It was quiet in front of the Dingxiang military camp. Only the north wind blew the flagpole, and the whirring sound was mixed with sporadic firecrackers far and near.
All the imperial guards were stunned. Zhou Shilang, a senior official of the imperial court and a military Shilang, apologized. The governor didn't give him face.
With the sound of horses' hoofs in the long street, Li Qing, wearing a purple robe, turned over and dismounted, asked Su Lu and said:
"What's the matter? Come to me in such a hurry?"
Li Qing said, holding the handrail of Su Lu's car and trying to push him into the barracks.
Su Lu patted Li Qing's finger and said, "just wait here. Do you know that my soldiers were swallowed with silver?"
Li Qing looked around in surprise: "your pension silver has been swallowed?"
The surrounding imperial guards quickly shook their heads, but their rewards were distributed, and the dead ones were swallowed.
Su Lu patted Li Qing's hand and motioned her to take it easy.
Li Qing noticed that Su Lu's fingers pressed on his palm, his cheeks flushed instantly, his eyebrows were flattering, and his voice was soft and waxy:
"OK, listen to you."
Before long, the cluttered sound of horses' hoofs rang again. Zhao Pu, Li Lin and Li Dazhuang came with a team of forbidden troops.
When they arrived at the gate of the camp, they turned over and dismounted, gave the horses to the soldiers behind them, and came to salute Su Lu and Li Qing.
"Met the governor"
"Met the governor."
Su Lu waved his hand and asked, "have you brought everything?"
The three stood upright and looked respectful.
"Yes, nine hundred and twenty-four people in our patrol camp were swallowed up, and seven hundred and thirty-four people were swallowed up in half."
"Our left palace guard was basically not swallowed, and the people of the army did not dare to reach out to the palace guard."
"So is my right palace guard."
Su Lu nodded and told Zhao Pu to tell Li Lin, "it's none of your business. Now get out of here."
"Da Zhuang stays. I'll go to the military headquarters to see if he dares to resist laxly, or if he drinks Lao Tzu's Soldier Blood himself."
Su Lu told the little mud, "go, push me on the bus and go to the military headquarters."
Zhao Pu pulled Su Lu's car: "governor, it's not a small matter. It's a big trouble for the military headquarters. If it's light, it'll go to jail if it's heavy."
Su Lu smiled: "it's all right. It's your palace guard watching when you enter the prison. You'll cover me at that time. Don't be so sad. The military department can't do anything to me."
Li Lin grabbed Zhao Pu and whispered:
"My grandmother told me last night that no matter how much trouble the governor makes, no one dares to offend the governor."
Zhao Pu reacted that the governor had just made a great contribution to rescue. Two of the four camps of Gongwei Gyeonggi under the control of the Ministry of war have defected. Your majesty and the three provinces are annoyed by the Ministry of war. The Ministry of war can't please your majesty at this time.
When the party arrived at the military headquarters, Su Lu pointed and a group of forbidden troops rushed up and sealed the door of the military headquarters.
Seeing that the preparations were complete, Su Lu ordered:
"Go, give me my official certificate, and say that Su Lu is looking for Li Shangshu, Li Shilang, and the heads of the departments responsible for the unified management of the pension."
The little mud went with the official certificate. The gatekeeper he Chongxin looked confused and forced. He looked at Su Lu who was getting off the car. His head was almost big.
"Governor, just go in. There's no need to wait here. What a waste of your energy here."
As soon as Li Qing's slender eyebrows were picked, his voice was angry: "if you want to go, you can go. There are so many things."
He Chongxin didn't dare to neglect and went away.
Without much Kung Fu, Li Shangshu came out of the military headquarters with Li Gan and other military officials.
When he came to the door, Li Shangshu bent slightly and saluted Li Qing: "I've seen the princess. I don't know what can I do for the princess to come to my military headquarters?"
Li Qing looked at Su Lu.
Li Huaiyuan ignored Su Lu and continued: "if the princess has nothing to do, the minister will leave first."
Su Lu clapped his hands. The two teams of forbidden troops rushed up the steps from both sides and stood at the door of the military headquarters.
Li Huaiyuan's face turned black and looked at Su Lu with an angry look:
"General Su, please respect yourself. This is the military headquarters, not your school yard."
Su Lu sneered: "I'm here to pay. I'm a fart."
"Li Huaiyuan, what do you say about your army Department swallowing the pension money for the dead soldiers of our patrol camp and Dingyuan army?"
"Swallow the pension silver?"
Li Huaiyuan's face changed instantly. Looking at Li Gan on one side, his face was cold.
Li Huaiyuan didn't expect that someone would have the courage to embezzle the pension silver allocated by the upper three provinces and His Majesty's internal Treasury at the same time. There were too many eyes on the silver. One careless mistake was to lose his official position and cut his rank.
Li dare sneer: "joke, if you swallow the pension money, the military department will not do these things. The heads of all departments under me are here. General Su, just ask and see what you can ask."
Su Lu looked at Li Huaiyuan and said, "Li Shangshu, do you really want me to ask?"
Li Huaiyuan's face was cold and said, "just ask."
Li Gan also said, "yes, just ask. If I can ask anything, I'll lose."
Su Lu struggled to get up. Li Qing hurriedly held his arm, held him, and walked towards the heads of the army.
"Are you Mr. Zhao Dian, who is in charge of pension and silver distribution?"
Su Lu asked a wisp of long beard in front of the thin faced middle-aged official.
Zhao Dian's face was full of ridicule: "yes, general Su, I don't know what you want to ask."
"Hahaha"
The heads of household behind Zhao Dian burst out laughing and looked at Su Lu as if they were looking at a clown.
"Take him."
Su Lu said softly.
Several forbidden troops rushed up and bound Zhao Dian into zongzi.
Su Lu squatted next to the ignorant Zhao Dian, took a knife and scratched on Zhao Dian's face. The red blood immediately flowed out.
All the officers of the army were stunned.
In front of the minister and the waiter, Su Lu dared not force the head of the army with a knife. He was so brave.
"Su Lu, you are too arrogant!"
Li Huaiyuan was livid and pointed to Su Lu:
"Let go of Lord Zhao. I think you're young and frivolous. You can treat it as if it hasn't happened, otherwise you'll come to your majesty for a book."
Su Lu didn't pay attention to Zhao Dian at all. His small knife spun in his hand and looked at Zhao Dian's dodgy eyes.
"You have the right to choose not to say, but I'll tear you up here today and ask one by one. I believe one or two of your officials are not so tough."
"If you don't say it now, I'll report to your majesty and kill more people. It's up to you whether the officials involved in the swallowing of pension silver kill one person or kill one or the three ethnic minorities."
Zhao Dian was shivering all over. He didn't know whether it was cold or frightened. Looking for help at Li Huaiyuan and Li Gan, two senior officials.
Su Lu patted Zhao Dian's face:
"Don't worry, you don't have to be afraid of them. Who dares to participate in this matter? I'll join him in front of your majesty today. If the mastermind is one of them, I'll take them now."
There was a commotion at the door of the military headquarters. Pound, who was the outgoing governor of the forbidden army, came out with Zhou Shilang. When he saw the situation at the door, Zhou Shilang's face changed slightly, his eyes rolled around a few times and came quickly.
"Lord, stop your anger. Don't lose big because of small things. It's not advisable for several big soldiers to offend our army."
Su Lu frowned. It seemed that this matter was widely involved.
When Li Huaiyuan saw pound, he seemed to see the Savior.
"Huge general, take Su Lu. He's in trouble. You take him."