"Centurion?"

Zhang Zhao was slightly stunned, and said suspiciously: "The centurion also has a thousand taels of silver a year, and he died on the battlefield, and his family members are distributed according to three times the ten-year military salary, so there are 30,000 taels to say the least, and these 30,000 taels are enough for you to buy a small house in the heaven-level city, why do you want to stay here?"

The little girl from Sister Hua's family cried pitifully, maybe she was tired of leaving, so she held her in her arms and said: "That's what I said, but I've been waiting for two years, and I haven't seen a penny so far, and my husband's military salary for that month has not been paid to me." If I had that money, my restaurant wouldn't have closed. ”

"That is, in the hands of the city lord, generally speaking, if the soldiers in the area die in battle or ask for the general's salary to be transferred to their families, they will be sent to the local city lord's mansion, and finally the city lord will distribute it to every household, didn't you go to the city lord's mansion to ask?"

"How can there be any city lord in this broken place? there is not even a city protection army, if it weren't for the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain here, I'm afraid that every demon beast in the city would be able to eat up the people in the city at any time. ”

Without waiting for Sister Hua to speak, Sister Liu on the side said such words first.

"Damn, someone must have swallowed it"

Zhang Zhao scolded angrily, and then said: "I have something to go out first, you go by yourself, I will go up the mountain first to find someone to escort you." ”

After throwing down these words, Zhang Zhao picked up the Cangsheng Sword and flew towards the mountain.

On the martial arts square, Langxin and Chen Xian were concentrating on practicing the return of ten thousand swords, and when they saw Zhang Zhaohuo coming back in a hurry, Langxin put away the sword and smiled: "What's the matter? Look at you like this." ”

"I now have serious suspicions that someone is embezzling the salaries of soldiers killed in battle. ”

"Isn't it?

Zhang Zhao glanced at Langxin and said in a solemn voice: "I just went to the city to find a cook, and it was the eldest sister who told me personally. ”

"The brothers are working the battlefield, these guys are hiding in the city and swallowing other people's salaries, this is a big deal, how do you want to deal with it?"

"They have already gone up the mountain, you go and pick them up, and I will go back to Rongchang City. ”

Seeing Zhang Zhao leave in a hurry, Chen Xiu sighed and said, "Alas, it's really a big world, and everyone has it." ”

"You practice first, I'll hurry up and pick up those people, it's not good if they are eaten by demon beasts. ”

Zhang Zhao flew rapidly all the way and returned to Rongchang City in two hours.

He did not go directly to the palace, but came to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In front of the door, the soldiers guarding the town recognized Zhang Zhao at a glance, and hurriedly ran over and knelt on the ground on half knees to say hello.

"Is your marshal here?"

Hearing that Zhang Zhao's tone was not quite right, the two of them looked panicked, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Back to the king, the marshal just came back yesterday." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Zhao walked in angrily.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhu Linxiao, who was dressed in black, was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, and when he saw Zhang Zhao coming, he immediately put on a smile, but seeing that his face was grim, he couldn't help asking: "Marshal, is something happening?"

"Who is responsible for the military salary in that area of Wanjian Mountain?"

Zhu Linxiao frowned, and then said: "Marshal, the four major military camps, including your direct army, are all distributed by various quartermaster offices, this is a rule set by you personally, what's wrong?"

"There are people in Guzi City under Wanjian Mountain whose military salaries have been deducted, and they are the salaries of soldiers who died in battle. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Linxiao's face was shocked, and he said in astonishment: "The people under my hands, why don't I know?"

At this moment, Zhu Mao, who had just come out of the main hall, came over and smiled slowly: "You handed over all the military salaries to the Quartermaster Department, not to mention others, even if your military salary is less than two catties, I'm afraid you don't know." ”

"King Zhang, long time no see"

Zhu Mao walked over and greeted Zhang Zhao with both hands in his fists.

Zhang Zhao returned the salute with a fist and said in a solemn voice: "The soldier's salary is a big deal, if it is not handled well, it will chill people's hearts, who will work for you in the future?"

"I'll go to the quartermaster and ask, wait for me. ”

After a while, Zhu Linxiao, who had changed into a battle armor again, walked out.

"Dad, you can also come with me to have a look. ”

"Well, there's a problem with the soldier's salary, and I really should go and see it. ”

The three of them traveled together, and Zhu Linxiao also specially mobilized a group of Zhu family troops, and if there was a big accident, he would directly take people.

When the three of them came to the quartermaster office of the Zhu camp, the quartermaster didn't know where to get the news, and was already waiting at the door in advance.

"Xiaochen Qianziqing, meet King Zhang, Marshal Zhu, and Prime Minister!"

"Ziqing, because you gave this name, you dare to embezzle the imperial court's military salary, what crime should you be guilty of!"

With a loud sound, Zhu Linxiao instantly pulled out the sword at his waist, and at the same time, Zhu Jiajun also showed his sword one after another.

Seeing this situation, Qian Ziqing was puzzled and explained: "Marshal, the minister has always handled it impartially and has never deducted any soldier's salary, why have you said this since then?"

"Lin Xiao, don't get excited, the problem is not necessarily on the Quartermaster's side. ”

Zhu Mao stepped forward to persuade Zhu Linxiao, and then said, "You bring the account book to us to see." ”

"Okay, three of you, please come with me. ”

The quartermaster took the three of them into the account book room, and looked at the room full of account books, which really made people feel a big head.

"Three years ago, the report on the military pay after the First World War of Goat Pass. ”

"Goat Pass"

Qian Ziqing turned his head to look to the left, and said slowly: "Goat Pass is the eighth day of the lunar month, and the account book should be the thirteenth." ”

After a while, Qian Ziqing took an account book and flipped to the page about the vicinity of Wanjian Mountain.

Every entry in the account book is clearly written, name, merit, the amount of military pay, and whether it was taken by the individual or given to the family.

On this last page, all of them are soldiers from Guzi City, and one of them clearly reads, "Centurion Zhang Yingchun died on the battlefield, with third-class military merits, and a total army salary of 58,400 taels of silver, which was distributed to Guyun City, a heaven-level city in the southwest." ”

"Marshal, you have also seen that I never do anything despicable. I sent out all the things that should have been sent, and as for why people didn't receive them, there were too many reasons. ”

"Okay, I'm wrong for you, I'll invite you to drink when I'm done. ”

After apologizing, Zhu Linxiao and the others left the quartermaster department.

Outside the door, Zhu Linxiao looked at Zhang Zhao on the side and said, "I will personally go to Guyun City and definitely handle this matter." ”

"I'm with you, and now I urgently need to get Zhang Yingchun's money. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Zhao whistled, and it began to rain in the sky.

Looking up, a water dragon began to hover in the sky, and it rained everywhere it passed.

This is exactly the water dragon that Zhang Zhao recovered in Jimo City before.