Chapter 58 Cross the river and demolish the bridge
It is not known who the "master of my family" is in the mouth of the two brothers of the Kunlun faction, and it is still unclear whether Li Baohua was instructed by this person to plan for a long time, but Li Baohua's intention to sell this batch of grain to enrich his own pockets is an indisputable fact.
Li Baohua, as an official of the imperial court and a local magistrate, not only did he not think about sharing his worries and repaying the service when the country was worried about internal and external troubles, but he was bold enough to do such a rebellious thing, which can be described as a great crime.
The food and salary have been found, and the relevant people have gradually surfaced, so far the evidence and material evidence of the food theft case are all there, which can be said to be obvious, Lin Fengsheng is happy and angry, and secretly glanced at Guo Xian'er.
Guo Xian'er understood, slowly retreated to the crack, and suddenly shouted loudly in a rough voice: "My lord, there is also food hidden here!"
Li Baohua was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ran over, squatted down and looked at it, as if he couldn't see it clearly enough, and then lay on the edge of the crack and stretched his neck to look down, and got rid of a big king eight. As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, Li Baohua is not greedy enough, and when he gets carried away, where can he take care of his official authority and decency?
Guo Xian'er crossed the crack to the opposite side, standing opposite Li Baohua, as if Li Baohua was giving her a five-body bow, and secretly laughed: "Lao Wang Ba has shown his original form, great, now you will never be able to turn over." ”
Li Baohua looked at it, only to see that it was pitch black in the cracks, where was there any silver and rice grain, and suddenly raised his head and said: "You little bastard, do you entertain Lao Tzu, how can there be any food here!"
Guo Xian'er didn't look down at it just now, naturally she didn't see it with her own eyes, but Fu Daen personally said that there was a part of the food hidden here, and it would never be wrong, so he said unhurriedly: "How dare you entertain your lord, please take a closer look, there must be a large amount of food hidden below." ”
After speaking, he said secretly: "I was not born by you, how can I be a little bastard? You old bastard has committed such a big crime, your devils, turtles, grandchildren, and turtle eggs will follow you to the big mold." No matter how many there are, they will all die!"
Li Baohua shouted: "Come on, go down and have a look, and see if there is really food hidden below!" Still not getting up, his head moving around, kept looking into the cracks.
Many officials stepped forward in response, and when they saw his appearance, they couldn't help but be secretly amused. The dignified and powerful lord who is usually high and powerful is lying on the ground like a turtle at this moment, which seems extremely funny in the eyes of everyone. Even worse, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Li Baohua realized that his actions were undignified this time, so he hurriedly got up, coughed a few times, brushed the sleeves of his robe and said coldly: "What's so funny, don't go down quickly!"
The two officials were tied to their waists with long ropes, and the other end was dragged by others and hung down into the cracks. As soon as he drooped down, he shouted: "Lord Qiqi, Lu Meng and Wang Sishan are still alive!"
It is said that Wang Sishan and Lu Meng were squeezed between the two walls, unable to act, and they hated each other very much in their hearts, but they only scolded each other relatively angrily. At this time, seeing his colleagues coming down, Wang Sishan was overjoyed and said: "Quickly help me up, I will tell you all the locations where the grain and salary are hidden!"
One of the people who hung down the crack said: "You are obviously still alive, but you don't make a noise about the food hidden here, what are your intentions, do you want to swallow it alone!"
Wang Sishan was about to argue, and Li Baohua said above: "Don't worry about them, it's important to find the rest of the food, let them fend for themselves here!"
The two officials immediately continued to hang down the rope and did not look at the two of them again.
Wang Sishan's heart was cold, and he shouted: "My lord, I am loyal to you, you can't treat me like this!" "Get me out!"
This hoarse shout only brought Li Baohua and his laughter with everyone.
Lu Meng sneered: "Now you know the character of the dog official surnamed Li, this is called crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, but unfortunately some people can't see through themselves, and they are still wagging their tails and begging for mercy, which is ridiculous." ”
Wang Sishan said angrily: "What can you do if you see through it, you are not trapped here like me, how can you not have the surname Fu to rescue you out? You don't have to be proud, even if I die here, I will pull you on your back!"
Lu Meng turned his head and didn't answer, and after sneering a few times, he simply laughed out loud.
After a while, the voice of a government official came from below, and said, "My lord, there is indeed a large amount of silver here, and some brothers will be sent down!"
Li Baohua was overjoyed when he heard this, and then sent several officials down, and said loudly: "You untie the rope around your waist, first transport the silver taels, and finally pull you up!" He was excited, and his voice trembled a little.
At this time, the sound of hooves on the road was heard, and with the sound of wheels rolling, dozens of carriages came slowly. It was the official sent by Li Baohua to hire a big car that came back.
Lin Fengsheng saw that the official who hired the car turned around so quickly, and couldn't help but sigh secretly: "If you wait for the time to solve the case and arrest the culprit and eliminate the evil, you will be as fast as you are at this time, why worry about Wei Chu and not be at peace." This is a truly heart-wrenching act. ”
Li Baohua bowed his hand to Wang Shijie and Wu Zhong and said: "Two gentlemen, the lower officials have prepared a vehicle to transport food and salary, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, it is best to load the car and set off tonight." ”
Wang Shijie said: "There is Master Lao Li, and my master also has this intention." It is rumored that the rebels have won a great victory in Ailao Mountain, but I am afraid that they will return in the near future, and the boy surnamed Lin is very shrewd, if he hears the news, he will definitely be in trouble. ”
Li Baohua even claimed that it was, and said: "The kid surnamed Lin is young, but he is really not easy to match, without further ado, the next official will order someone to load the car." ”
Wu Zhong always had a grudge against Lin Fengsheng, and when he heard the two of them exalt him like this, he was very angry, and snorted: "It's not that we are afraid of the kid surnamed Lin, it's just that the war in the north is tight, and the army is short of food and grass, so we don't have time to meet him in general!"
Wang Shijie shook his head with a smile and said: "You kid is hard-mouthed, you have learned the skills of the kid surnamed Lin, don't take it lightly." ”
Wu Zhong snorted again, turned his head and stopped talking. Li Baohua instructed the officials to load the grain and wages found into the cart.
Lin Fengsheng heard Wu Zhong's words, his heart moved suddenly, and he secretly thought: "The army in his mouth must be the Mongolian army, there is no doubt that the Mongolian army has left its homeland and has no food and grass, so he sent people to raise it secretly in Dali." This grain was to be transported to the northern border to help the Mongol army, and it seems that most of the masters they said were Mongol generals. ”
The silver in the cracks was transported one after another, as much as thirty or forty thousand taels, Li Baohua's eyes were straight, and he said in a daze: "Two gentlemen, where is your master now?
Wang Shijie instructed the officials to load the silver into the cart, and said: "My master has been busy discussing major matters with the leaders of various tribes these days, but I am afraid that I will not have time to see you." Your reward has been ordered by my master, and this rice grain will not be converted, and we will divide the account fifty-fifty between the silver. Take fifty thousand taels of silver. ”
Li Baohua's face changed, he suddenly felt happy and worried, picked up a piece of silver and looked at it for a moment, and said with a sad face: "These are the treasury silver of the imperial court, can the lower officials dare to ask for it, can it be exchanged for silver tickets?"
Fifty thousand taels of silver is not a decimal number, and it will inevitably attract attention when it is transported back to Olu City, and these are treasury silver, which are usually only circulated for military pay and disaster relief, and Li Baohua will be exposed as long as he uses it. The silver ticket is not only convenient to carry, but also can be exchanged in various places, which is naturally hundreds of times better than the cash in front of you.
In addition, he was very jealous of Lin Fengsheng, the righteous army defeated the mountain bandits, the mission of this trip has been completed, and the next step is bound to step up the investigation of the whereabouts of the lost food. Once he finds out the clues, it is inevitable that he will suspect him, and he will not dare to be careless.
Wang Shijie's eyes rolled and said, "Okay, I'll pay you the silver ticket." Let's talk more about it on the road. Stretched out his hand and patted Li Baohua's shoulder and said, "This time I was able to successfully raise food, thanks to Master Li, we will all be good friends in the future, and I will definitely think of you if there is a benefit." ”
Li Baohua was overjoyed and said: "In this way, there are two more, what is the use of the lower officials, just open your mouth, the lower officials will do their best." ”
Wu Zhong said: "You just follow those tribes to make trouble together, as long as you disturb the peace of Dali country, you will do my master a great favor, and you will naturally not forget your benefits when the time comes." ”
As he spoke, all the silver in the crack had been taken out, and Li Baohua waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"
A government official who looked like a squad leader reminded, "My lord, we still have several brothers down there. ”
Li Baohua said: "I know, let me ask you, do you want to share a little more or less of the reward given by the two gentlemen?"
The head of the team said without thinking: "Naturally, it's a little more." ”
Li Baohua said: "Zhao, then what do you care about them?"
The head of the team suddenly realized, and when he boarded, his face was full of joy, and he closed his mouth and stopped talking.
The group immediately drove the carriage away from the cliff, only to hear the shouts of several officials in the cracks.
Lin Fengsheng and Guo Xian'er witnessed the actions of Li Baohua and others, and they secretly scolded them for being blinded by greed and conscience, and they had no humanity at all, which was really hateful.
The two of them flashed into the woods, and Li Baohua and the others were full of ambition at this time, and they didn't notice it at all. The two of them returned to the official road with light skills, and Mei Ruoxue's voice came from the grass and trees on the side of the road: "Cousin, we are here." ”
Lin Fengsheng and Guo Xian'er immediately plunged into it, and the grass and trees on both sides of the road were very lush, covering more than 100 people tightly. Lin Fengsheng said: "Li Baohua and the two traitors will trade here later, everyone will follow my orders, be sure to capture them alive, and cut off all the food." The two traitors are quite successful in martial arts, and try to avoid their edges. ”
More than 100 hidden heroes conveyed to each other, just waiting to capture Li Baohua, a scum, alive and hand it over to the alliance leader for punishment.