After divorce, the princess was forced to raise the villain

The red cloak rustled in the air, and the horse's hooves kicked up dust and smoke on the ground.

When he arrived at the military camp, General Zhou dismounted from his horse and strode toward his tent. "Summon Zhang Hu, Zou Hui, and Sun Qingyun for the ceremony."

These three people have been with him for many years and have accompanied him all the way to the fight. They are good brothers who can be trusted with life and death on the battlefield.

Soon everyone arrived. Sun Qingyun looked at the three brothers gathered in the tent, feeling shocked and uncertain. General Zhou actually gathered the three of them together during a war.

The tightly closed tent made Sun Qingyun feel vaguely uneasy, "I wonder what the general has ordered?"

Under the dim candlelight, General Zhou's face was gloomy, "Today's emperor values ​​civil service over military service, and once deducted military pay. After being exploited by those ruthless civil servants, by the time the military pay reaches our hands, there will not be much left in our hands."

Zhang Hu has a bad temper. He got to where he is today because of his hard work.

His dark face was full of anger, and his thick beard almost flew up in anger.

"These bastards, I wonder why the military salary is getting less and less. By the time I have it, I don't even have enough to improve the food for my brothers and prepare weapons and supplies."

General Zhou patted Zhang Hu on the shoulder and glanced at Zou Hui and Sun Qingyun.

"At noon the day after tomorrow, a convoy escorting military pay will leave the capital. Why don't the brothers come with me to grab the military pay."

As soon as these words came out, Zou Hui was shocked and quickly tried to dissuade him, "Absolutely not! Stealing military pay is a serious crime of beheading!"

Zhang Hu stretched out his palms and clenched his fists, "I listen to the general, the military salary is originally given to us by the Holy Father. Rather than let those civil servants take it away, it is better for me to grab it myself."

Sun Qingyun held the hand holding the feather fan in front of his chest, "General, please think twice! Regarding the issue of military pay being embezzled, it is better to report it to the Holy One and let the Holy One make the decision for us."

"Look at today's court, where are the military attachés talking?" General Zhou shook his head and sighed, his white hair particularly dazzling under the candlelight.

"My Wan'er was beaten to death by the princess. The Holy Lord protected the princess and wanted to send me away from the Zhou family with some money! In order to settle the matter, Concubine Lin promised to promote me to the first level, but she has not fulfilled it for a long time.

And just a few days ago, a civil servant from the Lin family was easily promoted to a higher rank by the Holy Emperor!"

The grief-stricken voices aroused the emotions of the three people, and Sun Changqing, who had always been calm, also had an angry look on his face.

"It's just too much!"

Zou Hui waved his hand, "It's just robbing the army, let's do it!"

Time was urgent. After finalizing the matter, several people quickly prepared to go.

Two days later, on the official road outside Kyoto, Zhang Hu, Zou Hui, Sun Qingyun and General Zhou were hiding in the bushes on both sides of the official road with their best soldiers. A group of teams transporting military pay slowly arrived.

Appeared in front of several people.

Suddenly the clouds covered the scorching sun, General Zhou blew a whistle, and everyone got the order and rushed out from their hiding places.

Fighting hand to hand, the team transporting military pay was no match for General Zhou and others, and they were killed not long after, leaving no trace behind.

Zhang Hu couldn't wait to open the box containing military pay. The shadow of the white flowers almost blinded Zhang Hu's eyes.

"My dear, there are so many!"

Zou Hui's face was gloomy, "Every time we only collected less than three levels of military pay, it can be seen how much military pay the people along the way have been greedy for!"

General Zhou came over and closed the box, "This place is not suitable for long, retreat."

Sun Qingyun acted cautiously and was left to clean up. The weapons scattered on the official road were properly collected by the arrangers. The dead military escort was quietly transported away, and the blood was covered with dust. It didn't take long for the chaotic official road to be restored.

Lost the peace of the past.

A few days later, in the morning, the old emperor sat on the throne and looked at the ministers below. He said as usual: "If you have something to do, you will leave the court. If there is nothing, you will leave the court."

General Zhou stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the military pay for this month has been delayed. I would like to ask your Majesty to report the crime of unfavorable conduct in the household affairs department."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance was dozing sleepily with His Highness, but now he is no longer sleepy after hearing this.

"Piff Zhou, don't talk nonsense here. The military pay allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs was sent to the military camp three days ago."

General Zhou snorted coldly, with doubts written all over his face, "Don't talk nonsense here, I haven't received a single penny. Since you said that the military pay has been delivered, then you can show the emperor the receipt of the military pay signed by the military camp!"

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"Just wait, I'll send someone to get it right now." Shangshu Hube blushed with anger and threw his fists at the emperor, "Your Majesty, Zhou Pifu is talking nonsense here. Please allow me to send someone to get it."

Go get the voucher."

"That's right."

After getting the emperor's consent, the Minister of Hubu immediately asked his officials to look for the certificate. After an unknown period of time, the officials who were sent out came back empty-handed with a confused look on their faces. The Minister of Hubu immediately felt a thump in his heart.

The old emperor frowned when he saw it, "Where is the certificate?"

The official trembled and knelt down on the ground. "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I did not find the receipt of this batch of military pay."

The white beard of the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue kept trembling, and he hurriedly asked, "How is it possible! Where are the teams that transport military pay now?"

The official lowered his head with a mournful look on his face and said, "Returning to the Minister, all those people are nowhere to be found now."

Emperor Long Yan was furious, "This is what you said about appropriating military pay!"

The blood drained from the face of Hubu Shangshu, and he no longer had the arrogance he had when he argued with General Zhou. He immediately knelt on the ground with a plop.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

General Zhou knelt down on his knees and performed a homage ceremony. His tone was serious and solemn, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent need to solve the problem of military pay. The weapons in the military camp have run out of copper and iron materials, and there is insufficient food and grass. The soldiers are not strong enough. If a war breaks out, they may not be able to use them.

Please, Your Majesty, open the treasury to replenish military pay to meet the urgent need!"

Military pay is a matter of great importance and cannot be ignored. If a thief really invades the country at this moment, how can the soldiers rush to the battlefield to protect the throne and the country for him? The old emperor had no choice but to agree to this matter.

"The lost military pay will be made up from the national treasury first, so Zhou Aiqing can just rest assured."

After losing money to the treasury for nothing, the old emperor's heart ached, and when he looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Finance again, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"I'll give you three days to investigate the matter of military pay. If you can't find out clearly, come to see me!"

Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance was kneeling on the ground, his body curled up like a shrimp, cold sweat oozing out from his forehead, "I accept the decree, thank you, Your Majesty."

The old emperor was really angry, and all the officials were silent and did not dare to get into trouble at this time. Those who had the intention to report also kept the matter in their hearts.

The eunuch caught the emperor's gaze, considered the situation in front of him, took a step forward and said in a thin and sharp voice, "Retreat from the court."