The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 542 Do you want to rebel?
"The arrow is on the string and must be released. Leaving Wu Xiao here will only bring disaster. I will go and persuade Yang Tong to come along."

"Let's go together, where to?"

Qian Sanruo stared blankly at Shi Yousan, whose expression was ferocious, and felt that the world was beginning to go crazy.

Shi Yousan said nonchalantly, "Let's go to Rakshasa Country."

"Although the Rakshasa ghosts are cruel, we are useful to them, and they will definitely use us."

Qian Sanruo seemed to have heard nothing and stood there like a wooden chicken.

Seeing his expression, Magistrate Shi urged, "Take all the servants with you and go persuade Yang Tong that none of Liu Zhaosun's men in Ningguta City can escape! Get this done before Liu Zhaosun arrives and give him a surprise."

"What if Yang Tong doesn't leave?"

"Then kill him too!"

When Magistrate Shi spoke of this earth-shaking rebellion, he seemed exceptionally calm, which made Qian Sanruo even more frightened.

"You're crazy! How many people can we take away? Are those few retainers a match for the Kaiyuan soldiers?"

The smug look on Shi Yousan's face suddenly disappeared. He raised his hand and slapped Qian Sanruo. With one slap, Qian Sanruo staggered and fell to the ground.

Shi Yousan picked up Lao Qian and yelled at the top of his lungs:
"Do you have a choice? Do you have a choice?! If you didn't want to rebel, why did you covet money?! If you didn't want to rebel, why did you secretly support servants?! What's the point of saying this now?! What's the point!"

Qian Sanruo was sobered by the slap. He thought for a while and felt that Shi Yousan was a little strange today. Rather than being the prefect of Ningguta, he looked more like a gambler who was about to lose everything.
"Lao Shi, do you have a grudge against Liu Zhaosun? Then why did you come to Ningguta to serve as an official?"

Magistrate Shi was silent for a moment.

"It's more than just a holiday, it's a blood feud. It's a long story."

Qian Sanruo nodded quickly.

"then,……"

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Ningguta East City Gate, Yuewang Temple.

Wu Xiao placed the lit incense sticks in an antique bronze incense burner. Smoke curled up in front of him. Wu Xiao bowed to the statue, muttering something:

"Grandpa Yue, please bless me. Please bless me to escape this disaster and help me kill these rats for the Emperor."

Four guards stood at the gate of Yuewang Temple, looking vigilantly at the crowded crowd on the street.

Paying respects to Yuewang Temple is a recent habit of Wu Xiao. Whenever he faces a major event, he will come to pay respects. It has become a kind of belief.

"That person is coming soon, don't let anything go wrong."

The guards looked up into the distance and saw a middle-aged man who looked like a clerk mixed in the crowd and slowly walking towards them.

The man Wu Xiao was talking about was the spy planted by Liu Xingzuo in the Ningguta Prefecture. His current identity was the chief clerk of the government office, assisting the chief official in handling criminal and financial affairs.

It is said that this person has evidence that Shi Yousan embezzled military funds and resold military rations, which is very serious.

Because he was worried about being discovered by those rats, Su Zhubu kept his whereabouts secret. No one knew his identity except Liu Xingzuo, which was a bit like Infernal Affairs.

Of course, Wu Xiao was able to get in touch with Su Zhubu not because of his own alertness and sharpness. The Imperial Guards were not the Straw Cloth Guards, and Wu Xiao was not good at things like spying on the enemy.

When setting off from Shenyang this time, Liu Xingzuo and Zhang Dong did not reveal any secrets to Wu Xiao.

Three days ago, Su Zhubu sent someone to deliver a box of high-quality Korean ginseng in an exquisite wooden box.

Wu Xiao thought it was another gift from a local official, so he opened the lid and took a look. He was about to send someone back cursing when he suddenly found a note at the bottom of the box.

As soon as I started using it, I realized it was different from ordinary paper.

His men brought a basin of water, and Wu Xiao unfolded the note and placed it in the water. Four small words appeared in the basin:

There's something fishy going on in the granary. Wu Xiao stared at these four words for a long time before he understood. They probably had two meanings: one was that the granary's storage of grain was different from the accounts, or that the Suoyi Guards had planted one of their own in the granary, and that person was the traitor.

Wu Xiao now has reason to suspect all the officials in Ningguta. Perhaps Jiang Liuer is also in the same group with them. This group of rats act recklessly and use the excuse of building a garrison to resist the Rakshasa demons to embezzle an unknown amount of money and grain.

Fortunately, I arrived in time and discovered what these bastards had done.

Thinking of this, Wu Xiao was about to turn around and go out, but Magistrate Shi, Youji Qian and a group of servants blocked the door and stopped Wu Xiao.

"Where is Commander Wu going?"

"Inspecting the army's food supplies, what's the matter? Are the two gentlemen feeling guilty?"

"Inspecting the army's food supplies?" Qian Sanruo was speechless for a moment and turned to look at his colleague Shi Yousan.

Magistrate Shi stepped forward quickly. "Commander Wu, you don't know. Ningguta stores enough food and fodder for tens of thousands of troops for dozens of days. The warehouses stretch for miles, and there's food and fodder everywhere inside and outside the city. I'm not sure how you're going to inspect it. I'm not sure where you're looking."

"Tens of thousands of troops? Dozens of days of food and supplies?" Wu Xiao couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

"That's true." Qian Sanruo grabbed the aggressive Shi Zhifu and stepped forward to add.

"The Emperor has issued an order for Ningguta to carefully prepare for the expedition against Russia. The distribution of food and fodder, and the dispatching of war horses, will all be carried out here. I have long been busy building granaries inside and outside the city, compiling and storing the food and fodder brought in from all over."

Wu Xiao was speechless and silent for a moment before he said:

"In that case, I'd like to trouble Magistrate Shi to lead the way and take me to the nearest granary."

"Okay, then please invite the chief clerk who spoke to you to come along."

Wu Xiao thought that he was in trouble. He thought that Su Zhubu had been exposed and his work as a spy was over.

Shi Yousan led the way with a dark face. Qian Sanruo wanted to smooth things over, but when he saw Wu Xiao's face darken and the four guards behind him put their fingers on their scabbards and stared at him fiercely, he dared not say anything.

For the first time, the Imperial Guards became suspicious of the Ningguta garrison, and both sides drew their weapons at the same time.

The group walked along the north-south streets of Ningyuan City for a while and turned into a secluded alley. There were fewer and fewer pedestrians. Wu Xiao looked back from time to time until he walked into an empty alley. At this time, the sound of armor and weapons colliding came from behind him.

The entrance to the alley was densely packed with weapons. The two rows of archers in the front raised their bows and aimed at the inside of the alley.

Wu Xiao looked at the soldiers approaching him from both sides and roared:
"Shi Yousan! Are you going to rebel?!"

Shi You stood at the entrance of the alley with his hands on his hips, and through the Taoist sign, he stuck half of his head out and shouted:

"Wu Xiao, it's you who wants to rebel! Our brothers outside the Great Wall have nothing to eat, yet you're withholding food and fodder, and you're blackmailing us! You simply want to stain the beastly patch on your robe red with the blood of our brothers!"

Qian Sanruo poked his head out from behind the shield and said with concern:
"Commander Wu, please hand over the things. For Jiang Liu'er's sake, I will spare your life and your men's lives. As long as you hand over the account book, I will let you leave the city and will not hunt you down."

Wu Xiao brought his four men and the chief clerk Su.

"You two are so audacious! I've been in Kaiyuan for so many years and I've never seen such rampant rebellion from you!"

Shi Yousan was suddenly ignited when he heard this. He pushed aside the servants blocking his way and laughed loudly, "Treason? It's Liu Zhaosun who is committing treason!"

"He seized the throne from the Tianqi Emperor, killed Zhu Youjian and the Empress, confiscated the property of all civil and military officials, and exterminated their clans. How many people have been killed? You ignore such a tyrannical and shameless person, and yet you still have the nerve to accuse us of treason?!"

Qian Sanruo pulled his teammates down, put on a smile and said to Wu Xiao:
"Brother Wu Xiao, you've been with Liu Zhaosun for so many years, you should know him better than us. He's good at destroying bridges and killing people with borrowed knives. Listen to my advice, brother, don't be his knife anymore. How many people has he killed over the years? As the saying goes, when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dogs are cooked, and when the birds are gone, the good bows are put away. In the end, he didn't even let Kang Yingqian and Qiao Yiqi go, let alone you. Haven't you seen through this routine? Help one group, kill another. Kill me today, and I'll kill you tomorrow, brother!"

Shi Yousan was about to speak when Qian Sanruo stopped him.

"Brother Wu Xiao, many of those who went to Sakhalin became wealthy, but Jiang Liu'er and I are the only ones still alive. Your Imperial Guard will have to be replaced sooner or later. Liu Zhaosun is suspicious of you, so you won't survive. It's better to join Luosha, at least you can save your life. Think about it carefully."

Qian Sanruo looked back at Shi Yousan, who was furious, and said to Wu Xiao with a smile:

"You must make a decision quickly. Magistrate Shi's patience is limited."

(End of this chapter)