I am also waiting for the hero to usurp the throne today [Transmigration Book]

Between the mountains and fields, an unmanned carriage walked slowly forward.Although there is no coachman to direct, the horses will turn around and move forward by themselves as if they are spiritual.

There was only a black cat and a hamster in the carriage.

The black cat picked up a piece of steamed bun, looked at it twice, endured it, and finally couldn't help it, put it aside: "There is still no fish to eat."

Li Jinyu lay on the window and stared intently at the outside, a little worried: "The drought this spring is so strange."

"What's weird?"

"We've been away from the capital for so long, and it hasn't rained yet, right?"

Qingshui County can be regarded as a county with abundant water resources in the outskirts of the capital, and the fishery is also very developed, but along the way, it seems that the water level of the surrounding rivers and lakes has dropped very seriously.

Even Qingshui County is like this, isn't it even more serious going to the northeast?

"What's so strange about it, there's always a season of drought. It's just bad luck."

"But what about this year's harvest?"

The black cat originally wanted to laugh at Li Jinyu's futility, but then remembered that this stupid hamster is now the serious Emperor Dadi, and he is really worried about his own family.

It pouted: "Looking at those water conservancy projects, it shouldn't be possible."

"I'm a little worried about the locust plague that Uncle Zhang mentioned." Li Jinyu was worried, "Is the locust plague easy to treat?"

The black cat rolled its eyes: "How would I know? Besides, isn't that his guess?"

"It's a guess, but after I heard it, I felt a little uneasy all the time." The fat hamster jumped out of the car window, picked up a piece of cornbread and took a bite, feeling a little irritable, "It's a feeling that's hard to describe... just As if something could really happen."

The black cat gave him a surprised look, and frowned: "Intuition?"

"Ah."

"Do you miss Huo Caiyu too much recently?"

"It has nothing to do with this!" Li Jinyu's ears moved, and a blush appeared at the base of his ears.

Although he did miss Huo Caiyu very much.

"If it wasn't you who fell in lovesickness..." the black cat looked him up and down, with a sour tone, "it might be a premonition."

Li Jinyu always thought that premonition was just an abstract word: "Premonition?"

"I don't know, but you are now the emperor of the Di Dynasty, and you have gathered the whole Ziwei imperial spirit, which is closely related to the national fortune of the Di Dynasty." The black cat spread its paws, "If there is a major event that affects the entire national fortune, It's normal for you to have a premonition."

"The locust plague...can it affect the fate of the country?"

"I haven't seen a locust plague before, so I don't know."

Li Jinyu thought for a while: "Then let's go to the next town and find someone to ask about it."

As the "big granary" of the Di Dynasty, several northeastern counties and counties including Qingshui County have lived on farming for generations, and the older generation has accumulated too much wisdom and experience.

The human figures that Li Jinyu and the black cat transform into are not bad, and the elders are happy to pass on their experience.

"The locust plague...then I really hope that we don't meet it. If there is a locust plague, the whole year of this year will be wasted."

"When the old man was young, he saw a plague of locusts. The sky was covered by locusts, covering the sky in dense numbers—they gnawed up the crops so fast that in the blink of an eye, a piece of land was gone."

Li Jinyu's heart felt a little cold when he heard it: "Can't you catch it?"

"Catch?" The old man put down the dry tobacco, shook his head and sighed, "Those locusts fly fast, and there are so many... even 1 people can't catch them. What's more, they will go to the next field as soon as they finish eating one field." , can’t catch up.”

"Then how did the court govern at that time?"

"How can this be cured?" The old man smiled wryly, "I can only watch the locusts gnaw our land until there is nothing left. The imperial court just waited for the locust plague to go away and then bought grain seeds for us to replant. "

Li Jinyu's heart was heavy when he heard that.

If the old people they inquired about were correct, then the locust plague would be a devastating blow to agriculture in the Northeast.

"Is there any way to prevent locust plagues?"

The old man hesitated for a while in picking up the dry tobacco, and then recalled it for a while before saying: "I used to have it, but I haven't done it in the past few years."

"What way?"

"Five or six years ago, at this time, counties and counties would hire people to deal with the loose soil and weeds in the wild." The old man took a puff of dry tobacco slowly and sighed, "It is said that some method was used to call locusts in the soil. The eggs died... It's just that the adults in the county have been too busy these years to care about this matter."

At the end, there was a hint of sarcasm in the old man's voice.

Li Jinyu: "..."

That's right, after Emperor Jingchang and Prime Minister Ye came to the throne, the government and the public were full of turmoil. How could they take this kind of thing that requires special allocation of money and manpower to it?

He looked down at the black cat.

"Now that the Regent is in power, hasn't the prevention of locust plagues been restarted?"

The old man shook his head: "How do we ordinary people know this? Anyway, no one cares this year."

Li Jinyu thanked the old man, and carried the black cat back to the carriage.

As soon as he returned to the carriage, he immediately changed back to his hamster appearance, saving his little spiritual energy.

"What, where do you want to go?" The black cat lost its human arms and jumped onto the cushion of the carriage.

Li Jinyu thought for a while: "I'm going to visit the county government in this county."

"What do you want to see at the county government office?"

"Since the prime minister's faction was disbanded, Huo Caiyu should have pushed back all the things that should have been in the past. Why is the prevention of such an important thing as locust plagues neglected? Someone in the county government embezzled the money that should be used for this part Is it?" Li Jinyu analyzed, and looked at the black cat eagerly, "There are also specific methods and effects to prevent locust plagues... all need to be investigated."

The black cat squinted its eyes, looked at Li Jinyu's expectant eyes, and had a bad feeling in his heart: "What do you think I am doing?"

"My spiritual power was almost used up just now, so..."

"Don't even think about it, what does it matter to me?" The black cat refused without hesitation.

"You have also been Prime Minister Ye for a while, and Di Chao's current situation, why can't you say that it has nothing to do with you?"

The black cat was speechless, and then stared: "Why should I care about human life?"

"It's also for you." Li Jinyu was smart once in a while, and analyzed carefully, "The harvest of the Northeast Granary can almost affect the lifeline of the entire Di Dynasty—it's fine if it's normal, but now Huo Caijin is still playing tricks on the country! The income and expenditure of the household department are already very tight, if there is a locust plague here in the northeast, in order to ensure that we will not starve to death next year, we will have to withdraw our troops."

At the beginning, Huo Caiyu predicted that the attack on the country would take a year. Although the battle report later showed that the progress was much faster, the war in foreign countries would not end in a short while.

Even for Di Chao, such a long-term battle is a huge burden.

"so what?"

"If our army withdraws, we won't be able to defeat Guiguo, and Beiyue Pass will have to be guarded in the future." Li Jinyu blinked, "Do you still remember who was guarding the pass in the original book?"

Black Cat: "... Chi Zhongming is now Prince Mao."

"So it's even more duty-bound."

The black cat held its breath, and really wanted to say "it has nothing to do with me" forcefully, but finally recognized it in Li Jinyu's clear eyes.

It gave Li Jinyu a hard look, turned its head and jumped out of the car window.

……

By the time the black cat came back, it was already late at night.

After Li Jinyu turned back into a hamster, his work and rest also returned to the habits of a hamster. At this point, he was not sleepy at all, and looked at the black cat with vigor: "How is it? Is there any result?"

"Yes, but a little bit." The black cat's expression was not very good, and he shook his whole body, "But it has nothing to do with corruption."

"Why then?"

"The county magistrate here is a newcomer who took office last year. After reading the county annals of the past few years, he found that there was no problem with locust control. He felt that the control of locust plagues could slow down the frequency, so he cut it off this year."

Li Jinyu was a little speechless: "Why did this happen, who appointed him an official?"

The black cat chuckled: "Didn't you get recruited from the imperial examination that you presided over?"

Li Jinyu: "..."

The newcomers recruited at the beginning had to go through a period of training, but after the prime minister was sent away, there were vacancies in the central government, so they had to be placed in advance.

Huo Caiyu is already cautious enough, and no one who is unreliable has been assigned important positions. It is especially suitable for a position that completely tests one's ability, such as the county magistrate, who follows the rules and will not make a big mistake.

Unexpectedly, the issue of locust prevention and control would be ignored by the county magistrate.

Li Jinyu made a serious note of the county magistrate in his heart, and planned to sue Huo Caiyu after returning to Beijing.

I don't know if there are many cases like this in these counties, Li Jinyu doesn't have time to investigate one by one.

He thought for a while, and said solemnly: "I plan to write a letter to Huo Caiyu."

The black cat froze for a moment: "Write a letter?"

"It's not too late to start preventing and controlling the locust plague, right? I wrote to Huo Caiyu, and he came to order, and the back and forth time will not exceed a month." Li Jinyu thought about it, "It's completely in time."

The black cat tilted its head back and frowned: "Aren't you afraid that he will take the opportunity to find you?"

"Let's leave immediately after sending the letter, there must be time!" Li Jinyu planned enthusiastically, "Besides, I won't tell him that we are going to Yuanshan."

The black cat thought for a while, felt it was okay, and nodded: "That's okay."

In the big cities and small towns of the Di Dynasty, there were post stations where letters could be written on behalf of others, and the government also had a special channel for sending letters by flying pigeons.

It takes a long time to send ordinary letters back to the capital, and the official channels are more reliable.

Li Jinyu and the black cat slipped into the county government post in this small town together, and found the place where Fei Ge passed the letter.

Although they don't know how to go through the process, but... the pigeons at the station do.

The pigeons watched the post officials fill out letters and send them to their superiors every day, and they were very familiar with a set of procedures.

Li Jinyu communicated with the pigeons and reached a happy agreement, exchanging a handful of millet for the process of sending letters.

The only problem with listening to them is that it's... too noisy.

"Why do a mouse and a cat get along so well?"

"The mouse's tail doesn't seem so short, does it?"

"Maybe it was bitten off by a cat."

"Hey, the cat is so scary."

"Why don't cats just eat mice?"

"Maybe I want to get fat before eating."

"It may also be to wait for the mouse's tail to grow out and eat extra food every day-I remember some animals whose tails were broken and quickly grew new ones."

"Hey, mouse, can your tail regrow?"

Li Jinyu: "..."

Black Cat: "..."

Enduring the noise of "cuckoo cuckoo", under the guidance of the pigeons at the post station, Li Jinyu and the black cat found the red clay official seal, and spread out the rice paper to write a letter.

Originally, he only intended to briefly describe the current situation to Huo Caiyu, and remind Huo Caiyu to order the implementation of locust control measures as soon as possible... But holding the pen and dipping the ink, Li Jinyu hesitated.

He disappeared quietly after leaving only a few words, would Huo Caiyu be worried about him?

Before Huo Caiyu was easy to think too much, they just confirmed the relationship, and he ran away. Even if he had his own reasons, would Huo Caiyu understand and accept it?Don't you think he ran away because he didn't like him?

Thinking of Huo Caiyu's possible loss and sadness, Li Jinyu felt a little uncontrollable sadness in his heart.

Huo Caiyu should always shine brightly.Even if he is not the emperor, he should attract the attention of the whole world.

Thinking of this, when Li Jinyu wrote, he subconsciously included some personal words.

The black cat was lying on the side, watching Li Jinyu continue to write after explaining the business, and glanced curiously.

Then the black cat rolled its eyes: "What kind of sour words are you writing?"

Li Jinyu blushed: "You control me!"

The black cat trembled, and let out a "pooh" pretending to be disdainful.

The pigeon on the side gossiped along with "Gu Gu Gu Gu", "This looks like a love letter."

"Is the mouse writing to the female mouse in the capital?"

"I lost my cat's mouth and still miss my other half. What kind of fairy love is this? I'm crying."

"The previous magistrate seems to have used us to write such nasty words to people in the capital, tsk tsk."

Li Jinyu: "...Who was the last county magistrate?"

Private use of public equipment, false public benefit!

The black cat circled around Li Jinyu's letter twice, wondering what was going on in his head, and suddenly said, "I want to write too."

Li Jinyu looked over in surprise, and asked without thinking, "Are you writing for Chi Zhongming?"

The black cat bit the bullet and said, "Why, can't it?"

In Li Jinyu's heart, the black cat and Chi Zhongming have long been a couple, so of course he has no objection: "You write."

The black cat pulled a new piece of rice paper, took the pen, stopped on the paper, suddenly raised its head, and squinted its eyes slightly surrounded by the heads of pigeons and hamsters.

Li Jinyu stared at the rice paper and urged curiously: "Write quickly."

The pigeons were also gossiping on the sidelines.

"Cats also want to write love letters?"

"Chi Zhongming seems to be the new prince?"

"Isn't the prince a male? Is this cat a female?"

"No, I saw the cat bell just now, it should be male too."

"Hey, it's really a declining world, and a cat's heart is out of date."

Black Cat: "..."

It gritted its teeth, and the pen held by the cat's claw left a few large characters on the rice paper in a fluttering motion——

"Go to hell, bastard!"

Then the black cat threw the pen aside: "It's finished."

The corner of Li Jinyu's mouth twitched slightly.

He really couldn't understand the interest of the black cat and Chi Zhongming.

……

In the capital, all the officials were a little trembling when they went to court.

In the past few days, His Majesty suddenly fell ill, and the regent looked a little ugly when he came to court; on the contrary, the prince who was idle and wild cranes suddenly entered the palace frequently...

Is it going to change the sky?

But the Prince Regent and Prince Mao did not let them stand in line... All the officials couldn't help but be more cautious, for fear of suddenly running into someone's bad luck at such a time.

Contrary to what officials imagined, what Huo Caiyu and Chi Zhongming discussed in the palace was not about a major coup, but the whereabouts of a cat and a person.

Huo Caiyu frowned and said, "Have you found it yet?"

"No." Chi Zhongming scratched his head, a little depressed, "My baby, where are you..."

"Have you asked about all the gates in the capital?"

"I've asked them all. But my baby has magic power, so it shouldn't be a problem to fool the guards."

When it comes to this, Huo Caiyu is still a little skeptical: "You said that your cat can transform into a human form... Isn't it really drunk?"

"Of course not!" Chi Zhongming said firmly, "My baby and I have been in love for a long time!"

Huo Caiyu glanced at him suspiciously: "Then he ran away after you slept?"

"I didn't know he was so shy." Chi Zhongming scratched his hair, sighed, and felt aggrieved, "He hid the "Longyang Secret Scripture" under the bed, I thought he was implying me..."

Huo Caiyu narrowed his eyes: ""Longyang Secret Scripture"?"

Before he could think about it deeply, someone came to report suddenly: "His Royal Highness, there is an urgent report."

"Hurry up?" Huo Caiyu became a little more serious, reached out to take it, and asked, "Is it from the border?"

"It's from Changxia County, Qingshui County."

Huo Caiyu frowned and opened it, only took a look, then suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Of course he would not mistake this handwriting.

Li Jinyu's handwriting was brought out one by one by him, and he could even tell Li Jinyu's mood when writing.

Judging from the handwriting of this letter, His Majesty seems to be in a good mood.

The stone that Huo Caiyu had been carrying in his heart finally fell down.

His Majesty only left a few words before disappearing suddenly. He almost turned the whole capital upside down these few days.

He is most afraid that His Majesty has suffered and suffered in places he doesn't know, and he still doesn't know anything about it.

It was business at the beginning, but at the end, the expression on Huo Caiyu's face became softer.

——His Majesty actually wrote these to him...

Huo Caiyu couldn't help laughing as he imagined His Majesty blushing and hesitating to revise on the rice paper.

Chi Zhongming looked at Huo Caiyu's expression from the side, and asked with some jealousy: "Your Majesty sent it?"

"Ah."

"What did you write?"

"Remind me to pay attention to the prevention and control of locust plagues."

Seeing the tenderness on Huo Caiyu's face, Chi Zhongming thought His Majesty had written some love, but he didn't expect it to be so...down-to-earth?

Seeing the bright spring on the face of their regent... Chi Zhongming secretly "pooh".

Ghost letter!

Huo Caiyu didn't explain, carefully folded the letter in his hand, and handed another one to Chi Zhongming: "Your."

Chi Zhongming was stunned for a moment, and a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face: "Did Fatty give it to me?"

He knew that his fat man also missed him!

He opened the letter paper and saw that there were a few large characters crookedly on it - "Go to hell, bastard!"

Chi Zhongming: "..."

Huo Caiyu stood at the side, his eyes caught it with a glance, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, his heart was full of complacency.

It's still good for His Majesty.

All smiles, I still have to get down to business.

Huo Caiyu did not hesitate to send out the order to urge the verification and prevention of the locust plague.

His Majesty trusts him 100% and has never been shackled, and he does the same to His Majesty.

Chi Zhongming held the letter in his arms and analyzed it carefully: "This letter is from Changxia County, Qingshui County... What are they going there for?"

It's not like he didn't tease Big Fatty too much before, making Big Fatty hide out of embarrassment.But Big Fatty always ate and drank at nearby gourmet restaurants, and never left the capital.

How did you run so far this time?

"Your Majesty will not leave the capital for no reason, there must be some unavoidable reason." Huo Caiyu came over and sat down, "You don't have to analyze the reasons in a hurry, let's see where they might go first."

"Changxia County is already on the edge of Qingshui County. If they start from the capital and head northeast...where are they going?"

Huo Caiyu tapped lightly on the map with his fingertips: "You can go here to find out first."

Chi Zhongming took a look, a little curious: "Long'an County?"

Huo Caiyu nodded.

This is the place he passed by when he was living in the wilderness with His Majesty, and he won a lot of goodwill from the local village.

He understood His Majesty's temperament, if His Majesty passed by Qingshui County, he would definitely go to that village to visit those kind villagers.

Chi Zhongming jumped up, eager to try: "Then I'll go over."

Huo Caiyu also stood up: "I will go too."

"Aren't you staying in the court?" Chi Zhongming was a little surprised, "Aren't you afraid of trouble if no one is in charge?"

Huo Caiyu slightly raised his eyebrows: "Who can make trouble now?"

He has eliminated all the factors of instability in the imperial court over the past year, so there is no need to worry about the future.

What's more, even if someone really has ulterior motives, as long as he and His Majesty come back, everything will be back on track.

Chi Zhongming curled his lips: "Well, let's set off when we're ready."

Huo Caiyu returned to the dormitory, added another handful of water to the glutinous rice balls, sat in front of the desk, picked up a pen, and there was a hint of thought in his brown eyes.

There was no mention between him and Chi Zhongming.

But that question still remained in his mind.

Chi Zhongming's black cat is a goblin, and left the capital together with His Majesty.

What about his Majesty?

In ancient times, there were emperors who would do anything for longevity, ghosts, gods and monsters.

But Huo Caiyu knew that his majesty was not such a person.

If he remembers correctly, when he first met His Majesty, His Majesty threw himself into his arms in fright because of the black cat;

Later, after beheading Prime Minister Ye, His Majesty somehow raised a little black cat.

Huo Caiyu's gaze sank slightly, and the tip of the brush in his hand lightly traced the word "leaf" on the paper.

Chi Zhongming, Prime Minister Ye, Black Cat.

Him, Your Majesty.

Since the black cat is a goblin, it is not uncommon for it to transform into a human form - Chi Zhongming was very angry with him because he beheaded Ye Cheng, but when he saw the black cat brought back by His Majesty, his anger turned into joy.

——Ye Guixiang is a black cat?

Huo Caiyu paused for a moment, and a picture suddenly flashed in his mind.

That day, he and His Majesty finally established their relationship, and happily returned with breakfast, only to find that His Majesty had disappeared.

There was an extra glutinous rice ball on the soft dragon bed.

sweet dumpling……

Huo Caiyu squinted his eyes again, stood up and walked to the cage of glutinous rice balls to observe carefully.

Because he wanted to find His Majesty, he assumed that the hamster was Tangyuan without looking carefully that day, but now... it seems that there is a difference in the fur color of that hamster and Tangyuan?