Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 659
The west gate of Luoyang was already surrounded by soldiers. Dozens of carts were crowded here, filled with grain and various tools. The carriages lined up from the inside of the city to the outside of the city. Even the entire road was crowded. Yuan Shao walked quickly beside these vehicles, constantly checking the carriages. Behind him were two officials. They were holding lists in their hands to compare the quantity of supplies.

At the front of the vehicle, Gao Gan looked helplessly at Yuan Shao and checked them one by one. He was also a little dissatisfied in his heart. He is your relative, how could he be so distrustful of himself and still need to check in various ways?However, he didn't dare to say anything more. These days, Yuan Shao was becoming more and more irritable, and he was always swearing at him. As for his junior, if he was really beaten, he could only bear it. Why bother asking for unhappiness?
Yuan Shao looked at it very seriously, and spent a lot of effort. He just finished the verification and came in front of the high-ranking officer. The high-ranking officer was possessed and respectful. When sending to Liangzhou, you must hand it over to Mr. Xing in person. Remember, you are not allowed to hand it over to others, even the local governor, and you cannot entrust others. These materials are very important. If they are missing by half, you just wait Go see Xianfu! Do you understand??"

Gao Gan was startled, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Please rest assured, Sikong, I am determined to fulfill my mission!"

Yuan Shao nodded, looked at Cao Zhi behind him, and asked again: "I'm sure there's nothing wrong, right?"

Cao Zhi looked at the bill in his hand, nodded, and said, "No."

"Then let's go, safe journey!!" Yuan Shao said solemnly, Gao Gan saluted him again, turned around and was about to leave, the vehicle slowly left the city, the grooms got on the vehicle one after another, loudly shouted, Yuan Shao and the two officials stood aside and watched these people leave. There were many carriages, and under the protection of a group of soldiers, they set off towards Liangzhou. tired.

Today, a total of four convoys are leaving Luoyang.

The first team was led by high-ranking officials, and they went to Liangzhou to send to Xing Ziang the cost of building the road. The second team went to Xizhou, and it was to be handed over to Jia Xu for foreign trade. Most of the carriages were filled with obsolete ordnance, as well as some food and dried meat, which were used by the Southern Army. The third team was rushing to Yangzhou, naturally to support Cao Cao, and the last team was for the Southern Army. Consumed by the Northern Army.

This is only the second team of carriages sent away by Yuan Shao. Next, two people will leave, and Yuan Shao will go to monitor the situation of the materials. He has been feeling a little uneasy recently. Seeing off, he can feel at ease. Yuan Shao, who has been busy these days, looks a little old with white hair. He watched the carriage leave. Suddenly, he frowned, and suddenly said: "Let them stop!" Come down!!!"

Cao Zhi on the side was taken aback for a moment, before he realized it, he yelled: "Stop!! Sikong's order!! Everyone stop!!"

After the high-ranking officer who ordered the groom heard about it, he quickly stopped the crowd. Yuan Shao frowned and walked up slowly. Cao Zhi followed behind him. Yuan Shao walked to the side of the last carriage. Cao Zhi asked with some doubts: "Sikong, what's wrong?" Yuan Shao looked at the grain bag on the carriage, and then at the grain bag on the carriage in front of it. Gao Gan had already run over, came to his side, and asked: "Sikong, what's wrong?"

"Are you responsible for these supplies?"

"It's all my responsibility."

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth without saying a word, and suddenly pulled out the long sword from his waist. Gao Gan was startled, Yuan Shao raised the long sword and directly inserted it into the grain bag on the last carriage. Thin grains of rice slipped out of the gap, Yuan Shao brutally tore open the grain bag, the bag was full of grain, Gao Gan and Cao Zhi were a little confused, what exactly was Sikong going to do?Seeing such a scene, Yuan Shao was also taken aback.

He lowered his head again, looking at the wheels of the two carriages in front and behind.

"This carriage is the same as the one in front, it is loaded with ten sacks of grain, so why is the carriage in front so heavy and its wheels deformed, but this one has not changed at all?" Yuan Shao asked. Going forward, he thrust his sword into the grain bag. Gao Gan was about to explain, and was about to speak, when he saw fine grains of sand flowing out from the gap in the grain bag, all of which were sand grains.
Yuan Shao's eyes widened. Cao Zhi and Gao Gan were even more so. Gao Gan opened his mouth wide and shouted, "How is this possible? It's me."

Yuan Shao ignored him, and directly hacked around with his sword, and all the grain bags were filled with sand, Yuan Shao gritted his teeth, his eyes were red, and he roared angrily: "Open those grain bags in front of me too! !!" Suddenly, a groom got off his horse and opened those grain bags. Not surprisingly, they were filled with sand grains. Yuan Shao was trembling all over, and his eyes were red with anger. when.

Gao Gan's knees gave way and he collapsed to the ground.

"No, I'm not, I don't know"

"Quickly inform all the convoys to stop!! Chase back the convoy just now!! Control them all!!" Yuan Shao roared angrily, and the officials behind him immediately went to work. Qian, stepping forward, Gao Gan fell to the ground howling miserably, but began to cry aggrievedly. Yuan Shao covered his head, only feeling some stinging pain, he took a deep breath, and then he recovered.

Inside the Ting Wei, there were soldiers standing there.

Man Chong frowned, looking at the grains of sand piled up in the front yard, he felt a little uneasy, who on earth could have such a huge power, and dared to replace all the food subsidized by the temple with grains of sand? , Only a few carriages in the area have some food. If such supplies reach the hands of the Northern and Southern Army, including Cao Cao and Xing Ziang, what will they think? This is a big case! !
Man Chong thought to himself, and then looked at the few people in front of him. Yuan Shao sat aside, lowered his head, and said nothing. Logically speaking, Man Chong shouldn't suspect him, because he saw through the thief's treachery. He was also the one who sued Ting Wei, but Man Chong still couldn't let him go easily, because among the people present, Yuan Shao was the most capable to do all this, and the other four were the leaders of the four-row carriage. By.

One is called Gao Gan, another is called Yuan Tan, another is called Yuan Mai, and the last one is called Lu Meng.

Among these people, except for this bewildered Lu Meng, the rest are Yuan Shao's close family members. It is said that Lu Meng is a student of military science. The army's food, rushed directly to the Southern Army to report. Among these people, the least suspicious person is this Lu Meng. to transport food.

Lu Meng also looked at a loss, he didn't know what happened, he just followed the order to transport the supplies, why was he brought to Tingwei all of a sudden? ?He looked at the few people around him, most of them had the same expressions, only the high-ranking officials were very frightened, trembling all over, bad luck, bad luck, why did such a thing happen to him, now, Lu Meng is here Feeling helpless in my heart.

At this time, Man Chong suddenly asked: "Masters, these materials were distributed by the temple, why did they become grains of sand?"

"Someone changed it." Lu Meng said, Man Chong turned his head suddenly, stared at him, squinted his eyes, and asked, "Oh? Someone else changed?? Who changed it??"

"I don't know." Lu Meng said blankly, but Man Chong frowned. Lu Meng reminded him of another person, a person he resented very much, a stupid person, Man Chong didn't have more What to say, walked to Yuan Shao's side and said: "Sikong, I have to interrogate these people myself. I know that there is Mr. Sikong here, but I am following the law, and I hope that Sikong will not stop him."

"If I want to stop them, I won't bring them here, you can check." Yuan Shao said, stood up, and was about to leave. Seeing that he was about to leave, Yuan Tan and the others A little panicked, wanted to call him, but didn't dare to call him, Yuan Shao lowered his head, left without saying a word, and walked out of the Tingwei hall, Yuan Shao felt a little chilly all over, Cao Zhi still followed behind him.

"Sikong, these three people are all relatives of Sikong, I'm afraid they will make excuses and say that Sikong reuses his cronies."

"Huh? Re-use cronies?? If I don't need cronies, who should I use?? You have to ask me to find some disobedient and disobedient people who will fight against me everywhere, can't I do anything?? Let them go After finishing talking, go back to the mansion to rest!!" Yuan Shao said, walking towards the mansion, Cao Zhi looked at him and sighed helplessly.

"Open the door!! Embroidered Clothes Messenger!!"

Yuan Shang yelled, the gate of Tingwei was opened, and two soldiers walked out from inside, looking at Yuan Shang in front of him coldly, since Man Chong took office as Tingwei, most of Tingwei's soldiers straightened their backs, and rarely Afraid, Yuan Shang looked at them and said, "Tell Manjun quickly that Yuan Shang is here under the order of the Son of Heaven." The soldiers nodded, and after a while, Man Chong came out.

He was wearing an official uniform, and his hands were still stained with some blood.

Wiping the blood from his hands, he frowned and asked, "Yuan Jun?? What did the Son of Heaven say?"

Seeing the blood on his hand, Yuan Shang was taken aback, gritted his teeth, and said, "Your Majesty ordered you and me to go to Houde Hall together." Man Chong said, "Wait a moment." Immediately, He went back to tidy up his clothes, and not long after, he came out and walked to the palace with Yuan Shang. Walking on the road, the two were silent, and Yuan Shang suddenly asked: "What did you find out, Mr. Man?"

"Of course, I still have a way to deal with the spoiled family. I can easily find out the truth." Man Chong looked at Yuan Shang, his tone was a little cold, and so was his eyes. Yuan Shang's heart sank, and he didn't say anything again. Asking, frowning, the two rushed to the palace, and immediately the Yellow Gate led them into the Hall of Houde. The emperor was standing in front of the map of the big man, with his back to them, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The two bowed to the emperor.

Liu Xi did not let them get up quickly as usual.

"Just in Luoyang. Such a thing happened. Are all the lords bullying me when I am young?" Liu Xi said, turning around slowly, Man Chong bowed to Yuan Shang, and said: "Your Majesty, we are all It is a crime, and I hope His Majesty will punish it severely!!!"

Liu Xi looked at the two of them, and his eyes lingered on Yuan Shang for a moment before he asked, "Tell me, what happened?"

(End of this chapter)