There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 622 The Tiger's Den
Contains Jiacang City.

The old eunuch obeyed Su Xian's order and rushed to the palace. After informing the queen of the good news, Su Xian ordered people to excavate the third ruins.

There is also a huge stone slab under this ruin. When the stone slab is broken open, there is a one-foot-square passage. However, the granary under the passage is empty!

empty!

Not a grain of food!
"What's going on?" Su Xian frowned fiercely, looking at the empty underground granary, and the veins on his forehead jumped again and again.

"Why is it empty down there?" Thousand-faced Fox, Jiang Hanwen and others also had very complicated expressions. This situation was far beyond their expectations.

"..."

Now there is trouble. The old eunuch has already set off. He will tell the queen that Su Xian dug out 400 million stones of grain from the underground granary of Hanjiacang City.

But... this is only the third ruin, and the bottom is actually empty, without a grain of grain.

From this point of view, not to mention 400 million shi of grain, I am afraid that 40 shi will not be enough.

Su Xian couldn't imagine that the queen came all the way from the palace city and found out that this was the case. Would the queen go crazy?
How will Princess Lanling view this matter?
I'm afraid there will be a lot of gossip in the court...

This is a shocking oolong!
"I don't believe in evil!"

Su Xian took a deep breath, pointed at the fourth ruins with his hand, and shouted to the soldiers:
"Dig, keep digging, I don't believe that the remnants of the previous dynasty worked so hard just for these tens of thousands of stones of food!"

The soldiers immediately accepted the order and swarmed towards the fourth ruins carrying shovels like ants moving.

Thousand-faced Fox and Jiang Hanwen also reacted and nodded:
"Brother Su is right. Some of the underground granaries may have failed due to age, but most of them should be fine."

"..."

During the tense wait, the fourth granary was dug open.

There's something in there!

The officials of Hanjiacang City initially estimated that the grain in this warehouse is at least [-] dan!

Su Xian and others breathed a long sigh of relief, but they were worried and ordered the soldiers to continue digging. The soldiers dug four or five ruins in a row. As a result, there were tens of thousands of stones of food under each ruin!

"It seems to be a false alarm."

Su Xian's face, which had been tense for a long time, finally relaxed.

He looked at the Thousand-Faced Fox and Jiang Hanwen and said with a smile: "Decades have passed since the great craftsman Yu Wenkai of the previous dynasty worked on the mechanism, but a small part of it has failed."

"It seems that, plus other accidents that may occur, such as moisture, etc., the food we can dig out from the ground should be about... 500 million stones!"

Jiang Hanwen smiled and said:

"Not to mention 500 million shi, even 400 million shi is enough to support the next season's food harvest...Brother Su, you have made a huge contribution this time!"

Thousand-faced Fox also smiled and said:

"I have heard that the prime ministers have estimated that if we cannot purchase grain from Shu, millions of ordinary people in our country will starve to death."

"Not to mention that the people's hearts will be weakened by then, if the Liao Kingdom takes the opportunity to go south again, our country in Daliang may be destroyed...Brother Su's contribution is really great!"

Jiang Hanwen smiled again:
"Yes, but for the remnants of the previous dynasty, they probably have to jump on something. Brother Su not only stabilized the Liao Kingdom, but also forced the Liao Kingdom not to go south in the short term, which ruined the plan of the remnants of the previous dynasty to take advantage of it."

"Then, Brother Su dug up all the millions of stones of grain that the remnants of the previous dynasty had painstakingly buried underground in Hanjiacang City, ruining their follow-up plans..."

"..."

Thousand-faced Fox suddenly asked:
"By the way, Brother Su, how did you guess that there are millions of stones of grain buried underground? Our prison department and internal guards have been investigating the case for several months, but we don't have any clues."

Su Xian smiled and said:

"Second Catcher, do you still remember that 'pulley'?"

"Of course I remember, could it be related to that thing?"

Thousand-faced Fox and Jiang Hanwen both looked suspicious.

Although you are also powerful, your limited cognitive level has hindered your upper limit of power... Su Xian pursed his lips and smiled, and when he was about to explain the key, a prison guard suddenly came over and said:
"I inform the Marquis that outside the gate of Hanjiacang City, Taiwei Zhang and General Han Fu of the Jinwu Guard, together with more than a hundred Jinwu Guard officers, want to enter Hanjiacang City. Please make a decision."

"Zhang Huaiyi? You are bringing more than 100 Jinwu Guards with you? What are they doing here?" Su Xian thought to himself, looked up at the sky, frowned and fell into thought.

Thousand-faced Fox reminded:

"Brother Su doesn't know that Han Fu, the general of the Jinwu Guard, has a close personal relationship with Zhang Huaiyi. Han Fu also brought a hundred Jinwu Guard soldiers with him. The purpose of their trip may not be simple."

Jiang Hanwen also leaned closer and whispered:
"Don't let them in. With Zhang Huaiyi's character, they might take away the credit for discovering millions of stones of grain, and it would be detrimental to Brother Su!"

"..."

Su Xian looked solemn and looked at a ruined wall not far ahead. There was a corner there, which was also the only way to get here from the city gate.

Yang Zhilan hid on the ruined wall, Su Xian looked up and exchanged glances with him from a distance, then Su Xian sneered and said:
"Second and third arrests. I would like to ask you to leave Hanjiacang City first. Also, please take away the soldiers who just participated in the excavation of the ruins."

"Brother Su, you...can't!" Jiang Hanwen said urgently: "We are here, at least Zhang Huaiyi doesn't dare to do anything secretly. If we leave..."

The thousand-faced fox raised his eyebrows, shook his unruly hair from his forehead, looked at Su Xian and asked, "Brother Su, what are your plans?"

Su Xian sneered:
"Don't worry, you two, I'll be fine... Without further ado, please leave Hanjiacang City first."

"it is good!"

Eventually, the two catchers left.

The soldiers who were excavating the ruins were also taken away.

Before the soldiers left, Su Xian ordered them to cover up the excavated ruins and cover them with wooden boards.

After they left, Su Xian ordered the captain of the prison guard to let Zhang Huaiyi and a hundred Jinwu guards led by Han Fu enter Hanjiacang City.

Afterwards, Su Xian went to the latrine on the side, and after waiting for a while, Yang Zhilan landed from the skylight, and Su Xian immediately had a secret discussion with her.

After the secret discussion, Yang Zhilan shook her head and said: "No, the young master is too dangerous!"

Su Xian clenched his fists, and while thinking about what happened to Huaizhou, he gritted his teeth and said:
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs! I once said that when we enter Beijing this time, we must eradicate Zhang Huaiyi no matter the cost or any means!"

"Now is an excellent opportunity that cannot be missed...Although I have to take some risks, I don't have you Zhilan. I believe you can protect me."

Yang Zhilan looked at Su Xian and finally nodded slowly...

After coming out of the toilet, Su Xian did not go to the "developed" ruins. Instead, he came to the other side and walked around in the ruins, seeming to observe something.

He is actually waiting for a big fish to take the bait!

(End of this chapter)