When the prince of no descendants found out that he had a baby, he went crazy

Chapter 288 286 Empty Granary

The next day, early morning.

The sky was white and drizzle was falling.

The cooks in the Saibei Army who were in charge of the army's meals went out in the rain to move food over to make breakfast for the soldiers.

"Ah... the small kitchen warehouse... why is it empty?" The cook opened his eyes wide, afraid that he had seen it wrong. He found out that it was not that he was still asleep, but that the small logistics kitchen warehouse was really empty, so he screamed.

However, such screams were not made by the cooks in the logistics kitchen of a battalion of the Saibei Army that morning, but were heard one after another, forming a symphony.

It can be seen how frightened these cooks were and how loudly they screamed.

There was clearly food in the warehouse last night, but today there is not a single grain left. Even rats couldn't steal food so cleanly. How could they not be surprised?

When General Xue received the report, he hurriedly brought people to check. The small kitchen warehouse that was looted made him confused. Then, in the rain, with a gloomy face, he hurried towards the large warehouse where all the army's food was stored.

"Open."

His men pushed open the heavy warehouse door. When General Xue saw the empty and looted warehouse, his eyes went dark, he staggered and almost fainted.

"Who is it?" General Xue gnashed his teeth, his face distorted by rain, and said in a sinister tone, "Who could move so much food away overnight without alerting anyone?"

The general in charge of guarding the granary met General Xue's grim gaze, trembling and kneeling down with a plop. He originally wanted to distance himself from the matter, but he was so frightened that he said without thinking, "I really didn't embezzle..."

When the guarding general said this, he regretted it so much that he wanted to slap himself in the face.

He said this as if he was trying to cover up the truth, as if he had done it himself, and he was confessing without being asked. But he felt really wronged, "I really didn't do this..."

No matter how you listen to this, it seems to make things worse.

General Xue's face was really as black as ink. Looking at the empty warehouse and granary, Xue Changhui's teeth were chattering, and his eyes stared at the guarding general with a vicious and sinister look as if he wanted to eat someone.

"The three keys to the warehouse door are not damaged. You told me that this matter has nothing to do with you. Do you think this general will believe it?"

The general guarding the granary: “…” I would die unjustly.

Gu Hua chuckled...slyly, we are professionals in lock picking.

……

Although General Xue was furious, he was also wondering who had the ability to quietly transfer and take away grain from dozens of warehouses of varying sizes while the army was patrolling intensively.

Because autumn was approaching and the north would soon turn to winter due to the short autumn, this time he asked that stupid woman for more military rations and thick winter clothes on the grounds that it was cold in autumn and winter and transportation was difficult.

It was such a large batch of grain that had just been transported here. It would be discovered if anyone moved it. This was unbelievable.

Other generals also sensed the unusualness of this matter, and looked at General Xue with suspicion, saying indifferently: "Is this really a ghost?"

Xue Changhui could imagine that such a large amount of food could not be moved away without alerting anyone, and the others thought so too. Among the Saibei Army, there was no one who was capable of moving the food away without being discovered by them...

All the generals who heard the news looked at one person with suspicion.

General Xue narrowed his cunning eyes and instantly realized that he had become the target of public criticism and suspicion. The warehouse was guarded by his trusted generals and his wife's brother-in-law, who took turns to guard it. Under such circumstances, if he didn't know that he really didn't embezzle the grain privately.

General Xue almost suspected that he had done it, because he also knew that in the Saibei Army, except for a few generals, most people were still loyal to their former master, Prince Li Xiao Junlin.

Other generals who were promoted in the army over the years were lured to join him by using money, women, and promises of power, wealth and future.

Under such circumstances, no other general could do anything except transporting the food without being discovered by them.

"This is really not the case..." General Xue almost did the same as his trusted generals and used exaggerating words to prove that he did not do this.

Dao Luo was hungry early in the morning. He rubbed his empty stomach and said with a sarcastic tone, "General, who do you think did this?"

Xue Changhui stared at Dao Luo with a murderous look in his eyes, gnashing his teeth, and said in a sinister tone: "Someone come! Search the whole city!"

“This general will definitely find out, give everyone an explanation, and recover the grain.

Whoever stole the grain and has now returned it, I can still let him off the hook. But if he insists on going against me, I will investigate thoroughly and skin him alive to serve as a warning to others.

The timid soldiers were so frightened by the viciousness in General Xue's eyes and the distorted face that they slowly took a step back.

Dao Luo rubbed his rumbling stomach, as if he was also frightened, and lowered his mouth, muttering: "Can we get the food back quickly? People are iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.

Besides, we are soldiers and we need to train, so we can’t go without food.”

The others also nodded in agreement. Under General Xue's sinister gaze, the generals who had defected to him silently stopped nodding.

However, after General Xue turned away in anger, everyone looked at his departing back with unclear expressions, made bitter faces, and rubbed their stomachs, "Stop crying, there's no point in crying without food."

Doubt also flashed in Dao Luo's eyes. He wondered how Gu Hua had transferred all the food from the granaries in the military camp overnight.

However, such doubts were quickly concealed by him. No matter what means he used, their goal had been achieved.

Originally, General Xue thought that the large amount of food and winter clothes he had obtained from Gu Hua was enough for him to lead his troops to attack the imperial capital in the early stages, and he didn't need any help from others.

That's why he dared to break off relations with Gu Hua decisively when she came to borrow troops.

General Xue returned to his tent with a frown on his face, pacing back and forth with angry eyes, secretly hating himself for being too eager to obtain the supreme position and become the emperor who looked down on the world.

After Gu Hua left yesterday, he wrote a letter to contact his partner Beirong, informing them that he would arrange for someone to let them into the city at midnight tonight.

Then, help him attack the imperial capital and sit on the throne, and the reward will be nine cities in the northern border.

But now the food is being stolen.

As the old saying goes, food and fodder must be sent before troops move out.

I'm not just saying this as a joke.

Without food and fodder, not to mention whether the army he led would work for his ambitions, if he really let those Beirong troops into the city without food to feed them, who knows what they would do when they were hungry.

General Xue was just about to call his trusted confidant to inform Beirong to cancel the plan to enter the city tonight. Perhaps because he was so angry about losing so much military rations, he covered his chest as soon as he turned around. He felt a sweet taste in his throat and blood spurted out of his mouth...