Chapter 372: The Case of Arrival at the Pawnshop (18)
Qin Shaobai waited at the Zhao Jiajun's barracks with full doubts.
Yu Tou asked if he wanted to prepare some food and wine, Qin Shaobai waved his hand.
He knew that it would not be easy for Zhao Bai to come up with thousands of taels of silver (Zhao Bai had not yet revealed the treasure to the public). This large group of people might be able to get not just a few thousand taels, but even tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Use up quickly.
In addition, he just saw that all the soldiers were eating were thick-wheat buns, and he really couldn't enjoy the delicious food in front of the soldiers.
"Lijun Lieutenant, you are such a man, Yu Yao admires you."
Yu Tou's unabashed praise made Qin Shaobai a little bit dumbfounded.
Since he didn't want to enjoy the delicious food, Yu Tou invited Qin Shaobai to visit the military camp.
Qin Shaobai discovered that Zhao Bai was indeed a tiger general.
The area at the foot of Phoenix Mountain was originally a place overgrown with grass and no one cared about it.
He actually turned this place into a fully equipped military training base.
The base covers an area of approximately dozens of acres and is divided into three areas.
In the middle is the training ground, where there are piles of wood, which should be used to train the soldiers' arm strength.
Next to the wood pile, there are several plum blossom piles, which should be used to train the soldiers' sensitivity.
Surrounding the plum blossom pile are scarecrows, obviously for the soldiers to fight with their bayonets.
On the far left, there are dozens of war horses with a wide view. It should be a place for cavalry training.
A stove has just been set up on the right hand side. Dozens of large pots are propped on the convenient stone stove. At this moment, the soldiers' light meal is being cooked in the pot. The snow-white rice is wrapped in a large pot of water and kept spitting out.
Bubbles and the aroma will sweep over you.
"This porridge is too thin."
Qin Shaobai stirred the rice porridge in the pot with chopsticks. When he picked up the chopsticks, he found that not even a grain of rice was on the chopsticks.
"This is pretty good. Lieutenant General, please look over there. Those are the sweet potatoes that the general shipped from Yixing. Each soldier can get one every day."
As Yu Yao spoke, there was a hint of joy in his eyes. At the same time, his Adam's apple rolled in his throat, and then his stomach began to growl.
At this time, it was almost noon, but the soldiers were still practicing, and no one asked for food.
"Yutou, why don't we let the soldiers rest for a while and drink some porridge."
"That's not okay. This porridge is for dinner. In fact, no one is hungry. We have already eaten in the morning."
"Only two meals a day?"
Qin Shaobai asked in shock.
“I’ve always had only two meals, but recently I added this sweet potato.”
After Qin Shaobai heard this, his eyes felt astringent.
He quickly looked up at the sky.
The sky in Phoenix Mountain in October is as blue as the sea and as transparent as a piece of flawless blue emerald.
"Lieutenant General, Yuyao is going to accompany the soldiers to practice martial arts first. If you feel tired, go over there and drink tea. This tea is stored here by the general."
Qin Shaobai agreed and watched Yu Yao jump off the plum blossom pile and practice slashing on the pile with the soldiers.
They don't look like people who have just drunk a little porridge. They hold the big knife in their hands, their bodies are strong, and the strength in their hands is not weak at all, and they slash at the scarecrow.
When they were tired of chopping, Yuyao organized them all, sat on the lawn, and began to recite Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong" loudly.
Qin Shaobai looked at them with red eyes.
He suddenly understood why Zhao Bai was so eager to solve the pawnshop case.
What those corrupt officials took away was not just money, but also the courage and determination of these heroic sons and daughters.
Only when the court is clean can people see hope, and the soldiers will be willing to "eat Hun meat with great ambition, and drink Hun blood with great ambition."
Qin Shaobai is now eagerly waiting for Zhao Bai to send good news soon, so that he can lead this group of soldiers to the forefront and kill all the pests.
However, he waited until the sun went down and did not wait for any news from Zhao Bai, let alone the court.
Qin Shaobai had an ominous premonition, so he told Yu Tou to be fully prepared, and he quickly ran to the palace.
As soon as I arrived at the city gate, I noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere in the city.
There were many people from the Imperial City Department outside the city gate, questioning those who were about to go out one by one.
The person in charge of inspecting the city gate was one of Fei Yu's subordinates, and he actually recognized Qin Shaobai.
"Vice-General of the Company, you are here from Zhao Jiajun, right?"
Qin Shaobai nodded and asked him by the way.
"Brothers, thank you for your hard work. What happened today? You have to check it so carefully."
"The deputy general doesn't know anything. The emperor has just ordered that the house of Mr. Tian, the Minister of Household Affairs, be confiscated."
"Master Tian?"
Qin Shaobai couldn't help but screamed in surprise.
But my heart suddenly felt much better.
It seems that there was no news, and the emperor finally decided to cut off those poisonous branches in a drastic way.
Mr. Tian is the first gatekeeper of this pawn shop. If something happens to this pawn shop, Mr. Tian will naturally be held accountable.
"Yes, I heard that someone submitted an account book to the emperor, and that account book recorded Mr. Tian's crimes.
The Emperor Long Yan was furious and immediately took Mr. Tian from the court to prison, and sent Commander Shi to ransack Mr. Tian's home."
"Besides Mr. Tian, is there anyone else who has suffered?"
"I heard that there is also..."
The guard wanted to continue, but suddenly fell silent.
Qin Shaobai looked up and saw Feiyu galloping towards him on horseback.
"Lieutenant General, I was about to go to Fenghuang Mountain to find you. General Zhao asked you to gather at the General's Mansion immediately."
Qin Shaobai frowned slightly. He couldn't figure out why Zhao Bai asked him to rush to the general's mansion at this time?
At this time, shouldn't Zhao Bai take the list and bring those corrupt officials to justice one by one?
He was about to ask Fei Yu, but found that Fei Yu's face was very ugly.
He swallowed and swallowed the doubts in his heart.
The street was not as agitated as he thought. The matter of plagiarizing the Shang Shu's family was like a stall in the vegetable market that was not put up today, and it did not cause any fluctuations.
"Lieutenant Company, let's hurry up."
Feiyu saw Qin Shaobai's eyes falling on the street, as if he was searching for something, so he quickly urged, and at the same time, he swung a whip and hit the horse.
The horse was startled and rushed forward.
Qin Shaobai had no choice but to clamp his legs together and drive the horse forward.
After a while, they arrived at the general's mansion.
What Qin Shaobai didn't expect was that Zhao Bai was not the only one waiting for him.
Li Xiaolin, Bai Min, and Lian Lejing were all sitting in the courtyard of the General's Mansion.
What makes Qin Shaobai happy is that there is someone he really wants to see in the yard, and he will meet again.
"General Bi, you came out, I, I am so happy."
Qin Shaobai ran up to Bi Zaiyu as soon as he got off his horse and grabbed Bi Zaiyu's hand without hesitation.
His eyes sparkled when he looked at Bi Zaiyu.
The sincere look in his eyes and the warmth in his hands surprised Bi Zaiyu.
Although he also knew that the man in front of him was Zhao Bai's deputy general, he had never interacted with this deputy general.
I really didn't expect that the lieutenant in front of me would be so excited to be free again like a friend of many years.
"Thank you for your concern, little brother. With friends like you to help me, I don't have to worry about being wronged."
Seeing that Qin Shaobai's eyes were full of excitement, he almost pulled Bi Zaiyu to spit out all his secrets. Zhao Bai coughed lightly and then greeted him.
"Lieutenant General, come here quickly. Things have changed a bit. We need to discuss what to do next?"
Zhao Bailian emphasized the word "deputy general" very strongly.
Only then did Qin Shaobai remember that he was now Lian Bai, the Lian Bai who had no contact with Bi Zaiyu.
He awkwardly let go of Bi Zaiyu's hand and sat next to Lian Le.
After Qin Shaobai sat down, Zhao Bai briefly explained the current situation.
Things didn't go as smoothly as he imagined.
The emperor was indeed furious when he saw the account book, but he didn't quite approve of the list they had worked so hard to find out.
Especially when he saw the cronies of Empress Yang and Shi Miyuan on the list, he shook his head like a rattle and didn't believe anything he said. He had given these people a heavy responsibility, and the ministers who trusted them would think of ways to poach them.
His family background.
"What does this mean, Your Majesty? Does it mean that we have wronged those people?"
Qin Shaobai was a little angry.
They have paid a lot for this list.
After this incident was over, Zhao Bai still didn't know how to repay the debt he owed to Wo Kuotai.
Qin Shaobai felt his head hurt when he thought of this.
He had read everything from the history books, and what Zhao Bai wanted to do would never succeed.
At that time, Zhao Bai may be attacked from both sides, and I don't know what kind of end he will end up with.
Thinking of this, Qin Shaobai couldn't help but glance at Zhao Bai again.
The man in front of him made him feel more and more strange.
He didn't even understand what Zhao Bai would do next.