The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 71 The Xue family takes over
In the hall, Xue Xiuming sat with his eyes closed, his face as sinking as water.

Xue Xiuliang walked back and forth restlessly.

A servant offered tea, Xue Xiuliang took a sip, spat it out, wiped his mouth and cursed: "Is this fucking called tea?"

The servant did not dare to answer and retreated tremblingly.

Guan Tieshi strode in, clasped his fists and saluted: "I've seen Xue Sima and Xue Bingshi!"

Xue Xiuming opened his eyes and saw Guan Tieshi arriving, his face became gloomy again.

"Where is Commander-in-Chief? Why, you sent all your little soldiers here and you want to send us away?" Xue Xiuliang was angry.

"Commander Jie still has important things to do and is not in the palace. If anything happens to you two, I can report it on my behalf!" Guan Tieshi is neither humble nor overbearing.

Xue Xiuliang shouted angrily: "Where is Zhu Xiu? Tell that kid to come out and see me!"

"Secretary Zhu Zhang went out to the city for hunting yesterday and caught a cold wind. He is now bedridden. If Ambassador Xue Bing has anything important to do, please convey it to me!"

Xue Xiuliang pointed at Guan Tieshi, trembling with anger: "Hunting? That little brat led [-] tooth soldiers yesterday to break into the salt warehouse without authorization and robbed more than [-] shi of grain. I ask you, do you care about this matter? "

Guan Tieshi said with a smile: "It turns out that this is what Xue Bingshi was talking about. Secretary Zhu Zhang has already reported this matter to the festival commander. There was a fire in the salt warehouse yesterday. They and their party happened to pass by. They were worried that the salt warehouse did not have enough manpower to put out the fire in time. This Only then did he enter the salt warehouse to put out the fire without reporting it to Xue Sima.

Commander Jie said that although this move was against the rules, it was excusable. Secretary Zhu Zhang did not know at that time that Xue Bingshi had already rushed to Yancang with his people.As for the five hundred shi of grain, in view of the fire in the salt warehouse caused by the negligence of Cao Cao, Commander-in-Chief asked Xue Sima to investigate the matter carefully. Before the renovation of the salt warehouse was completed, the grain was handed over to the custody of the Ya soldiers. "

Xue Xiuliang's eyes widened, and he finally understood that Jiedu Mansion had no intention of returning the more than 500 stones of grain to the salt warehouse.

"Fart! That's the Xue family's grain harvest!" Xue Xiuliang clenched his fists and became furious.

Guan Tieshi frowned, suppressed his smile and said sternly: "What Xue Bing said is inappropriate! The grain harvest in Yancang is a land tax paid by the people of the two states, and the Cangcao officials are responsible for the supervision. How can it be classified as the private property of the Xue family?" Cang Caoguan is also an official under the Jiedu Mansion. Just because Cangcao Guan was appointed by Xue Sima, it cannot be said that the grain harvesting in Yancang also belongs to the Xue family?"

Xue Xiuliang was speechless and became angry from embarrassment, with a fierce light in his eyes: "You dare to teach me a lesson even if you are a small bodyguard, are you looking for death?"

Guan Tieshi looked calm and was not angered by his words.

Xue Xiuming suddenly said: "Since we are hunting, why do we need to bring three hundred soldiers and horses with us?"

Guan Tieshi replied: "Miss Lingyan is also going together. Commander Jie is worried about the safety of the two of them, so he ordered the villain to dispatch troops to accompany him to protect him."

Xue Xiuming stared at him: "What prey did you catch?"

Guan Tieshi clapped his hands, and a servant brought a stiff white-haired fat rabbit:
"I was unlucky yesterday. I only caught a few hares and gray badgers. Secretary Zhuzhang rewarded the brothers with a tooth as a sacrifice, and there was only one left. If Xue Sima doesn't dislike it, take it back and skin it and roast it."

This kind of long-eared and big-tailed rabbit often appears in the wild areas near the salt warehouse. Judging from its freshness, it must have been shot yesterday.

"Brother~" Xue Xiuliang was very angry. Could it be that Jiedu Mansion just used a rabbit to send them away?
Xue Xiuming added: "Yesterday, a group of private salt dealers sneaked into the salt warehouse to steal salt packets. Most of them were killed on the spot. Only the bandit leader Bi Zhenhai and a salt warehouse clerk escaped. Does Commander Ji know about this? ?" Guan Tieshi said: "I understand. The handsome man has already ordered the prefecture and county officials to put up portraits of the bandit leaders everywhere and try their best to arrest the thief! The handsome man also said that the guards at the salt warehouse are still too lax and asked Xue Sima to send more people to guard it."

Xue Xiuming said coldly: "Did you find any traces of thieves near the salt warehouse yesterday?"

Guan Tieshi thought about it carefully and said apologetically: "No. It must be that the bandit leader was cunning and did not dare to approach the large group of people, so he stayed away from it."

Xue Xiuming nodded, stood up and said, "Please tell the handsome man, I will handle the matter in the salt warehouse properly."

"I will remember it, please rest assured Xue Sima."

"Let's go." Xue Xiuming walked out of the hall.

"Brother~" Xue Xiuliang was unwilling to give in.

"Let's go!" Xue Xiuming emphasized his tone and left the hall.

Xue Xiuliang glanced at Guan Tieshi bitterly and chased after him.

Guan Tieshi breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to his house to report.

After leaving Jiedu Mansion, the Xue brothers rode horses separately.

"Brother, I think the fire in the salt warehouse has something to do with the boy named Zhu! After he led his men to break in, a fire inexplicably broke out in the place where there was no fire, and the fire in the warehouse that was originally extinguished started to spark. It must be him Troublemaker!

And the group of people who came out to rescue Bi Zhenhai, I think they were also sent by Zhu Xiu, otherwise why would they suddenly disappear without a trace? "

Xue Xiuliang kept scolding, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

Xue Xiuming said calmly: "Do you have any evidence for this?"

"I" Xue Xiuliang was suddenly speechless.

"Brother, what do you want to do? I can't swallow this breath!"

Xue Xiuming looked back at Jiedu Mansion and sneered: "What should we do? The Shi family has already made a move, we will just take it!"

"How to pick it up? Bi Zhenhai and the more than 500 stones of grain are all gone!" Xue Xiuliang was filled with anger.

Xue Xiuming said: "Shi Kuangwei is afraid that he wants to start with money and food to cut off the connection between my Xue family and the Zhangyi Army. He is smart and wants to hit the nail on the head! The Xue family has been in charge of the wealth and power of Zhangyi Town for many years. In every aspect of Jingzhou, where is the difference? Does the Xue family have nothing to do with it? Does it mean that it can be broken off just by saying it is broken?
This matter is not urgent, let me think about it slowly.The top priority is to send people to sneak into Yangjinchuan to see what they are doing! "

"Don't worry, brother, I'll do it when I get back!"

(End of this chapter)