Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Logically speaking, after being besieged for nearly a month, they still hadn't run out of food. This was something that Li Lu couldn't figure out.
With a glance, he keenly noticed that the porridge in the bowl of the soldier beside him was a little thin.
His heart suddenly tightened, but his tone was unhurried.
"Did our food arrive on time?"
The deputy general nodded, "Yes, there is almost no delay."
"Then why does the porridge in the soldier's bowl feel a little thinner to me?"
Li Lu whispered, and immediately led the generals to the Chinese army's tent. He also specifically ordered the guards to check the surroundings carefully to see if anyone was eavesdropping.
The deputy general hesitated for a moment and said helplessly, "I heard from the escort that Fu Yan has given me slightly less food and grass these few times. It has little impact on the entire army."
Li Lu's brows furrowed deeply, and a strong uneasiness emerged in his body.
"Go and urge the grain and grass to be delivered. It must be rationed regularly. You are not allowed to miss a bag of grain and grass. You must also prepare charcoal fire and other supplies."
"promise!"
After fighting on the battlefield for half his life, Li Lu always felt that the situation was a bit delicate, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. It seemed as if there was an invisible big hand penetrating into the battle situation.
You are not afraid of fighting on your own, but if you want to see through the situation, you sometimes need to ask others for advice, and you can even form an alliance with others in a certain aspect.
But now he has almost no relationship in Fuyan, and the people in Fuyan can't fully trust him.
After all, he belongs to the eldest son. Even though the eldest son is staying behind closed doors now, there is no difference in the eyes of others.
In particular, the king must have some dissatisfaction with him, and Mrs. Yinglie also felt some distance from him. After thinking for a long time, Li Lu couldn't find anyone who could help him.
He was a little depressed. He was loyal to his country, but he didn't even have a close friend.
He was a little resentful at this time. He hated that Gongzi Guan was so cowardly, knowing that it was a trick but not knowing how to resist. What he hated even more was that he put all his wealth on him.
After working on it for a long time, I stopped playing and didn’t even give any notice.
It seems that after a lifetime of fighting, no one has even noticed that Gongzi Guan is quite wise and talented on weekdays, but when things happen, he acts like a rat. It is really shameless to be associated with him.
A few nights later.
The heavy snowfall for several days has finally subsided, but the temperature has become increasingly colder. For Shangguo people, the happiest thing in winter is to stay at home and not go out.
Although it is snowing on a small trail, it can still be seen from the road conditions that people often clear the snow here.
The genius was bright, and a long motorcade came from far away, from far to near. Some of these people were wearing armor, and some had tired faces. A large number of people were covered with frostbite, and half of their ears were rotten.
However, there is no way. Some people are recruited temporarily. If you don't come, the consequences will be extremely miserable. There is no chance for you to resist.
They were the food and grass transportation team. Since they were in the country, they didn't have many soldiers. At most, there were some auxiliary soldiers wearing armor, and most of them were civilians.
If there are no accidents, it will be shipped to the front line in two or three days.
The war is about to begin. Not to mention the lack of food on the front line, Fuyan is also short of food~~~!
Many scholar-bureaucrats did not realize that Shangguo did not pay much attention to farming, but a few years ago, there was suddenly no shortage of food. The world was full of a lot of food, but sometimes it was cheap and sometimes it was expensive.
I don’t know why, but during this period, the food in the world gradually became less and less, but no one doubted it.
As for the war, there is less food on the market, but it can be tolerated.
At this time, on the grain road, hundreds of soldiers and carriages were walking towards the grain team.
Seeing soldiers in front of them, wearing Shangguo armor, the escort immediately came forward to say hello and see what these people were going to do.
The leader looked arrogant.
"Escort officer, are these grains and grass destined for Zhangshui?"
Looking at the clothing on the visitor's chest, the escort officer cupped his hands and said, "Captain, yes!"
"Separate fifty cars and follow me."
"Qiu Pingjun ordered the villain to escort these grains and grass to the front line of Zhangshui without any mistakes."
The captain took out a copy of the gradual and tiger talisman and handed it to the escort officer.
"This is written by the General himself."
The escort officer took it and took a look, and immediately felt relieved. He was just an escort officer. When there was no order, it was because the food was too large. If there was any oversight in the food, his life would be lost.
But if someone wants to transfer food and grass, this person must be within the authority. After the transfer, he will have nothing to do with him.
The general is the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of troops, so he naturally has the authority to transport grain and grass.
The captain left as quickly as he came, and immediately left with the food.
In the brothel, after receiving the news, Wang Shushu immediately ran towards Guo Chong's mansion, saying that it was strange that there was an extra batch of food on the market and he didn't know where it came from, and said some innocuous words.
Guo Chong was not a kind person, so he heard that there was nothing wrong with him. After Wang Shushu left, he immediately went to the scene to investigate.
After several days of investigation, Guo Chong was completely confused. He wanted to get Li Lu, but he also knew Li Lu's personality well. However, after these days of investigation, he found that Li Lu was leaked from the army.
Looking at these people selling food and grass, they are obviously members of the army.
Could it be that Li Lu really sold grain and grass at high prices for his own selfish gain?
Guo Chong looked at the grain sales point with resentful eyes and left angrily.
What the hell, for such a profitable thing, you don’t even call me. If you give a bad review, let’s see how I can sue you.
But now was not the time. Guo Chong thought about how the grain and grass could be sold for money. Anyway, there were hundreds of thousands of troops blocking the Xia Kingdom, and from Wang Shushu's indirect inquiries, he found out that the Xia army had no intention of destroying them at all. The plan to destroy Shang Guo.
What he did was just to defeat Shang Guo. After the defeat, Xia Guo would retreat. After all, he was considered a loyal minister.
Thinking of this, Guo Chong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately started to find out how Li Lu stole the military rations.
But before he could investigate, he was called to the palace.
"What?"
There were only three people in the entire hall, which showed that not many people needed to know about this meeting.
King Shang left a bamboo slip on the ground, his face gloomy to the extreme.
"The whereabouts of fifty thousand shi of military rations are unknown."
King Shang looked at the person who looked very similar to him with sinister eyes and said angrily.
"Qiu Pingjun, please go and investigate. We must find these 50,000 stones of military rations!"
Before Qiu Pingjun could respond, an official hurried in.
"Da, lord, it's not good."
The official's forehead was covered with sweat and he slowly handed a portion to King Shang.
After opening the fire paint, King Shang browsed quickly. Suddenly, his eyes opened angrily.
"Poof" a mouthful of blood spurted out.
The whole person fell straight down.
When the three of them saw it, they were all numb. After a few seconds, they started to fidget and call for help.
"The king has fallen, go call the Queen Mother."
"No, the Queen Mother has been suffering from wind and cold these days, and it is not suitable to see outsiders."
In the end, he had no choice but to invite the queen over.
In contrast, the queen who had seen Guo Chong feel guilty before was now wearing heavy makeup and strong aura. With the improvement of her status and pregnancy, she was not afraid of Guo Chong at all.
On the contrary, she feels that life is better now than before, and Guo Chong is very suitable to her taste. She doesn't know when she became like this.
But she was very clear about one thing. She wanted to fight for a future for her child. As the saying goes, a mother is strong. Maybe after knowing that she had a child, the queen's temperament gradually began to change.
He quickly understood everything that had just happened and took Qiu Pingjun and Guo Chong to the nearby side hall.
"The king was upset just now because of the second official document. One hundred thousand stones of grain were missing for no reason. Mr. Qiu Ping, you must investigate carefully. No matter who dares to reach out for grain and grass now, he will be killed without mercy!"
"promise!"
Qiu Pingjun can't care about the rift with the queen now. Although he is not a king, he is still from Shangguo. The situation in Shangguo is not optimistic at this time. As a prince, he must do good things for the country.
"etc."
Guo Chong said.
The two of them looked at Guo Chong instantly.
Guo Chong looked embarrassed.
"This case is not that simple, Queen. The theft of military rations must be related to Xia Jian."
The queen asked doubtfully.
"Xia Jian?"
"Queen, have you forgotten? Last month, the king killed several ministers who were having an affair with the Xia Kingdom. As far as I know, in addition to the two people who were killed, there were many more people and ministers who were having an affair with the Xia Kingdom."
Qiu Pingjun's face was indifferent, with a hint of impatience.
"Prime Minister, what evidence do you have!"
Guo Chong looked embarrassed.
"Queen, as far as I know, the envoy of Xia State has been living in Shang State. He carried dozens of carts of goods and secretly bribed our minister of Shang State."
"I am not immune, either."
After saying that, Guo Chong showed a guilty look on his face and took something out of his arms.
The queen and Qiuping-kun came over immediately.
"Queen, the envoy of the Xia Kingdom bribed my retainer while I was not in the mansion. When I found out, I will beat that retainer to death with a stick."
Guo Chong's face became increasingly guilty, as if he had committed a heinous crime.
If Lord Qiu Ping hadn't known what kind of character this person was, he might even have believed him.
Guo Chong then said, "My lord, I made an oversight! Please punish the queen."
After saying that, he handed over his hand with a bitter look on his face.
The queen felt nervous and asked hurriedly.
"How many ministers did the Xia envoy bribe?"
"I heard that the envoy from the Xia Kingdom visited the residences of all the scholar-bureaucrats in Fuyan City. He must have bribed these people to collude with them and kill my noble minister!!!"
"So this case is not that simple."
Maybe thinking about the future results and the future of the child after the pregnancy, the queen's charming and maternal face suddenly turned ferocious.
"Check, check thoroughly!"
Guo Chong hurriedly said, "Queen Mother, I am involved in this case! It's hard to convince everyone! I think Lord Qiu Ping is more suitable to investigate this case thoroughly!"
The queen looked at Qiu Pingjun and said, "Find out the bribe-taking ministers and find the stolen military rations."
"promise!"
