In the Taihe Hall of the Western Shu Palace, Shu Emperor Meng Chang was sitting on the dragon chair, his eyes were like a torch and his face was gloomy!
Several civil servants were kneeling at the foot of the steps, trembling all over and sweat dripping from their foreheads!
Both sides of the hall were filled with civil and military officials! All the officials had their eyes lowered, not daring to face the emperor's gaze!
The entire hall was already dark, and the flickering candlelight reflected the beating shadows on the emperor's face, making his expression even more ferocious!
Everyone could see that the Emperor of Shu was very angry at this time, and all the officials were so frightened that they did not dare to express their anger for fear of offending Long Yan!
Shu Emperor Meng Chang suddenly slapped the handrail with his right hand, and there was a snap sound, which was like thunder on the ground in the silent hall, and all the officials were frightened and trembled in their hearts!
"Master Deng, I asked you to raise 100,000 shi of military rations, but you actually said that you didn't even have enough 100 shi. Do you want to die?"
Prince Shaobao was kneeling on the left, and Dr. Deng Xiyan immediately said in panic: "I don't dare!" His forehead was close to the ground, and he was in a state of embarrassment. "The food in the entire Chengdu has been collected by me!"
Meng Chang's expression was gloomy, "You mean, the entire Rongcheng only has these one hundred shi of food?"
Deng Xiyan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said tremblingly: "Yes!"
"Where's the rest of the food?"
"No...I don't know!"
Meng Chang's eyes were spitting fire, "What do you do for food?"
Li Gonggong said: "The news of the imperial court's grain requisition was posted on the imperial list half a month ago. According to Master Deng, he discovered that the entire food stock in Rongcheng had been transferred away ten days ago. In other words,
The mysterious man who bought the grain moved away nearly half a million dan of grain and grass in just a few days!"
Shu Emperor Meng Chang's eyes were gloomy, "This is a serious matter! The Demon Lord will never play such a bad game!"
Shu Emperor Meng Chang said angrily: "Then what kind of person do you think you are?"
Yan Hexiang lowered his head and said in a weaker voice, "I don't know!"
Home, of course, is Yingyue Villa!
Meng Xu immediately laughed and said: "I thought I was this kind of person, haha!"
I saw this man with jade trees facing the wind and a majestic air. He was none other than the emperor's younger brother Meng Xu!
Meng Chang's face was gloomy, "Doubtful? Don't talk nonsense without evidence!"
"Back to the emperor, I haven't heard any response."
Eunuch Li suddenly said: "How can we be sure that these five hundred thousand grains and grass have been transferred out of the city?"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Let's go home and take a look."
Emperor Shu said to the emperor's brother: "Hurry up and find the food and grass, otherwise it will affect the war situation!"
Who has never died since ancient times?
The young eunuch immediately bowed and said, "Yes!" Then he turned and left!
Meng Xu watched the back of the young eunuch disappear outside the hall and said with a smile: "Eunuch Li, you actually have such a talent under your command, you can hide it well enough!" It can be seen from Acheng's steps that although he is young,
, but the martial arts is not low!
After a long time, Ah Cheng came back to resume his life.
"Have the bad guys noticed this?"
Ah Cheng bowed and said: "Yes!"
"Back to the emperor, my former minister, Ban Yue, did sort out the grain reserves in various places in Rongcheng. It definitely exceeds 500,000 dan, which can fully meet the imperial court's need to collect 200,000 dan. So I was a little careless. I didn't expect that someone would interfere.
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Shu Emperor Meng Chang said: "Your Tiandu Sect can't do it?"
Because many gossips revealed that although Shanmeng promised that "when one party is in trouble, all parties will support", it will also consider whether the gang in trouble is a member of Shanmeng. If it is "one of our own", it will definitely give priority to help! So join Shanmeng,
Just to lean against the big tree and enjoy the shade!
As for the so-called alliance leader, you have to obey the orders of the alliance leader. Isn't this natural?
Meng Chang looked at the two people next to him, his voice stern, "Master Yan, Master He, who can give me an explanation?"
"It's your business to raise money and food. If I hadn't known that your mother was seriously ill recently, so I asked Mr. Deng to take charge temporarily. Don't think that the responsibility belongs to Mr. Deng! You are also responsible if anything happens!"
Meng Xu said: "Half a million stones, how many oxcarts or horse-drawn carriages will be used? The bad guys have not noticed any abnormalities recently, which shows that their actions are quite secretive! Besides the Demon Cult, who else has this kind of strength?"
Meng Xu smiled and said, "In your eyes, am I actually this kind of person?"
The tense atmosphere in the hall suddenly became much more relaxed when Meng Xu disrupted it!
Eunuch Li narrowed his eyes and smiled like a fox, "If you don't hide it deeply, wouldn't it mean that the prince has taken advantage of the corner again?"
Some young disciples will ask, what if the leader of the alliance asks us to charge into the battle and lead the battle? Wouldn't our sacrifice be in vain? Lao Jianghu will tell him that once the demon sect's army attacks, the entire martial arts forest will be destroyed, the building will collapse, and there will be no end.
Egg? You can't escape death anyway, why not give it a try? Just like asking everyone to draw a lot of life and death, you may not necessarily get the death lot! And even if you get the death lot, you may not necessarily die when performing the task! Even if you die, that is
Leaving a name in history is more important than Mount Tai, rather than being slaughtered like an animal by the Demon Cult and dying worthless!
Young people are not actually afraid of death, they are just afraid that it will not be worth it!
Feng Jiuxiao looked at the ruins in front of her with no expression on her face. Liancheng actually used explosives in order to eradicate the weeds! There were ruins everywhere, and many places were razed to the ground!
Pang Shishi was afraid of Feng Jiuxiao and said: "Brother, Si Lunzi, Xiaodouzi, Big Ears, their tombs seem to be in the north!"
Meng Chang said: "Have you asked the soldiers guarding the city gate? Have they seen the vehicles carrying grain leaving the city?"
Eunuch Li pondered: "We are now in the same boat as the Demon Sect. Why do they do this? What is their motive?"
Liu Minzhi came out of the queue, bowed and said: "Back to the emperor, I don't know what to say!"
Meng Xu said: "If they really did it, they would have eliminated all the evidence long ago!"
Eunuch Li said: "Well done! Go down!"
Eunuch Li immediately slapped his thigh, "Yes, you can just ask the gatekeeper to find out. Look at my brain." He looked back at the shadow of the main hall, crossed his fingers, and a young eunuch walked out of the darkness.
, the momentum was like a rainbow, Eunuch Li said: "Ah Cheng, go to each city gate immediately and inquire."
Feng Jiuxiao sat alone in the pavilion, filled with emotions!
Due to the death of the second son of Qi, the scattered martial arts community in the Central Plains showed signs of unity again!
In addition to Jianghu gangs who had friendship with the young marquis, many gangs who heard that the leader of the Shan League was holding a Central Plains martial arts demon-killing conference in Qi Mansion also came to Hengyang! They had only one purpose, which was to join the Shan League!
Meng Xu immediately said: "Brother, don't worry, I'll go right away!"
Suddenly someone at the bottom of the stairs said: "Your Majesty, I suspect this is the devil's sect behind this!"
Deng Xiyan dared not say a word!
Many veterans finally felt that the big stone pressing on their chests had been lifted, and their breathing became easier.
"Are all of them such idiots? I don't know this or that! I raise an army for a thousand days and use it for a while. What's the point of raising a bunch of trash like you?" Meng Chang was almost roaring like an angry lion!
He suddenly turned his head and said loudly: "Eunuch Li!"
When someone leaves, someone comes.
Yan Hexiang, the imperial censor, said in a trembling voice: "I... I heard that someone is buying up grain in the city recently. I suspect... I suspect that someone has bad intentions and is buying with malicious intent!"
Now that they have figured it out, they are relieved!
Meng Chang's eyes flashed fiercely, "Someone is purchasing grain with malicious intent? Who is it?"
"Back to the emperor, back to my father-in-law. I asked the gatekeepers at the four city gates. Within fifteen days, there were less than ten grain trucks from the four city gates combined."
Meng Xu said: "How is this possible? Who sells grain and has to question customers about their privacy?"
The emperor's younger brother Meng Xu said: "That's right! Cutting off our food supply and affecting our army's expedition will do them no good at all! But except for the Demon Cult, who else is so bold and dares to steal food from the imperial court? Deng
The purchase of grain and grass started half a month ago, and the stock of grain and grass in Chengdu was definitely more than 500,000 dan half a month ago. I specifically asked Mr. Liu about this!"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Let's go and have a look."
Shu Mengchang looked at Liu Minzhi, the Minister of Household Affairs, and said, "Master Liu, why have you been silent for so long?"
Hengyang, Qifu.
Meng Xu said: "Didn't Mr. Deng say that he has personally seen all the granaries and grain hoards? They have all been emptied. Moreover, every grain merchant has an account book, and clearly remembers the date of shipment and the quantity of shipment!"
Meng Xu said resolutely: "It can't be done! Even if one cart can pull twenty dan, 10,000 dan will require 500 oxen carts, and 500,000 dan will require 25,000 oxen carts! Such a big movement
, even a fool can detect it! I really can’t imagine how to move five hundred thousand stones of food and grass out of the city!"
Li Gonggong asked: "Do you have the buyer's information?"
If you want to die, die vigorously!
Eunuch Li, the python-robed eunuch, immediately bowed and said: "I'm here, old slave!"
By this time, the major gangs had dispersed one after another.
The gangs that had already joined the Shan League earlier sent people to pay homage to the leader to show their loyalty. The Baima Gang, the Golden Knife Sect, the Xihe Sect, the Beggar Clan, the Yaowang Valley, the Maoshan Sect, and the Huashan Sect all sent elite disciples, mainly to let them
See the leader of the alliance with your own eyes, and then take the opportunity to let them practice in the arena!
Pang Shiwu appeared outside the pavilion at this time, "Brother, they have finally left, you should take a rest."
Emperor Shu's eyes flashed, "If the city guards did not notice the suspicious vehicle leaving the city, it means that the batch of food and grass is still in the city, but we don't know where the treasure is!" Deep in his heart, he also felt that this batch of food and grass was very dangerous.
Eighty-nine are still in the city! Twenty-five thousand ox carts leaving the city, what a spectacular scene it would be. Even if they leave the city through four gates, each city gate would need to transport about five or six thousand carts. It is impossible.
Not alarming passers-by! But judging from the information obtained through various channels, no one noticed anything unusual, which shows that there is a high possibility that the food and grass have not left the city!
Meng Xu said: "As long as we are still in the city, everything will be easy to talk about!"
The bodies of these local people were collected by the young marquis, and the tombstones were arranged by the young marquis.
The little Marquis helped his brother finish the last journey, and now he also helped the little Marquis finish the last journey!
Could it be that one drink and one peck are predestined? Things are so unpredictable!
In front of them was a dense forest of steles. In addition to the tombstones of Si Lengzi, Xiaodouzi, Big Er and others, there were also Liu Zhenfeng, Huang Yuanshen, Liu Songren, Li Chihong, Li Qinghong, Li Lanhong and dozens of Imperial City Division masters. Quite a few.
Housekeepers, maids, and other low-level people who were not noticed before, the young marquis actually erected monuments for them! Feng Jiuxiao couldn't help but sigh, "The young marquis is as grand as ever!" Pang Shiwu said: "It would be the same for you and me.
." Pang Shiwu will never ignore these low-level people! Because he also comes from the bottom!
Feng Jiuxiao bowed deeply towards the Forest of Steles and said, "Brothers, I swear to kill Liancheng to avenge you!"