With Yue'er's crisp words, several people in the study were stunned. Does this Duanzhou general judge have a pair of donkey ears? Shang Chengcai rejected Huo Shiqi's idea, unwilling to use the hand of the general judgment to regain the credit that was robbed by Li Shen's uncle and nephew, and this general judgment was actually sent to the door by himself?

Huo Shiqi lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then stared at Shang Cheng with burning eyes, and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, the Nanguan camp is directly under the control of the Wei Mu Mansion and the Admiral Yamen, and has nothing to do with the Duanzhou Mansion; The lord is a captain of the Wei Army, and in addition to being under the jurisdiction of his direct superiors, he is only sent by the transfer envoy in the Nanguan battalion and is not controlled. "He knows that now Shang Cheng's position is not low, and the captain in the guard army is at least a deputy lieutenant of Advocacy from the eighth grade, and the same rank as the Duanzhou Tongju from the eighth grade, but after all, the time he has been an official is too short, and he is ignorant of all kinds of fictitious and real positions in the rank of Wensanguan and Wuxun, so he spoke out to wake him up." Lord Cao is the general judge of the Duanzhou government, and he can only inquire about the affairs in Duanzhou. Seeing Shang Cheng nodded in a deep voice, the words changed sharply, and he said, "Cao Tongju suddenly came to Yi County, and there was no news in the yamen in advance, so it can be seen that it is an urgent matter that cannot be spoken; He came to pay homage again, and I think there must be a reason for him......"

His words were not said thoroughly, but Shang Cheng had already heard the meaning of his words, and there must be something strange about a civilian official who came to visit a military attache who had never known him for no reason. He said to Huo Shiqi: "Uncle Seventeen will accompany the guests on my behalf." Then he said to the two officers, "You eat tea and sit down for a while," grabbed the long green gauze shirt that was placed on the couch and draped it over his body, and then went out of the study, squinted his eyes in the blazing sun under the dripping eaves, paused slightly, and went straight out of the courtyard. Turning around the back garden and the back house, which only have the outline of the unfinished house, I passed the backyard along the bluestone path of the east and west side houses, and passed through a corner door along the corridor of the wing room, and then came to the outside of the main hall.

When a soldier who had retired from the hall saw him, he immediately gave a military salute.

He raised his fist and flattened his chest to return the salute, but instead of immediately going to see the two officials, he stood outside the wall of the main hall and glanced at his new home.

Now the area of the commercial house is many times larger than it was at the beginning, and the courtyards of the six or seven neighbors around him have been merged into his new home, and several families in the back alley have also vacated the space with official subsidies. Because he is a new officer, in order to recuperate from his injuries and only hang on to the vacant position of a lieutenant, the official rank can only be awarded after the completion of the war exploits report to the imperial court, so even if the Yixian Yamen and the Transit Division have the heart to convince him, a fierce general in the army who became famous in the first war, they dare not make things too public, so the homestead set aside for him in Huojiabao Huaishu Lane is not much larger than the courtyard of the ordinary seven-rank official, and he only digs out his mind on the use of labor and materials, and is bent on building him a good house. Now, except for the osmanthus tree that he is not allowed to cut down, his home has long since lost the traces of half a day ago. The low courtyard walls have become tall rammed earth walls, and the walls are covered with two layers of brick caps. The common fence planks of the usual Zhuang households were replaced with a gatehouse, the stone and blue bricks and black tiles all the way to the top, and the gray and fluffy double pier eaves were more imposing than the Gu family mansion he had seen in the county at the beginning, and Huo Liu's old mansion could not be compared.

He stood on the bright platform and looked at the mansion that even he didn't dare to recognize, and suddenly recalled that a year ago he was still tormented under the scorching sun for a liter of corn and two ou oil, and struggled on the mountain road for hundreds of literary and labor money, and then looked at the courtyard in front of him that had begun to take shape, and his heart couldn't help but rise with a sense of pride One by one, bare-handed, what about no roots, what if he had no roots, he was different in this world to kick out a world for himself?

His gaze turned to the north. The Yanshan Mountains in the distance stand proudly, the white clouds are leisurely and the green mountains are green, and the sonorous "Qixi Ballad" is vaguely echoing in the ears.

"Since ancient times, there have been many men in Yanshan, and they have increased their fields with their backs;

Origin: Yanjing produces a good female ,......"

Standing silently for a while, he gathered his mind and straightened his shirt before turning around proudly.

Although the two officials waiting in the main hall did not see his people, but the soldiers saluted people at the door but saw it clearly, guessed that he had arrived, and had already left his seat and stood up to the door to greet him, but he looked a little melancholy and a little sad, and did not come to speak immediately. The military attache on the right said loudly: "The commander of the Yanshan camp and the deputy lieutenant of Huaihua, Wen Mu, see your lord." The middle-aged man on the left wearing a civilian official uniform followed: "Duanzhou Tong sentenced Cao Kun, see your lord." ”

Shang Cheng was upset by them, and he didn't know how to return the courtesy after hesitating. Looking at the color of the straight shirts on the two people, they are all the same cyan as themselves, and they are obviously officials below the seventh grade; The military attache spoke first and then the civil officer, and it was obvious that the former was of a higher rank than the latter; Huaihua Deputy Lieutenant is under the eighth grade, and if he can have a rank, he should not be higher than him, but this surnamed Wen still gives himself a subordinate courtesy......

Wen Mu also saw that he was a little hesitant, so he smiled and said: "First of all, I will say goodbye to the captain of the merchant school and the camp and the Yanshan Admiral's Mansion have verified the combat exploits of the adults, and they reported to the military department a month ago. ”

Shang Cheng was a little stunned when he heard this. He never thought that the Xun that Xingying had prepared for himself turned out to be the captain of Guide, and when he came to his senses, two drunken blushes suddenly appeared on his cheeks. This is the captain of Guide, the official position of the dignified and seven-grade official, the Sima of the border army brigade who died in Guangpingyi one by one, seems to be just a lieutenant of Guide......

He tried to keep himself in check, but he still gave the two officials half a salute, and then they followed him into the main hall.

"Lord Shang, the lower official came to Yi County this time for urgent business, and there are some things to ask in person, if there is any recklessness in the lower official's words, please also ask Lord Haihan." As soon as he sat down, Cao Kun stood up again without bothering about greetings, and said respectfully, "This matter is very important, and I would like to ask for a lot of help." As he spoke, he glanced at Wen Mu with his eyes. Wen Mu also bowed, and said: "The commander of the camp knows that the army has an order," he shook out a piece of official paper with his hand and read, "Wei Inspector has counted the affairs of the Yi County Transfer Division, and all the soldiers and civilians must help." ”

Shang Cheng took the official document. There are only three or four lines of words on the paper, the handwriting is scribbled and lacks pen and drawing, but it is roughly not much different from what Wen Mu said, and the bright red seal of the long history is added to the year, month and day at the end. It was the first time he looked at the official document, and he couldn't tell the truth from the false, and he couldn't see the clues, so he returned it to Wen Mu at a glance, and said quietly on his face: "Since there is an official document in the camp, then of course I will cooperate with it, but I don't know what Deputy Lieutenant Wen and Master Cao want me to do?" However, I am an officer of the Guards, and if there is anything that involves the confidential military affairs of the Guards, I have no right to answer immediately, and I need to ask the Guards first. ”

"What we are going to ask is not a military priority, and we will not embarrass the captain." Cao Tongju interrupted him. "But please be sure to speak truthfully."

Shang Cheng stroked the scar on his cheek, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and said, "I will definitely say what I can say." If you can't say it, you can't ask, and it's in vain to ask. Lady Cao, may I ask. ”

"On the night of the seventh day of April this year, did the captain of the Shang school order the burning of the warehouse in the treasury of the Yixian County Transfer Division?"

Since he heard that Cao Tongju came to visit him inexplicably, Shang Chengcheng had already expected that most of the big things had happened in the Nanguan camp, and then he saw that the official document of the camp was vague and vague, so he was even more convinced that someone had poked out Li Shen's matter. Seeing that Cao Kun's words seemed to be a trap, he pretended to glare at him with displeasure, pouted and sneered: "Lord Cao thinks too highly of me, I am just a battalion commander, where can I be qualified to order the burning of the treasury of the Yi County Transfer Division?" ”

Cao Tongju's face turned red, he stood up again, and said sincerely: "It was the official who said the wrong thing in a hurry, I am asking, are the several warehouses of the C-shaped battalion of the Yixian County Transfer Division ordered by the captain to set fire?" ”

As soon as Cao Kun's words fell, Shang Cheng said without the slightest hesitation: "It was my order." ”

"The Captain of the Merchant had the right to order the food to be set on fire at that time?"

Shang Cheng frowned and thought for a while: "No." "Not to mention that he didn't have the right to order arson at that time, even if he was now a lieutenant of Guide, he also didn't have the right to order arson, which should have been decided by the transfer envoy, or ordered by Li Shen to carry it out.

"Did the transporter order you to set fire?"

"Nope."

"Then it's the order of General Sima Li Shen of the Right Army?"

"It's not."

"That's the idea of the Lieutenant himself?"

"Yes."

"Why did you make such a decision?" Cao Tongju's eyes narrowed, and two devouring sharp gazes stared directly at Shang Cheng, and the questions in his mouth were even more aggressive.

"I am the supreme military commander of the C-shaped battalion, and I have the right to decide whether to burn the warehouse or not according to the situation at that time." Shang Chengqi sat on the main seat, staring at Cao Kun's eyes without showing weakness.

"I'm just asking you, why did you make such a decision? What do you have to rely on to make such a decision? ”

"As I said, I was the supreme military commander of the C battalion at that time, and I had the right to decide whether to burn the warehouse or not according to the situation at that time. As for what I have to rely on......" Shang Cheng pursed his lips and stroked the scar, turned his gaze from Cao Kun's face to the outside of the main hall, and turned back after a pause, a hint of mockery already appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Does Lord Cao think that I shouldn't set this fire, but should give away tens of thousands of stones of grain to the enemy?"

Cao Kun turned a deaf ear to Shang Cheng's ridicule, and then asked, "After the reinforcements arrived, did Captain Shang order to extinguish the fire?" ”

"The order was given, but at that time, there were less than 100 soldiers in the whole battalion who could stand up, and they had to prevent the people from retreating and counterattacking, and the soldiers were exhausted after a long battle, so the firefighting thing was simply powerless, and they could only pick the important warehouse to save it first."

Shang Cheng also thought that when he said this, Cao Kun would immediately hold him accountable for his failure to fight the fire, who knew that Cao Tongju didn't even mention it, and asked bluntly: "Have you counted the losses of the warehouses in the camp afterwards?" ”

"Nope." Shang Cheng recalled the scene at that time and said truthfully, "As soon as the reinforcements arrived, I followed General Li's orders and handed over the defense of the camp to Captain Li Zhen of the Right Army, and I returned to the old camp with the wounded and the rest of the soldiers. ”

Cao Kun and Wen Mu exchanged glances. Wen Mu bowed slightly, and Cao Kun asked again: "One last thing, please be cautious in replying." 11. Sima Li Shen of the Right Army transported 8,000 yuan from the treasury of the Yixian Transfer Division, do you know? ”

"I don't know. In the evening of the same day after returning to the old camp, I attacked Taihe Town on the orders of General Li, and since then I have never returned to the C-shaped camp, nor have I ever been to the Nanguan camp......"