Chapter 18: Plan Ahead

Banyue has always been precautionary and quiet.

When Xiong Mo found gold and silver from his house, and the prince took the evidence without saying a word, he thought that the prince would falsely accuse him of corruption.

So when Xiong Ji went to send the prince, he quietly talked to the bookkeeper, hoping that they would protect the account book.

Of course, Mr. Bookkeeper knew that Ban Yue was honest and fair, and he never embezzled the silver taels in the barracks at every turn like the previous generals.

And they also knew that Banyue loved his soldiers very much, and never withheld the food in the barracks for other purposes.

The coast can be safe, and the people can live in peace, relying on this general, and they naturally respect him.

Out of a sense of justice, they immediately replaced the real ledger with a fake ledger, and handed over the real ledger to Banyue to hide.

After Xiong Ji returned, he put Mr. Bookkeeper under house arrest and sealed the account books in the camp to prevent Banyue from contacting Mr. Bookkeeper.

Xiong Ji's actions confirmed Banyue's suspicions.

He decided to send the ledger to the capital in order to prove his innocence at a later date.

He and Jin Ning have been monitored, and it is inconvenient to move, so they must find a trusted brother to do this.

After much consideration, he decided to ask the trainer Zhong Qiang for help.

Zhong Qiang is a local in the coastal county, and he is a small catcher.

Once, Yukou went ashore to ransack, and all his family was killed except for his newly pregnant wife.

In order to find his wife, he is bent on tracking down the whereabouts of Yukou.

Because he always didn't go to the yamen to be on duty, he was expelled from the yamen.

When he finally found his wife, she was dying because she had been humiliated many times, had miscarried and lost too much blood.

Filled with grief and rage, he rushed into the feather and fought them, only to be subdued by the feather cole on the spot.

Yu Kou decided to punish him severely, first stabbing his wife to death in front of him, and then steaming him.

As soon as the pot was on fire, Ban Yue led his troops to kill him, wiped out this feather gang, and saved him from almost dying.

Since then, he has joined Banyue's team, and he has been following Banyue to kill Yukou, and he is grateful and convinced to Banyue.

He and Ban Yue both belong to the kind of people who don't talk much, they don't like to be warm with people, and the two of them have always maintained a gentleman's friendship as light as water, and no one knows that they have had a fateful relationship, so his actions will not attract Xiong Ji's attention.

Banyue asked him to transport the ledger out of the barracks and send it to the capital, but he did not refuse.

After all, he was born to catch fast, and it was very easy to do this kind of thing.

When Pan Yue was still on the way to be escorted, he had already handed over the account book to Uncle Qian.

Banyue also knew at that time that if he was involved in a corruption case, the Criminal Department would inevitably summon Mr. Ledger and ask them to go to the capital with the account book to verify the matter.

Niujiazhuang is the only way to go to the capital.

As soon as Niujiazhuang passes, it is the scale mountain, which is a frequent place for robbers to commit crimes.

If the prince wants to prove his guilt, he will definitely find a way to intercept the bookkeeper and rob the account book in the name of a thief in order to destroy the evidence.

And Niujiazhuang happens to be Chen Qiao's hometown.

Therefore, Ban Yue secretly asked Chen Qiao to stay in Niujiazhuang and not leave, and said that when he said that there would be a team of officers and soldiers escorting the three account keepers to pass by, and asked him to find a way to change the account man from the carriage unconsciously, and then send them to Guan Ji Yuxing in the capital.

Chen Qiao agreed without saying a word.

He asked the mute Nianbei, who was strong in martial arts, to help him plan this matter.

When the officers and soldiers escorted Mr. Tent to pass by, they let the herd of cattle rush into the ranks of officers and soldiers, and took the opportunity to find the three Mr. Ledger Keepers, explained that they were powerful, and helped Mr. Tent to change into the clothes of the villagers and slip away smoothly.

Then, the five of them dressed up in disguise, took the canal and then changed by land, and finally arrived at Guan Ji Yuxing in the capital.

Kwan Kee Fish Shop was opened by Banyue Investment to help those homeless orphans have a place to live, so they are all their own people.

When Uncle Qian learned that the five had arrived, he exchanged the three housekeepers with the three bookkeepers and led them into the general's mansion to hide.

The reason why Chen Qiao said that it was dangerous when he saw Pan Yue was because after he and Nian Bei rescued Mr. Tent, they planned to leave early the next morning, which happened to be the death day of his parents, and he wanted to wait until he finished worshipping his parents before leaving.

Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers of that group were attacked in the scale mountain, all of them were killed, and the belongings they brought were looted.

The gangsters did not find the bodies of the three bookkeepers in the team, so they went to the nearest Niujiazhuang to search.

Fortunately, Nian Bei's martial arts were strong, and he dragged the gangsters, so that Chen Qiao was able to escape quickly with Mr. Tent, and then they met at the predetermined place and left by boat.

"What about the ledger?" Jin Ning asked anxiously, just having Mr. Ledger to testify, without an account book, could not prove the general's innocence at all.

"We can even save people, can't we save the ledger?" Ban Yue asked rhetorically.

Jin Ning laughed, the general was clever, too powerful, no wonder he was beyond ordinary people, and he could get Yu Kou in more than a year.

In fact, Jin Ning also ignored one point, that is, Banyue knows people.

Ban Yue can find the shining point from the most ordinary people, and dare to entrust important tasks, so he can gather many people to help him accomplish the goal together.

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The prince received a report from Xiong Ji that someone had been sent to detain the ledger in Scales Mountain, but the account clerk was not found in the car, so they escaped.

According to his careful investigation, it was Chen Qiao of Niujiazhuang who rescued Mr. Tent.

Chen Qiao had used a boat to help Ban Yue attack Yu Kou, so if Chen Qiao was involved in this matter, he must have been instructed by Ban Yue.

"The guy who doesn't have enough to do and more than he loses." The prince said angrily, "Even the three weak bookkeepers can't handle it, and he deserves to be unable to climb to the position of general for decades!" ”

"The account book is not in the hands of Mr. Bookkeeper, and it is useless for Ban Yueguang to have a witness." Li Bufan, the prince's staff, said.

"No, this palace knows about Banyue. He is meticulous in his work, and he makes one move after another. If he can arrange in advance and send someone to rescue Mr. Ledger, he will definitely transfer the account book in advance, so the account book in Xiong Ji's hand is definitely not a real account book. And the real ledger is already in the hands of Banyue. ”

"If this is the case, these witnesses and physical evidence must be hiding in the general's mansion. For him, the capital is the territory of His Highness, and there is no safer place than the General's Mansion. ”

"This general's mansion was given to him by the emperor, and the emperor also gave him a group of slaves. He dismissed the slaves and found a bunch of his brothers and sisters when he was a beggar to do chores in them. Among them, Uncle Qian is the housekeeper of these people, and if you arrest that Uncle Qian and ask him, you will definitely be able to know the whereabouts of Mr. Ledger. The prince's eyes flashed with a sly light.

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Uncle Qian disappeared, Jin Ning searched everywhere, and finally came back to tell Banyue urgently, saying that someone saw Uncle Qian being taken away by a royal carriage.

Ban Yue frowned, he didn't have to guess to know that it was the prince's doing!

He hurriedly picked up his pen and wrote down a letter and handed it to Jin Ning: "Send this letter to the prince quickly." ”

Banyue rushed away.

Banyue then went to Mr. Bookkeeper's residence.

"Three gentlemen, I have something to ask for." He did it.

"How dare you, general, please speak." The three of them quickly bowed deeply.

"Don't call me a general again. I have been suspended from my position as a general by the emperor, and the position of general may not be guaranteed in the future. ”

"Why did the general say that?"

"The prince kidnapped my housekeeper, Uncle Qian, for the sole purpose of forcing him to tell him your whereabouts. With Uncle Qian's character, he will definitely not say it, I am afraid that his life will not be guaranteed. For this reason, I am ready to hand you over to the prince along with the account book in exchange for Uncle Qian. ”

The three bookkeepers immediately panicked: "If the general doesn't protect us, I'm afraid we will be worried about our lives." ”

"It is dangerous for you to stay with me. The prince will do whatever it takes to get rid of you, but if you are sent to the prince through the forbidden army, your whereabouts have been made public, and the prince will not dare to harm you easily. But he will force you to bear false witness against me for corruption, and you will be safe and sound if you agree to his request. ”

"If we do this, what is the peace of conscience?"

"Only by doing this, the three of you and Uncle Qian's life can be worry-free."

"Wouldn't the general be wronged?"

"It's okay, I'm a beggar, even if I am slandered and corrupted, it is better to die than to die a bunch of people."

"General!" The three bookkeepers were so moved that they knelt down, "You sacrifice yourself for the sake of our few cheap lives, and heaven cannot tolerate it!" ”

"We have no distinction between noble and lowly, I will exchange one person for four, it is worth it!" Ban Yue said resolutely.