Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 109 103. Corruption?

Captain Zhou's attitude immediately made the entire camp extremely unhappy.

What does "the clerk made a mistake" mean? We have been hungry for a few days, and you just let it go with a few words?
Miscalculating the amount of military rations is no small matter in the military. At the very least, it is dereliction of duty, and at the most, it is embezzlement of military rations!
Ding Feng was also shocked by Captain Zhou's attitude, and then he became furious and shouted:
"Don't leave! We must make things clear today! Could it be that you secretly embezzled our army's rations?"

Ding Feng would never let Captain Zhou get away with it so easily. He strode out a few steps, grabbed Captain Zhou's leather armor, and dragged him towards Xu Sheng's camp, shouting as he walked:
"Today, you and I will go to General Xu to have it all sorted out! Food officer! Go find the food transport team to replenish our food for the next few days!"

If the soldiers had only been watching the mutual questioning between General Ding Feng and Captain Zhou with great interest, then at this moment everyone was cheering happily.

Seeking justice is all empty talk, the real thing is to return the food.

After hearing Ding Feng's words, the grain officer immediately called his hundreds of brothers, and pushed the large grain transport carts to ask for grain from Captain Zhou's grain transport team amid the cheers of the soldiers.

"Ah? Let me see...Hasn't the food for General Ding Feng's headquarters been allocated before?"

When the grain officer arrived at the temporary granary, the clerk in charge of recording the grain in and out looked at the account book in front of him with confusion.

"When was the money allocated? My army is on the verge of mutiny. We have never received any food."

The clerk was stunned, and the grain official was also stunned. They looked at each other for a while. The clerk looked at the account book in front of him again to confirm what the grain official said.

"Look, five days ago, it was Captain Zhou who personally went out to the warehouse."

The clerk pointed to a line of words in the account book. The grain officer took a closer look and saw that it indeed said that grain had been distributed to his troops.

"But we haven't received any food. Captain Zhou told me that the food supply is blocked and there is no food these days."

The two continued to stare at each other, and finally the clerk waved his hand and said helplessly:
"I can't make the decision on this matter. There is a fixed amount of grain in the warehouse. You'd better go and discuss it with your superiors."

"Please wait a moment. I'll be back soon."

The grain officer had no choice but to continue to go to Xu Sheng’s camp to find Ding Feng to make the decision for him, leaving his brothers to wait here.

Ding Feng was cursing and pulling Captain Zhou as they walked towards Xu Sheng's tent. Countless people saw the fight along the way, and the news of the incident spread quickly and became known to everyone in the camp.

"Let's go! Go in! Let's talk it out in front of General Xu!"

Ding Feng pushed Captain Zhou into Xu Sheng's tent and followed him in, isolating himself from all the curious eyes.

At this time, Xu Sheng was sitting calmly in the first seat studying the map in front of him. When he saw the two people pushing and shoving their way in and blaming each other, he covered his forehead and waved his hand.

"Alright, there's no one else in the tent, so stop arguing."

After hearing Xu Sheng's words, Ding Feng and Captain Zhou immediately quieted down, as if nothing had happened.

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"General Ding! General Xu!"

The grain officer shouted loudly and was about to break into Xu Sheng's tent, but as expected, he was stopped by Xu Sheng's personal soldiers.

"What's the fuss about?"

Ding Fengyi lifted the curtain and came out. He looked quite displeased when he saw that it was the grain officer of his own camp.

"I just asked you to go get some food, why are you yelling here?"

"General Ding, the clerk in charge of grain said that our grain had been taken out of the warehouse a few days ago, and it was Captain Zhou who personally took it out and said that he would hand it over to us personally. Now the grain in the warehouse has a fixed amount, so he can't allocate grain to us!"

"What! There is such a thing! You came at the right time, I was just discussing this with General Xu!" After hearing what the grain officer said, Ding Feng directly dragged the grain officer into the big tent. When the grain officer entered the tent, he saw Captain Zhou standing below him, his face still showing an indifferent expression.

"General Xu, look, here is the evidence! My grain officer just followed my order to pick up the grain, but was told that it had already been taken out of the warehouse by Captain Zhou! Come on, tell General Xu the truth!"

The grain officer knelt down and told Xu Sheng what had just happened. A trace of anger flashed across Xu Sheng's face, and he slammed the table and shouted:
"Come here! Go and get the accountant and account books of the grain transport team!"

The guard outside the door responded and then left in a hurry.

The four people in the tent remained silent, waiting for the arrival of key witnesses and evidence.

"General Xu, bring the grain transport team to the account office!"

After a while, the clerk that the grain officer had met also walked in with fear and trepidation.

"Meet... Meet General Xu... General Ding."

The clerk hurriedly saluted, looking trembling.

"There's no need to be so scared. Just present the warehouse delivery record that you just talked to the grain officer of General Ding's headquarters about."

Xu Sheng smiled and spoke to the accountant in a friendly manner.

The clerk hurriedly opened the account book, turned to the page he had just read, held the book in both hands, lowered his head, and handed it over respectfully.

Xu Sheng took the account book, pointed at the entry, and looked at it carefully. When he saw a certain place, his brows furrowed, and he tapped a few times with his fingers, and scanned the record several times before stopping.

"Captain Zhou, it's written in black and white that you personally delivered the food and fodder for General Ding's troops. What's your explanation?"

Xu Sheng looked at Captain Zhou with a burning gaze. Captain Zhou became a little flustered at this moment. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his eyes rolling around.

"General...Yes, I only temporarily stored the grain in the new granary and did not inform General Ding in time. It was my negligence."

Captain Zhou seemed to suddenly remember something, clapped his hands, and immediately found a new excuse.

"New granary?"

Xu Sheng looked at Captain Zhou suspiciously.

"Yes, yes, a new granary! I am worried that a granary could catch fire easily, so I specially prepared a new granary. I will take General Ding Feng to get the grain later!"

Captain Zhou's face was full of smirk at this moment, which showed that he was guilty.

"No matter what, privately moving military rations is a violation of military discipline. I even suspect that you are at risk of embezzling military rations. But now that the war is imminent, I have no time to care about your dirty deeds. I order you to quickly replenish the military rations of General Ding's troops.

But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment cannot be escaped. In the past, I heard that Cao thieves cut off their hair to replace their heads when their horses trampled on farmland. Today, I will temporarily put your head on your neck. Go to General Ding Feng's camp and let General Ding Feng cut off his hair himself to appease the soldiers.

If I find you again for adjusting the distribution of military rations without following orders, don't blame me for being merciless, I will punish you with swords and axes!"

Xu Sheng's angry shout made Captain Zhou kneel on the ground and thank him repeatedly. The accountant next to him was dumbfounded, while the grain officer looked relieved.

"Let's go, Captain Zhou, why don't you take us to get the food?"

Ding Feng pulled Captain Zhou's arm, and Captain Zhou nodded like a defeated rooster.

(End of this chapter)