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"I don't know." Gongshu Yinxue shook his head, "If it's just like this, it's easy, just give him a blow. What I'm worried about is..."

She pondered for a moment, looked at Qin Ke and said, "Can you break through this door? With your cultivation, you should be able to do it, right?"

Qin Ke smiled mysteriously and said, "Break away? No, I have an easier way."

This time when he went out, he deliberately brought the Bodhisattva Sword. Although he didn't think that he would really encounter any danger, carrying a weapon with him should be able to deal with some emergencies.

The morning sun pierced through the thin clouds that are typical of late autumn in the north, reflecting the sword body and reflecting light like running water. The sword edge was cold, and with his low hum, the long sword was inserted into the door of the official warehouse gate as soon as he handed it over. among the seams.

The sharpness of the magic weapon is enough to cut through ordinary iron, and Qin Ke's body is stronger than ordinary people. Even though the door bolt of the official warehouse is heavy, it is difficult to withstand the power of Qin Ke's sword.

It took almost an instant for Jianfeng to cut through the door bolt. As the sharp blade was raised upwards and there was a soft whistle, Qin Ke followed and kicked on the gate. The gate opened in response, and several people standing in the courtyard The official was suddenly panic-stricken.

"This...you...you..." The officer's eyes widened, and he thought he had seen a ghost in broad daylight. How could the door bolt be so rough, how could it be cut into two in the blink of an eye?

Qin Ke stood with his sword in his hand, and the Bodhisattva's sword pointed directly at the three of them. His decisive look made the three of them turn pale in shock, and one said tremblingly, "What are you trying to do? Do you know where this place is? Good... good Breaking into an official warehouse is a capital offense!"

Gongshu Yinxue frowned, raised his foot and stepped over the threshold, unceremoniously raised the letter in his hand, and said: "This is the personal seal of Lord Gongshu, do you all recognize it? I am Gongshu Yinxue, and I was ordered to come to check the official warehouse accounts, and you have been shutting the door, what crime should this be?"

How could the official servant not recognize her as Gongshu Yinxue, even the leading official before could hear her voice, after all, Gongshu Yinxue came several times with the late second old man of Gongshu in the past.

It can be said that before opening the door, the three of them all believed that Gongshu Yinxue and others standing outside the door were not lying, but Gongshu Jiu's order was still ringing in their ears, so they could only force a smile at this moment, and said bravely: "I...how did we know that it was really Miss Gongshu outside the door? That Ma Liu from before didn't say anything, but came in to check the accounts at the top of his voice. We thought it was someone he hired to talk nonsense again..."

Gongshu Yinxue looked at the official with sharp eyes and said, "Do you think he is from Maliu? Did my third uncle tell you something, which made you hesitate to open the door?"

"No...no..." The officer waved his hands again and again, and said: "What can the third master tell us, we all look at the official warehouse according to the rules, this is all a misunderstanding, misunderstanding, what is Miss Gongshu talking about... "

Gongshu Yinxue looked around the three of them, sneered, and shouted towards the door: "Ma Liu!"

Ma Liu, who was outside the door, had already seen the situation here, but kept peeping in the door, and when he heard Gongshu Yinxue's shout, he was shocked all over, and hurried in: "Miss."

"Since it was a misunderstanding, and you have seen the seal letter, now, can Ma Liu go in and check the accounts?" Gongshu Yinxue said word by word.

However, hearing what she said, several officials were still looking at each other, their faces were a little pale, and he hesitated.

Gongshu Yinxue didn't expect them to say anything, and took Ma Liu straight to the granary.

Just after taking two steps, he was stopped by the officials.

"Miss..." The leading official almost kept smiling, "Although you have the official letter from Mr. Gongshu, the third master is usually in charge of the third master. If you want to check the accounts, you have to wait for the third master to come over and make a handover." , so as to prevent those of us little ones from doing something wrong for a while, and we will be punished afterwards, right?"

Gongshu Yinxue said: "My uncle has already told my third uncle that I will be in charge of the affairs of these official warehouses in the north of the city from now on. When I come here today, my third uncle will naturally know about it. It's just an audit, and there is nothing to hand over to you. Just turn over the account book and hand it over to me, why invite him over again?"

She looked at the three of them, raised her neck and said, "Where's the officer in charge of the granary?"

"The warehouse official has something to do...he went out, it seems that he went to the east of the city. As for what happened, we little ones don't know." The official servant stubbornly moved in front of Gongshu Yinxue, and insisted: "Miss Gongshu, you still Can you inform the third master?"

Gongshu Yinxue said impatiently: "I have already told you just now, is it possible that I have to explain to you again now? Get out of the way, or I will be impolite."

The system of the Mohists is chaotic, counties are not like the system of prefectures and counties, and enfeoffment is not like the system of enfeoffment. The top often cannot control the bottom, and the ability is not strong enough, so some officials and aristocratic families often have a lot of power.

For example, in Jinzhou, the public loser is actually equivalent to the existence of the local emperor.

Therefore, even if Gongshu Yinxue does not have an official position, she who holds the seal of Gongshu Ren can not be angry and arrogant. At this moment, the official servant finally dare not continue to stop her, and can only retreat to the office like a few angry daughter-in-laws. Stand aside.

"Ma Liu, ask someone to bring some tables and chairs here." Gongshu Yinxue turned his head, and looked at the leading official, "Go and get the ledger, and check it in this courtyard."

Bundles of letters were piled up on the table, and Ma Liu immediately showed his capable side. After all, he was one of the few outstanding accountants of the public loser.

"The thousand stones were put into the warehouse last year... It's just that I checked another account book, and it turned out to be eight hundred stones from here. I don't know where the two hundred stones went..." Ma Liu suddenly said in a low voice. Gongshu Yinxue said.

Gongshu Yinxue nodded, reached out to take the ledger, and drew a circle on it with a cinnabar pen: "Write this down for now, and go to the warehouse to confirm later. You first calculate the grain that should be in the entire warehouse."

"Yes."

Qin Ke didn't know how to read accounts, and he couldn't help Gongshu Yinxue. After receiving the Bodhisattva Sword, he could only move a chair and sit aside.

When his eyes fell on Gongshu Yinxue, he couldn't help sighing in his heart, she is really a smart and capable girl, capable of both martial arts and literature, and she only needs to listen to those long strings of numbers that give people headaches just once , I can remember a general idea, and even be able to identify the slight deviation in Ma Liu's mental calculation, so that Ma Liu bowed his head and apologized repeatedly.

Perhaps because she felt Qin Ke's gaze, she raised her head slightly and looked over.

The eyes of the two collided in the air, and Gongshu Yinxue blushed inexplicably, and hurriedly spoke to Ma Liu seriously, but the words were more or less not as crisp as they were at the beginning.

The officials who moved the account books were so tired that they stuck out their tongues, like a few poor stray dogs. Compared with Ma Liu and Gongshu Yinxue, they were just like Qin Ke who couldn't understand the accounts. When asked by Gongshu Yinxue, they basically just asked Three don't know, in the end they can only shrink back and watch from a distance.

Qin Ke watched them whispering to each other, feeling a little bored in his heart, the wind-sighting technique unfolded invisible, and the voices of those people were poured into his ears along with the wind.

"What should I do? I only heard that Miss Yinxue is a shrewd person before, but I didn't expect to be so shrewd. This Ma Liu really doesn't know good from bad. Even if he sees something wrong, he doesn't know how to pretend to be deaf and dumb. , let her continue to investigate like this, how can we explain to the third master?"

"Yes. If this goes on, I'm afraid we'll all be skinned and cramped by the third master. If you want me to say, we should grab all the account books back..."

"Steal the account book? Are you going to grab the account book or should I? She is the lady of the public loser, the niece of Mr. Gong loser! What is your identity? You are not even an official, but a low-level official. Go up and grab the account book, don't you want to kill yourself? Yes, look at the young man holding the sword, you can see that he still stares at us from time to time... Could it be an ordinary person who can break the door bolt with a single sword? He must be a master of cultivation!"

Qin Ke couldn't help but turned his head and smiled, wondering if he already looked so scary?It seems that he has never been a murderous person?It doesn't look that bad, does it?

But what the next few people said made Qin Ke feel more interesting.

"Then what should we do? We can't let her keep investigating. Don't you know about the mess in our granary? Where do we have so much grain written in the ledger? When Lord Gongshu asks about the crime, we Don't you have to go to the guillotine?"

"Calm down... It's true that we don't have that much grain in our granary, but she might not be able to find it out. How can a bitch know about the double storey? If she wants to check, let her check it. Anyway, she will take it to the barn." , she can't see why."

"Then what about the food she wants to transport away?" One of them worried again.

Someone made a suggestion: "Get it from the first few warehouses first. She can't transport all the food at once. The first few warehouses are not double-decker warehouses. She shouldn't be able to see anything."

"That's right... that's the only way for now..."

……

When Qin Ke heard this, he stood up holding the Bodhisattva sword, and walked slowly to Gongshu Yinxue's side.

Gongshu Yinxue watched him walk over, feeling slightly confused: "Why, what's wrong?"

Qin Ke whispered in her ear: "I have something to ask you."

Gongshu Yinxue looked at Qin Ke's solemn eyes, nodded involuntarily, glanced at Ma Liu, and said, "You continue to count, we will continue to match later."

Then she walked aside with Qin Ke, and asked softly: "What's the matter, tell me."

Qin Ke glanced at the officials, and said hesitantly, "Double storehouse... what is it?"

Chapter 368 Interpretation

Gongshu Yinxue's eyes narrowed slightly: "Double storehouse? Where did you hear that?"

"Where else can I come from? From those people's mouths." Qin Ke told Gong Shu Yinxue about his hearing before, but what he said was "extraordinary talent" at that time, and he didn't talk about innate wind skills Things, but it was enough for her to understand, and a weird look suddenly appeared on her face.

"Double storey... My third uncle is really so bold?" Gongshu Yinxue murmured, then looked up at Qin Ke, "I have never seen this thing with my own eyes, but I have heard of it. There is a person in the granary How tall is the wooden barrel, the grain is placed in the wooden barrel, so that it is moisture-proof and easy to store. A wooden barrel can store nearly two hundred stones of grain. The double-layer warehouse... is specially modified on this wooden barrel , A partition is added in the middle of the wooden barrel, and this partition is suspended, and then the partition is filled with grain. From the outside, you can only see that it is indeed a full barrel, but in fact, such a warehouse In the barrel, there is only half of the grain piled up at most..."

Qin Ke looked at Gongshu Yinxue in shock, and said, "Is there such a thing?"

Gongshu Yinxue nodded, his eyes darkened: "No wonder these people refuse to let our people in. They have ghosts in their hearts. There must be not enough food in this granary." She glanced at Ma Liu and stretched out her hand to hold Qin Ke. Walked over, "Ma Liu, how is it?"

Ma Liu raised his head, held a scroll of letters and handed it to her: "Miss, after a rough calculation, the granary is about 670 taels, but there are nearly [-] taels of grain that don't match this amount."

Gongshu Yinxue nodded: "I see, thank you for your hard work. You continue to sort out these books, and I will take this book to see the warehouse."

Compared with the official warehouse with a stock of more than [-] shi, this official warehouse does not appear to be very large.Qin Ke followed Gongshu Yinxue into the warehouse slowly, and what caught his eyes was the corn of yellow and orange. These corns had been dried and stored in this warehouse. It seemed silent, but countless people depended on it for survival. hope.

However, the matter of the double warehouse was stuck in Gongshu Yinxue's heart, which added a lot of worry to her face.

In fact, she should be happy. If such a bad thing as a double storehouse is exposed in front of Gong Shuren, I am afraid that Gong Shu will completely lose Gong Shuren's trust in the family of Gong Shu, and it will be impossible for him to be considered as the head of the family in the future one.

Is it just right to do this?If we say that this matter is made a big deal and everyone knows about it, it is true that the public loser can be dragged into the water, but once the people know about such a thing, the popularity of the public loser will definitely be greatly damaged.

Most importantly, if the Jicheng court heard about this matter, how would it treat the public loser?Not to mention whether Gongshuren's official position can be kept, can this Gongshuren still thrive in Jinzhou as he is now?

There are no eggs under the overturned nest. As the daughter of a public loser, she must consider the entire public loser. What's more, what she wants to win for her brother is a powerful public loser, not a ruined wall in a place.

"Miss, this warehouse is full. There are [-] shi of grain, or I will take you to see the next one?" How much shock would be caused by the revelation, so the smile on his face became more and more stiff.

Gongshu Yinxue shook his head, and said, "I'll see for myself, just give me the key, and all of you go to the yard and wait."

"This..." The officer was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly showed embarrassment.

"Go." Gongshu Yinxue was angry in his heart, and he spoke a little more heavily, and suddenly the officials were so overwhelmed that they dared not speak, handed over the key, and ran out in a hurry.

On the other hand, Gongshu Yinxue led Qin Ke to the several granaries inside. The key was inserted into the lock, and there was a crisp sound of clicking. Then, what appeared in the eyes of the two of them was white rice like a hill.

But when Gongshu Yinxue saw such a scene, she couldn't be happy. She took a few steps forward and grabbed the ladder.

"Let me do it." Qin Ke stretched out his hand to hold the ladder, and looked at Gongshu Yinxue.

Gongshu Yinxue looked at Qin Ke and nodded slightly.

Qin Ke climbed up from the ladder to the top of the barrel, then looked at the piled rice, took a deep breath, and inserted the Bodhisattva sword into the pile of rice.

It is not easy to insert a sheathed Bodhisattva sword into rice, but under Qin Ke's power, it is not difficult to do it.It's just that following the Bodhisattva sword straight down, it encountered a layer of obstacles.

"This should be it." Qin Ke looked at Gongshu Yinxue, and exerted force with his hand again. The Bodhisattva sword touched the wooden board and made a "dong" sound.

Then he tried a few more positions, all in exactly the same situation.

Gongshu Yinxue bit his lip, and the anger in his heart could hardly be concealed: "How could he do this? There should be more than 600 shi of grain in the account book, so it's not even half of it. How can this be a granary?"

Unexpectedly, Gongshu Ren would make such a mess for herself, and Gongshu Yinxue was so anxious that she almost shed tears.

Qin Ke pressed her shoulder and comforted her softly: "Don't be too angry, your third uncle is an asshole, but you are not, and this is not your fault, as long as you tell your uncle in private, I think your uncle will make a decision of."

Gongshu Yinxue clenched her fists tightly, gritted her teeth, and said, "Yes. I can only let my uncle decide this kind of matter. This is no longer a matter of face. This matter is about the life and death of Jinzhou. It is about the life and death of the public loser, and only uncle can make the decision."

But at this moment, the overjoyed voice of the official came from outside the door: "Third Master! You are here! We will wait for you to death."

Qin Ke turned his head, and Gongshu Yinxue's eyes were shining like black gems.

After all, Gongshu didn't come alone, or even two people. When he came, he brought a whole team and blocked the gate of the whole granary. Looking from Qin Ke's side, It looks like a convoy of rations, just not actually confirmed.

But looking at Gongshu Jiu's appearance, he was in a good mood, and after hearing a funny remark from the officials, he laughed heartily.

Gongshu Yinxue came out and looked at him face to face, there seemed to be a flash of lightning in the eyes of both of them.

Almost immediately, Gongshu Jiu was able to confirm that Gongshu Yinxue saw something tricky in the granary.

But he didn't panic. Instead, he looked at Yinxue with a gentle smile like an elder: "Yinxue, have you come to see the account so soon? You just came home yesterday, so don't get tired. By the way, I haven't had time yet Let me tell you, the grain transported by the convoy outside this door originally belonged to this granary. A few days ago, because of the porridge shop, I temporarily transferred some of it to another granary. Now I have transported all of it back, you A little bit, it should be exactly the same as the number on the ledger."

Gongshu Yinxue nodded, calmly, as if everything she saw in the warehouse was just floating clouds, she turned her head to Ma Liu and said, "Go and order some food."

Ma Liu nodded respectfully, put down the brush and led the people towards the door.

Gongshu glanced at Ma Liu, then continued to look at Gongshu Yinxue, with a smile still on his face: "What's the matter, Yinxue, you seem a little unhappy to see you like this? Are you tired? I'll just say Well, my big brother, I don’t know how to be considerate of children, you encountered such a dangerous thing when you went out this time, why did you just stay at home for a day and let you take over this troublesome thing.”

He patted his chest: "Aren't you going to get married to Qin Ke in a few days? Otherwise, the third uncle will tell you, let the elder brother not let you show your face outside, everyone says that getting married at a daughter's house is the most important thing." Duo, you are at home, so you can take care of the marriage with your third aunt."

Gongshu Yinxue looked at Gongshu, didn't say much, just showed a slight smile and said: "Auntie and Auntie are helping you with the marriage, so I don't need to worry about it, no, Uncle wants me to help Uncle you share some of the burden." , I just came here, it’s just that I just took over, and I’m not used to some things. After all, these granaries are usually managed by the third uncle... Some things, I actually didn’t know until I came here, but I was shocked. ..."

Gongshu heard something in Gongshu Yinxue's words, looked at her with a sweet smile, was slightly startled, and immediately understood that she must have known about the double storehouse, although he didn't know how this girl did it so quickly He just noticed that right now he can't directly attack in public, he can only gnash his teeth secretly.

However, he had to maintain an open face, and then smiled and said: "That is, you are still young, and it is understandable that you don't understand some things for a while. This... If there is anything you don't understand, feel free to ask Third Uncle. Third Uncle doesn't dare to promise anything else, the matter in this granary can still be said with confidence."

Gongshu Yinxue saluted slowly: "Then thank third uncle first, if there is anything, I will definitely ask third uncle for advice, but I can't still rely on third uncle to help me do things that uncle entrusted to me. If I took over one day earlier, wouldn't I be able to relieve third uncle's worries?"

The expression on Gongshu's face was even uglier, worrying?Is it to share his worries by intervening horizontally?This little girl obviously wants to make trouble...

With a hot face and a cold butt, it wouldn't be too comfortable. After all, Gongshu could only find an excuse to go to Maliu to count the food with him, and at the same time he took the initiative to answer some questions about the accounts.

After all, he is the third master of the public loser. Ma Liu is just a servant in front of him. Seeing him explaining his doubts like this, he is naturally grateful. with.

Qin Ke looked at Gong Shujiu's figure from a distance, and couldn't help laughing: "He really can bear it, he can still laugh when you stab him like this."

Gongshu Yinxue also laughed softly: "Don't look at him smiling happily, I'm afraid he has already scolded me countless times in his heart, he knows the tricks in the granary very well, otherwise he wouldn't He would transport the grain in such a hurry. What is transfer? Even if the uncle does it himself, he has to leave a document stating where the grain will go and return it within a deadline. But he doesn’t have any of these, so what kind of transfer is this?”

Chapter 369 Reunion

Qin Ke didn't quite understand these things, but he still thought of something: "Where did he get the grain? If the granary is a big hole, it won't be easy for him to fill it in, right?"

"It's his business." Gongshu Yinxue sneered, "Anyway, he will always find a way. I just need to clean up the mess in these granaries."

Qin Ke nodded, his wind-viewing technique was still on, and he heard the conversations of those officials from a distance, and said with a casual smile: "Those people are scolding you for this matter, if you do this, they will also There’s no oil to fish for.”

"They scold me, I'm not worried." Gongshu Yinxue shook his head, "I'm just afraid that uncle will scold me. I really want to expose this matter, but in this way, even if third uncle's fate is not good, I will be in uncle's place." There will also be a "serious" impression in my heart. My uncle wants the peace of his home and the harmony between his brothers the most. Maybe he will punish the third uncle severely because of this matter, but he will never allow such a harsh and disobedient elder like me People sit on the head of the family..."

Qin Ke shook his head when he heard it, and said: "The matter in your family is too complicated. It gives me a headache. Those who make mistakes will be punished, but those who expose them will also be implicated..."

But when he saw Gongshu Yinxue's bitter eyes, like a helpless little animal that could only hide in the corner of the wall, he couldn't help softening his heart, and stretched out his hand to pat her on the shoulder: "I still believe in you, even if in the future you Being able to sit on the position of Patriarch, I will definitely not kill all your third and fourth uncles."

"On the contrary." Qin Ke looked at Gong Shujiu who was standing in the distance talking to Ma Liu, and sighed, "Your third uncle may not let you go."

In fact, he doesn't need to say this, Gongshu Yinxue knows it very well in her heart. On that day on the wasteland, her eyes were full of blood. "Jiang Hu Ke" is too life-threatening, perhaps she has already become the most horrible one among the many dead bodies.

It's just that she's still alive, maybe it's because God pities her and her sensible brother, so she didn't take her to the world of her father and second grandfather.

That being the case, she naturally has to be firm in her determination: "I understand. But even if I sit in that seat, I will never hurt the killer to prevent future troubles. At most, I just let them no longer have the opportunity to threaten me."

After all, the emergency allocation of grain by the public transport finally matched the amount, and the double-layer warehouse was dismantled in secret, filled with countless rice, corn, and wheat, and no one could see the huge hole in the granary anymore. .