Chapter 125: Three fires to take office, one of them
At this moment, Yu Gou was sitting in a building with a group of officers guarding the city. The window, which was only about a foot wide, was covered with linen. The last person who came in closed the door tightly and pushed it with a wooden stick.
Jiang, the official of the team, asked Yu Gou worriedly: "Old Yu, you are very accurate in judging people. Why don't you tell me about it? This Li Shou envoy is too young. This kind of person is afraid that he will not be content with the status quo and must find ways to get there."
We have to climb up, so I'm afraid that he will pull some tricks and prevent us from having a peaceful life."
Yu Gou chewed grass leaves in his mouth, then lowered his head and spat it out, and said rather gloomily: "People are always angry, and it's okay for people to want to be promoted. But you don't have to worry too much, Congling is here.
Who doesn’t know about the earth? It’s freezing cold for nine months a year. No one cares about our life and death except ourselves. Even if he can jump around, his spirit will wear out as time goes by.”
The captain and the captains all nodded in agreement. Yu Zhubo was right. Congling Shouchuo was indeed a forgotten corner. Even if Li Siye made a big fuss, no one would pay attention to it. Unless there was a rebellion, no one would
Pay attention to him.
Yu Gou pondered and said: "The thing I'm most worried about right now is that he is sorting out the missing armor with us. There are more than 160 people, but only 40 sets of armor. If this matter is investigated, you and I will not be able to escape from it.
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"Damn it!" A chief raised his foot and stepped heavily on the bench: "Everyone of us participated in the selling of armor, and the law does not punish everyone! What can he do?"
There was the sound of footsteps outside the door, and everyone hurriedly fell silent. Yu Gou quietly walked to the door and asked in a low voice: "Who is it?"
"Master Bo, it's me." The soldier who sent the order deliberately said loudly: "Are Captain Song and Captain Shi in your room?"
"Not here, why are you looking for them?"
"The guard ordered them to lead all the soldiers, put on armor and assemble outside the thatched hall."
Yu Gou rolled his eyes, his expression moved slightly, and he replied in a low voice: "I'll inform them, and you go back and report back to the envoy."
After the soldiers walked away, one of them finally couldn't help but said: "We gather three times a day, what is he going to do?"
Yu Gou's expression was serious: "It may be about pursuing the armor. Don't mess around later. Just follow my eyes. As long as they can survive this matter, they should join us. This word is not used correctly, but
That’s probably what it means.”
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Li Siye held a straw mat and sat cross-legged at the door of the thatched hall. A group of soldiers guarding the Congling Mountain lined up and stood below. They even distributed dozens of sets of armors to each person equally, just like when Li Siye first met him.
Everyone is missing armor, and Li Siye cannot punish everyone.
Tian Zhen and Fujimu were standing on the left and right sides of the thatched hall holding sticks and wearing armor. The armor was bright and thick, and they looked very powerful.
Li Siye shouted loudly and asked: "Where is your armor?"
The soldiers bowed their heads in silence, and the officers understood it tacitly, and they were all very calm.
"Where is your armor? Where has it gone?"
Still no one spoke.
Li Siye raised his head and asked Yu Gou: "Yu Zhubo, you are in charge of the warehouse. Don't you know that the armor is missing?"
Yu Gou put his hands into his sleeves, bowed and said, "I would like to inform you, your Majesty, that I, the Congling Guard, are armed all year round. The armors are distributed to the soldiers and are not stored in the warehouse. This is recorded in the account books."
The officers glanced at Yu Gou from the corner of their eyes, thinking that Master Yu was really naughty and had taken away all his own responsibilities first.
Li Siye glared majestically at Shi Duizheng and Song Duizheng, and asked in a deep voice: "Two captains, you each command more than 60 troops, and the soldiers under your command are short of armor. Don't you have something to explain?"
The two looked at each other, knelt down on one knee at the same time, the heavy armor made a clattering sound, and they crossed their hands and confessed: "My subordinates failed to manage their subordinates well, resulting in the lack of armor. Please guard and punish me!"
The soldiers behind them all knelt on the ground at the same time, and said loudly in unison: "These are our faults and have nothing to do with the two captains. Please punish us!"
Li Siye looked at him coldly. These people seemed to have a good attitude towards pleading guilty, but in fact they were moving forward and retreating together to put pressure on him, the one who was trying to catch him. The law should not be punished, and the most difficult thing to deal with is these groups that collectively break the law. The common interests will
Twist them into a rope.
He stood up from the ground with his hand, walked slowly to the two people kneeling on the ground, and reached out to pat Shi Jiang's armor. Captain Shi, who didn't know what was going on, was lowering his head even lower, but Li Siye lowered his head to identify his armor.
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Li Siye said coldly: "You think I am so lonely and ignorant that I can't even recognize an infantryman or an officer?"
He walked around again behind Song Heng. The captain was very panicked. He raised his head carefully and then quickly lowered his head. Li Siye circled around him and slowly stepped onto the shale steps. Song Heng quietly relaxed.
After a breath, he suddenly stopped, turned around, walked over to Song Heng, and took off the Hengdao from his waist.
He pinched the handle of the knife and pulled out half of the blade. He flicked the blade with two fingers. He closed the knife with both hands and said angrily: "Heng Dao is also divided into three, six and nine grades! You replaced the saber with an inferior horizontal knife."
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In the end, Shi Jiang and Song Heng could not deny it and could only lower their heads deeper.
Li Siye's move shocked everyone, and the commanders and soldiers did not dare to speak anymore. The captain's weapons and armor were lost, and they did not dare to bear the blame.
"Shi Jiang! Song Heng! You two are not strict in your rule, you have lost your armor and weapons, and you have used inferior armor to get away with it! For such a heinous crime, I won't give in even if I kill you!"
"Your Majesty, we plead guilty!"
They both fell to the ground.
Seeing that the threat had taken effect, Li Siye slowed down a little and said, "But it's time to hire people to guard Congling. I'll spare your lives for the time being and beat you with fifty army sticks instead! I don't think the team will do it anymore."
How long has it been reduced to a long term and kept for inspection?"
He immediately ordered to Tian Zhen and Fujimu who were standing on both sides: "You two, give me a military stick first."
The two of them wrinkled their noses and were still a little unhappy. We followed you to Congling as a servant. However, they were reluctant, but they still stood behind the two of them holding big sticks.
Shi Jiang and Song Heng took the initiative to take off their armor and lay on the ground with their bare backs to be tortured. Tian Zhen and Teng Mu swung their wooden sticks heavily, hitting their backs with a sound like a hammer, and not long after, their backs
The blood was spattered and bruised, and even the two of them were sweating.
After fifty military sticks were beaten, the two men, even though they were strong men, lost the ability to move. They lay on the ground and just gasped, but did not scream.
Li Siye nodded secretly. These two men were indeed men. They had endured fifty military sticks without making a sound. Their endurance was remarkable.
"From today on, Tian Zhen will be in charge of the first team, and Teng Mu will be in charge of the second team. If you are dissatisfied, come to me as soon as possible." Li Siye pointed to the crowd and said: "Now I ask you, you
Where have all the armor gone?"
No one could answer his question. Based on the principle of being lenient if they confessed, breaking their legs and feet, being lenient if they resisted, and going home to celebrate the New Year, they decided to fight to the end and see what the new capture envoy could do to them.