Shangguan frowned, in fact, the original intention of his father to set this pension was to appease the people, and the amount was not low, who would have thought that some people would regard this as an opportunity to make a fortune.

This is too ugly!

Shangguan Yu scolded angrily: "I'm afraid there is a big rat in this army!" ”

What is a rat?

Shangguan Yu once heard a folk ballad: Shuo Rat, Shuo Mouse, No Food! Three-year-old girl, don't care about it. The dying woman is a paradise. Paradise is what I ,......

That ballad is the common people using the big rats that steal food to satirize the insatiable greed of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and they have to squeeze the people to the end.

Isn't it the same with this man in the army who has made false accounts?

With the military salaries deducted from the soldiers, and it can even be said that some of them were deducted from the hands of the dead, is he at ease with this money?

Shangguan Yu thought for a moment and said to Lan Yu, "You go and call Deputy General Rong over." ”

Calling Rong Lian over, Shangguan Yu had another purpose.

His father only sent him to fight with the Huns, as for the corruption, he had no right to deal with it, if he wanted to find out this big rat, he wanted to discuss it with Rong Lian, after all, he was the two of them, one was the chief general in the army, and the other was the deputy general in the army.

Rong Lian saw that the Hun soldiers were dormant in the past few days, and he always wanted to lead the troops to take the initiative to attack, but Shangguan Yu did not agree, and just asked the soldiers to continue training and wait for the opportunity.

Rong Lian didn't understand, at this time, the enemy's main generals were not there, wasn't it the best time, not to attack at this time, but when to wait, but Shangguan Yu was the main general, he said that if he didn't fight, Rong Lian could only give up, but he was a little unconvinced in his heart.

At this time, seeing Lan Yu coming over to call him, he thought that Shangguan Yu had finally decided to take the initiative, and he was a little proud in his heart, feeling that Shangguan Yu had finally adopted his opinion.

But when he walked into Shangguan Yu's military tent, Rong Lian felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and Shangguan Yu's face was gloomy and a little terrifying.

"Vice General Rong, I have something to discuss with you, this matter is very important, and I hope you will consider it carefully." Shangguan Yu said to Rong Lian with a serious face.

Rong Lian didn't know why, so he had to nod. "If there's anything to do, just say it."

"Deputy General Rong, I have sent my cronies to conduct a secret investigation in private in the past few days, and found that the hundreds of thousands of military salaries in the army every year have not been spent, someone must have been greedy for this money, and I want to find out this moth."

"Who dares to be greedy for this money, and no one has reported it to the court?"

Rong Lian was also shocked when he heard it, his father Rong Guogong was appointed by the emperor to investigate corrupt officials a few years ago, and the largest one found out was only greedy for more than 100,000 taels, but it also provoked the emperor to be angry, and finally ordered someone to execute him Ling Chi.

This is who dares to pay attention to this military salary, if it is discovered, even if he has a dozen lives, it will not be enough for him!

Shangguan Yu asked Lan Yu to repeat what he had just said to Rong Lian.

Hearing Lan Yu say that this person even dared to earn a pension, Rong Lian was even more angry in his heart, he grew up in the temple since he was a child, and he often read some Buddhist scriptures, and he had a bit of compassion, so he became even more resentful at this time.

"King Yu, find out, you must find out this person! Whatever you want me to do, I'll do it to the end. ”

"Vice General Rong, you listen to me first, why do I want to discuss with you, it's because I don't think this matter was done by one person, he must have the support of everyone in the DPRK and China behind him, and the position is not low, you are a deputy general, if I act at will, whether you participate or not, I will be considered my accomplice at that time, I am afraid that you will be imprisoned because of this, so I hope you will think about it a little more."

What Shangguan Yu is afraid of is that he is innocent and involves Rong Lian.

"King Yu, no, I'll call you Brother Yu, since you rescued me on the battlefield last time, I said that I would swear to follow you to the death in the future, I still don't change now, if you do something, I will follow! If there are any consequences, we will bear them together! ”

Rong Lian looked at Shangguan Yu's eyes and said word by word, with a seriousness on his face that Shangguan Yu had never seen.

"Good! You and I, a main general, a deputy general, can be regarded as fate, I am a few years older than you, I will recognize you as a younger brother, in addition to winning the battle this time, we also want to join forces to find out this big rat for me! ”

"I don't know how Big Brother Yu plans to act? How can I help? Rong Lian asked.

Shangguan Yu shook his head, "This matter is not urgent, we need to plan well, we have to pretend not to know, otherwise if they find out, be vigilant, and destroy the real account book, then we will have no evidence."

From top to bottom, the military salary has to pass through the hands of more than a dozen people, so we will secretly check one by one, and we will always find some clues, and sooner or later we will catch that person. ”

Rong Lian nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to my eldest brother's orders." ”

Then, he suddenly remembered the reason why he thought Shangguan Yu was going to call him, and he was still puzzled in his heart, so he smelled: "Brother Yu, I still don't understand, why don't you let us attack the Xiongnu these days, they don't have a main general at this time, isn't it a good time to attack?" ”

Shangguan Yu said slowly: "I don't send troops for two reasons, one is that although there is no main general in their army now, Hun Shan Yu sent a deputy general named Jiali, this person is born with divine power, extremely powerful, can lift a thousand catties, you and me, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat you." ”

"Why haven't you heard of his reputation before?"

If that deputy general was really that powerful, he would have heard of it, but Rong Lian had never heard of his name.

"Not only you, even I haven't heard of it, I heard the spy say that this person's mind is a little incomplete, words and deeds like a five-year-old child, has been grazing people, encountered a steppe wolf, he with the strength of a group of wolves, only with his fists, all the wolves were killed, this powerful name, this is only passed out, but somehow was sent by the Huns to be a deputy general."

"An idiot?" Rong Lian couldn't believe it.

"Second, it's because of our own soldiers." Shangguan Yu said at this time, his tone was even heavier.

"It's late autumn now, and because we're at the border, the weather is even colder, but you see our soldiers, they're still wearing single clothes, eating clear soup and little water, the first two battles are already a little tired, if we attack again, I'm afraid the morale will not work."

As soon as Shangguan Yu said this, Rong Lian realized that the soldiers were indeed wearing single clothes, and those people even planned to make some money out of the cotton clothes?

At this time, he had to admit that it was really not suitable to take the initiative at this time, and he couldn't help but admire Shangguan Yu even more and be thoughtful.

"But, big brother, it's imperative that we let the soldiers wear cotton clothes first."

The weather is getting colder and colder, and if you don't give off the cotton clothes, I'm afraid that some people will get frostbitten.

"I've figured out a way to do this, we should ...... it"

The two of them got together and discussed, they wanted to perform a play together for some people.

In the afternoon, Shangguan Yu had to give a lecture in front of the general platform as usual, but today, all the soldiers felt that the atmosphere was a little abnormal.

Rong Lian, who was supposed to arrive, did not arrive at this time, thinking of the last time Shangguan Yu was personally executed, everyone sweated for him.

Sure enough, Shangguan Yu's face was getting worse and worse, and just as he was about to call someone to find Rong Lian, Rong Lian came from a distance unhurriedly.

When Shangguan Yu saw him, he scolded coldly: "As a deputy general, why are you late again, how can you set an example for all the soldiers like this?" ”

Rong Lian sneered and confronted him directly: "As the commander-in-chief, where have you ever cared about the soldiers, it is already late autumn, and it will snow in August, and the weather is getting colder and colder, and everyone is still wearing single clothes." The reason why I was late was to visit two soldiers with typhoid fever, and I heard from the military doctor that they had a fever all the time. ”

Hearing Rong Lian say this, Shangguan Yu's face was a little strange: "Why haven't you sent out cotton clothes yet?" ”

The soldiers below all shook their heads, how could they not be cold, but they didn't know why the cotton clothes had not been issued for a long time.

When Shangguan Yu saw it, his face was even more gloomy: "Come on, call all the people from the miscellaneous department to me!" ”

The miscellaneous department is in charge of the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the soldiers of the army, and the soldiers have no cotton clothes, so they can only go to them to ask for them.

After a while, a few petty officials from the miscellaneous affairs department came over, and they were all fat-headed brains, which was just a contrast with the figures of the soldiers.

One of the leaders said to Shangguan Yu with a flattering smile: "I don't know what the general is looking for us now?" ”

Shangguan Yu sneered, "I heard that you haven't taken off your cotton clothes yet, and some of the soldiers have contracted typhoid fever because of this, are you guilty?" ”

"The general doesn't know that the sewing of the cotton clothes will take a long time, not that we don't send it, but that it has not been completely done." The man stumbled.

Shangguan Yu's face was as pale as ice: "Then you will send as many as you want, and give you two days to make it for me, and if one person does not wear cotton clothes after two days, I will wait for your military punishment." ”

After speaking, Shangguan Yu turned his head and left, looking extremely bad.

After a while, Shangguan Yu and Rong Lian had a conflict because of the soldiers' cotton clothes, and the conflict spread throughout the camp, and naturally it also reached the ears of those who cared.

"What? Just because of the cotton clothes, the two of them are angry? A middle-aged man asked somewhere in the barracks.

"Exactly, that Shangguan Yu also lost his temper because of this, saying that all the cotton clothes must be made within two days, boss, what do you think?" The person who spoke was the leader of the miscellaneous department just now.

"You ask me what to do, and I ask you what to do? You said that these two people don't care about how to fight, why did they suddenly worry about this, did you show some kind of horses? ”

The middle-aged man said worriedly.

"I don't think so, last time Shangguan Yu beat him for 20 boards because of Rong Lian's tardiness, I think Rong Lian took advantage of this to play, and the two of them had a conflict. But, sir, can we still get some benefits from the cotton clothes? ”

"Fishing? Fished out of the ass! With him watching, you guys will clean up your hands and feet. ”

The middle-aged man thought about it carefully, and also felt that he was suspicious, and it was estimated that this time Shangguan Yu and Rong Lian grabbed a matter casually and caused a conflict, but since they were concerned about this matter, they had to be honest this time.