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Chapter 277 20 bags of rice missing
The master hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, exactly 200 bags of rice."

"That's not right." Mu Junze's eyes turned cold: "The magistrate of Huaiyang County was kind. In addition to the grain that I bought from him, he also gave 20 bags of rice as a gift. He followed the first batch of grain. , didn’t you check the signature when you received it?”

Zhao Ziji was startled. At that time, he just wanted to unload the goods quickly. This was something shipped by King Yan. He didn't even think of signing for it. He didn't even count it!

To say that he is a fool is not entirely true.He is a small county magistrate in a poor place. His family has earned more than anyone else in recent years, but he just doesn't care about the people's affairs.

"This... this... I'll go check it out again!" Zhao Ziji stammered.

"What are you checking?" Mu Junze said coldly: "Are you checking where the food has been lost, or are you checking what I said?"

"Of course I'm going to check the whereabouts of the food!" Zhao Ziji didn't dare to question Mu Junze's words. He thought that the worst he could do was to pay for some food, and his official title would be stable.

"General Xuan, help me find him." Mu Junze ordered.

"I dare not bother you military masters..." Zhao Ziji quickly stopped him: "Everyone has been busy all day. They are all working hard for us. Please take a rest here. The lower officials and government officials are familiar with this place, and the same is true for unloading goods. It’s easier for us to find what we unloaded.”

Mu Junze nodded slightly and waved his hand to signal him to go quickly.Zhao Ziji did not dare to delay, so he took the government servants and started looking around.

However, they rummaged through the place where the goods were unloaded, and there was not even a trace of a rice bag.

Zhao Ziji said angrily: "You...did you secretly hide it when you were unloading the goods?"

Those yamen servants were angry. They followed Zhao Ziji and only saw him eating meat. The brothers below didn't have much luck. Now that they had less things, they began to suspect them. Everyone looked at each other and frowned. The ground is silent.The leading government official couldn't see it and explained: "Master, this is life-saving food for the people. It was sent by the prince himself. Even if you give us a hundred courages, we don't dare to be greedy!"

Zhao Ziji thought this was the truth, but he was extremely confused and didn't know what went wrong.The top priority now is to hand over the 20 bags of rice.

It’s not that I didn’t have any rice, it was just that it was in my little treasury at that time. If these government officials saw the little treasury, would they get jealous?Moreover, spreading the word will damage the reputation.Zhao Ziji thought about it and found no better way, so he said to the leading yamen servant: "Come with me."

Zhao Ziji called four strong nannies in the house and went to a small warehouse in the backyard that was not usually used.There was a water tank on the ground. When the water tank was moved away, there was a round cover like a manhole. When the cover was twisted, it opened, revealing a dark entrance.

"Come down with me quickly and bring up 20 bags of rice!" Zhao Ziji urged the nuns and said to the leading Yamen servant: "Wang Zhong, wait here and bring the rice to the door."

The leading yamen officer named Wang Zhong had never known that there was such a place in the magistrate's house, so he couldn't help but look inside curiously. Zhao Ziji had a sullen expression on his face: "Don't look at what you shouldn't, and do what I tell you! "

Wang Zhong drew back his neck and replied angrily, "Yes."

After a while, Wang Zhong saw bags of rice being brought up. He followed the instructions and put the bags of rice at the door. He sighed in his heart that the magistrate Zhao's family was so rich that the people would not be able to eat for a few days. Food, his family actually brought out so much food casually.

After carrying twenty bags of rice, Zhao Ziji came out with a look of disgrace and a messy hair. He didn't bother to tidy it up. He quickly closed the lid and moved the water tank back to its original place.

Just after he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw a group of people coming outside the door, including government officials and people from the Southern Front Army. The leader turned out to be King Yan! "Found it?" Mu Junze glanced at the rice piled at the door. No more, no less, exactly 20 bags.

"Yes...yes." Zhao Ziji tried his best to control his breathing, but he could still hear that he was out of breath.

"Thank you for your hard work, Magistrate Zhao. Where did you find it?"

Zhao Ziji heard that there seemed to be appreciation in Mu Junze's tone, and he thought for a moment: "It exists in this room. They didn't come here to look for it before."

"Oh?" Mu Junze raised his eyebrows: "This is strange. Since it is stored in the house, why is it placed outside the door? And why not let everyone come together to help?"

Zhao Ziji was startled, glared at Wang Zhong fiercely, and cursed inwardly, you idiot. He asked you to put it at the door, but he asked you to put it inside near the door. Why did you move the rice bag outside the house!
Wang Zhong was very aggrieved, thinking that you clearly asked me to put it at the door, so why are you glaring at me?

Zhao Ziji was troubled and hesitated: "We were... looking for each other separately. We just... found it in this room, so I... ordered them to move outside the house first, and then asked everyone to move together!"

"Is it necessary to go to such trouble?" Mu Junze said as he walked into the house with long legs: "Is it possible that there is some treasure in this house?"

When Zhao Ziji saw Mu Junze enter the house, he was so frightened that he lost his soul, but he couldn't stop him. He couldn't move forward or retreat for a while, so he was very anxious.

"Hey, there's nothing good there?" Mu Junze walked to the water tank, stared at the water tank, raised his feet and was about to leave.

Zhao Ziji secretly sweated.

But just as Mu Junze walked to the door, he turned back to the water tank, took a look at it and said, "I think this water tank looks good... There is a gap in the water tank outside my room to prevent water from leaking out." As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Ziji, and saw that his face was red and his legs were trembling, so he no longer hesitated and signaled the Xuan soldiers to move the tank with a look!
Zhao Ziji suddenly collapsed to the ground. He could no longer think of any way to stop it. He just held on to the last bit of luck, hoping that King Yan would finish moving the water tank and leave, and stop worrying about the lid at the entrance to the basement.

Obviously, this is impossible.

As soon as the water tank was moved away, the round lid was suddenly exposed in front of everyone.

"Hey, what is this?" Mu Junze asked pretending to be curious.

Zhao Ziji tried his best to calm down and made the final struggle: "This... this is Xiaguan's cellar, but it has not been used for a long time, so it is probably dirty and messy."

"Oh..." Mu Junze took two steps back. Zhao Ziji felt happy, but unexpectedly he ordered the guards on the side: "Why don't you make use of such a good place? You guys, go down and help Zhao The county magistrate will clean it up, and there will be food shipped in two days, so it will be stored here."

When Zhao Ziji heard this, he collapsed on the ground and could not say anything.

The cover was quickly opened by the soldiers, and two of them went down the ladder set up there first. After a moment, there was an exclamation from below...

(End of this chapter)