The
relentless fire raged for a whole night, and after the unremitting efforts of the people of the city, it was finally extinguished, fortunately, there were not many people in the vicinity of the fire, so there were basically no casualties, but unfortunately, the entire granary was burned down, leaving only a broken wall.
"What the hell is going on!" Emperor
Liu Jian, who was standing in front of the granary where Ren was braving sparks, was furious, last night, when he heard that the granary was on fire, he almost fainted, but it was the food of more than a million people in the capital for a year and a half, not to mention that it was still such an important moment.
A general reported: "Your Majesty, after the city patrol generals, a few Yingzhou ninjas were found after the granary caught fire yesterday, and this fire should have been set by those Yingzhou ninjas."
"What! Why are there ninjas in Yingzhou who are mixed in the city!Are you soldiers patrolling the city rice buckets!" Liu Jian immediately became angry when he heard this, kicked over the general, and shouted angrily with bloodshot eyes: "Cut down all the soldiers who patrolled the city yesterday!
Seeing that the emperor was going to kill his subordinates, Huang Fulie immediately stepped forward and pleaded: "Please also ask Your Majesty to give Weichen a little time, and Weichen will definitely find out the ins and outs of this matter." "
Hmph, Huang Fulie, you are embarrassed to intercede. Li Yushan, the head of the household, snorted coldly and stepped forward and said: "As a general of Gyeonggi, it is your duty to maintain law and order in the capital, and such a big thing happened yesterday, you are the first person in charge to take the blame, even your father Protector of the country can't protect you." "
This ......
" Huang Fu Lie just wanted to refute, but Zhao Jin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, what Lord Li said is right, this matter must be severely punished, the defense of the capital is so important, but the general who defends the city is so child's play, he actually let the ninjas of Yingzhou sneak in, so that it caused a catastrophe, and Huang Fu Lie, as the general of Gyeonggi, should bear the primary responsibility." "
Your Majesty, you have been wronged!" "
General Huangfu, are we not right?"
"It's not that simple.
Huangfu Lie was speechless, and at this moment, Huangfu Hero and Liu Xinghe rushed over.
"Father, Brother Ning, you're back. "
After last night's fire, Huangfu Hero and Liu Xinghe did not go to put out the fire, but immediately came to the city gate, and immediately chased after learning that there was a trace of Yingzhou ninja, but the other party sneaked into the forest, and the two searched for a long time and did not find any trace of the enemy, so they had to return.
Seeing that the Huangfu hero came back angrily, Li Yushan and Zhao Jin were all cold, and immediately turned their eyes to Ai Qian on the side, Ai Qian frowned, stepped forward and said: "Lord Protector, this time the granary was burned because of your son's negligence, you won't protect your son."
Huangfu Hero touched his beard and sneered: "Don't worry, Lord Xiangguo, if it is really Lie'er's dereliction of duty that causes the country to suffer losses, then there is no need for Lord Xiangguo to remind him, and the old man will not tolerate it, but this matter has nothing to do with the officers and soldiers guarding the city, but because we came out of Donglan to be a traitor!"
Huangfu Hero's words stirred up a thousand waves, and the ministers were taken aback and began to discuss, Ai Qian was startled, and Li Shuwen almost knelt down, but fortunately he was dragged by Zhao Jin beside him.
The emperor's face darkened, his body was full of murderous energy, and he said coldly: "Oh, why did the Protector say this?"
At this time, Liu Xinghe stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, during the fire last night, Weichen and the Lord Protector followed the trail of those ninjas, and we found that this group of ninjas not only knew the sentry posts and handover intervals of the patrol sentries, but also had a very clear goal, that is, they came to the civilian granary.
Ai Qian snorted coldly and retorted: "What's this, knowing that the sentry and handover interval of the patrol sentry just proves that Huang Fulie is incompetent, and he didn't find this hidden danger, as for the other party coming at the civilian granary, it's just a coincidence."
Liu Xinghe pouted and smiled: "Impossible, there are three granaries in the capital, except for the different functions, the others are the same, usually even the people in the capital can't tell which granary is for what, and the people of Yingzhou don't know which granary has the most grain, even if they want to burn it, they will burn it together, how can they only burn one?"
"Then there is only one truth." Saying that, Liu Xinghe pointed at Ai Qian: "That is, there is a traitor who guided the ninja of Yingzhou to burn the granary, and that traitor has other purposes." The
emperor was shocked and angry when he heard this: "What other purpose?"
Liu Xinghe looked around at the ministers around him, and finally stared at Ai Qian and said, "His purpose, I think Lord Xiangguo should know." "
Just now, Liu Xinghe went to the warehouse when he came back, he found that although the entire warehouse collapsed, but no grain residue was found, no matter how big the fire was last night, it was impossible to leave no food at all, at least there were ashes, but it was empty here, there was nothing, the only explanation was that the warehouse was empty, everything was just a trick, but unfortunately, the flames swallowed the evil, the wind took away the evidence, Liu Xinghe had no way to prove that this was a conspiracy, so he was gambling now, betting that the other party would not dare to dig into the matter further, and everything would wait until the end of the war。
Sure enough, as Liu Xinghe expected, Ai Qian was instigated, his original idea was to push this matter on Huangfu Lie, so that he could not only calm down the reselling of grain, but also hit Huangfu heroes, it was a pity that this matter could only be implemented while it was chaotic, once it was deeply entangled, it would definitely be found on Li Yushan's head, and finally pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, it was better to push the boat down the river, anyway, the enemy is current, no one has the heart to investigate this matter, and no one will mention this matter again no matter whether the battle is won or lost.
Ai Qian's eyes narrowed and he smiled: "General Ning is too worried, how can there be any traitor, it's just a coincidence." With that
, Ai Qian bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, now that the enemy is present, we should immediately come up with a strategy against the enemy, put this matter aside for the time being, and then investigate it after the big war." The
emperor's teeth rattled, but now there is no choice but to put the matter aside, and then let the Huangfu hero return to the palace to discuss the military situation, while Liu Xinghe stays to deal with the aftermath.
The burning of the granary spread like a whirlwind all over the streets and alleys, and for a time people were panicked, and the major grain merchants in the capital were full of people, and the front of the store was crowded with people who came to buy grain.
"Hey, why don't you open a shop!"
"I'm sorry, but the food in the small store was sold out yesterday.
"When will that happen?"
"No, it's been a while.
Just when they were despondent, a man came up to them and shouted, "Don't be afraid, everyone, I still have food here." "
Great, how much?"
"Hehe, just this number." The man stretched out his hand and counted them, and everyone was shocked, and an uncle angrily rebuked, "What! Your price is at least ten times more expensive than before."
The man sneered and said, "Do you like to buy it or not, tell you that the price of this grain will rise in the future, and you will not be able to buy it even if you have money in the future."
A scholar scolded with a red face: "You are not afraid of retribution if you make a fortune in the country." The
man's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he said with a mocking expression: "Whatever you say, anyway, in the end, you don't have to pay obediently, if you have the ability, you will starve to death." A
strong man couldn't stand it anymore, and he raised his fist and wanted to go up and beat him, but was pulled by a person behind him: "Alas, you are looking for death, he is from Xiangguofu, you dare to touch him."
After the man heard this, his nostrils glanced at the strong man, and his triumphant appearance made people resentful, but there was nothing to be done, and finally everyone thought for a while or paid for it, and things like this happened everywhere, and it was not uncommon in just one morning, and what was even more terrifying was that in just half a day, the price of food had risen twenty times, and it was still rising.
Liu Xinghe took Huang Fu Lie to walk the streets and alleys, leading the guards to arrest the people who raised the price of grain, but unfortunately it was useless, the traders hoarded food and did not sell it, all of them were shipped at high prices on the black market, there was no way to start, and even there seemed to be court officials operating behind the scenes, Liu Xinghe and Huang Fu Lie were busy for a long time and finally returned in vain.
"Damn, these damn traders will only make a fortune, damn it.
Huang Fulie wiped the sweat from his forehead and cursed angrily, Liu Xinghe walked in front with a serious face without saying a word.
Huang Fu Lie scolded and said: "The people of Yingzhou are really despicable and shameless, they actually burned our granary, I will never spare them."
Liu Xinghe touched his chin and said: "The soldiers are not tired of cheating, it is also wise for them to destroy our granary, after all, they have no follow-up supplies, and we have already completed the clearing of the wall, and they can't beat us in a protracted war."
Huangfu said angrily: "Brother Ning, why are you still helping them speak, they are clearly a group of cowards, and they will only use indiscriminate means."
Liu Xinghe knocked Huang Fulie's head and said: "Xiao Lie, you are a general, if you want to lead the army to fight alone in the future, you must take into account any situation that may occur, this time we were careless, we didn't expect the other party to enter the city and burn down the granary, and I didn't expect that there would be a traitor under our noses."
"But this time, thanks to the fact that they burned down the granary. Liu Xinghe paused and continued: "I have inspected the scene before, according to the situation at the scene, there is no food in the granary at all, if I guess correctly, that traitor should have deliberately let the Yingzhou ninja come in to burn the granary, fortunately it will be exposed now, otherwise it will be dangerous to find that there is not enough food at the beginning of the battle."
Huang Fulie was shocked when he heard this: "What kind of person is so bold and dares to do such a rebellious thing."
Liu Xinghe snorted coldly, he naturally guessed who did it, except for Ai Qian, who has the courage and ability, but unfortunately Liu Xinghe has no evidence, Ai Qian is deeply rooted in the court, and this matter is widely implicated, and now is the time when the enemy is coming, it is really not the time to turn against the other party.
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