After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1362 Opponent
He thought for a moment and said, "A few days ago, Qian Yu heard Xue Zongwu's troops scolding General Chongwu in front of Xue Zongwu for being ungrateful. Xue Zongwu was drinking and listening without saying a word. Qian Yu really knows a lot of similar things."

"The superiors hate him and the subordinates detest him. It seems that Xue Zongwu dislikes General Chongwu. But what's the use of this information?"

"Let's go back to Jucheng first." He Lingchuan got a lot of daily details out of Qian Yu this time. Sometimes the devil hides in the details, and it never hurts to have more information, because you never know when it will be useful. "Two days after Xue Zongwu sets off, we will also set off for Yaoguo."

Then, his plan began.

……

When Xue Zongwu received the news from Shuangxi, he was sweating profusely in the martial arts training ground.

When he heard that Qian Yu was robbed and killed, the muscles in his chest twitched twice.

Only when he heard that Shuangxi's accounting office was on fire and the account books were burned did he throw down the martial arts stone in his hand.

With a bang, the ground shook, and the two people opposite were also shaken.

This pair of martial arts stones are embedded with fine iron and are much heavier than ordinary stones. A pair the size of a suitcase weighs more than 800 kilograms.

Xue Zongwu had to hold them horizontally and keep them still for more than a quarter of an hour.

"Explain the cause and effect to me clearly!"

His personal guards brought over Li, the county magistrate of Shuangxi. Li fell to his knees and did not even dare to look up.

Whenever General Xue got angry, County Magistrate Li felt as if a tiger was pressing down on him. His legs were shaking and he couldn't even breathe in such an empty training ground.

He stammered as he recounted the incident, and when Xue Zongwu asked him questions, he was frightened to the point of trembling. He could have explained it clearly in a quarter of an hour, but he took more than twice that amount of time.

Xue Zongwu's face became more gloomy as he listened: "You told me that someone climbed over the wall and stole a few account books, and then set fire to them, but Shuangxi couldn't calculate the loss?"

County Magistrate Li had sweat on his forehead. "Mr. Qian's account books from the past few days have not been submitted to the accounting office. He died suddenly, and the county doesn't know which items have been written off and which have not, so..."

So it was during this period when the account books were the most chaotic, and the opponent happened to catch them. "But, but half of Shuangxi's income and expenditure accounts in the past few years are gone."

"Was it burned or stolen?"

“This, this is…” Xue Shouwu glared. County Magistrate Li’s lips trembled and he could not speak clearly. “No, no, no, no… Can we be sure?”

Anyway, half of it is gone.

"Where is the notebook that fell off when the other party climbed over the wall?"

County Magistrate Li quickly presented it with both hands.

Xue Zongwu took it and looked through it, and found that it was full of account books.

He was not good at this and couldn't find the answer after searching for a long time, so he threw it aside and continued to ask questions. When County Magistrate Li had nothing to say, he ordered him to get out.

Xue Zongwu had certainly received news that a powerful force had appeared in the central and western parts of the Shining Gold Plains. They were wearing black armor and masks and only appeared at night to kill evildoers. The common people all admired them and gave the leader the title of "Nine Nether Emperor".

Xue Zongwu just regarded this as a joke. Which general doesn't want to be feared by the world? What's the point of covering his face?

As for the Black Armor Army defeating the ogre king Zhao Guangzhi of Luodian Kingdom, haha, Xue Zongwu never took this country bumpkin seriously.

But Xue Zongwu did not expect that he would suddenly have an intersection with this "Nine Nether Emperor".

His colleague Tong Huan had already rushed over to listen, and Xue Zongwu turned around and asked him, "What do you think?"

"The so-called 'Nine Nether Emperor' made a grand appearance, so he was regarded as a god by ordinary people. According to County Magistrate Li, the one in Shuangxi County didn't even have armor, only wearing night clothes, and his mask was crudely made. It is very likely that he was just copying a tiger and using the name of Nine Nether."

"Besides, those whom Jiuyou has killed in the past were not strong men, so how can they be compared with the general?" Tong Huan said this with a bit of arrogance, "He doesn't even dare to step into the territory of Yao Country. Although this man pretends to be a ghost, he should know clearly who can be killed and who cannot be touched. I think the real Jiuyou would not dare to provoke the general."

Xue Zongwu nodded slowly: "I don't think this is a genuine product either. The question is, why did he steal the account book? Who instructed him to do so?"

Tong Huan whispered, "This person's method is clumsy. I'm afraid he is trying to cover up his true purpose."

Xue Zongwu looked uncertain and pressed his knuckles: "Do you think the same as me?"

He had a ridiculous idea.

"Well..." Tong Huan changed the subject, "Can I take a look at that account book?"

Xue Zongwu threw the account book to him: "There are still more than half of the information in the document warehouse intact, but half of the income accounts of Shuangxi Tribute Land in recent years were burned. Hehe, the other party was so precise, how could they 'accidentally' drop an account book?"

So, this notebook was dropped on purpose for him to read?
What signal does the other party want to convey? Do I have the leverage over you?
"Is this guy trying to blackmail me or deal with me?" Xue Zongwu sneered, "What's the point of burning half of the account book? At worst, I can burn the remaining half as well."

Everyone knows that if the accounts can't be done, there is one last trick:
Burn it clean with one fire.

Commonly known as death without evidence.

If he burned all the remaining account books for the man in black, how could the other party threaten him?
Tong Huan kept flipping through the notebook in silence.

But his face became increasingly serious.

Xue Zongwu waited for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking: "What's wrong? Is there something strange?"

During the march, Tong Huan was in charge of part of the money and food for him, so he was very careful in his calculations.

"This is the outline of the account book. It doesn't include detailed accounts, but it has the total amount of each item."

Xue Zongwu only understood the middle sentence: "So? What threat does this pose to me?"

"By looking through this kind of record, you can know the amount of revenue and expenditure, the amount of money in and out, and the expenses of the territory." Tong Huan explained, "In previous years, when the royal court audited the military accounts, the first thing they looked at was this kind of record. It stands to reason that-"

"There should be no problem with the accounts made by Qian Yu." Qian Yu managed everything very well, which was why Xue Zongwu had used him for many years. "You have many enemies. But no matter which one of them stole the account book, it would be useless. Unless--"

Xue Zongwu had enemies all over the world. Even if there was something fishy in these account books, whether they could be used against Xue Zongwu depended on who got them. Not to mention the common people, even if the princes and nobles held the account books, they could not do anything to Xue Zongwu, who was at the peak of his power.

Anyone who dares to take them out will be dead!
Unless, this person is not afraid of Xue Zongwu's power at all.

Xue Zongwu stroked his chin and said, "Think about it the other way around. If it was really 'that person' who got the Ganglu account book, what could he do to me?"

"You sent Qian Yu to Shuangxi because the royal court will come to audit the accounts in ten days."

(End of this chapter)