Chapter 485: The remnants are comparable to Xiaoqiang

"General, last night, I was right at the gate of Chen's Mansion and saw a few legendary ghost fires. Then I got closer and was even more afraid of the ghost fire, so I immediately pulled out my legs and ran, and the ghost fire followed! ”

After listening to Xiao Si's description, Chen Baichuan only felt a twitch in his heart.

He had explained to Xiao Si and the people around him a long time ago what ghost fire was.

General Chen, who was quite helpless, planned to explain again: "Little Si, in fact, that kind of flame is called ghost fire, which is just a superstitious statement, and in fact, the formation of that kind of flame is just a simple chemical reaction. phosphorus, which meets air produces combustion ......"

Xiao Si interjected: "Then a large amount of phosphorus will be produced in the bones of the dead...... General, you've told us about these things a long time ago. ”

A black question mark appeared above Chen Baichuan's head, and he asked puzzledly: "Since you know everything, why are you afraid last night." He also told me about it. ”

"I was scared when I saw it last night, because I suddenly saw that terrible 1 ghost fire, and even if I knew the reason, I was still scared. As for the reason for telling the general, wouldn't the general feel that there would be ghost fires around the Chen Mansion, which was very abrupt? ”

"This ......" was reminded by Xiao Siyi, and Chen Baichuan also realized that the situation was wrong. Ghost fire is usually found around the grave, after all, it requires the bones of the dead in the grave to spawn. And the Chen Mansion, there will definitely be no white bones around.

Why are there white bones around the Chen Mansion?

After Chen Baichuan asked Xiao Si to retreat, he immediately sent soldiers to investigate. At the same time, he also instructed Xiao Si to pay attention to the rumors of the people in the city these days.

In fact, he already understood from the words of Xiao Si that he probably understood what the hell was the idea of what others were fighting.

It seems that there are still smart people in this world who know how to use public opinion pressure to suppress Chen Baichuan. And Chen Baichuan also understood that perhaps it was Tang Peiyu's incident a few days ago that gave the enemy a little inspiration.

It is not a simple matter to make a person's image very tall. And pouring dirty water on a person's body is not that difficult. The fabricated black material will always have unknown audiences who are fooled into believing it.

Chen Baichuan buried his head in the pile of official documents, as for the matter of the ghost fire, he didn't spend too much brainpower on it, but he was just a soldier to cover up the water.

Suddenly, there was a brisk knock on the door.

Tuk tuk.

Chen Baichuan put down the things he had just finished reading, raised his head, and said, "Come in." ”

A servant from the Chen Mansion came in and said to Chen Baichuan: "General, Yuan Lao asks to see you outside." ”

"Please come in."

Yuan Lao is a person who does not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, he is obsessed with Chen Qinghe's construction all day long, and he will definitely not throw away the work in his hand because of some trivial things.

Chen Baichuan loves and hates this old man now, on the one hand, he admires him for being able to work tirelessly for the country and the society at this age, on the other hand, this old man is inevitably too sleepy, Chen Baichuan had to be annoyed by him once in three days......

Many things about Chen Qinghe are trivial things for Yuan Lao.

However, when Yuan Lao pushed the door in, Chen Baichuan saw the solemn look on his face, and he also understood that this time the matter was definitely not simple.

Sure enough, after Yuan Lao entered the door, he hurriedly said before he saluted: "General, I have something to tell you." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Chen Baichuan frowned slightly, he was also very worried about the construction of Chen Qinghe, if there was a little problem there, he would definitely make a big move.

I hope that Chen Qinghe's trouble should not have the slightest connection with the ghost fire that Xiao Si saw last night, otherwise Chen Baichuan will definitely let them see the power of Chen Guo's musket artillery.

Yuan Lao took a deep breath and talked about what he encountered: "General, yesterday a petty official under me who was doing things suddenly found me and said that someone had offered him a bribe. After careful questioning, the bribe-giver did not reveal his identity, but they gave the petty official a lot of money as a temptation, hoping that the petty official would steal some of the firearms used by Chen Qinghe in construction. ”

"That petty official is my confidant, so he can keep his greed, and he didn't agree to that person's conditions. The man didn't dwell on it, and just left. Then I knew that this matter was not easy, and immediately sent someone to count the firearms in stock, and sure enough, the number was a little less. ”

After listening to Yuan Lao's words, Chen Baichuan's brows furrowed even deeper, and he asked, "Have you found out who caused the firearms to drain out?" ”

Yuan Lao said: "The person who stole the firearm was very careful, and there was no trace left at all, and there was no way to find it. So I only informed the people who were with me that day, and told them not to mention it. ”

"You're doing a good job, don't startle you. Of those who went with you that day, should not? Chen Baichuan expressed his other concern.

Yuan Lao said: "Don't worry about this, general, these people are all my confidants." And I was worried that any of them had been bribed, and sent a lot of soldiers to secretly supervise them. ”

Chen Baichuan nodded and said in a deep voice: "I will immediately send a few elite soldiers to follow you to Chen Qinghe's post, and then let them be responsible for supervising and finding out who stole the firearms." ”

Yuan Lao said: "This time I came to the general, on the one hand, to inform the general, and on the other hand, to tell the general, let the army send me a few capable assistants. ”

Chen Baichuan advised: "This time the matter may involve other things, so Yuan Lao, you want to decide your personal safety over there, and I will let a few people follow you and not leave, but you must not let yourself be in danger." ”

Chen Baichuan was very worried about the enemy hiding in Qingdu, and in order to deal with him, he attacked the people around him. If they dealt with Chu Hui's group of reckless men, Chen Baichuan would naturally not be worried. However, Yuan Lao is very important to Chen Guo, and he is also very fragile.

Yuan Lao knew that Chen Baichuan was kind, and he said gratefully: "Thank you General, but there should be no accidents on my side, after all, I already have a lot of elites brought from Chen Du by my side." ”

"Elite??" Chen Baichuan said with contempt for Yuan Lao's elite in the air: "Yuan Lao, you only know what the elite is when you see the soldiers I brought out. As for the rest of the soldiers, it is absolutely impossible to say that they are elite under my soldiers. ”

The corners of Yuan Lao's mouth twitched, only thinking that Chen Baichuan was Wang Po selling melons and boasting.

After saying this, Yuan Lao left the Chen Mansion.

And after he left, Chen Baichuan began to wonder whether this matter and Xiaosi's ghost fire were the work of one person or a group.