he saw Cheng Yaojin confess!
He couldn't help but laugh!
"Alright! Get up quickly! The matter of the locust plague had to be made public!
It's just that I wanted to take it slow, but you directly revealed it!
However, that was fine! It's nothing more than bringing forward the opportunity we've already set!”
Cheng Yaojin was surprised.
"Are you really fine? Won't it cause the people of Guanlong to riot?”
Fang Xuanling laughed.
"How is that possible? The locust plague had not appeared yet! The commoners were still living in peace and contentment, so why would they riot?”
Du Ruhui stepped forward and helped Cheng Yaojin up.
"Yaojin, quickly get up! His Majesty has already said that he won't blame you, and you still don't believe him?!”
Cheng Yaojin saw that the crisis had been resolved and could not help but smile foolishly as he stood up!
Li Shi Min continued,
"Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, I'll leave this matter to you!
He had to spread the news that the Emperor and Duke of the Great Tang had eaten locusts! And they say locusts are extremely delicious!"
Fang Xuanling nodded.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty! From today onwards, all the restaurants would start to purchase locusts!”
Cheng Yaojin laughed and said,"
"Your Majesty! Then I'll do my part too! After all, last night, my four sons had a feast of locusts!
Let the four of them go out and spread the news of the locusts 'delicacy!
And my wife! She had no way to shut her mouth!
She believed that she would soon spread the news to all the noble ladies in Chang 'an and let them know that locusts were extremely delicious!”
Cheng Yaojin's words!
Li Shiming, Fang Xuanling, and the others nodded in agreement.
Li Shi Min laughed,
"Good! Then I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself!”
……
Very quickly!
The rumor that locusts were as delicious as prawns and loved by the emperor and the Duke spread throughout Chang 'an.
Moreover, all the restaurants had also started to purchase locusts!
Each catty of locusts was worth 200 coins!
This immediately attracted the attention of the poor people!
After all, it was no longer the busy farming season. Many poor people were idle at home!
If he could catch locusts and sell them, that would be great!
As such, countless people quickly appeared in Guanlong and began to dig and catch locusts in a frenzy!
Such news naturally reached Li Ke's ears…
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