General Li has been having a lot of bad luck lately.
First, his wife called the servants in the house to tell him that her youngest daughter Ruyi was acting strangely recently. Not only was she depressed and dazed all day, but she even refused to bring him meals. She asked him if Ruyi had been wronged in the military camp.
Even if General Li racked his brains, he still couldn't figure out what was wrong with his little daughter? Wasn't she still happy when she came to the military camp last time
Of course, this was just a small matter and not enough for him to take it to heart. But the next incident made General Li realize what it meant to be angry.
The three large granaries belonging to the Thirteenth Army Camp were stolen overnight by a group of unknown persons, and now there is no trace of the whereabouts of those people and the grain.
General Li swept the writing brush on the table to the ground, and pointed at his subordinates in anger and cursed: "What a bunch of good-for-nothings, so many soldiers guarding the granary but they were robbed. They are useless. If the grain cannot be recovered, those guarding the granary will not survive. The tens of thousands of soldiers in this camp will eat them alive."
The soldiers from the several camps standing below were all dejected and silent.
Before today, no one would have thought that something would happen to the granary.
You should know that the three major granaries are extremely important to the thirteen military camps. Both soldiers and livestock cannot do without food and fodder, which is the most fundamental guarantee for stabilizing the military morale.
Just like the reason Jiang Yunqi gave to the county magistrate at the beginning for joining the military camp, he just wanted to have enough food, and the county magistrate didn't think there was a problem, because everyone recognized that the military camp was the place where one would be least likely to go hungry.
But now something has happened to the three major granaries.
Moreover, the grain reserves in the Thirteenth Army Camp were also precarious, and were not enough to support the arrival of new grain next year.
Now there is only one way for General Li to go, and that is to get back the food and grass.
Otherwise, if the higher-ups got to know about this, his career as a general would be over, and he might even be in danger of his life.
Even if his father-in-law spoke well of him in the court, it could not stop his mistake from being too serious.
The more General Li thought about it, the more anxious he became, and his mouth was almost filled with blisters.
The generals and soldiers under him were also anxious. After all, a new emperor appoints new ministers. If a new general was really replaced, the old ministers under General Li would probably have to retire early.
But the problem is that there is no point in being anxious. We don’t know where those people who stole the food came from, and we don’t know where they took the food.
Now all clues have been cut off, and General Li can only let his soldiers search everywhere.
Originally, Jiang Yunqi wanted to ask for leave from the captain and find a chance to meet Li Ruyi to ask him about everything. However, the soldiers in the camp had been in a state of panic in recent days, which made him feel like a storm was about to come.
Of course, General Li and his men kept the incident at the granary a secret and did not dare to make it known at all, for fear of disrupting the morale of the troops.
So Jiang Yunqi just felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know where the problem lay.
After all, he is just a rookie now, and a rookie who is hated by General Li.
Jiang Yunqi had originally hesitated whether to wait for a while before going out, but he thought that when it comes to love, if there is no contact for a long time, the feeling will fade, so in the end he chose to apply to go out of the camp to buy things.
"I just want to buy some underwear, and also want to buy a pot of wine to satisfy my cravings. I hope that Captain Qianfu will give me some leniency." Jiang Yunqi said with a flattering face while stuffing the change in his hand into Wan Yu's hand.
What a coincidence, Wan Yu is Jiang Yunqi's current leader, the young general in charge of their new recruit camp.
Wan Yu's eyes flickered over his face, and he quickly took the money, patted his shoulder, and nodded with a smile, saying, "We are all brothers. It's really boring to stay in the barracks for a long time. I understand your thoughts. Go ahead and come back early."
Jiang Yunqi was delighted and complimented Wan Yu a few more times before turning around and leaving Wan Yu's room. However, Wan Yu also left the room immediately and turned around to find a pockmarked soldier and whispered a few words in his ear.
The soldier's expression remained unchanged. He just saluted Wan Yu and immediately left the barracks.
When General Li sent out numerous troops to search for the grain thieves, Mingyue was in the basement of the rented courtyard. Looking at the basement connected to the five courtyards filled with grain and grass, it was really spectacular.
This basement was dug since Mingyue and others moved in. From the initial three courtyards to the current five courtyards, it really took a lot of effort.
Fortunately, it wasn’t all in vain.
Although for ordinary people, it is easy to steal things but difficult to sell them, Mingyue is not an ordinary person, and the person standing behind her is also not an ordinary person.
Moreover, there are so many refugees outside, even if there is more food, it will not be enough.
Of course, we still have to be a little more restrained recently. After all, we are still someone else's territory, so we must not go too far.
So Mingyue let those bandits act as ordinary purchasing merchants, traveling between various cities to buy and sell things, and make a profit from the difference.
Even if there was occasionally some food mixed in the things they transported, no one would suspect it, after all, food is the hard currency in this world.
However, the bandits were busy, but Mingyue was idle. When she had nothing to do, she thought of Jiang Yun.
As soon as she felt sleepy, Wan Yu handed her a pillow. When Mingyue heard Ma Zi say that Jiang Yunqi had asked for leave and left the military camp, her eyes lit up immediately.
A man from Song State, leaving the camp at this time, tut tut tut...
Isn't this because he is afraid that others will not doubt him
Moreover, Mingyue curled the corners of her lips. She would help General Li. It was boring to always be unable to find clues. It would be nice to find a scapegoat.
As for what would happen to the Wu County Magistrate who recommended Jiang Yunqi to join the military camp? That was none of Mingyue's business.
She would never forget that both Song Mingyue in the previous life and the two Song merchants in this life died because of the proposal of this county magistrate. Jiang Yunqi was the executioner, but the county magistrate was not innocent either.
“Zhang Hao, Xu Peng, the two of you go out, do this... and then this..." Mingyue called two bandits and whispered.
The two bandits heard this and said excitedly:
"Don't worry, Boss. We two brothers will complete the task."
"Yes, yes, hehehe."
Mingyue couldn't bear to look at their obscene expressions any longer, so she just waved her hand and sent them away.
Next, it all depends on how Jiang Yunqi responds.
A huge pie suddenly fell in front of him, and with his greed, he would probably take the bait immediately.
It's really interesting.