When Zhang Chuchen, Liu Rumei, Murong Xianyue and others were in Yang Su Mansion, they were just the lowest-level killing tools. Whenever there was an order from their superiors, they would just do it. They would be rewarded if they completed it, and they would be punished if they failed. In order to avoid being punished and not dying in the middle of doing tasks, when there are no tasks, most of the time, they work hard to learn various skills. As for the deeper purpose of each mission and whether the people killed deserve to die, they neither know nor are they within the scope of consideration.
When they arrived at the palace and were appointed by Yang Ji as the leaders of the Suzaku Guard, they not only adapted to their new roles, but also gradually developed independent souls and thoughts. Whenever they encountered something, they finally learned to use their brains to think about problems. Use methods to solve problems.
In the past two years, they have come into contact with a large number of elite talents. The words of these outstanding talents have deeply inspired them. Everyone's thoughts and concepts have undergone earth-shaking changes; today, they have become the leaders of the Royal Palace. An integral part of the staff team. In addition to his role as a close bodyguard, he is also responsible for receiving information sent to Yang Ji from various branches of the palace, and then using birds to send Yang Ji's orders to other places.
Their goal is very clear, that is Qinzhou Guancang.
At night, he quietly sneaked near Guancang. When the dark clouds blocked the bright moon, he rushed under the high wall as if he was flying. Then, with the help of flying claws, ropes and other climbing tools, he climbed over the high walls like a civet cat. The wall entered Cangcheng lightly and silently.
Qinzhoucang has 200 granaries and 30 grain kilns. It is also the location of a large-scale grain storage in Longxi.
The grain kiln is in the shape of a round cylinder with a large mouth and a small bottom, with a diameter of ten feet and a depth of three feet. The walls of the granary are made of rammed earth and are in the shape of a cone. There is a ventilation building connected to the granary on the top of the granary. The gabled roof is covered with very dense green tiles. The interior is very solid with four beams and eight columns. There is no nail at the connection between the beam and the column. One rivet, the pillars and the square bars are all connected with Yin and Yang Mao. As long as there is no flood or fire, there is almost no possibility of collapse and decay.
The flying claws firmly hooked the roof ridge, and the team climbed to the top of the building like a monkey. However, it was pitch black below, and no one knew what the situation was. First, Murong Xianyue, who was bold, careful, and highly skilled in martial arts, Falling down the rope, she slowly descended for more than a foot, and then stepped on a pile of grain. She felt relieved and whispered: "Come down, it's only about a foot high."
When Zhang Chuchen, Liu Rumei and others heard what she said, they briefly judged the height and position, and then jumped down one after another. A Suzaku guard took out a fire stick and blew it, and then took out a large stick of butter wax from his backpack and lit it. , another person opened the lampshade made of white silk and put a large wax cover under it, and the dark granary suddenly became brighter. Murong Xianyue looked around and whispered: "The grain has covered the prescribed lines. It seems there is no problem."
Liu Rumei held up a handful of millet, let it fall from her fingers, and said: "The grains here are full and there is no bran, shriveled grains, nor weeds or gravel."
Zhang Chuchen looked at the grains full of grain and said in deep thought: "The Qinzhou warehouse was emptied by the young master last year. It has only been half a year since then. If only this grain warehouse is full of grain, then there will be no problem; if every day If all the granaries are filled with grain, then a problem arises. After all, Qinzhou only has a population of six counties, and the rent they pay cannot fill the Qinzhou granaries in less than a year."
After hearing this, Liu Rumei said: "Maybe this one is fine, let's check other granaries."
Zhang Chuchen nodded and said: "Everyone will work separately. Everyone will check the five buildings nearby and then meet here."
After saying that, he pulled the rope and climbed up with great agility. He disappeared into the night in a flash, and others also took action.
After about half an hour, the slaves returned one after another, and the result was that almost all of them were full. Only two Suzaku guards encountered empty warehouses, but this was reasonable and defeated Zhang Chuchen's "every warehouse is full." question" corollary
Murong Xianyue asked doubtfully: "Could it be that Yuan Shan is an upright official?"
"I don't think he is a loyal person." Liu Rumei said cheerfully: "Others are trying their best to crawl to the capital, but he is better. In order to stay in Qinzhou, he has repeatedly served as chief historian and governor."
Murong Xianyue frowned and said, "What does this mean?"
"It shows that Qinzhou has great interests that make him reluctant to leave." Liu Rumei slowly analyzed: "Qinzhou is just a lower state, and it is not rich. If he is greedy, he can only be greedy for officials' money and food."
"Sister Jing Rumei said this, and I also think there must be something fishy." Zhang Chuchen thought for a moment and said: "Every year, officials from Sinong Temple and Yushitai inspect the granaries in various places. If people can tell at a glance that the grain storage is If it's not enough, Yuan Shan won't be safe and sound for so many years, so we'll investigate in this granary."
Liu Rumei smiled bitterly and said, "With so much food, how can we check it?"
Zhang Chuchen pointed to the shovel stuck on the grain pile and said, "The stupidest way is to turn it down."
Liu Rumei's eyes lit up and she said happily: "This is a good method. Corrupt officials are very smart. Sometimes they use the stupidest method to deal with smart people, but they hit the target with one hit. Don't we suspect that Yuan Shan is tampering with food?" Then if you look through it one by one, you can always find nothing to hide."
Everyone did as they were told, picking up shovels and digging the grain around. The granary was big enough, otherwise the loose grain particles would fall back to their original places at any time, making their work useless.
When everyone dug nearly a foot deep, Zhang Chuchen was greatly disappointed. Just when he was about to let everyone stop, Murong Xianyue pushed the shovel down hard, and there was only a "dong" sound, as if it hit the floor. the sound of.
Everyone paused, glanced at each other, and sped up their movements without hesitation. In a moment, they cleared the floor-like floor. When they continued to dig around, they found a huge "barrel" in the middle of the grain. "There was grain all around the barrel. Zhang Chuchen turned the shovel and knocked it down with the handle. She only heard a "dong-dong" sound. She said in a deep voice: "The bottom is empty."
Liu Rumei sighed in admiration: "These corrupt officials will do anything to steal the official food of the imperial court! They have even thought of such a method."
Zhang Chuchen said: "To be able to do such tricks and carry out such a large project in the official warehouse is enough to show that they have been greedy for official food for more than a day or two, and there are not only one or two people involved. Otherwise, how could they Carrying out large-scale construction projects in the warehouse without being discovered by others? Now it seems that the Qinzhou prefect, Shanggui County magistrate and warehouse officials are all involved!"
Murong Xianyue wondered: "They can do tricks in the granary and accounts, but the official households of Sinong Temple and Yushitai can't find anything famous every year. Could it be that they have all been bribed by Yuan Shan?"
Liu Rumei looked at the surrounding heights and said: "When the country was checking official grain, the young master asked Xiao Xingcao how he checked. Xiao Xingcao said that when checking the grain, he inserted a several-foot-long uneven fir stick into the grain pile. After a moment or so, take it out and take a look. The fir wood is soft, absorbs water strongly, and is not easy to fall off after coloring. When you take it out, if the color of the fir stick turns yellow, it means that the grain has water; if it turns green, it means that the grain has been moldy; if the grain brought in the trough has debris and sand, it means that the grain is shoddy. And this hollow 'barrel' is at least six or seven feet away from the top and the wall of the warehouse. There is grain on it and there is grain around it. How can you detect the fir stick?"
Everyone suddenly realized, Murong Xianyue asked: "The same should be true for other granaries, should we continue to investigate?"
Zhang Chuchen said with a smile: "This warehouse is enough to be the ironclad evidence to overthrow Yuan Shan! We only need to report the problems in the Qinzhou warehouse and the tricks Yuan Shan did to the young master. If there is too much flipping, It’s not beautiful to be noticed.”
Everyone was extremely excited after completing a big event. They covered the grains back in the big wooden barrels, and then quietly left under the cover of night and rushed to the assembly point of the Xuanwu Guards.
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At the same time, the evening breeze in Xiangwucheng, Weizhou Prefecture, was blowing and cool. Xiangwu City is located on the south bank of the Wei River, and the south of the city is the barrier water that runs parallel to the Wei River in Longxi County. Nearly half of Xiangwu County between the two rivers is hilly. The hills are covered with dense shade and rivers are everywhere, making Xiangwu Even in the hottest season, the county is not unbearably hot. Therefore, even if Master Cui, the governor of Weizhou, put down the screens to keep out mosquitoes, the room would not be stuffy.
Master Cui is a descendant of the Cui family in Qinghe. He has handsome features and an extraordinary bearing. His hair is tied up in a bun and tied with a cloth ribbon. The hair ribbon is blown up and down again by the breeze, making him look unusually elegant.
However, this Cui Governor, who came from a scholarly family, was reading "The Art of War" annotated by Cao Cao. There were also a set of "Tai Gong's Six Tao", a set of "Wu Zi", and a set on the table. The key to "Wei Liao Zi" is that he watched it with gusto and was immersed in it, and he didn't just swallow it in a hurry.
In fact, Master Cui is not an outlier in the scholarly family. The reason is that the Sui Dynasty emphasized martial arts and neglected literature. The world highly respected military generals who defended the family and the country and made great achievements. There were many generals who served as generals and prime ministers. Su Wei was the only one who entered the prime minister's position as a pure civil servant. However, during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Su Wei was also a cavalry general who went to the battlefield. After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, he also came up with many bad ideas to suppress the Turks, so he was in the Great Sui Dynasty. Although the Sui Dynasty never led an army, no one dared to ignore his military achievements.
The power and conditions of the country during the Sui Dynasty prompted the Shandong gentry who had suffered heavy losses in the war to unify the Northern Dynasties to learn from the painful experience. After the war, they began to look for children with talents in martial arts and invited the best martial arts masters to teach their children martial arts, military tactics and battle formations. They strive to learn from the Guanlong nobles and develop towards the combination of civil and military forces. Master Cui was trained by the Cui family in Qinghe and was a versatile scholar in both civil and military affairs.
Not only was he familiar with the art of war and proficient in the use of troops, he also led troops and killed enemies. He also served as a cavalry general during Yang Su's expedition to the Turks and achieved considerable success in the war.
The imperial court appointed such a man with both civil and military talents as the governor of Weizhou, and also intended to use him as the second iron wall to defend against Tuyuhun.
Master Cui was about to get up and go back to his room to rest when he heard the sound of "Du" and a flying knife with red tassel came through the window and was nailed firmly to the bookshelf. After Master Cui was shocked, he immediately drew his sword and rushed After going out, I carefully searched carefully. However, there was no one else inside or outside, in front of the hall or behind the house.
After calming down for a while, he strode back to the study and saw a letter tied to the flying knife. He was moved in his heart and hurriedly took off the letter and looked at it. The content of the letter surprised Master Cui.
The person who sent the letter did not leave a name. He just said in the letter that Yuan Shan, the governor of Qinzhou, had colluded with thousands of Qiang people to attack Yang Ji who was passing through Weizhou. He framed the blame on Weizhou officials and hoped that he would be prepared.
Holding this letter, Cui Master thought to himself: "Is what is said in this letter true or false? If we mobilize Weizhou's government soldiers and state soldiers in a big way, but in the end they all come to nothing, wouldn't it be a joke? But? If Yuan Shan really attacks King Wei's team, and if King Wei makes a mistake in Weizhou, all the officials in Weizhou will probably be buried with him..."
Master Cui pondered for a long time and finally made a decision. He didn't intend to sleep, and shouted to the guards who came after hearing the news: "Quickly call Chang Shi, Sima and others to discuss the matter. I have extremely urgent matters that need to be discussed with them."
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