The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 586 Who is the scapegoat? [Subscribe*Vote for the monthly ticket]

"Since you have set your sights on Liaoyang Treasury first, Niliusha will no longer participate!"

Wei Zhuang and Zi Nu failed to recognize Yan Yan, but they also knew that Liaoyang Treasury had nothing to do with their Niliusha.

The cultivation level of the leader of this group of people is so high that they have no chance of winning even if they join forces, and the others are just second-rate masters in the martial arts world.

However, Wei Zhuang and Zi Nu still couldn’t understand why a great master and a group of experts would actually set their sights on the tiny Liaoyang Treasury.

With the strength of this group of people, they can get any kind of wealth they want.

"Please!" Yan Yan stepped aside and made way.

It is not appropriate to fight with Wei Zhuang now. If we attract the army in Liaoyang City, it will be more trouble than gain.

Wei Zhuang and Zi Nu were also aware of the situation, and they knew that if a real fight broke out, it would not be difficult for the other party to kill them, but they were afraid of the defenders in the city.

Therefore, Wei Zhuang and Zi Nu decisively left.

Yan Yan did not stop them. He watched the Military Control Commission personnel empty the treasury, and then followed them to cover their evacuation and eliminate all traces.

"I wonder which company has set its sights on the Liaoyang Treasury!" Zi Nu said with some regret after leaving.

“Among the hundreds of schools of thought, there are only a few that can gather so many experts in a short period of time and have a grandmaster lead the team.” Wei Zhuang said with a slight frown.

Although it is certain that there are only a few companies that have this ability and strength, they still don't know which one it is.

But the result is inevitable. No matter which company it is, Niliusha cannot afford to offend them.

However, this made Wei Zhuang even more confused. With the strength and financial resources of those families, they would not even look down upon the Liaoyang Treasury, not to mention that they had sent a grandmaster to lead the team.

Could it be that there are other treasures in the Liaoyang treasury that they don’t know about?

“That’s not right!” Wei Zhuang shook his head. If the other party was after some unknown treasure, he could just take it away directly. However, it seemed that the other party was aiming to empty the Liaoyang treasury.

"Do you want to follow and take a look?" Zi Nu asked hesitantly.

“No!” Wei Zhuang shook his head. Following a master was seeking death.

Moreover, the other party was wearing black clothes and masks, obviously not wanting others to know their identity.

If he and Zi Nu were to reveal the other person's identity, they would be making an enemy and forcing the other person to kill them.

So they didn't even have the courage or the idea to follow.

After Yan Yan and his party evacuated, when it was almost dawn, a fire suddenly broke out inexplicably in the Liaoyang Treasury, burning the entire treasury to ashes.

"It was you who did it?" Yan Yan frowned and looked at Mo Ya and others.

The fire was so big that nearly half of the neighborhood where the Liaoyang government treasury was located was burned, and nearby residents were also implicated.

Fortunately, there were no casualties.

"It wasn't us. The treasury was too close to residential houses, so we didn't dare set it on fire!" Mo Ya shook his head in denial.

Yan Yan frowned. It wasn't the Military Control Commission who did it, and Wei Zhuang and Zi Nu were scared away by him. So who else had this motive?

And this fire came a little late.

They were all evacuated for nearly two hours before the fire started.

This time was enough for the treasury guards to wake up and the patrolling warriors to return to their posts, and also for Liaoyang to discover that the treasury had been stolen.

However, the Liaoyang government did not immediately track down the murderer, and there was no disturbance at all. Then the treasury suddenly caught fire. "Someone is destroying evidence!" Yan Yan's eyes lit up.

He figured it out: the arsonists were none other than the nobles of Liaoyang City.

They embezzled nearly two-thirds of the wealth in the treasury, as well as dozens of sets of armor, a debt they could never make up for.

Therefore, after the treasury was stolen, they did not dare to report it to the Central Army Shogunate at the first time. Otherwise, once the Central Army Shogunate sent out law enforcement guards and found that the accounts did not match, they would all be killed.

So, they decided to go all out and settle the account with one fire.

Even if the law enforcement captain came to investigate, all he could track down would be the unknown group of "friends" who stole the rest of the treasury last night!
The fire in Liaoyang treasury shocked the entire central military headquarters, and Zhao Cong's face looked extremely ugly.

In the treasury there were nearly twenty days' worth of food, weapons and supplies for the army, but they were all burned up in a fire.

Without food and supplies, are they going to fight the Qin army on an empty stomach?
"Investigate!" Zhao Cong's eyes were grim. He didn't believe that it was really caused by an accidental water leak in the treasury.

"Could it be the Qin army who did it?" The magistrate of Liaoyang County whispered, deliberately leading Zhao Cong and others towards the Qin army.

Zhao Cong frowned. It was possible.

Sima Shang also looked grim. He had been fooled. He did not want to betray the Zhao soldiers, which led to the defeat of the Zhao army.

But what he didn't expect was that Bingzhou would actually empty the entire treasury. He thought that Bingzhou only wanted the treasures and money in the treasury.

After all, those food and equipment cannot be transported away from Bingzhou!
He forgot that Bingzhou and the Qin army were one, and after burning the food and grass, the Zhao army had no choice but to retreat.

The other party played a trick on him.

Soon the law enforcement captain came back and whispered something in Zhao Cong's ear.

Zhao Cong's face turned ugly in an instant, and he stared at the magistrate of Liaoyang County and the officials of Liaoyang City.

The law enforcement captain is responsible for military discipline in the army and is also the elite of the army.

However, the law enforcement captain reported that there were no signs of food being burned at the fire scene, which meant that the treasury was originally empty!

Someone used this fire to cover up the fact that the treasury was empty!
"Mr. County Magistrate, don't you intend to give this general an explanation?" Zhao Cong looked at the Liaoyang County Magistrate coldly.

In the entire Liaoyang, the only ones who could empty the entire treasury silently were the officials and dignitaries of Liaoyang.

"I guess you gentlemen don't know that the ashes after burning food and grass are different from ordinary ashes. Whether it is the smell left in the air or the ashes after the fire, they are all different!" Zhao Cong said coldly.

The food and grass were burned, tens of thousands of stones of food and grass were burned, and it would take at least two days and two nights to burn. How could it be extinguished so easily? Moreover, the smell of burnt food was enough to fill the entire Liaoyang City.

But they did not smell any scent of food in the air.

What's more, the treasury contained not only food and fodder, but also weapons and equipment, which could not be burned by fire.

However, there were only a few broken weapons and equipment at the scene, not even a single coin.

The magistrate of Liaoyang County was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground. He wanted to strangle those guys to death. He had reminded them to clean up the mess, but they took so many things and were reluctant to give them up.

Now the truth is revealed!

Is it that easy to hide from the eyes and noses of those scouts in the army?

"Take them away and torture them severely. We must recover the food and supplies they have hidden!" Zhao Cong ordered.

Without food and supplies, they didn't need the Qin army to attack, as the army would have to withdraw to Handan due to lack of food.

(End of this chapter)