Datang: Starting from Li Jiancheng

Chapter 153 Hou Junji Was Deceived

It was far-fetched for the aristocratic family to tell him that there is no rice to cook, but now a rice merchant also tells him that there is no rice to cook?

Is there a funnier joke in the world than this one?
"Mr. Guo, are you kidding me right now?" Hou Junji's face darkened a bit, and his fists clenched loudly under his long sleeves.

"General Hou Mingjian, we dare not lie." Mrs. Guo panicked when she saw this, and immediately frowned, "Although we sell rice, we have learned to judge the situation after many years of business."

"When Lord Hou ordered to increase the tax, we knew that there would be a day of food hoarding, so we lowered the price as soon as possible and sold all the rice and grain."

"Nowadays, there is really not much surplus food in Canada and China. Even our husband and wife are almost not enough to eat."

Guo Ming also echoed the words: "Yes, coupled with the previous earthquake, smallpox and drought, the harvest of crops this year is extremely poor, and now there is such a commotion, there are not many left."

"It's a good time to judge the situation."

Hou Junji sneered, and looked at Guo Ming and his wife with more menacing eyes, "Then have you considered that there is not much rice left after the Turkic invasion, so you can take this opportunity to drive up the price of rice and make a fortune?"

It's all right for him to swallow his anger in the Zhang family. After all, he has a strong background, so Guo Ming is just a rice merchant, so he dares to tease him?

After every war or catastrophe, there must be a shortage of food. At this time, there will be a group of unscrupulous rice merchants who will take the opportunity to drive up the price of rice. This is beyond doubt.

Guo Ming's face froze when he heard the words, and then he smiled at Hou Junji: "The general is joking, we, husband and wife, just judge the situation and don't know how to predict."

"When Lord Hou raised taxes and fees, there was no news that the Turks were going south. Naturally, our husband and wife would not have thought of hoarding food. Now that I think about it, I really regret it."

After hearing Guo Ming's words, Hou Junji's face was almost green with anger.

Then he said without hesitation: "I really don't believe in this evil!"

"There is no rice in a rice merchant, it really makes people laugh. Today, the general will see if there is rice or no rice in your house!"

After finishing speaking, Hou Junji waved his hands at the two soldiers behind him and said, "Search for me!"

Seeing this, Guo Ming's eyes changed, and he and his wife immediately blocked the door with their fat bodies and said, "No!"

"General Hou, although you are a general, you can't break into private houses without reason!"

Hou Junji snorted coldly when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "This general really broke in today, what can you do?"

Mrs. Guo's eyes lit up when she saw this, and with a bit of cunning, she said in a louder voice: "General! General, you can't break into private houses!"

"Our family is really out of food, and we really can't give it!"

"General, please do me a favor. If these grains are handed over, how will our family survive!"

"........."

Following Guo Ming and Mrs. Guo's cries one after another, and the cries louder and louder, they successfully attracted a crowd of people to watch.

Seeing this, everyone felt a sense of justice immediately, and couldn't help pointing at Hou Junji.

"It's okay to raise taxes before, but now we have to grab food? Is there any king's law in this world?"

"That is, you can't let the common people starve to death for the sake of war?"

"No matter what, you can't just go into people's homes to grab food, can you?"

"........."

Facing the repeated accusations, Hou Junji had a splitting headache, and finally couldn't help shouting, "Shut up, general!"

"You people only know how to be comfortable and enjoy yourself, but have you ever thought about who brought the present comfort? It's them!"

Speaking of this, Hou Junji pulled the two soldiers behind him forward, frowned slightly and said, "When you were sleeping soundly at home, they were the ones who guarded the city wall all night long!"

"When you are enjoying family happiness with your family, they are the ones who left their homes and fought desperately with the enemy!"

"Now the Turkic barbarians are going south to invade our land, and they have to put on their armor and fight against the enemy for our country and your comfort!"

"When you are enjoying the ease, don't you even want to give them a little food?"

Everyone was silent when they heard the words, and each of them lowered their heads and were embarrassed to speak.

And Guo Ming and his wife over there also changed their expressions when they saw this, and then frowned and said: "General Hou, we all understand the truth, we husband and wife did not lie to you, there is really no food left at home."

"If not, why didn't you dare let me see it?" Hou Junji frowned and looked at Guo Ming and his wife with doubts in his eyes.

After saying that, Hou Junji pursed his lips, and continued: "If it's true that you have no food in your house, it's my general who wrongly blamed you, this general will definitely apologize to you in front of these common people!"

When Guo Ming and his wife heard the words, a look of strangeness flashed in their eyes, then they nodded and said: "In that case, General Hou can come in."

"........."

For some reason, Hou Junji felt that he might have been fooled.

But up to now, Hou Junji could only take two soldiers and bite the bullet into the mansion to search.

But the three of them searched all over the house, but only found a two-meter jar of rice in the kitchen.

Seeing this, Guo Ming gave Hou Junji a helpless look, "General Hou, you also saw that this is the only rice left in our whole house."

"If you still want to take it away, our husband and wife will really have no way to live."

"........."

Hou Junji's expression sank when he saw this, but he still frowned and asked, "Are you sure you only have these rice?"

Mrs. Guo frowned, and accepted her kind smile a little bit, with a little impatience, "General Hou didn't believe our husband and wife's words at first, but now you have searched this house, the general still doesn't believe it .”

"What exactly does the general want? If there is none, then there is none. No matter what, we can't just change something out of thin air."

Seeing this, Hou Junji's face became even more gloomy. Even though he had a million doubts in his heart, he could only take two soldiers out at this moment.

Seeing this, the people outside the door knew in their hearts that the Guo family had no more rice.

Looking at the thoughtful eyes of the people outside the door, Hou Junji finally sighed, then turned around and cupped his hands at Guo Ming and his wife, "I'm sorry, it was Hou who judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and misunderstood it. for."

"It's okay, it's okay, our husband and I understand the general's mood, but it's a pity that we can't help much."

Mrs. Guo, who had been impatient before, now had a kind smile on her face, she was a completely different person from just now.

Although Hou Junji had thousands of unwillingness in his heart, he could only leave with two soldiers.

(End of this chapter)