Chapter 603: Decisive and decisive, kill one to warn a hundred

The Shopping Horse Camp on Heishanzui has undergone several migrations since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty due to the flooding of the Yellow River and inconvenience in defense since the eighth year of Xuande. Today, Heishan City was rebuilt during the Chenghua period and was built with mixed stones and loess. Hundreds of stones can be stored in the warehouse. There are more than 300 soldiers in the Shopping Horse Camp, but that is just a number on the booking, and there are only 150 and 60 people.

Due to the entrustment of General Jiang Han, Qiu Yue asked several subordinates to take Xu Xun to Zhenyuan Pass the day before, and he rushed back to the Qianhu households in Pinglu, Ningxia to transfer grain. On the evening of the day when Xu Xun climbed the Great Wall, he was finally able to return to Heishan Camp to handle the matter. Although he had guessed that the deficit in the warehouse was probably a big deal, when he forced Ambassador Nie, who was in charge of the warehouse, opened the granary gate and saw that the bags of grain had a large amount of grain, he still looked ashen.

"Mr. Qiu, the Heishan Camp has been relocated for many years, and the grain stored on the books is very different from the actual situation. Now this is the case when I took over the previous term."

Ambassador Nie explained this. He and Deputy Qianhu, who was stationed in Heishan Camp, looked at each other. The latter said calmly: "Yes, General Qiu, we dare not have any false words. If you don't believe it, you can go and inquire. We ship the food in Zhenyuan Pass every month and dare not lose their food."

"I dare not lose their food? According to the rules, the warehouse store has 600 stones of grain, which is enough for the registered soldiers at Zhenyuan Pass to support the four months. But how many people there are at Zhenyuan Pass? I believe you know the difference in this amount alone!"

Even though Jiang Han had already sent people to urgently transfer food, the food and grass from Pinglu Qianhu Station was originally tight, and the 240-mile road was not easy to travel, and it would take at least seven or eight days to transport it. Xu Xun came here to investigate and found out his true colors. Although Xu Xun suddenly arrived this time, he had seen many chaos and problems in Ningxia Town, and it might be better to have one less pile. But the result is that there is not even one hundred stones of food here now!

"General Qiu, that's not what he said!" Although Qiu Yue was a guerrilla general in Ningxia and had more grades than his deputy Qianhu, Chen thought that his sister was the wife of Li Zeng, the eunuch of Ningxia, and he was naturally a little tough in the face of Qiu Yue. "The loss of grain transport has always been great, and the grain has been stored for a long time will inevitably lead to corrosion and mold. The broken Chenhu is not a small number. Besides, this is not a deficit for a person who is humble..."

"Enough, you can explain this to Pingbeibo, who is ordered to patrol the border at that time!"

Mold? It has not rained much since the end of last year to now. Where did it get mold?

Facing the two bastards who were clever and the hole that could not be filled in a short period of time and could not be explained clearly, Qiu Yue was too lazy to see the faces of Deputy Qianhu Chen and Ambassador Nie in the warehouse, so he simply hurried to Zhenyuan Pass with his men. After he left like this, Deputy Qianhu Chen immediately burst into laughter.

"I was just a young man who was lucky enough to reach his current rank. He dared to act arrogantly in front of me? The imperial envoy Pingbei Bo, who is this scaring? The emperor is a close minister who went out to patrol the border and just shook his majesty. He did not enjoy the taste of being worshipped from the top and bottom in Ningxia City. He ran to Zhenyuan Pass of Heishanying to blow the wind and eat sand, and he was full!"

Ambassador Nie was a little guilty after all, and couldn't help but speak to Deputy Qianhu Chen: "If you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one. The General's Office will not send General Qiu to us for trouble. It's better to have a preparation!"

He said he didn't believe it, but Vice President Chen hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay, so let the lower-ranking man prepare two hundred sacks, and go to the nearby morning to pack two hundred bags of soil, mix it at the bottom, and you can almost get confused. Even if the man Pingbei really comes here, he will be tired of being on the way, and at most he will have to leave. By the way, if this man really comes, he will be used to wealth and honor, and he will definitely not be interested in ordinary things. He will find the best bacon we pickled, as well as wild medicinal materials such as wolfberry, which are specialty in Helan Mountains, and find some good tea, but it is better than our tea powder..."

When Qiu Yue rushed to Zhenyuan Pass with dozens of soldiers, the night was already dark. Fortunately, these were all confidants who were used to following him on the night road, and there was no accident along the way. When he knocked on Zhenyuan Closed, he went straight to see Xu Xun first. He learned that this person was going west from Zhenyuan Pass to the end of the Great Wall to Helan Mountain today. He couldn't help but feel that this person was not talking about his words, but was serious. For a moment, he thought about the situation in the Heishan Camp, but finally decided not to report it for the time being, and wait until Xu Xun saw it with his own eyes.

Early the next morning, Wei Sheng saw Qiu Yue and dozens of Ningxia Town soldiers surrounded Xu Xun and his group heading towards the Heishan Camp, and couldn't help but laugh. An old soldier on the side knew it was inside and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Wei, every time Heishan Camp delivers food, he is short of pounds and shortages. I heard that there is not much food in the warehouse. This time, Pingbei Bo went over and saw this scene, wouldn't it be a lot of people who were unlucky?"

"What do you have to do with me? Those black-hearted seeds, we are bleeding and sweating in the front, and they are deducting our food and salary in the back. They have been full for so many years, and now they have to spit it out for me now!" Wei Sheng snorted viciously, and then said word by word, "Although that Pingbei Bo is young, he is also a wise man. He let Qiu Yue, the Ningxia guerrilla general, go to the Heishan Camp to fight the front station first, so that he has the opportunity to make up for these gaps. But if he can't make up, it means that it's a big mess. He will sacrifice his identity as an imperial envoy, and no one dares to say a word again! Hey, don't talk about Qiu Yue, except for us who are aware of the bottom of the army, even the officials and masters of the General Office did not expect that the gap in the Heishan Camp is so big!"

The warehouse of Heishan Camp was deficit for more than a day or two. Although Deputy Qianhu Chen and Ambassador Nie ordered everything, two hundred sacks were ready. But on the morning of that day, they had not had time to order all the people to put the sacks into the warehouse to pretend, a young soldier rushed into the signing room of Deputy Qianhu Chen in panic.

"Master Chen, it's not good. There are hundreds of people outside... and they say it's... and the imperial envoy Pingbeibo has come!"

"How is this possible!"

Deputy Qianhu Chen stood up suddenly and saw that Ambassador Nie was also ashamed. He only then understood why Qiu Yue, a guerrilla general, had to hurry to Heishan Camp. It was obvious that it was to embellish the peace and allow the imperial envoy to safely survive the investigation of the imperial envoy. While he was secretly hating Qiu Yue, he only said half of the words, making him not prepared at all, but he was worried that he would not even have time to fill up the soil at this moment. It was probably not easy to pass this level, but the next moment he saw Ambassador Nie who was frightened. In an instant, an idea burst out in his mind.

"Old Nie, go to the warehouse to arrange the arrangements first and create some stolen appearance. It depends on this incident if you can fool it!" Seeing that Ambassador Nie was still hesitant, Deputy Qianhu Chen patted his shoulder hard and said, "I will send two kids to help you. I will delay it in front of you. Don't worry, as long as you can fool it, Qiu Yue has no foundation after all, and he will not expose this scene. Even if he is fighting for a relegation and salary fine, as long as my sister-in-law is still there, there will always be a chance to recover!"

"Okay, I'll make some arrangements!"

Ambassador Nie thought about it and had no other good chance, so he could only grit his teeth and agree. As soon as he left, Deputy Qianhu Chen called two confidant soldiers and whispered to them a few words. He then tidied up his clothes and said to the sergeant who had just come to inform him: "Go out and order the troops and horses, and go to the camp gate to greet the imperial envoy!"

He had been wandering in Zhenyuan Pass for a day and two nights before. When Xu Xun came to Heishan Camp this time, he saw that although the clothes of the superiors and subordinates were much more neat than Zhenyuan Pass, they were at least older, and they were much stronger in their twenties and thirties, but they did not have the spirit of being happy and knowing their fate. However, he was not a person who judged people by his appearance. This thought took a turn in his mind and temporarily suppressed it. Soon, an officer in his early forties ran up to visit the military salute. Immediately, a large number of soldiers came forward to salute and salute. He couldn't help but compare again.

Those soldiers in Zhenyuan Pass, who were at least forty or fifty years, were at least completely defeated by the guys from the Heishan Camp in front of him in terms of momentum!

"All up!"

When Xu Xun saw a group of people getting up in a mess, he followed the officer and smiled. He grabbed the reins and said straightforwardly without waiting for him to speak: "Where is the warehouse? Lead the way!"

Deputy Qianhu Chen folded his pleasing words, but who would have thought that Xu Xun blocked his words without saying a word. Although he felt bitter, he still said with a smile on his face: "Pingbei Bo has worked hard to come to our place. He must let him drink some tea before going to the warehouse? Heishanying has no other production, but it has the best wolfberry. Even if it is not as good as those top tribute tea, it can best promote salivation, quench thirst and relieve fatigue..."

"Then let them prepare and come back from the warehouse and drink it!"

Seeing that Xu Xun was in short supply, Deputy Qianhu Chen couldn't help but gritted his teeth. But seeing that Xu Xun had already rode his horse inside, he had no choice but to chase him quickly, and then smiled and said, "Pingbei, please wait. Ambassador Nie, who is in charge of the warehouse, will come in a while. He is old and can't help but slow down..."

He rushed to Zhenyuan Pass before, because there was nothing to see after dark. Xu Xun just called Wei Sheng to ask about the troops stationed in Zhenyuan Pass and the situation of receiving the enemy over the years. Wei Sheng was very familiar with it. At this moment, Deputy Qianhu Chen said that he would wait for Ambassador Nie in the warehouse, Xu Xun thought for a moment and nodded, then asked: "I heard that this Heishan Camp was not here originally?"

"This..." Chen Deputy Qianhu was willing to come to this miserable place back then because Li Zeng told him that this place would not be controlled by his superiors and had a lot of potential. He had never asked about it. At this moment, he saw Xu Xun staring at him with sharp eyes, and felt that cold sweat was infiltrating on his vest. Suddenly, he had an idea and immediately pointed to an old army beside him.

"Reporting to Pingbei Bo, General Qi of Xu is the person who has been in the Heishan Camp for the longest time. He knows the origin of ancient and modern times."

Seeing that Chen Deputy Qianhu actually pulled himself up to the top of the tank, the flag with a hair and beard was already frosty and white, and then said in a harsh voice: "Reported to Pingbei Bo, in the eighth year of Xuande, because the Heishan Zuishou Horse Camp was flooded by the flooded Yellow River, he chose another highland to build a camp nearby. In the 13th year of Zhengtong, Ningxia had rained for a long time, and the river broke the Han Tang Dam, Heishan Camp and the Ruji along the border walls and piers were mostly destroyed. After renovation, it moved southward than the original place. In the 15th year of Chenghua, because he was worried that the river was blocked and the enemy attacked, he built a border wall from Heishan Camp to the southeast to Huamachi..."

Seeing that Chen's deputy Qianhu was like that, Xu Xun didn't have much hope, but found that the boss flag was talking very well, as if he had really witnessed the changes of the Heishan Camp several times. He couldn't help but gradually moved him. Finally, he was about to ask, but Chen's deputy Qianhu immediately rushed to answer: "Pingbei Bo, Xu's general flag is a scholar in our Heishan Camp. Although the fight is not good, he remembers the documents of the General Office or the imperial decree clearly."

"Yes, it's a talent."

This evaluation of Deputy Qianhu Chen only felt that Xu Xun praised it casually, but Chen Xiong, who knew Xu Xun's personality, knew that this Pingbei Bo was indeed interested in employing people. After all, most military households only perfunctorily handle the errands in front of him, who would have nothing to remember these useless things? Therefore, when Xu Xun couldn't wait and ordered Deputy Qianhu Chen to lead the way to the warehouse, he ordered a personal soldier beside him: "Go and explore the resume and details of the general flag just now."

The warehouse of Heishan Camp is in the highest place in the entire Heishan City. Since it can be connected to a large cart, it is naturally able to walk on horseback. However, when Xu Xun saw the flat drying yard and a warehouse from afar, he saw a small school stumble out. When he saw their group, his knees softened and knelt on the ground.

"Mr. Chen, Ambassador Nie... Ambassador Nie committed suicide by hanging a beam in the room!"

Hearing this, Xu Xun's first reaction was to look at Qiu Yue. Seeing that the Ningxia guerrilla general's face suddenly changed, he immediately looked at Chen Deputy Qianhu. He immediately opened his heart and shook the reins and galloped out quickly. When he arrived at the door of a warehouse where several soldiers were lying on his head, he jumped off his horse and then strode in. Sure enough, at the corner north, a rope hung from the wooden beam on the roof, and a middle-aged man with eyes hanging on his head.

"Old Nie, Old Nie!"

Deputy Qianhu Chen rushed in and shouted a few times. Then he suddenly turned around and shouted: "Come, come, put Ambassador Nie down!"

"No movement is allowed!"

Xu Xun suddenly shouted, then turned to look at the dumb little chicken Chen, glanced at Qiu Yue again, and ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately count the stored grains, seal all the books, and then check every military household in the Heishan Camp according to the military grain books. In addition..."

After a moment of saliva, he pointed at Deputy Qianhu Chen and shouted sternly: "Take this person down!"

Deputy Chen Qianhu never expected that Xu Xun would not even let go of Ambassador Nie, who was hanging there and terrifyingly, so he issued such a series of orders. What he didn't expect was to take him down. When two personal guards with a tiger back and a bear waist came up and twisted him, he couldn't help but defend himself loudly: "Pingbei Bo, Bei Zhi really doesn't know anything. This warehouse farm has always been the management of Ambassador Nie..."

"Clog his mouth!" After this order, a guard found a ball of rag from somewhere and stuffed it straight into the mouth of Deputy Qianhu. Xu Xun looked around at the dumbfounded Heishan camp soldiers and asked word by word, "How did Ambassador Nie die? Who dares to tell the truth? Reward 100 taels of silver and be promoted to one level. If no one can tell the reason, then Ambassador Nie died strangely before. You are the first to discover that this Heishan camp is a military camp. I don't need to report to the court, and directly beheaded all of you for the crime of murdering Ambassador Nie, the imperial official, and show them all!"

Xu Xun suddenly took Chen Deputy Qianhu with great thunder, and then he left such a generous reward and severe punishment. Jiang Bin behind only felt his eyes silence, and then he realized a little why such a young man who was less than half of his age could have been able to survive in the capital. And the more exciting one was Mo Feng. Although he had bet with Wei Sheng last night that he would definitely not be able to overcome the problems accumulated in the Heishan Camp for many years, he still couldn't help but clench his fists hard when he saw this change.

However, compared to these two, Qiu Yue was the most shocking person. The power of the imperial envoy to take action first and then report is just a nonsense in novels and operas. The imperial court sent at least 10 or 20 officials to inspect the border every year. At most, the corrupt and illegal people were reported to the sages and wait for the sages, and almost no one killed people on the spot. Even if this is a military camp, it should be noted that there is no war at present. If the court starts to clamor, even if Xu Xun is deeply favored, he will not be able to escape the trouble.

Seeing that the soldiers were all frightened and said without saying anything, Xu Xun said calmly: "I have limited patience. I will give you another ten breaths. If no one is willing to speak up after ten breaths, then you will be the one who blames you!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a close confidant school chanted aloud: "One, two, three..."

When the number was seven, a soldier finally couldn't bear it anymore. He almost rolled forward and rushed forward, knelt down and kowtowed a few times, shouting in a crying voice: "Pingbei Bo spares his life, it's not about villain's business. It must be Mr. Chen who heard that you suddenly arrived and panicked. He ordered someone to kill Mr. Nie to silence him and commit suicide by hanging himself! They were just a group of people on weekdays, and they didn't know how many military rations they stole to feed their private bags, even if they were covered and other military supplies were deducted a lot..."

As soon as he made his head, two other soldiers kowtowed one after another, swearing and saying that he had nothing to do with this matter, and that it must have been done by the two confidants of Chen Deputy Qianhu. In an instant, the spearhead was concentrated on the remaining two soldiers with a dead face. Seeing Xu Xun looking over, the two of them collapsed on the ground and then kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Pingbei Bo is lucky, it's all Mr. Chen asked us to do..."

"The granary of the Heishan Camp has never been full. They are sold to local rice shops, and then a batch of old grain is replaced. Moreover, the amount of empty space in Zhenyuan Pass is too large, so more than half of the grain can be deducted..."

Listening to these rushing defenses and heads, Xu Xun looked coldly at Deputy Qianhu Chen, who was covered with rags in his mouth, suddenly untied the Emperor's Sword that was wrapped in blue cloth before his trip, solemnly untied the sword and handed it to the accompanying school, and then put the Emperor's Sword at his waist. After a long time, he ordered: "Get all the soldiers from Heishan Camp here, I have something to say!"

Just when they lined up to greet Xu Xun at the camp gate, the soldiers from all over the country were afraid of their identity as an imperial envoy. But at this moment, at the gate of the granary, they saw that their deputy Qianhu were tied up and threw them on the ground like rice dumplings, and next to them were five dejected soldiers kneeling. Even though the news of Ambassador Nie hanging his beam and committing suicide had already spread throughout the camp like a whirlwind, they still felt a sense of shock from their hearts.

"I, Xu Xun, was ordered by the emperor, inspected the borders and did not inspect the grain storage at first. The reason why I went to Heishan Camp to check the warehouse was because this was the biggest guarantee for Zhenyuan Pass. If something went wrong here, once Zhenyuan Pass was out of food, it would be the biggest chaos in the war. Unexpectedly, before I saw a grain of food in the warehouse today, I first witnessed a murder case!"

Seeing the soldiers silent, he suddenly raised his voice: "What's even more ridiculous is that this murder case was caused by two bold guys, for fear that I would come to the warehouse corruption case, one killed the other and then pretended to commit suicide, intending to put all the blame on the other! The world turned bright and bright, thinking that my Xu Xun was blind?"

When he suddenly blew, he saw that many people were shrunk their heads and only a few people showed an expression of understanding, so he did not speak again. After a long time, he saw two or three junior schools rushing over quickly, and kneeling down on one knee and saluting, saying, "Sir, the food stock has been roughly weighed, a total of 97 stones, and..."

He suddenly stretched his hands flat and raised his head high and said, "It's all like this that it's broken."

Xu Xun looked at the handful of brown rice that could not be seen at all, and glanced at Chen Qianhu, who was curled up on the ground, and suddenly pulled out the Emperor's Sword with his right hand. In front of everyone, he walked to Chen Qianhu with expressionless face. Seeing him shaking his head desperately, as if he wanted to defend something, he suddenly stretched out his left hand and took out the gag-like rag.

"Pingbei Bo spares his life. Beizhi is just a first offender. I will never dare again next time!" Deputy Qianhu Chen clearly saw the murderous intent in Xu Xun's eyes, and felt more and more frightened. He hurriedly changed his words and said, "These deficits and humiliation are willing to accompany them as they are. Really, Beizhi's sister-in-law is the eunuch Li of Ningxia. He can guarantee Beizhi..."

However, before he could finish this, he saw Xu Xun suddenly thrust his sword, and then he felt a stinging pain in his chest. He lowered his head and saw the half-shot sword exposed outside, and the blood color that quickly spread out from his chest. He couldn't help but stay there, and after a while, he struggled to ask the last three words.

"Why?"

Xu Xun did not mean to answer his words at all, but ordered in a deep voice: "Come here, Chen Zhan, deputy Qianhu, and the murderer, were beheaded and displayed to the public. Xu Lingming, the general banner, will be appointed as deputy Qianhu from now on!"

If it weren't for the easy killing, beheading would be a technical job. Now he would just chop off the dog's head as a ball!
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