Early in the morning, as soon as Zhou Cang entered the public house and sat down, the adjutant next to him came over to report something.
"Sir, something strange happened at the mass grave on the outskirts of the city last night. A huge hole appeared inexplicably on the mountainside, as if it was left after something exploded."
"Explode? Violent fire oil?" Zhou Cang knew that there was fierce fire oil in the army. If it is piled up and ignited, it will explode. It is extremely powerful, and it is not much more powerful than some combat skills in the Aperture Realm. So for a moment
When he heard the word "explode", he first thought of fierce fire oil.
However, the adjutant shook his head and said: "Sir, it's not fire oil. That thing is a heavy weapon in the military. We in the garrison don't have much in our hands, and it is even less likely that the civilians have enough fire oil to explode. And fire oil explodes.
There was thick smoke and fire, but there were no signs of these at the mass grave last night. Local inspections also found no signs of burning.
This thing is weird, and I have arranged for a pair of people to go over and join the people from the Yamen to start a detailed investigation."
"People from the yamen? They have also passed by?" Zhou Cang's hand holding the tea paused, and he turned to look at the adjutant in surprise. Because generally speaking, the yamen servants of local yamen will only be active in the city, unless something happened in the village outside the city.
The case will only go away after someone reports it to the police. As for places like mass graves, except for when the local government dumps corpses and buries people, it is impossible to go there. It is the outskirts of the garrison's daily patrol of the city.
Jurisdiction. So it was not surprising to Zhou Cang that the garrison people discovered something unusual about the mass grave. It was a bit strange that the people from the local government also passed by it so quickly.
So Zhou Cang asked again: "Is it the person from the local government office you notified?"
"No, sir. In fact, people from the local government arrived before our people. Our patrolling troops saw them rushing to the mass graves and then followed them and discovered the strange things above. We were worried that it might be Beiwu Kingdom or
The spies from Huayue Kingdom across the river are plotting this, so we are following to investigate."
Langyuan City has a special geographical location. To the north is the complicated Beiwu Kingdom, and across the river to the east is the Huayue Shang Kingdom, which has always wanted to annex the Nanyuan Kingdom. Therefore, although Langyuan City does not have any tense front-line battlefields, it can be used as a battlefield here.
Everyone in the garrison was extremely sensitive to any strange things, and they were worried that people from Beiwu and Huayue would come and do something secretive.
"People from the local government arrived first? Are they free? Why are they patrolling the mass graves?"
"This subordinate has no idea." The adjutant was also aware of the strange behavior displayed by the local government, but he did not discover the underlying cause, so he could only express his ignorance.
"First find out the origin of the big hole. Don't involve the people in the yamen too deeply. If there are any consequences, don't inform them unless necessary. Keep it a secret, do you understand?"
"My subordinate understands."
Zhou Cang has a lot of things on his hands. He has only been in Langyuan City for less than three years, and he is not looking for big achievements, but he just wants to have no mistakes. After all, stability is the first priority in Langyuan City.
Sitting on the chair, Zhou Cang opened the military newspaper that had just arrived today. It opened with two names that he was relatively familiar with. One was "Song Qinghe" and the other was "Lin Zedong". So he quickly read it carefully. Look.
After finishing, he sighed and said to the adjutant next to him with a hint of envy: "Lin Zedong is very lucky. Following General Song, he can now make meritorious deeds in places like Yubei Mountain. This time, he was directly listed in the list.
General Song's name appeared on the front page of the military newspaper, this qualification is really enviable!"
Zhou Cang and Lin Zedong are contemporaries and good friends. They have had a deep friendship with each other for many years. In fact, in terms of starting point, Zhou Cang is better than Lin Zedong. After all, getting involved in the military depends on family matters.
, and Zhou Cang is a typical martial arts family. As soon as he came out of the Jiangwu Academy, he reached a height that others would have to struggle for several years or even ten years to reach.
On the other hand, Lin Zedong could only remain unknown at the beginning, and might even sink into the masses in the military, or die on some frontier battlefield. But with the rise of Song Qinghe, he became deeply known in the Jiangwu Academy.
Lin Zedong, who was favored by Song Qinghe, also ushered in a strong career trend and took advantage of it. Now he not only equaled Zhou Cang in terms of job title, but also gained a lot of qualifications in Yubei Mountain. Now Lian Jun
His name was in the military newspapers. This is not an easy task. At least Zhou Cang has not been in the military newspapers once until now.
According to this momentum, Zhou Cang felt that Lin Zedong would be ahead of him in the near future if nothing unexpected happened.
Jealousy is not a given, but envy is real.
However, the adjutant smiled and said: "Sir, Master Lin has his luck, and you also have yours. I really don't know who will envy whom in the future."
"Haha, you're talking about the bone-strengthening pill?"
"Yes, Sir. The reason why Sir Lin is able to have such smooth sailing is actually because of the help of Zhang Yan, who is from the miscellaneous school lineage. Not only the Kongming Lantern that has been promoted in fortresses all over the country, but also the Bagua Formation that has been mentioned many times in military newspapers.
, even the kind of pulley that can be used in many places was brought out by Zhang Yan. It is not an exaggeration to say that good wind relies on strength.
Now that the wind has also blown close to you, and it seems that it will not move for a while, then if you borrow the power of this wind, you will not be inferior to Master Lin."
Proper speech lies in having your own bias. Whoever you prefer must find the key points of your speech in favor of that side, rather than pretentious rational analysis.
Sure enough, the adjutant's words played into Zhou Cang's heart. Indeed, he was envious of Lin Zedong's current upward momentum and environment. But that did not mean that Zhou Cang was inferior to him. Lin Zedong's style is now
Isn't it right next to him? Compared with Bagua array, Kongming lantern and the like, Bone Strengthening Pill is only stronger! The power he can borrow from Zhou Cang will only be stronger than what Lin Zedong can borrow!
However, there are many differences between the Bone Strengthening Pill and things like the Bagua Array. Its use cannot be publicized everywhere. It is a stepping stone to the upper level. The usage is more complicated.
Thinking of this, Zhou Cang asked again: "Has there been any reply from Commander Shi Jun?"
"Not yet. But I asked Adjutant Chen, and he said that the commander-in-chief is almost finished with his work recently. If you are eager to see me, you can go there in person in two days. This is the safest way."
Zhou Cang thought for a while, nodded and said: "Then let's arrange it the day after tomorrow. Then you can follow me to the Eastern Army camp. If Adjutant Chen is right, I am all here, and the military commander should meet with me.
.But you'd better be fully prepared today and tomorrow to ensure that nothing goes wrong."
"Don't worry, sir. My subordinates have been prepared according to your previous instructions and can be taken away at any time."
"Also, regarding Zhang Yan's safety, there must be no mistakes after we leave. Just remember to give the order..."