Qin Xiao said with a smile: "What do you mean by waste weapons?" It's not like all the weapons that are recovered are going to be brought here, right? ”

"No, no, no." Xu Lang immediately said: "The humble position means that some weapons in the armory have not been allocated for some time, and after a long time, they will become obsolete weapons due to moisture and rust. When these weapons accumulate too much, they will be sent to the forge for re-forging, and before that, they are all stored in the corner of the warehouse. ”

Qin Xiao nodded slightly, and suddenly walked in the direction of the corner of the warehouse.

Xu Lang hurriedly followed, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it, and when he got to the corner, Qin Xiao really saw hundreds of large boxes piled up here, and asked with a smile: "These are all waste weapons?" ”

Xu Lang hurriedly said: "Exactly." ”

"By the way, are the weapons that came out of the forge packed and shipped here directly?" Qin Xiao asked.

Xu Lang said: "After the forging is completed, the Ministry of Engineering will send someone to hand over to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is responsible for the head of Han, sometimes he will send someone to the forge to check and then pack the weapon and transport it back, and sometimes the Lord in charge will personally bring someone back." ”

"So when packing from the forge, the military department will count the number on the spot?" Qin Xiao had just arrived and seemed to be very interested in these.

Xu Lang said with a smile: "There will be someone in the military department to count, if something goes wrong, we will transport it back, and if the number is not right in the future, it will be the responsibility of our military department." ”

"I see." Qin Xiao nodded and said: "After counting the number in the forging workshop, it will be packed and then transported to the armory, and I will knock on these boxes and write the numbers on them, so unless someone comes to collect the weapons, they will be counted and checked, and these boxes will naturally not be opened." ”

Xu Lang hurriedly said: "Exactly." ”

"But I see that the nails on these boxes never seem to have moved, and there is no sign of re-nailing." Qin Xiao said: "If what I said is right, these weapon boxes in the corner have never been opened since they were transported back from the forge workshop, I don't know if what I said is right?" ”

Xu Lang stammered: "This ..... This should be..... I don't think it's ever been opened. ”

"But you just said that all that is piled up here are discarded weapons." Qin Xiao sighed: "So I'm very strange, could it be that your eyes can see through the air, these boxes have never been opened, how do you know that the weapons inside must be rusty and discarded?" ”

"This ......!"

Qin Xiao's face sank suddenly, and he sneered: "Xu Lang, do you think that I am young and have just taken office, so I am deceiving?" What the hell is going on, are you ridiculing your own officials? ”

"I don't have the courage to do that." Xu Lang said in fear: "My lord, I am humble...... The lowly position is just a scribe, and the official said that these weapons are old and should be stacked in the corner of the warehouse..... Humble officials can only obey the orders of the superiors. ”

"Shangguan?" Qin Xiao frowned and said, "Who are you talking about?" ”

Xu Lang hesitated, Qin Xiao snorted coldly, and said lightly: "You seem to have forgotten that from today onwards, I am your superior." You're talking about Shangguan, but my ex? Or is it Han Dayhan who is in charge? ”

"Yes..... It's Qiu Ling. Xu Lang didn't dare to conceal it: "When Qiu Lingguan was in office, he determined that the weapons in these boxes were useless, so he ordered us to pile them up here, and if someone received weapons, the weapons here must not be allocated." ”

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "Since it is a scrapped weapon, naturally it can't be allocated, and those who serve as soldiers will cause a lot of trouble if they receive a scrapped weapon." ”

"Yes, yes, what your lord said is very true." Xu Lang said with a smile.

"So our arsenal has always had discarded weapons piled up here?" Qin Xiao reached out and stroked it lightly on the wooden box.

Xu Lang hurriedly said: "The rules of previous years, as soon as the New Year passes, most of the waste weapons will be transported to the forge for re-forging, but the adults also know that something happened to our ministry this year, so it was delayed, but before the end of this month, these weapons will be transported away." Later, there will be discarded weapons, and then they will be piled up here, and when the number increases, they will be transported away and recast. ”

Qin Xiao smiled and said, "I understand." So the imperial court naturally knew that the weapons in the warehouse of the Ministry of War would be lost? ”

"This is normal attrition, and the household department can't speak." Xu Langdao.

Qin Xiao thought for a moment and said, "You bring something, I want to see what the weapons in here are useless." He sighed: "In the future, I will be on an errand here, and I must always understand the standards for scrapped weapons. ”

"Your Excellency..... Adults want to unpack? Xu Lang was a little surprised, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, don't worry, the standards for scrapped weapons are very clear, there are scrapped knives in the Treasury Department, let's go back to the Treasury Department, and show them to the adults for a closer look." ”

"If you have it at hand, why run back to see it?" Qin Xiao smiled: "Come, open the box." ”

Xu Lang looked a little flustered, looked around, and finally took two steps forward, and said in a low voice: "My lord, you want to open the box, isn't it..... First of all, ask the principal? ”

Qin Xiao immediately asked, "You mean to say that I, the Jiaku Commander, are not qualified to open the box?" ”

"My lord misunderstood, this is not what he meant." Xu Lang hurriedly said: "The Lord in charge once personally instructed that the waste weapons stored here should not be moved, let alone opened. ”

"Did Master Han have such an order?" Qin Xiao frowned and said, "Xu Lang, according to Tang Law, am I qualified to open the box?" ”

Xu Lang immediately said: "Naturally, there is." I'm just worried that after the adult opens the box, the principal will know, and there is always some trouble, and the official's order, let's just do what our subordinates do according to the will, in fact, ..... There's no need to get into trouble. ”

Qin Xiao didn't talk nonsense, took out the fish intestine spines he carried with him, and in Xu Lang's flustered look, he directly pried open a wooden box.

Open the lid of the box, there is a layer of hay on it, pick up the hay, there is a long knife in the box, Qin Xiao estimated that there are at least thirty war knives in this box, and took one out of it, the blade has no traces of rust, holding the handle of the knife, his face is cold.

Cold sweat oozed from Xu Lang's forehead.

Qin Xiao glanced at him and looked at the war knife carefully, this is the Mo knife, Qin Xiao has naturally seen the Mo knife, but this Mo knife is obviously different from the Mo knife in his cognition, the blade is not only much shorter, but also the blade is extremely thin, like an iron piece.

He wiped the blade with his sleeve, and this Mo knife also showed no traces of rust.

"Doesn't that mean these knives are rusty and worn?" Qin Xiao frowned and said, "I don't see any rust, how can it be treated as a waste weapon?" ”

Xu Lang hurriedly said: "Maybe the former Qiu Lingguan made a mistake. My lord, this .....!"

Qin Xiao ignored him, handed the Mo knife to Xu Lang, and said, "Take it!" ”

Xu Lang didn't know what medicine Qin Xiao bought in the gourd, so he didn't dare to disobey, and took the Mo knife, Qin Xiao took out another knife from the box, just like the previous knife, the blade was much shorter than the normal Mo knife, and the blade was very thin.

Qin Xiao knew that the blade of the Mo knife was extremely long, and the main combat knife against the cavalry, although the blade was sharp, the back of the knife was extremely thick.

Qin Xiao had a horizontal knife in his hand and said to Xu Lang: "You take the knife and cut it over!" ”

"What?" Xu Lang didn't understand for a while.

Qin Xiao said: "I'll let you cut me with a knife." ”

"Humble ...... I don't dare to do it. Xu Lang was surprised: "How dare you cut an adult with a knife?" ”

"If I tell you to cut it, you will cut it." Qin Xiao thought about taking a step back, stood firmly on his legs, held the knife in his hand, stared at Xu Lang and said, "If you don't cut, you are disobeying the order, what is the crime of disobeying the order of the superior?" ”

Cold sweat had already broken out on Xu Lang's forehead, and he said with a bitter face: "My lord, you ..... What are you doing here? ”

"Less nonsense." Qin Xiao's eyes were like knives: "If you don't cut me, I'll kill you now." ”

Xu Lang was helpless, holding the knife in both hands, but he didn't dare to make a move, Qin Xiao said sharply: "Cut it down!" ”

Xu Lang raised the knife over the top and slashed at Qin Xiao, but he didn't dare to really use force, he hadn't cut it off yet, Qin Xiao waved his arm, and the last hair came first, and the Mo knife in his hand had already caught up, only to hear the sound of "choking", Xu Lang only felt that his arm was numb, but he still barely held the handle of the knife, and then heard a sound of "ooh", stunned for a moment, and then looked at the knife in his hand, his face changed suddenly, and he saw that only half of the knife was left in his hand.

Qin Xiao put away the knife, looked at the Mo knife in his hand, sneered, and put the Mo knife back in the box.

Xu Lang's face turned pale, and his voice trembled a little: "Big ..... My lord! ”

Qin Xiao didn't speak, motioned to Xu Lang to put the knife into the box, went over and picked up the half of the knife on the ground, and sent it back to the box, then closed the lid of the box, and said lightly: "We didn't open the box today, nothing happened, if a word is leaked, I'm afraid the two of us won't survive." ”

Xu Lang nodded hurriedly and said in a low voice: "I will never confide in half a word." ”

"You re-nail the chest." Qin Xiao tidied up his clothes: "By the way, where is my predecessor Qiu Lingguan now, do you know?" ”

Xu Lang said softly: "Qiu Lingyi was just transferred out of the military department a few days ago, and I heard that he was sent to Bingzhou, and he didn't meet everyone before leaving. ”

"He's already left Kyoto?"

"Yes, I left with my family many days ago." Xu Lang said softly: "Many officials from the Ministry of War have been sent out this time, and it is okay to be sent to Bingzhou, but many people have been sent to places with poor mountains and bad waters. ”

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "Qiu Lingyi was not transferred to the poor mountains and bad waters, naturally because he had a good relationship with Han?" ”

Xu Lang hesitated for a moment before he said: "Qiu Lingyi does have a good relationship with Director Han, if Qiu Lingyi is not related to Fang Shilang, Director Han can still keep him." ”

"Fang Shilang?"

"The right squire of our military department, the eighth day of the third month, and Fan ..... Fan Wenzheng was escorted to the execution ground together and lost his head. Xu Lang said in a low voice: "Qiu Lingyi is a relative of Fang Shilang, and it is not bad if he can save his life." ”

"Our Han is in charge, it's Dou ..... The people of Dou Butang? Qin Xiao asked.

Xu Lang nodded and said: "Chief Han was promoted by Dou Butang, so there was a big turmoil in the military department, and with Dou Butang to maintain it, Chief Han could be unscathed." Qiu Lingyi has always been very appreciated by the Han director, among the four officials of the Treasury Department, the chief is the most appreciated by Qiu Lingyi, so the Jiazi library was handed over to Qiu Lingyi, this time Qiu Lingyi was in trouble, Han Lingzhi also pulled him, without Han's director, even if Qiu Lingyi kept his head, I am afraid he would have to be imprisoned for a few years. ”

Qin Xiao bowed slightly, thoughtfully, pondered for a moment, and then smiled: "You re-nail the box first, just what happened just now, you and I just know, one more person knows, it is not good for you and me." ”