She traveled through the book to become the prince's concubine? She chose to be the villain!

Chapter 133 Deterrence

The poison in Tang Mingchen was suppressed, and he became energetic again.

When he is in high spirits, someone will be in trouble.

According to Tang Mingchen's request, all cities and prefectures along the way for the victims must arrange for the distribution of porridge.

The victims fled the famine in order to survive, so he certainly couldn't bear to see them die on the road.

Food is important, but human life is more important.

There are more than 100,000 people fleeing famine now, and these people are very precious.

Moreover, these people were also wanted by Liu Rumei, so naturally they could not be missing.

Although Liu Rumei didn't say it, Tang Mingchen knew what she meant by buying tens of thousands of acres of wasteland and building many houses.

He did not object to this way of expanding power and even thought it was clever.

To accomplish this, you need the right time, the right place, and even the general trend of the times.

She has made so many preparations, so let her be the one to deliver the east wind.

These hundreds of thousands of people are the east wind that allows her to take off.

So every time he arrived at a place, Tang Mingchen would give General Wei a task: to drink porridge.

General Wei was helpless, as he was being made a vanguard.

But he was willing to do so, and if the person distributing the porridge dared to fool him, he would really have something to do.

Seeing General Wei coming to taste the porridge himself, the person who was distributing the porridge began to tremble in his hands.

He carefully filled a bowl and handed it to the other party. General Wei looked at him and smiled.

"Why did you only give me rice soup? It won't fill me up."

So General Wei stirred the spoon and scooped a spoonful from the bottom of the barrel.

He just took a look and realized something was wrong.

But General Wei did not get angry, but took a sip.

"Damn it! There's sand in your porridge!"

General Wei threw the bowl hard to the ground, scaring everyone around him to tremble.

They are just house slaves. They just follow orders and dare not disobey their masters.

They had never seen a general on the battlefield and were terrified.

If the victims of the disaster caused trouble, they could drive them away, but if the generals caused trouble, they could only kowtow and admit their mistakes.

"Please spare us, General, please spare us. We know we are wrong!"

More than a dozen servants knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but no one in the crowd fleeing famine said a word.

Although they were grateful to these people for saving their lives, they could not sabotage General Wei since he was standing up for them.

Moreover, before General Wei and his men showed up, no one was there to distribute the porridge.

Even under the protection of Prince Xian and General Wei, they encountered many situations along the way.

The ones mixed with sand and stones are still relatively good, but the ones made with moldy brown rice are really bad. The elderly cannot bear it. Some people suffered from vomiting and diarrhea after eating it, and some died.

They were already on the road fleeing famine, and their bodies had been badly damaged. They couldn't bear it.

It was precisely because of this, with the protection of Prince Xian and General Wei, that they were able to get halfway through the journey alive, but now they are afraid.

If the King wanted them to die, they would do so without hesitation, but for others, that would not work!

"You only know how to beg for mercy, but do you know the consequences of doing so?"

General Wei asked this with a smile. They only knew to take the blame for their master, but they didn't know the consequences of doing so.

"General, spare my life."

"Hey, I can't spare your lives. I'll let you go quickly and without much pain. What do you think?"

When a dozen people saw this situation, they thought their lives were in danger, so they couldn’t do that!

"General, please forgive me. This is the order of the head of the family. We dare not disobey!"

Hearing this, General Wei smiled and said, "Look, wouldn't it have been better if you had said this earlier?"

"Tell me who your master is right now. With so many people as witnesses, it will be useless even if you regret it."

The servants were still afraid, after all, framing the master would also mean death.

"Don't be afraid. At worst, you can just flee with me. If you dare to fool me, I will kill you right now!"

They couldn't handle General Wei's momentum, so they could only confess what had happened honestly.

To be honest, General Wei was very happy because this was a big fish.

That’s right, it’s a big fish this time.

The Li family is a large local family. Local people believe that the Li family is a charitable and kind family that accumulates good deeds.

But it is very strange that such a kind-hearted family would do such a thing this time.

"Your Majesty, what's the situation with the Li family? Now the prefects and county magistrates in various places know that you are here under the emperor's order, and they have to cooperate with you on the way. Why don't the Li family give you face?"

Tang Mingchen said calmly: "Because the Li family is the dog of the Lin family, not only will they not give me face, they will also harm me."

The Lin family? Isn't that the prince's maternal family?

This is entirely possible. It seems that the Li family did it on purpose.

"But have they not thought about the consequences of going against the prince? If the prince is unhappy, the Li family will be doomed."

Tang Mingchen looked at General Wei. Is he that kind of person?

General Wei really wanted to say, you are such a person, really, you are absolutely right.

But you can't say that, otherwise the prince will be angry.

"The prince is naturally not such a heartless person. As long as the Li family does not go too far, the prince will not touch them."

General Wei made up for himself with a few words, which made Tang Mingchen laugh.

"You are wrong. Even if it is just a small mistake, I will not let them go."

General Wei: ...Is it fun to tease him like this?

So Tang Mingchen went straight into the city, followed by secret guards and a hundred soldiers, and surrounded the Li family.

When the local governor learned the news, he looked at his staff with aggrieved faces.

"Did I tell Brother Li that this Prince Xian is not to be trifled with? He has the Emperor's orders. Not to mention, Prince Xian is not a good-tempered person.

But he wouldn't listen. I don't know what possessed him, he just insisted on doing this. I reminded him several times but it was no use.

Well, now he's been caught like a monkey, and I don't have the ability to save him. After all, I can't save myself now, so it's better not to get involved in this matter."

The aide did not lie, and he could probably guess why the Li family was causing trouble.

As for the adults' approach, it is also completely understandable, that is, one should not step into muddy water.

This Prince Xian said that he was carrying out the emperor's orders, but there was no decree. These were all rumors.

But it is a fact that there is a severe drought in the north. If King Xian had not stepped forward, not to mention how many people would have died, the cities along the way would have been in bad shape too.

Therefore, everyone understood deep down that it was right to cooperate with Prince Xian, but they could not cooperate too actively, otherwise they would easily get caught up in the fight among the princes.

They all chose not to refuse, but also not very actively. Unless they wanted to join King Xian's side, everyone made this choice.

Therefore, not pleading for the Li family now is also a plan for self-protection.

"Your Excellency is right. Why don't you ask a doctor to take a look? You have been too tired recently taking care of the disaster victims."

The prefect was very satisfied. It turned out that having a good aide was very important.

He had no intention of currying favor with Prince Xian. He just wanted to be a prefect in peace and live to a ripe old age.

So no matter how they fought, he was sick, and since he was sick he didn't have to show up.