According to Li Tonglin's order, while the army was resting for a few days, Luo Zhixue, under the leadership of Sun Mazi, conducted a comprehensive inventory of all kinds of baggage and food in the army and re-registered it.
However, Luo Zhixue discovered many problems during the first day of interrogation.
The most important thing is that the army's food reserves are quite large at first glance, but considering the consumption of the entire team of nearly 1,500 people plus more than 200 mules and horses, it is estimated that there will not be enough food for even ten days. , and the most critical thing is that the army's food and grass consumption rate is much faster than it should be.
At a glance, you can tell that someone has enriched his own pockets and misappropriated the army's food and grass and even the gold and silver stored in the army.
This group of thousands of rebels seems to have a lot of problems, and it goes far beyond the apparent confusion of their accounts.
At this time, he didn't know that Fang Ada and the others were also thinking of countermeasures.
Under the dim oil lamp, Fang Ada and the others looked at each other and thought of a solution.
One of the men with thick eyebrows and a big face said: "How about we do the one with the surname Luo tonight? I will take care of it myself and keep it without anyone noticing."
Fang Ada said: "No, our general is not a fool. We just started the interrogation during the day, and the man surnamed Luo was killed at night. What do you think, the general? What does the man surnamed Sun think so? Then you will be a fool We can all guess that there is a problem with the baggage, and if we follow the clues, we will definitely die."
"Don't tell me that you will be able to withstand the general's torture when the time comes."
Someone else noticed and said, "How about we arrange for a few brothers to cause an accident during the interrogation tomorrow? And trick the man named Luo to death directly?"
Fang Adaodao: "It's okay to arrange an accident, but it's not that easy to arrange an accident under the eyes of so many people. Moreover, after the accident happens, if the brother who does it is not steady enough, he will be caught and asked, and he will say no They will definitely turn us in."
Later, some people came up with other methods, and without exception, they were all aimed at killing Luo Zhixue. Some even thought of killing Sun Chengli as well, and then completely put the power of managing the baggage in their own hands.
But, it's easy to kill people, but it's not easy to kill them without anyone noticing and without making anyone suspect them.
After all, Li Tonglin was not a fool. He arranged for people to check the baggage, and then Luo Zhixue and even Sun Chengli were killed. All fools knew that there was something wrong with the baggage. By then, Li Tonglin would probably arrest Fang Ada and the others and torture them one by one.
Under severe torture, every question must be answered accurately.
Finally, it was Fang Adaodao who said, "We have to be careful about this and not kill people directly. In this case, I will arrange for someone to put laxatives in his meals tomorrow morning."
"Make him have diarrhea? Although the drug surnamed Luo can be killed by a stronger drug, it is not safe. What if he doesn't have diarrhea?"
Fang Ada said: "Humph, he was a refugee a few days ago. His body is very weak. A dose of laxatives can kill him even if he doesn't die. Even if he is alive, I will arrange for someone to continue taking the medicine." , his life will be over if he is pulled and fed for several days in a row."
"If that doesn't work, I'll arrange for the doctor to secretly prescribe a poison when he has diarrhea."
"Hmph, as long as the arrangements are made properly, the person named Luo will definitely die."
"And it won't attract anyone's attention. After all, he was the one who suffered from diarrhea and was weak. He can't blame anyone else if he died of diarrhea!"
Several other people heard Fang Ada's plan and agreed after thinking for a while. One of them said: "This method works, and the gods will not notice it."
However, someone still said: "What about Sun Chengli? Even if the boy named Luo is seriously ill or even dead, if Sun Chengli wants to continue the interrogation, he will still continue the interrogation in the future. Otherwise, we can't do the same thing. If you don't stop, let's give drugs to people named Sun."
Fang Adaodao: "It's inappropriate. If you kill Luo Zhixue secretly, you can still say that he died of diarrhea due to bad food and weak body. But if you drug Sun Chengli again, then the matter cannot be hidden. This matter is of great importance. We don’t need to create extraneous problems.”
"Just kill that guy named Luo, and leave the rest to me. As long as that guy named Luo doesn't get in the way, I can continue to fool Sun Chengli."
"Sun Chengcheng is illiterate, and there is no one named Luo around to watch for him. When the time comes, it will be up to me to say whatever I say to the account book."
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It was getting dark the next day. Luo Zhixue had just gotten up and before he had time to wash up, he found someone knocking on the door. Luo Zhixue stepped forward and looked out through the crack in the door. He saw a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, with tattered clothes and a dirty face. Standing outside the door, looking left and right, as if he was afraid of being discovered.
Luo Zhixue frowned slightly when he saw this young man who came uninvited and looked sneaky, and immediately shouted softly through the door: "Who is it?"
Unexpectedly, the young man outside the back door heard the sound and said directly: "Fang Ada and the others are going to poison you. Please be careful these days."
After saying that, he left quickly without waiting for Luo Zhixian to speak.
This situation was somewhat beyond Luo Zhixue's expectations.
Who is this person?
Also, Fang Ada actually wanted to poison himself?
Luo Zhixue thought for a moment and roughly guessed something.
It seems that my guess is correct. There is definitely a big problem with the military's baggage. It is not just a simple confusion of accounts. I am afraid there is also a serious corruption problem.
It was so serious that as soon as Li Tonglin ordered an inventory of the baggage, Fang Ada, who was in charge of the accounting books, couldn't wait to murder him.
It seems that my previous idea of staying out of the matter was a bit simple. After I participated in the re-inspection of the baggage, it was no longer possible to stay out of the matter.
Since they want to die, they can't sit still and wait to die!
But who was the young man who suddenly came to tell him the news?
At the same time, the young man who had walked away quickly stopped, looked back at Luo Zhixue's position, and murmured: "As long as the person named Luo reports it, Fang Ada will be dead."
"My father and mother's revenge will be avenged."
Three months ago, Li Tonglin and his group passed through a village to recruit grain and soldiers. During this period, Fang Ada brought a few thieves to his house to collect grain, and confiscated all the food in his house. Moreover, Fang Ada also The mother, who took a fancy to the young man, tried to do harmonious things.
The young man's parents resisted desperately. Fang Ada was so angry that he led several thieves to kill his parents with swords.
All of this was seen by him from a distance, but he had no time to save people and had no ability to save people. He could only keep the face of his enemy in his heart.
A few days later, the young man caught up with Li Tonglin and his gang of thieves, and turned to the thieves incognito for revenge.
The hatred between parents is irreconcilable!
He joined the bandit army and lurked for three months, always looking for opportunities to take revenge.
Huangtian paid off. When Fang Ada found someone to drug Luo Zhixue last night, the person who accepted the incident happened to live in the tent next to him, so the young man overheard the incident.
The young man overheard this and realized that his chance for revenge had come.
That's why he secretly ran to tell Luo Zhixue when it was just dawn.
He is unable to avenge himself alone, but he can borrow a knife to kill someone!
Luo Zhixue is that knife!
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Luo Zhixue, who was on the other side, pondered for a moment, then immediately took the account book and prepared to go out to find Sun Chengcheng.
Before going out, he thought about it, then turned around and woke up Lin Yu'er, who was sleeping just now: "Get up Yu'er, brother will take you to play."
After Lin Yu'er was woken up, she was still in a daze. She didn't react for a while, and her eyes were only half-open: "Brother Xue..."
Luo Zhixue reached out and rubbed her hair: "Get up, I'll take you out."
Lin Yuer still said in a daze.
After putting her clothes on, Luo Zhixue took her little hand and went out.
Since someone came secretly to tell him that Fang Ada wanted to poison him, Luo Zhixue had to be on guard. The reason why he brought Lin Yuer with him was because he was worried that someone would poison the food and Lin Yuer would not know after he left. I got tricked.
In order to avoid accidents, he and Lin Yu'er didn't even plan to have breakfast in this room. Who knew whether the food had been poisoned in advance.
After going out, Luo Zhixue left in a hurry. He wanted to find Sun Chengli and report the matter as soon as possible.
Not just for self-protection, but also for counterattack!
But how to protect yourself and how to fight back?
Should he just kill him with a knife?
That was the last resort. Not to mention that Luo Zhixue had no power to tie a chicken. If he killed someone directly, he would most likely be killed on the spot. Even if he could kill successfully, what would happen after the killing? Should he flee or explain the cause and effect to Li Tonglin and the others?
The risks of doing things directly are unpredictable.
So Luo Zhixue chose the simplest and most convenient way.
Kill with a borrowed knife!
Sun Chengcheng is that knife!
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Luo Zhixue took Lin Yu'er and quickly arrived at Sun Chengli's residence.
At this time, Sun Chengli had obviously just woken up, and he hadn't even changed his clothes yet.
Sun Chengli glanced at Luo Zhixue, then at Lin Yuer, and then said: "What's going on? You came here early in the morning."
Luo Zhixue pretended to be frightened and said: "Brother Sun, this subordinate is here to save his life, so we have to be anxious!"
Sun Chengcheng frowned slightly after hearing this: "Who wants to harm you?"
Luo Zhixue still looked scared: "It's Fang Ada. Someone came to me secretly this morning and told me that Fang Ada wanted to poison me and asked General Sun to make the decision for his subordinates!"
As he spoke, he made a crying face.
"Fang Ada?" When Sun Chengli heard the name, he didn't say "why" or "impossible" as Luo Zhixue expected, but fell silent.
Seeing him like this, Luo Zhixue vaguely guessed something, so he continued: "Yes, my subordinate has no enmity with that Fang Ada. I met him for the first time just yesterday, but for some reason that person actually wanted to harm me. , and I noticed yesterday that when he looked at me, his eyes were fierce, as if I had ruined something good for him."
When Sun Chengli heard this, his expression gradually became cold: "It seems that there is really a problem with the baggage, and it is a big problem."
Luo Zhixue pretended to be stunned at this time: "Baggage, what does this have to do with baggage? Is it because my subordinate followed the general to check the baggage yesterday, so he is going to be cruel to his subordinates?"
Luo Zhixue was also afraid that Sun Chengli would not know that there was a problem with the baggage, so he deliberately brought the topic to the baggage.
Sun Chengli said: "You can't be wrong. I have long suspected that there is something wrong with the baggage, but I am also illiterate. We can't read Fang Ada's account book. I have led people to calculate the baggage several times before, but I can't find it. There is an obvious mistake.”
"But there must be something wrong inside!"
"Now with the help of you, Brother Luo, we can sort out the baggage accounts. In this way, they will no longer be able to hide it."
"They're anxious."
"I just didn't expect that they would act so harshly. On the first day, they were ready to kill people and silence them."
"That's good. Since they jumped out on their own initiative, it saves me a lot of effort and I can catch them all in one go."
Inspecting the army's baggage supplies, finding problems, and digging out those who were corrupt in the baggage supplies was not something Sun Chengli wanted to do on a whim, but he had had this idea for a long time.
He had actually discussed this with Li Tonglin many times and said that he would find a scholar to come back and check the account books.
This was also one of the direct motives behind when Li Tonglin and Sun Chengli saw Luo Zhixue wearing a long gown and confirmed that he was a scholar and brought him back.
Dealing with letters and documents is actually an excuse. Nowadays, there are no serious documents to be dealt with in the army. The only thing that needs to be dealt with is the management of military baggage.
Now it seems that this move was the right one.
Just as Sun Chengli took Luo Zhixue to check the accounts, they jumped out impatiently.
Although only Fang Ada is the one who appears, as long as one is caught, a series will follow.
In this matter, Luo Zhixue is their sword!
Sun Chengli took Luo Zhixue's knife and prepared to kill!
