After half an hour, Yang Zhi followed Gao Kan's instructions and completed the matter properly, then came back to report.
After listening to his report, Gao Kan said in a deep voice: "If rumors spread again this time, what will be the reaction in the surrender camp?"
"Following the Young Master's instructions, my subordinates asked people to investigate secretly, and also personally led people to investigate again. At the moment, no one is doing anything." Yang Zhichun reported.
Hearing this, Gao Kan frowned.
There are people among the descendants who spread rumors, and the rumors spread so fast that people are panicked, which is definitely not something ordinary people can do.
But for a moment, I couldn't figure out who was acting secretly.
So Yang Zhi was asked to deliberately ask people to spread other rumors, hoping that after the rumors spread, the hidden people would be unable to restrain themselves and take the initiative to reveal the fox's tail.
But it's been half an hour, and there's still no reaction at all, so I'm afraid it won't work.
When he was hesitating about what to do next, someone from outside suddenly came to report.
"Sir, the people who left the stronghold and went to the river bend are back."
Hearing this, Gao Kan's eyes lit up and asked, "Did you come back with anything?"
"There are three carriages, all loaded with big boxes." The man replied.
"Okay, pass my order and ask people to pull all the carriages to the martial arts arena and wait there. I will go there in person later!" Gao Kan said immediately.
When the subordinates received the order, they immediately went out to deliver the order.
Turning his face, Gao Kan said to Yang Zhi again: "Coach Yang, you immediately go to the barracks in the stronghold, select manpower, and secretly ambush around the martial arts field, waiting for orders. In addition, you can personally select a hundred trustworthy brothers to perform martial arts." Array in the field."
"Yes." Yang Zhi took the order and went to do it immediately.
After the manpower was properly arranged, Gao Kan then asked people to go to the barracks where the surrendered soldiers were sent, and asked them to notify the surrendered soldiers to come to the martial arts field.
Among the soldiers' barracks, there was a single room where six or seven people gathered.
The leader was a man in his thirties, with a gloomy face and hooked eyes. He was listening to the people next to him.
"The news has been circulating in the barracks for more than half an hour. Many soldiers are spreading the news privately. It is a family member who has stolen the silver ring and refuses to hand it over. He wants all the brothers to suffer with him. Second Young Master, if this continues, our affairs will be ruined. I'm afraid it will be difficult."
The man called "Second Young Master" looked grim and said coldly: "What are you afraid of? Wouldn't it be better if someone helps us spread rumors and destabilize the morale of the army?"
"No matter what the reason is, as long as those servants believe it, if some people are afraid of death, will it trigger a mutiny?"
"Second Young Master has great foresight." Everyone praised.
With a glance, the second young master said again: "You all listen to me, the one hundred thousand silver grains from the Salt Gang is the key. With this money, we will be the masters wherever we go. Wait until there is chaos in the village." When I got up, I took advantage of the chaos to escape through the secret passage, and after leaving the stronghold, I went straight to the place where the silver was hidden, do you understand?"
"Yes, don't worry, Second Young Master, you guys will do your best!" everyone said again.
While they were talking here, soldiers suddenly came calling from outside.
"Young Master has an order to tell everyone to gather at the martial arts arena immediately. There are important things to tell you!"
After the soldiers finished speaking, they immediately went to the barracks below to pass the news.
Several people in the room heard the words and looked at the second young master at the same time. One of them said carefully: "Second young master, why did the thief suddenly ask everyone to go to the martial arts field? Did he discover something?"
"Shit, when I entered the stronghold and didn't even know about that piece of shit Xu Wen, what could others find?"
The second young master glared at this man and cursed.
After being scolded like this, the man did not dare to speak anymore and lowered his head to obey the instructions.
At this time, another person next to him asked: "Could it be that the thief wants to gather everyone to the martial arts arena so that they can be distinguished?"
The second young master's face was gloomy, with a hint of hesitation on his face.
After pondering for a long time, he said coldly: "No matter what that bitch's intention is, let's go and take a look first. It just so happens that everyone is in the martial arts field. If something is wrong, he will immediately cause chaos!"
"Yes." Several people responded at the same time.
All the soldiers in the barracks of each department received the order, came out of the barracks, and came all the way to the martial arts field.
As soon as they entered the martial arts arena, the first thing they saw was the three carriages placed at the front.
The carriage was piled with huge wooden boxes, which were all closed at this time. When the soldiers saw it, they were still a little confused.
But when the few people hiding in the crowd saw these wooden boxes, their expressions changed drastically.
Especially the second young master, his expression turned extremely gloomy when he saw it.
The subordinate next to him whispered: "Second Young Master, that's not..."
Before he finished speaking, the second young master glared at him coldly and said in a deep voice: "What are you talking about? Are you looking for death?"
"I don't dare." His subordinates quickly lowered their heads.
The second young master looked at the alleys and said coldly: "That bitch Xu Wen dared to betray his master. He really deserves to be cut into pieces!"
"Sir, it seems that the thief has discovered what happened to the Salt Gang. What should we do?" someone else asked.
"Spread out, act according to the previous plan, and take the opportunity to cause chaos!" The second young master shouted coldly.
After hearing this, several people around him immediately dispersed.
In the darkness, Gao Kan and Yang Zhi stood side by side, looking at the crowd of surrendered soldiers coming in from below.
After watching for a long time, Yang Zhi asked: "Sir, it seems that there is no suspicious person in the crowd, are you still following the previous plan?"
Gao Kan nodded and said: "Well, no matter whether the hidden person is related to the one hundred thousand taels of silver, we should always test it first."
"Yes, my subordinates will go down and make arrangements immediately." Yang Zhi accepted the order with his fists clasped, and immediately turned around and went down.
Gao Kan stopped for a while, and then came down from the top.
After all the soldiers had entered the martial arts arena and formed their formations, Gao Kan came out from behind and walked to the stage.
Scanning the crowd below, he spoke first: "I heard rumors in the army that the thieves at the head were hiding their salary, and asked all the troops to follow him to punish him. I called you all here to let you know that the salary has been found a long time ago. , in these boxes, those rumors that everyone is going to suffer together are all rumors."
With that said, Gao Kan waved his hand and called the men next to him to step forward and open all the boxes on the carriage.
After rows of wooden boxes were opened, they were filled with white and snow-patterned silver.
Most of the lowered soldiers below were just low-level soldiers, and their daily pay was only a few dollars or taels. How could I see so many snowflake-patterned silver at one time? It definitely caused quite a shock.
Gao Kan stood on the stage and scanned the crowd calmly, trying to find any unusual people among them.
But after looking at it for a long time, I couldn't see anything wrong.
After thinking for a moment, he spoke again: "My master has always been clear about rewards and punishments. Although you and others obeyed the order and surrendered the gold thieves and enemy troops, the culprit was Xu Wen. Now he has ordered him to be captured, and all the leading military officers in the stronghold have also surrendered and been crowned." .”
"You are just ordinary soldiers. Your surrender is not what you want. I will not care about it. In the future, as long as you are willing to obey your orders, bravely kill the enemy and serve the court, these coins in front of you will be the reward for killing the enemy in the future. Today, I promise here. , whoever kills an enemy will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
