General, cut off your sleeves!

It wasn't until it was dark that Zou Jinchu and his party came back with a tired face, and their faces were not very good.

"What?" Seeing that they were empty-handed and frustrated, they probably didn't get any food.However, didn't Zou Jinchu say that there were?The already protracted itinerary has basically consumed all the food and grass they brought, and if there is no supply, there will be a big mess.

"Don't mention it, master. The money and food officer insisted that this year's harvest is not good and there is no food." Song Zhuang was specially brought along by Zou Jinchu this time because he was a bit clever. To a great effect, but it is a pity that it was not successful in the end.

After hearing this, Mo Wanqing's first reaction was that something was wrong. "If there is no food, the imperial court will not let you come here to get food. Have you searched their warehouse?"

"You can't search at will, there is no search order, and it will be us who will ignore it at that time."

Zou Jinchu was also very distressed for a while, and the soldiers outside the city who had planned to collect food and grass would have hope, and now there is no food and grass, so they can't be called to fight.Even if he intends to spend his family's wealth to buy food, he doesn't have that much money. The rations of tens of thousands of people are not one or two points.

At this time, Song Zhuang suddenly hesitated and said, "Actually... there is a sentence I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Mo Wanqing gave him a supercilious look, "Speak up if you have something to say, why are you hesitating."

"Let's go back to the room and talk about it. I think there is something strange about it."

Unexpectedly, this kid is still a bit vigilant. I really underestimated him. He knows how to guard against others when his mind is full of fighting. It's just that he said it too bluntly...

The inns in the small frontier town are not much different, and the decoration is not much different from those in the capital.The dozen or so people were sent to live in other rooms, and the three of them entered a room.

After entering the room, the boy closed the doors and windows in a dignified manner, and made sure that the neighbor had no ears before "sneaky" walking in front of the two of them.He first asked Zou Jinchu cautiously, "General, let me ask you a question first. If the government colluded with the barbarians, how much crime would it be?"

Zou Jinchu's expression turned cold, and he squeezed out four words from between his teeth. "Zhulian Nine Clans!"

Song Zhuang was taken aback, but soon the word "Sure enough" was written on his face. Even if he didn't know much about the legal system of the Celestial Dynasty, he knew that the crime of colluding with foreigners was very serious. Open the relationship, the only thing waiting for you is the whole family sitting together.

A terrible guess came from the bottom of his heart, Mo Wanqing stared into Song Zhuang's eyes and said, "You suspect the money and grain official..."

Without waiting for him to continue, Zou Jinchu scolded: "The imperial court ordered you to make wild guesses!"

Mo Wanqing ignored the stubborn old man, just stared at Song Zhuang and asked the reason for this speculation.Song Zhuang is not an idiot, he will not put forward such a guess for no reason, if it is self-defeating, it will even cost his own life.

"General Zou, don't worry, do you remember that when we first went to the granary, we saw two tall and strong men coming from that direction?"

Zou Jinchu recalled it for a while, and he did have such an impression, "Why, what's wrong with them?"

"Although they were dressed as servants of the Celestial Dynasty, when they passed by, I could smell the unique smell of the barbarians, and I saw a tattoo of a wolf's head on the right arm of one of them."

Among the barbarians, there is a tribe called Tana, who really believe in wolves, and almost everyone in the tribe has this kind of tattoo.As for the "barbarian smell" he said, Zou Jinchu didn't quite understand it. He never felt that there was any strange smell on barbarians, except that sometimes it smelled a bit weird...

However, this can at most prove that these two people belong to the Tana tribe, but it does not mean that they have colluded with the money and food officials.One must know that this place is a hodgepodge of population, so it should be normal for barbarians to appear here, right?

He didn't carefully recall all the actions of those two people when they passed by, even the action of them bowing their heads and whispering, and he didn't find anything wrong.

At this time, Song Zhuang made it clear by himself: "The barbarians are very common here, no matter how they dress up, it will not surprise people, but those two people are pretending to be Chinese people. What is more suspicious is that they deliberately Cover your face, as if... there is something shameful!"

After his reminder, Zou Jinchu did notice something was wrong, "But this does not mean that he has colluded with the money and food officials."

Song Zhuang was so anxious that he was about to jump, so he simply asked Zou Jinchu more clearly, "General, do you know barbarian language?"

"That's not a dabble... Wait! You mean you heard what they said, and you can understand it?"

The two did whisper a few words when they passed by, but because there was a distance between the two teams and he didn't understand the language of Fanbang, he didn't take it to heart.

But at this time, Song Zhuang said so, could he understand it?That would be a great help!

"I don't understand everything, but because my hometown is in the border area, I have heard a lot so I can say a few simple sentences. I don't want to talk nonsense. I can clearly hear a few words in those two people's words. , Such as food, cattle and sheep, money, heaven, and stupidity are all words I heard from it.”

Anyone can guess the meaning of these words together. Zou Jinchu's face was already livid, but he was not too anxious, and only said to Song Zhuang: "Go back and rest first, if I make a decision on this matter I'll call you again tonight."

Song Zhuang, who was ordered to leave the guest, was not surprised. It would be reckless if the general directly believed what he said.But when he finished investigating, he would definitely find him again if he needed a chance to confirm the matter.

This will be an opportunity for him, grasp it well, make great contributions in front of the general, and his official career will be more open in the future!

Seeing the wooden door close with a creak, Zou Jinchu suddenly said, "What do you think?"

"What he said should be true, but he wants to make meritorious service." Mo Wanqing also had the same desire back then, so he is no stranger to it, but judging from the detailed and reasonable words he said, it is probably true.

"Besides, I don't believe that I can verify it myself." This is what Song Zhuang didn't say just now, and he wants to follow Zou Jinchu and the others to make this great contribution.

"So... you mean, he may have hidden part of the truth?" Intellectually, he knows that this kind of practice is what a smart person should do, but emotionally, he always rejects this kind of utilitarianism.

Mo Wanqing said indifferently: "But you can't deny that he did the right thing, and he did give us a lot of clues."

Indeed, if Songzhuang didn't find out what was wrong, they might still be going around in circles. The longer they go around in circles, the more the fighter planes will be delayed, and they may lose the morale of the army again.

"Anyway, today's Qianliang Mansion is bound to go there!"

This is the most concise summary, and of course it is consistent with Zou Jinchu's thinking. If you have any doubts, go and investigate. Even if you can't find this, maybe you can find something unexpected.

"Actually... You should have planned to check it at night, right?" This was completely guessed based on Zou Jinchu's temperament and his behavior.

Zou Jinchu was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Why did you say that all of a sudden?"

"If you really believed in the money and grain officer, you wouldn't stay in the city, but would hurry to the outside of the city to explain the situation to the soldiers. This is what you, Zou Jinchu, would do."

Isn't that right, isn't it just for verification?Otherwise, everyone is completely disappointed and still stays here?It's time to figure out a way to get food, okay?

"If you guessed it right, I did have this idea at the beginning. Shouldn't it be better to go now?"

Maybe you are not really stupid, Mo Wanqing thought, this guy usually looks stupid, but he is never confused when it comes to critical moments. "I also need to go!"

"No." Zou Jinchu refused without even thinking about it. Don't think that diverting his attention can take the opportunity to make him agree to let Mo Wanqing take risks!

"You have to agree if you don't agree. I know all your actions. If you don't want me to tell the other ten people, you have to let me go!" It was too much, and he refused to let him go at any risk, especially after the previous incident, he treated him like a child.

It's a joke, he has nothing to do in the face of absolute power, but it doesn't mean he likes to be protected like a flower, otherwise he came to the battlefield for nothing.

"Hey, you are amazing. The situation may change at night, you have to be careful." Can things involving two countries be simple?If it wasn't for the fact that this kid was right about not wanting those dozen people to know, it would really be very unsafe to let him here.There is really no way to watch him more at night...

"I understand everything, I won't cause trouble for you, just don't let me rescue you when the time comes."

He is not arrogant, these two people, especially Song Zhuang, are not strong enough. If it weren't for his unique translation ability, he really didn't want to carry a burden.Zou Jinchu, he himself is not very strong, but he has more experience in commanding battles, so he can't show much advantage in this situation tonight.

He told Zou Jinchu his analysis without hesitation, until he had nothing to say.In this way, after Zou Jinchu was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the three people's plan, Mo Wanqing was the "vanguard" to help them fight the enemy in the front, and Song Zhuang was considered a think tank.

Of course, according to Zou Jinchu's point of view, it is best to find out the news without bloodshed tonight, and it is better not to use Mo Wanqing as a killer.The reason was actually literary, "A peaceful and beautiful night should not be stained with blood..."

Mo Wanqing's response to this was to despise him mercilessly.Night or something goes better with bright red blood, right?

Not to mention the two people tossing each other, Song Zhuang over there still couldn't hide his excitement when he got the expected news. He checked the plan with the two of them and revised a few imprecise places before finalizing the plan.

Looking at his flushed face with excitement, Mo Wanqing felt a little weird for the first time, was it right to agree to accept him as a disciple?