In view of the death of the captain of the first battalion, Yuwen Changhao, the first battalion cannot be without the commander of the captain, and because several lieutenants and lieutenants of the second, third, and fourth battalions neglected their duties, took the opportunity to collect money, and oppressed the people in the operation to arrest the fugitives last night, Zhao Ziliang ordered them to be removed from their posts and investigated and locked up during his inspection last night. Zhao Ziliang appointed Wei Meng and Huo Kan to temporarily take over the post of captain of the third and fourth battalions respectively, and now everything has been decided, Zhao Ziliang in front of all the soldiers in the audience, officially appointed Wei Meng to take over as the captain of the first battalion, appointed Liang Qi as the deputy captain of the first battalion, promoted to the former deputy lieutenant of the first battalion Li Siye to take over as the captain of the third battalion, appointed Huo Kan as the deputy lieutenant of the third battalion, and appointed Zheng San as the captain of the fourth battalion (baggage battalion).

After two days of sorting and liquidation, Zheng San and a few people invited from various shops in the city to finally check the accounts of the treasury of the government.

"General, the accounts have all been checked clearly, the deficit of the treasury is 8,825 yuan, and most of the silver money is out of the treasury in the name of giving the soldiers a ring, but in fact, the soldiers have not got the money at all, from this point of view, even if Hao Jialin is involuntarily, he will not be able to escape the blame!"

It is also blamed that Ma Han and Hao Jialinke withheld food and salary too seriously, even if they deducted food and salary in some other military towns, but the soldiers were more or less able to receive some, although the soldiers were dissatisfied, but it was not to the point of inextricable trouble, but Ma Han and Hao Jialin and others were too greedy, not only greedy themselves, but also coerced several successive guards to be greedy with them, which made the heavens angry and resentful, not only the soldiers hated them to death, but even the superiors were very suspicious of them. Zhao Ziliang has always been strange, he has not received food for several months, but there has been no mutiny here, which is already a miracle.

After listening to Zheng San's report, Zhao Ziliang touched his chin, thought about it in his head, turned his head and asked Wang Can: "What has Hao Jialin moved in the past two days?" ”

Wang Can said: "Except for dealing with official business on time, he has no other actions, but he has two subordinates at home who go out frequently!" ”

"Two subordinates?" Zhao Ziliang's eyes lit up when he heard this, could it be that those two subordinates had any moves? After thinking about it, he said to Wang Can: "Send someone to check immediately, where have these two people gone in the past two days, and what have they done!" Be sure to check it out! I'm strange, Hao Jialin and Ma Han are obviously a gang of gangsters, Ma Han was plotted by someone, but he didn't run away, isn't he worried that the people behind the scenes will kill him again? Not afraid of General Ben punishing him? There's definitely an article in this! ”

"Hahaha, the general has such a keen sense of smell!" There was a loud laugh at the door.

Zhao Ziliang turned his head to look, but it was Cen Shen, got up and said with a smile: "It's Cen Gongzi, has Cen Gongzi been better in the past two days?" ”

Cen Shen patted his chest and smiled: "Eat well and drink well, it's already good!" Just now, the general said that why didn't Hao Jialin run away at the critical moment of life and death, and wanted to make a person ignore life and death, there were only two things: first, firm belief, but in the following opinion, this Hao Jialin's loyalty to the backer behind him is only afraid that it will not reach the level of disregarding the danger of life; Second, there are huge benefits that he can't give up so that he gritted his teeth and stayed regardless of the danger to his life! If the guess is right, Hao Jialin still has a lot of wealth in the exchange city! I heard from Captain Wang just now that Hao Jialin's two subordinates go out frequently, and they are probably helping Hao Jialin deal with the wealth here, and once the time comes, Hao Jialin will slip away."

"Smack!" Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but clap his palms when he heard this, "Listening to Cen Gongzi's analysis, I'm afraid that there are eight or nine possibilities!" ”

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Ziliang asked Wang Can again: "How did Ma Han and Yuwen Changhao's mansions go?" ”

Wang Can said: "I have turned it over several times inside and out, and copied out a large number of silver coins and valuable objects, which have been handed over to Zheng San, Ma Han and the subordinates of Yuwen Changhao's mansion have run away, and their families have been handed over to the City Lord's Mansion by me."

Zheng San said: "Ma Han and Yuwen Changhao have seized a total of 5,316 yuan in cash, and in addition, the valuable objects are converted into cash, and I am afraid that there are nearly 2,000 yuan!" ”

Zhao Ziliang scolded angrily: "Hmph, it's really not a pity to die, a deputy envoy and a lieutenant add up to thousands of dollars of greed for ink, and they are too bold, no wonder the soldiers of the garrison are so hungry that they are yellow and thin, and they are dressed in tatters, it turns out that almost all of the food and military supplies are greedy for ink by them!" Wang Can, immediately sent someone to put Hao Jialin under house arrest and did not allow him to go out of the house for a single step! ”

Wang Can was about to agree, but Cen Shen next to him said: "General, I'm afraid that it's inappropriate, although Hao Jialin is only in the army, he is under you, but he is an official of the imperial court, and you can't dispose of him according to the regulations without conclusive evidence!" If someone catches you on this matter, it's not good for you."

Zhao Ziliang smiled when he heard this: "Hahaha, Cen Gongzi doesn't have to worry, according to the regulations, this is indeed the case, and he can't be disposed of at will without conclusive evidence, but he just let him rest at home for a few days, lest the mastermind behind the scenes kill him again, General Ben is protecting his life!" ”

Cen Shen was stunned when he heard this, stroked his palms and smiled: "The general has good means, in this way, Hao Jialin will be difficult to fly, restricting his freedom, he can't do anything, the general can take advantage of this time to find evidence against him, Cen admires!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded with a smile and said to Wang Can: "In addition, arrest those two subordinates, make them more secretive, pry open their mouths, and open a breakthrough from their bodies, go!" ”

"No!" Wang Can agreed, turned and left.

After Wang Can left, Zhao Ziliang was very curious when he saw Cen Shen's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, so he asked, "Is there something else for Gongzi Cen to come here?" ”

Cen Shen hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "General, I want to resign to the general this time, Cen wants to leave here tomorrow and return to the Central Plains, on the one hand, I want to go back to my hometown to see my father and fellow villagers, and secondly, Cen has traveled abroad for several years, and has traveled all over the mountains and rivers, and I want to go to the imperial examination room to try my luck, if I can be lucky enough to be on the list, I can also show what I have learned!" ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Cen Gongzi is rich in five cars, if he participates in the scientific examination, he will definitely be on the list." Zhao wanted to keep his son here for a long time, but he didn't want his son to go back to participate in the imperial examination, and Zhao didn't want to keep his son, so as not to delay his son's good future. ”

Cen Shen stood up and bowed and sighed: "Thanks to the general's refusal to give up, carry love below, and within the fifth inscription, if Cen can be on the list one day, he will definitely write to inform the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said happily: "Okay, that's the case, tonight a banquet is practiced for Cen Gongzi, and he also went to the banquet to show Gongzi's face."

Cen Shen bowed deeply again: "It's better to be respectful than to obey!" ”

Before evening, Wang Can came to report to Zhao Ziliang, after Hao Jialin's two family members were arrested, they only poured beans into a bamboo tube with a leather whip, and they explained that Hao Jialin was not only greedy for the food and salary that the government wanted to distribute to the soldiers, but also secretly sold a considerable part of the eliminated Tang army weapons, bows and arrows, armor and other military materials to black market merchants, and the black market merchants trafficked these things to Tubo, the Hui in Mobei, and the Tuqi Shi in the west, etc., which was actually equivalent to collaborating with the enemy.

And Hao Jialin used part of this money to set up a number of industries in the city, and there were twelve shops in the city that were opened by him secretly, and they were also a monopoly business, with him, the army who guarded the mansion as a backer, who dared to find trouble? Who dares to compete?

This evidence was sufficient, and Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered Wang Can to send someone to put Hao Jialin in prison and raid Hao Jialin's mansion.

After the investigation was completed, Zhao Ziliang immediately revised a book, wrote down the recent events in detail in the letter, and sent reliable people to Shule Town.