Chapter 167: The King of Huainan was stabbed by his own boomerang

The closer the Prince of Huainan got, the more obvious the buzzing sound in the air and the panicked voices of the people became.

When he finally reached the field nearest the palace.

Then I saw countless farmers pouring out of the fields, men, women, old and young, all frantically trying to grab the harvest.

However, how could human power match the devouring speed of locusts? The farmers had just harvested the crops in the fields and placed them in the trailer next to them. The next moment, they saw countless locusts emerging from the trailer and watching the full ears of wheat being devoured clean.

The sounds of despair were heard everywhere on the ridges of the fields in the suburbs:

"Oh my God! God wants to kill me!"

"It was so hard to get rain during the Spring Festival, I thought this year would be a good year! Oh my god, the locust plague, I'm really starving to death."

"Can we ask the Imperial Master for help? Please ask the Imperial Master to offer sacrifices to the Locust God and save us."

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The King of Huainan looked at it for a long time, and suddenly said to the Minister of Justice, "Minister of Justice, do you think that if I now spread the word that 'the emperor is unjust, there is a locust plague', will it make them hate Daxia even more?"

The court judge almost stumbled and looked at the King of Huainan in disbelief: "Your Majesty, I think it is not possible."

The King of Huainan frowned, "Why? Do you also want me to clean up the mess for the tyrant as the Internal Secretary wants?"

The court official was dumbfounded. He never expected that at the moment of life and death of the fiefdom, the king would still care about how much dirt he could throw at the emperor. With such a narrow mind, he still wanted to rebel?

The Chief Justice wanted to run away.

The silence of the Chief Justice made the King of Huainan mistakenly believe that the other party accepted his idea.

Just as the King of Huainan was about to go back and order people to spread the rumor, suddenly, the people below roared in anger:

"What?! The emperor had already mentioned the locusts and arranged for the government to distribute food?! Why didn't our Huainan domain have any?"

"You also said that we are in the fief of King Huainan, and only King Huainan is unwilling to open the granary! It's unlucky for us!"

"Yes, no wonder the refugees outside the city said there was a locust plague, but the government said it was not serious. They are deliberately trying to trick us! The Huainan Dog King is incompetent!"

"How hateful! Even if I had been reminded one day earlier, my family would have survived this year! Now it's full of locusts, I can't survive! The Huainan Dog King is incompetent and stupid. Let's go and rob the granary!"

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The King of Huainan sucked in a breath of cool air, gnashing his teeth in hatred, and raging like thunder: "This, this... How can this king be so... ahem, so stupid. The tyrant, that bastard, actually used such means, shameless! And this group of bastards, so ignorant, this king will put them all in prison."

The corner of the court officer's mouth twitched: What should I say! The boomerang finally hit me.

At this time, the people who were crying and shouting all turned around and looked in this direction.

The Chief Justice was so frightened by the resentment that he trembled all over.

The King of Huainan seemed to be a chicken with its neck pinched, and he became quiet instantly.

At this time, someone in the crowd shouted, "That's the Huainan Dog King who won't let us live! Go duck!"

The sound was like a loud military bugle call.

The incited people rushed towards the King of Huainan in a rush, their momentum not much different from that of zombies attacking a city.

This time the King of Huainan was finally dumbfounded. He had imagined this scene many times, but in his imagination, the one who should be impacted should be the arrogant tyrant. How could it be him?

The Chief Justice quickly dragged the Prince of Huainan forward, and the two of them quickly got on the carriage and fled back to the inner city in a panic.

In the next few days, the locust plague became more and more severe. The King of Huainan was unwilling to open the granary, and the people's anger became louder and louder.

At some point, big-character posters were posted outside saying, "Huainan Dog King," "Huainan King! Even dogs spit on him!" "Rubbish Huainan King!" "The most useless Huainan King!"...

The King of Huainan was almost angered to death by these endless big-character posters.

As a result, King Huainan went crazy every day during the subsequent court meetings.

One moment he angrily scolded the tyrant for being inhuman and using such despicable means, the next moment he angrily scolded the people in his fiefdom for being ignorant. Later, the King of Huainan pointed at every court official and complained, accusing them of not being able to catch the criminals and allowing them to slander the king.

At the same time, Mingwei, who secretly incited the people, began to secretly enter and leave the homes of some officials.

After this operation, except for the officials whose lives and property were tied to the King of Huainan, some officials were really instigated and thought of running away early.

Two days later, the situation became increasingly critical.

When the King of Huainan was still in the court, he was going crazy.

The court officials suddenly came out one after another, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, there are too many refugees and the people are very dissatisfied. You must open the warehouses and release food."

The official said, "Your Majesty, otherwise the refugees might break through the city wall."

Another official said, "Your Majesty, if it is really impossible, go to the capital of Daxia to ask for help. Prince Jing and Prince Yan have already gone there. The tyrant cannot hold so many princes and kings at once! He cannot afford it!"

The furious King Huainan was suddenly moved by the last sentence. Yes, since the other princes and kings had also passed away, the tyrant should not dare to capture him and risk offending all the princes and kings.

The King of Huainan finally made the decision: "Okay, let's go to Kyoto."

The officials said in unison: "Yes."

The Prince of Huainan and his entourage hurriedly arrived at the capital of Daxia.

The King of Huainan was shocked by the well-organized security along the way.

What about the refugees?

What about the locust plague?

How come it gradually disappeared after leaving its own territory? !

Moreover, locusts are still wreaking havoc on some farmlands. Why are these farmers happily catching them? !

The more the King of Huainan thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. In the capital of Daxia, he looked at a few farmers carrying sacks and finally couldn't help getting off the carriage to ask, "Why are you so happy about the locust plague?"

The farmer smiled brightly: "Sir, because the price in the capital is higher."

King Huainan:?

How can you give such an irrelevant answer?

At this time, the escorting official whispered, "Your Majesty, these people are carrying dead locusts to sell to the government in the capital. There are no locust plagues near the capital of Daxia, but the price of locusts in the capital is higher, so some farmers will deliberately carry their own locusts to the government in the capital to exchange for money."

The King of Huainan was shocked: "What! Is he crazy? Why did he buy these locusts? And why didn't I know about this?"

The accompanying official thought that he would be relieved soon, so he said perfunctorily: "Your Majesty, maybe you forgot? Or maybe the person in charge of collating the intelligence thought that this matter was meaningless."

The King of Huainan looked at the accompanying official in an eccentric way. He was so shocked by the other party's sudden and perfunctory attitude that he forgot to accuse him at the first time.

At this time, the Minister of Rites, who was in charge of welcoming the King of Huainan, strode over.

The other person smiled warmly.

"King Huainan, you have arrived at the right time. Please come over."

The King of Huainan inexplicably took a half step back.

But he could not stop the enthusiastic Minister of Rites and was taken all the way to the sacrificial site.