Chapter 165: Cang Lishi
The person standing in the main hall was none other than Pan Zihan, the current captain of Huaishuo Military Town.
Not only Duanmu Xu was surprised, but Zhao Luojia was also surprised, how could Pan Zihan be here.
"In normal times, it would have been a banquet for the two of you, but now that the matter is urgent, I can only go around several circles to invite you here. Pan Zihan instructed Namalu to hurry up and make tea.
At this time, Duanmu Xu finally understood that Ma Lu, who was smiling at Shi Jichong on the Chongming Tower, turned out to be a member of the Pan family.
"What happened?" Zhao Luojia asked directly. and this Pan Datou can be regarded as a reunion after a long absence, but the three of them have no mind to reminisce about the past.
"Huazhou is shaking, the disaster is greater than the sky, Luodong and Xianchuan provinces are doing their best to provide disaster relief, Luoxi is not only slow to act, but more importantly, there is no food to help. Pan Zihan's expression was serious, after taking charge of Huaishuo Military Town in the past few months, he seemed to be a different person compared to before.
Duanmu Xu couldn't hear the gist of it, but Zhao Luojia understood, she said, "The families of the victims are broken and displaced, and once they are not handled properly, it will cause great turmoil, and the court will lose the hearts of the people." Where did all the perennial food go?"
If other provinces couldn't dispatch disaster relief food for a while, Zhao Luojia might still be able to believe it, but in this Luoxi Province, she wouldn't believe it. You must know that the grain storage of the thirteen major granaries in the world and the Guangyun warehouse in Bingzhou is at least the top three. There is no grain in the Guangyun warehouse, how to make people believe.
"The warehouse itself is empty. Pan Zihan said coldly. This is the coldness of detachment from anger.
Every three years, the imperial court will send commissioners to open warehouses to check the grain, and I remember that last year, the household servant and the privy deputy came to check the grain. Zhao Luojia still didn't believe it. You must know that the granary is where the stability of the world is and where the people's hearts are. The granary is the life of millions of people.
"The court sent people to investigate, and all they saw was the thin layer of grain sprinkled on top of the wooden planks after it had been raised under the granary. The entire granary was empty. Pan Zihan was trying to suppress his anger.
"Do you have proof?" Zhao Luojia still didn't want to believe it.
"Someone once got some correspondence, but they were chased back by the one surnamed Shi. Pan Zihan thought about the big black man, and when he looked at the courtyard in it, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.
"That's still not proven. Zhao Luojia sighed slightly, if you want to punish Shi Long, it is not something that can be done in a few words.
Duanmu Xu, who was listening on the side, also gradually heard some eyebrows, and he said, "Why don't we go to the Guangyun warehouse to have a look, the so-called seeing is evidence." When the time comes, there will be a princess as a witness, and I think the emperor should believe it. ”
What a sentence that wakes up people in their dreams.
Hearing Duanmu Xu's words, Pan Zihan slapped his thigh, "This is indeed a solution." ”
Zhao Luojia also nodded yes. She really wanted to see if the Guangyun warehouse was empty. Over the years, the number of prisoners donated by Losi has been rising, and the amount of prison food that is converted into how much prison food is obtained. If all these prison grains are gone, and they are turned into silver taels and go into the pockets of officials, what a big number?
There are those whose desires are so great that they can disregard justice and the lives of millions of people.
If Zhao Luojia didn't care about the affairs of the court, then this matter of supervising grain was the thing she was most concerned about.
If you want to go to Guangyun Warehouse, you have to prepare a little.
After all, although it was an empty warehouse there, presumably Shi Longkai would send someone to guard it even if he wanted to pretend.
After some preparations, Duanmu Xu and the other four left the courtyard. However, when leaving, Pan Zihan looked back and looked again, not reluctantly, maybe thinking that he could ask for an explanation for the black big man who died of resignation. After all, this is the place where Wang Longbiao was born and grew up.
The four of them went out of the alley and disappeared into the city of Bingzhou.
Guangyun warehouse is at the foot of Shou Mountain, on the side of the river.
There is an outer city built outside the warehouse, and the city is five zhang high, which shows the importance of the Guangyun warehouse. And the guards patrolling outside the city and inside the city never dared to slack off.
The granary is fireproof and waterproof, and of course it is also protected from mobs. Especially now that the land in Huazhou is moving, it must be a lot of victims, there is no food to eat, and it is not uncommon for the victims to become mobs.
When the four of Duanmu Xu groped their way here, it was getting late.
Lanterns have been lit up in the city outside Guangyun Warehouse, and they are very bright.
If you want to get in like this, I'm afraid you'll have to put some thought into it.
This kind of painstaking thing, Malu is an expert. As soon as he slipped away, he ran to the gate of the outer city, and he didn't know how many silver taels he stuffed, and then lied that it was a distant relative of Deng Junhou who came to visit.
The commander of the defenders of this Guangyun warehouse is Deng Junhou, and Ma Lu has already inquired clearly.
However, when they came to visit at this twilight, although the guards guarding the city also muttered, they could not bear the heavy silver tickets after all. They also thought that whoever dared to make trouble in this Guangyun warehouse would be unable to escape once the city gate was closed.
With a large stack of silver tickets and the temporary negligence of the guards, the four of Duanmu Xu entered the Guangyun warehouse. There was even a guard leading the way, and he walked straight to the place where the military marquis was.
The guard went in to report that someone had visited.
Then Deng Junhou was very surprised, what relatives of his dared to come to this place. Even if you want to visit, you do so in your own house.
However, since he came, he had nothing to scruple about in his own territory, but he wanted to see which of his relatives, so unexpected?
Duanmuxu and the others were brought in.
A fat general was looking at them.
But before he could speak, Duanmu Xu's figure flashed, and it was already behind him, and the sword on Deng Junhou's waist also came to his neck like a trick, but the hilt was in Duanmu Xu's hand.
It all happened between the lights and the fire.
The guard who led the way into the house was stunned for a moment, and was stunned by Pan Zihan's palm, and Ma Lu closed the door very slowly.
Deng Junhou said tremblingly, "...... Hero...... Spare your life. ”
"Whether you spare your life or not depends on whether you tell the truth. Pan Zihan said.
"Hero...... Please speak. The coolness on the blade of the sword under his neck made Deng Junhou not speak very neatly.
"How much grain is still in this warehouse?" Pan Zihan's question was simple.
"How do you know about this little one?" Deng Junhou thought, he only guarded the granary, but he didn't care about the contents of the warehouse.
"Then who knows?" asked Pan Zihan.
"Kure Kuraji. The grain in the warehouse is handled by Wu Cangsi. Deng Junhou hurriedly said.
"Where is Wu Cangsi now?" In this Guangyun warehouse, there are hundreds of warehouses of all sizes, and it is not easy to verify them one by one.
"Wu Cangji is diagonally opposite this compound. The one with the lights on is. Deng Junhou thought that if he could pull one more person, he might still have a chance to live.
Seeing Pan Zihan's eyes, Duanmu Xu knocked down with a palm, and the fat and muttering military marquis fell to the ground in response.
The four of them soon came to the place where Wu Cangsi was, and before he could make a move, there was something more under Wu Cangsi's neck.
This Wu Cangsi was inferior to that Deng Junhou, and he was so frightened that he trembled, and his face turned pale. I can't even shout for help or beg for mercy.
"Are you Wu Cangsi?" asked Pan Zihan.
Wu Cangsi wanted to answer, but he couldn't open his mouth, so he could only nod his head down.
"How much grain is in this warehouse?"
Wu Cangji opened his mouth, but he didn't make a sound.
Pan Zihan shouted, "Say." ”
"One hundred and five thousand stone valleys, fifty-eight thousand stone wheat ,......," Wu Cangsi replied.
"Really?" Pan Zihan didn't believe it, this person's response was nothing more than the number when he responded to the censorship.
"When...... Then ......", seeing Pan Zihan's big head and cold eyes, Wu Cangsi was a little weak-hearted.
"Concealing official food, but you will punish the nine clans. Pan Zihan stared at Wu Cangsi.
"The little ones are telling the truth. Wu Cangji seemed to have slowly eased up from the panic just now.
"Alright, you can take us to the barn. "People who don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin, it seems that there are a lot of people, Pan Zihan thought.
"It's getting late, a few adults have a little rest, and I'll go to the warehouse tomorrow morning to see how it is. Wu Cangji replied more and more freely.
"Out of the way. We watched it so relieved. ”
"A few adults, if you want to see the warehouse, I don't know what the important thing is?" Wu Cangsi even took the initiative to find out the intentions of these uninvited guests.
"Just to see if there is enough food for me. Pan Zihan replied very coldly.
Then Wu Cangji felt the coolness under his neck again, and he was silent all of a sudden.
"Let's go. Duanmu Xu pushed behind him, and Wu Cangsi stumbled slightly, and then walked forward in a panic.
Wu Cangji walked forward slowly, thinking about how to attract attention, and then take the opportunity to get out. However, Pan Zihan's words directly sank him to the bottom.
"Don't do anything crooked, you Deng Junhou just have too many ideas, and you can't make any more ideas. ”
Deng Junhou has been destroyed. This was Kurekura's reaction.
Ma Lu was lighting a lantern next to him, Duanmu Xu was behind Wu Cangsi, and Pan Zihan and Zhao Luojia were on the left and right, and under the guidance of Wu Cangsi, these people came to a nearby warehouse.
Wu Cangji took out a bunch of keys from his body, compared them, found one, and opened the lock on the wooden door.
The men opened the door and entered, and inside were tall column-shaped wooden silos. There is a leak under the wooden barn, and there is a wooden ladder next to it. Pan Zihan pushed the wooden ladder to the edge of the wooden barn and climbed up, the upper edge of the wooden barn was indeed grain, he took it out with his hands, and there was still grain inside.
Unwilling, he came down from the wooden ladder, turned on the switch of the leak under the wooden barn, and began to put grain. The grain fell in a sloppy manner, and after a while, the large bamboo basket below was filled and continued to fall.
Pan Zihan climbed up the wooden ladder again, knocked on the waist position of the column-shaped wooden barn, and listened, it didn't seem to be empty.
"My lords, there are thirty-six wooden barns stored in this barn, all of which are summer grain brought in last year. Wu Cangji introduced.
Looking at Pan Zihan's operation, Zhao Luojia also knew it, and when his body moved, he knocked on more than 30 wooden warehouses in this warehouse with his hands.
These silos are full, not empty.