The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 383 Progress
On April 25th in the [-]th year of Tai'an, in Yuanyang City.

This is the fifth day of Wang Baokun's return to the city, and it is also his rare vacation.

For one and a half months, he led the army to deliver food outside the city, and he could only stay one night each time he returned to the city.

After working hard for more than a month, the Privy Council finally granted mercy and issued a military order to allow him, the most tired group, to rest for seven days in rotation.

It stands to reason that vacations make people happy, but Wang Baokun couldn't be happier.

He was normal for the first two days, but when he learned about the case that the palace is currently investigating, he couldn't be happier.

So for the next two days, Wang Baokun lived in fear, and even his family members noticed his abnormality.

In the past two days, the court has sent people to the door for questioning, and the eunuch of the Wangfu also sent people over.

There are various agencies under the administration of the palace, and the army is a very special existence, and no interrogation is allowed unless there is conclusive evidence.

Therefore, Wang Baokun prevaricates the two interviews in the past two days with ignorance. He really doesn't have the courage to tell the truth.

Lying sideways on the bed, Wang Baokun was worried, but he heard a voice behind him saying: "Father, what happened?"

"If you have any difficulties, you have to say it out. How can you keep it in your heart? If you say it, the whole family will think of a way for you!"

Hearing what his wife said behind him, Wang Baokun felt even more uncomfortable, and even faced his wife speechlessly.

So he simply pretended to be asleep without saying a word.

At this moment, a man's voice came from outside the door saying: "Is Wang Zongqi at home?"

Hearing this sound, Wang Baokun jumped up from the bed immediately, and then walked out the door quickly, startling his wife in place.

All the way out the door, Wang Baokun saw his subordinate, Li Lin, the small banner officer who entered the gate of the courtyard.

"Is there any news?"

These days, all the small flag officers under Wang Baokun were visited for questioning.

The other two didn't know the truth, only Wang Baokun and Li Lin knew the truth, because they were the ones who transported the Jiayou team's food.

"My lord, the situation is not good. If the lord of the Privy Council hadn't justified it, I'm afraid our brothers would have to go to jail!"

Glancing outside the gate of the courtyard, Wang Baokun immediately said: "Come on, let's go in and talk!"

Now that the investigation of the case is tight, it is very likely that someone has been sent to watch around the yard, so it is safer to enter the house.

The two entered the room, only to hear Li Lin couldn't help but say: "My lord, if I had known... Zan should have found a chance to kill that Su!"

"Anyway, he signed it, and when the time comes, there will be no proof, and the crime will fall on the surname Su!"

Wang Baokun said angrily: "What's the use of saying this now? Can you still sneak into the prison and kill Su?"

"Are you still looking for someone to ask questions today?"

"I've been looking for someone to question for the past two days, and even Mr. Baihu has been visited by those eunuchs!"

Wang Baokun's complexion became more and more ugly, he felt a glow on his back, but he didn't know how to solve the current predicament.

"My lord, as long as we are identified by that surnamed Su, we will be recognized, and it will be too late by then!"

Fifteen shi of food disappeared, and the crime was placed on the army. This is the most unreasonable result.

Therefore, both the trial office and Lin Quan are more suspicious of someone making false accounts, after all, the book office and the treasury have all previous records.

Even Su Liangcai's lying is more reasonable than the army swallowing food.

So until now, the court and Lin Quan have not really put pressure on the army, otherwise Su Liang would have come out to identify them.

"What can you do?" Wang Baokun asked in a deep voice.

"My lord, we have no choice but to escape..."

"Escape? How to escape? Where to escape?" Wang Baokun smiled wryly.

"Of course it is to flee outside the city, to a place where the palace cannot find it!"

As someone who often wanders outside the city, Wang Baokun knows better than anyone how terrifying the zombies outside the city are.

Without the equipment and material support of the palace, they would be courting death if they left the city.

But Wang Baokun was not in a hurry to deny it, but continued to ask: "Where shall we go if we escape from the city?"

"My lord, flee to the north, to the rebels!"

Hearing this, Wang Baokun was stunned immediately. He wanted to seek refuge with Zhu Jinzhang.

Wang Baokun and even the army of the palace are so powerful that they are about to muster up their strength to deal with Zhu Jinzhang, basically there is no difficulty.

Taking refuge in Zhu Jinzhang is just a few more days, but it seems that he doesn't care about that much at the moment.

Seeing that Wang Baokun was a little moved, Li Lin continued to persuade: "My lord, I have already inquired. Mrs. Zheng Zongqi is sick and does not want to go out of the city. You can go out of the city to transport food for him... We can take the opportunity to escape!"

This is indeed a good way, and Wang Baokun has a better idea.

"You don't have to run away. If you run away, you will be charged with the crime and your family will be hurt!"

"My lord has a solution?"

"Transporting food out of the city, we brothers, how about another attack, and then all die in feigned death?"

Li Lin's eyes lit up, not only would they be able to live, but their family members would also receive pensions.

"My lord, it's a great idea, let's do it like this!" Li Lin said with a smile.

"When did Lao Zheng work?" Wang Baokun asked.

"Returning to my lord, it will be tomorrow. If my lord wants to take over this errand, maybe I can go to Zheng's house today to have a look!"

Wang Baokun nodded, and then ordered Li Lin to go back to prepare, mainly to inform the brothers who knew about it and take them away together.

The reason why more people go together is because it is safer, and one or two people can't escape far when they go out of the city.

"Just tell them to go out of the city to transport food, not to run away!"

"Understandable!"

Seeing Li Lin leave, Wang Baokun breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked slowly outside the door.

Saying goodbye to his family tomorrow may be a farewell forever, so in this last time together, he wants to say a few more words to his family.

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In the early morning of April [-]th, the court was locked up.

Lin Quan stepped into the prison, and there was still no abnormality after checking the accounts, so today he came to give Su Liangcai an ultimatum.

The interrogation of Su Liangcai was jointly conducted by the court and Lin Quan, so he is eligible to enter the prison.

Soon, Lin Quan came to Su Liangcai's cell and ordered the guards to open the door.

Standing at the door, Lin Quan said in a deep voice, "Let me ask you one last time, how many stones were the grains you received at that time?"

In the corner of the cell, Su Liang raised his head. He had already answered this question countless times.

"Fifteen stone!"

"Why did you sign for thirty stone?"

"At that time, the low-ranking officials also signed fifteen shi, and it was the hands and feet of the people who transported the food!"

"Did you do it? Handwriting is something that a few rough men can do?"

Seeing that Su Liangcai was speechless, Lin Quan sneered and said, "You think you can escape punishment by shirking responsibility?"

Indignantly, Su Liangcai asked back: "Eunuch, if I swallow the fifteen shi of grain, where can I hide it under the eyes of everyone?"

"Then do you still remember the appearance of the military officer who delivered the food that day?"

"Remember!"

That's right, with no progress in checking the accounts, Lin Quan decided to do something extraordinary and investigate the army.

He has the golden order in his hand, so it is natural for Cha Jun to do it.

But if the check is wrong, the consequences will be very serious, so Lin Quan must be cautious.

Lin Quan said in a cold voice: "If you dare to lie to our family, our family will definitely make your life and your family's life worse than death!"

Su Liangcai happily said without fear: "Everything I said is true!"

For the sake of himself and his family, Su Liangcai had to restore his innocence.

"Okay, our family will take you out later, and identify who transported the food on the spot!"

Just as Lin Quan had finished speaking, someone hurriedly came outside the cell and told, "Eunuch, the lord is back!" "

(End of this chapter)