The food disappeared, and it was not just Dou Ji who was guarding the warehouse who was unlucky.
To put it mildly, it means poor care and theft.
To put it more seriously, this is probably a thief committed by a prison guard, and he should be executed for the crime.
As the highest officer of Jiangyin Guard, Gu Zhengchen was naturally involved. Even if he was transferred here temporarily, after all, the incident happened while you were under your rule. Who would I look for if not you?
Zhao Hailou looked angry and looked at the sergeants around the warehouse with sharp eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "Someone must be deliberately causing trouble to frame Zhenfu!"
Zhang Pei held the knife and moved the corner of his mouth slightly: "Did you see the food being put into the warehouse yesterday?"
"That's natural."
Zhao Hailou said firmly.
Gu Zhengchen inspected the warehouse. It was a separate courtyard with sixteen houses built in the shape of a "pin". It was specially used to store military supplies and had a wall outside.
There are two doors at the front and back of the courtyard, and the back door is locked all year round. Next to the front door is the doujie room, where the doujii lives, holds the keys, guards the warehouse, and is in charge of the incoming and outgoing account books.
When Lu Mumu saw Gu Zhengchen, he quickly stepped forward and knelt down, crying: "Gu Zhenfu, it wasn't me, it really wasn't me."
Feng Fu shouted angrily: "Not to mention whether you did it or not, you are guilty of missing two hundred stones of food! So much food disappeared overnight, and you didn't even hear the slightest movement?"
Lu Mumu looked troubled.
Gu Zhengchen walked into the Doujie room and walked out soon, looking at Lu Mutou: "I drank wine last night and was so drunk that I was unconscious, right?"
Lu Mumu looked at Gu Zhengchen in surprise. He didn't know how he knew, but now that the matter was over, he had no choice but to admit: "My dear, my dear did drink last night."
"with who?"
Gu Zhengchen asked.
Lu Mumu hesitated.
Drinking is a taboo in the military, and drinking for fun is not allowed even on weekdays.
It doesn't matter if no one cares or asks, but once you are caught and get serious, you will be in big trouble. Once you name someone, you're betraying them.
Gu Zhengchen saw Lu Mumu's hesitation and concern, and said calmly: "I wanted to find out the truth and exonerate you, but it seems that you are not cooperating. Why not just report to the court like this, Lu Mumu, a Dou-level man, drank and made a mistake, causing the granary to be damaged." Stolen…”
Lu Mutou shivered, thinking he was setting himself up for death. He quickly said, "It's Wang Dali, Wang Jiu, and Tuesday."
Gu Zhengchen looked at Feng Fu: "Bring these three people here."
Feng Fu did not dare to neglect and immediately took people to look for it.
Gu Zhengchen walked around the courtyard wall to the back door. He saw that the back door was tightly closed, and the ground was covered with dead leaves. There were no traces of anyone stepping on it repeatedly. The lock on the back door was rusty, as if it had not been opened for many years.
Lu Mumutou took out the key and said to Gu Zhengchen: "This back door has an inner and outer lock. The outside is opened, and there are two bolts inside."
The lock is open and the door does not move when pushed.
Zhao Hailou climbed over the wall by stepping on the sergeant's shoulders and opened the bolt from the inside.
Gu Zhengchen walked into the backyard.
Fortunately, it had rained a few days ago, and some moss had grown on the stone slabs. The spots on the ground from the raindrops were clearly visible.
Obviously, few people have been to this backyard, let alone transporting two hundred stones of grain from here.
It was surprising to walk through the front door to get food.
"There is no one on duty in the library courtyard?"
Gu Zhengchen asked.
Lu Mutou explained: "The warehouse is such an important place that we dare not send anyone to stay there for fear of catching fire."
Gu Zhengchen walked into the empty warehouse, with only an empty wooden board.
Because the grain had just been put into the warehouse yesterday, and this batch of grain was needed by Jiangyin Guards daily, it was not moved into the round warehouse, but was just stacked in sacks.
"Two hundred stones of grain is not a small amount, there are three hundred sacks, right?"
Gu Zhengchen bent down and picked up a grain of rice from the ground.
Lu Mumu looked at the empty room and lamented: "The sacks are small, there are four hundred sacks."
Gu Zhengchen turned to look at Lu Mutou: "Four hundred sacks? Haha, this is interesting."
"interesting?"
Lu Mumu was puzzled.
Gu Zhengchen clapped his hands and walked out of the warehouse. Seeing that Wang Dali, Wang Jiu and Tuesday had already arrived, he shouted: "Take them to the government office. The case has been solved and the food will be back tomorrow."
Feng Fu was surprised.
This has come full circle, the food will be back tomorrow?
Gu Zhengchen took the people back to the government office without explaining, then picked up the tea bowl and began to look through the account books.
Zhao Hailou locked Wang Dali, Wang Jiu, and Tuesday in different rooms without asking a word, not even saying why they were arrested.
Time passed little by little.
In the afternoon, Zhao Hailou couldn't help but asked Gu Zhengchen: "Gu Zhenfu, how can we find the person who stole the food without asking or interrogating? If the food is not found tomorrow, wouldn't it be a joke? , damaged Gu Zhenfu’s reputation.”
Gu Zhengchen looked at Zhao Hailou calmly and held the account book: "You should know very well who did it, and Feng Fu also knows it. In the entire Jiangyin Guards, there are only two people who have a grudge against me. One is Deputy Qianhu Zhuang Xing. He It's because of Ban Yongji's incident that he resented me. When he first entered the camp, Zhuang Xing showed his rudeness and arrogance. There is also Zhou Lin, who received sixty lashes and lay on the bed. I guess resentment is inevitable."
Zhao Hailou nodded: "But we have no evidence, and we don't know who it is."
Gu Zhengchen closed the account books, threw them on the table and stood up: "First of all, it can be concluded that someone took away two hundred stones and four hundred bags of grain from in front of the Treasury. How many people are needed to resist? There are few people, and we need to resist. There is more time and more people, and it is easier to be exposed. If it were you, how could you take away these four hundred bags of food in a shorter time with fewer people?"
Zhao Hailou thought for a while and shook his head.
Jurong Guard Baihu Qin Song said, "Push the cart."
Gu Zhengchen snapped his fingers: "Yes, it's a cart. Where is the cart closest to Kuyuan?"
"Zozao!"
Zhang Pei remembers it clearly.
Gu Zhengchen chuckled and nodded slightly: "Although there is a cart in every three sergeant households, the sergeant's residence is far from the warehouse. If you push the cart from there, you will definitely be discovered by the patrol sergeant. Only The cart in the kitchen area is close and hidden, so it is not easy to be discovered by others.”
Zhao Hailou's voice said: "If that's the case, why didn't you catch the fireman in the kitchen with his head wide open? He must be someone who knows about it."
Gu Zhengchen waved his hand and said with a smile: "That's not necessary. Wang Dali knows everything and he will help us find food."
Zhao Hailou asked doubtfully: "Why is Gu Zhenfu so sure?"
Gu Zhengchen put his hands behind his back and said confidently: "It's not a coincidence that Lu Mumu got drunk. The lock of the library has not been picked, which means they got the key. Regardless of whether Wang Dali is a participant or not, he cooperated with this For this operation, whoever asked him to invite Lu Mutou was the person behind the scenes. Besides, Feng Fu also said that there were several flatterers around Zhou Lin, including Baihu Wang Dali, Chen Yazi and others. "
Zhao Hailou and others relaxed when they saw that Gu Zhengchen was not panicking.
It was not until dusk that Gu Zhengchen went to see Wang Dali. Without waiting for Wang Dali to speak, he said directly: "The guard committed a crime and stole food. He will be killed according to the order. You know the result."
Wang Dali did not panic and said with a smile: "Gu Zhenfu, what does the loss of this food have to do with me? Yesterday I invited Lu Mumu to dinner, but I didn't drink. You want to accuse me of a crime, but there is no evidence. Who can believe it?" "
Gu Zhengchen looked at the calm Wang Dali and clapped his hands.
Zhang Pei walked out.
Wang Dali stared at Gu Zhengchen, wondering what he was up to.
The room was very quiet, unnervingly quiet.
Gu Zhengchen's mouth moved slightly.
"Why are you arresting me? I didn't make any mistakes. Gu Zhenfu, come out!"
There was a shout outside the door.
Wang Dali suddenly condensed, listening to the voice, it was Chen Yazi!
Zhao Hailou took out a thick stick of incense and lit it on the table.
Gu Zhengchen pointed at the incense candle: "When the incense candle goes out, whoever of you is the first to tell me, I will give a way to survive. The person who tells you later will have no choice but to die."
Wang Dali looked at the incense candle and his face turned pale.
Gu Zhengchen didn't say anything else. He stood up and walked to the door. After closing the door, he said sternly: "Arrest all the people in the kitchen as well. As long as someone gives an account, everyone else will be sentenced to death! What are you afraid of? I am a county man." , Your Majesty, get close to me and go and do it!"
"As you command!"
Zhao Hailou, Qin Song and others strode away.
More than 20 people, including Wang Dali and Chen Yazi's cronies, Zhang Da and Li Wu from Zao District, were arrested.
Under dusk, such a big movement was unsettling.
Seeing that something was wrong, Zhou Jun, a clerk in the office, ran out of the office, ran to Zhou Lin, and reported eagerly: "Gu Zhenfu arrested many people. Wang Dali, Chen Yazi, Zhang Da, and Sun Ba were all arrested."
Zhou Lin lay on the bed and hummed: "So what if I get caught? How many benefits have I given them on weekdays? If I can't even keep this secret, how can I use them?"
Zhou Jun became anxious: "My cousin, you don't know what Gu Zhenfu can do. He imprisoned everyone separately and gave them a stick of incense, saying whoever was the first to tell the truth would live, and the second You'll die if you give me an explanation! I'm worried that some people won't be able to bear it."
"What?"
Zhou Lin took a deep breath, and when he was about to get up, he touched the wound on his back, almost crying from the pain: "How could he be so bold, and dare to sentence everyone to death? He must be threatening."
Zhou Jun wanted to cry: "I know it's a threat, but those people may not know it. What's more, the man named Gu is a county man and is close to the emperor. If he really does it, there is nothing we can do. After all, according to the criminal order, the guard will rob, and the thief will Taking military supplies is a capital offense."
Zhou Lin panicked.
This Gu Zhengchen is difficult to deal with.
But everything has been done, what else can be done?
Zhou Jun gritted his teeth: "How about sending someone to send the food back. I think that as long as the food is returned to the granary, the man named Gu will not embarrass us too much. He also needs to give Zhou Zhenfu some face." "
Zhou Lin was unwilling to give in. Gu Zhengchen was not unlucky yet, so he was unlucky first? The trap that was finally set up was broken so easily?
Seeing that Zhou Lin was still hesitant, Zhou Jun stamped his feet: "I'm going back to the office. You have to make up your mind quickly. If someone really talks loosely and is found guilty, even if Zhou Zhenfu comes back, he won't be able to save you!"
After finishing speaking, Zhou Lin hurriedly ran out. As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a figure appear in the dark. Then he saw sparks. The fire was blown up, and the fire dispersed the darkness.
"Scribe Zhou, your legs and feet are very nimble."
Gu Zhengchen lit half a stick of incense with a fire stick, walked towards Zhou Jun and handed it over: "This is your incense."
