I should marry the traitor

Chapter 75 Shi Ming, why did you betray me?
At night, flames flickered in Zhongshan County City and smoke filled the sky.

"Someone is coming!"

"Someone is coming!"

"Help! There's a fire!"

"The warehouse is flooded!"

Night is often the time when people are most likely to let their guard down, and no one would have thought that after a large number of guards were arranged, the warehouse would still catch fire.

Moreover, it was the precise burning of food and fodder, with a large amount of food turned into firewood, as if to allow everyone to spend a warm autumn.

The raging flames shot up into the sky, and everyone was trying their best to put out the fire.

The Beidi Army, the Beishuo Army, the Jizhou Aristocratic Family, everyone was trying their best to put out the fire.

The fire spread too quickly and began to circumnavigate the granary. In addition to putting out the fire, everyone also had to quickly clear away debris around the granary to prevent the fire from spreading.

"Put out the fire! Put out the fire quickly!"

"Who the hell did this?"

"There is a well in my yard, come and get some water!"

……

For a while, there was a lot of noise around the warehouse, and many people came to put out the fire, which effectively alleviated and controlled the fire.

But An Xinlin watched coldly. She did not participate in the firefighting. It was obvious that if a top master helped, the fire should have been controlled faster.

But An Xinlin had no interest at all, because she knew that the food and grass would definitely be lost.

This was obviously not an accidental fire, and there was no possibility that the food could be saved after being burned.

So that's how it is. Is this Dong Bai's back-up plan? She has already had spies in Zhongshan County, so they can burn down the granary.

"Shi Ming, what do you think?" An Xinlin looked at Shi Ming on the side. He did not blame him, but the pressure reached its peak.

Shi Ming has always been An Xinlin's confidant, and she is also responsible for guarding the granary. Now that the warehouse is flooded, Shi Ming has an unshirkable responsibility.

"I am incompetent! Please punish me, sir!"

Shi Ming immediately knelt on her knees without any excuses. This crime was too great. Even if An Xinlin wanted to behead her for it, she deserved it.

"What's going on? You can't even take care of the food? You're worse than pigs!"

The person who spoke out the insults was not An Xinlin, she would not insult Shi Ming like that. The one who spoke out was the Origami King with a distorted expression.

It is no wonder that the Origami King lost his composure like that. After all, she was the one who suffered the greatest loss after the fire burned down the warehouse.

Why did An Xinlin immediately determine that it was the traitor from Xiliang and not someone else?

Because burning the warehouse was indeed a stroke of genius, but this action was not in the interests of any party in the city.

Burning the food and grass was not a good thing for either the Beishuo Army or the Beidi Army, and it was even worse for the aristocratic families in the city.

With the granary, the army can have enough to eat, and even if they are extorted some money and goods, it won't be a big deal, and everyone can live in peace for now.

But now the granary has been burned, and more than 70,000 soldiers are hungry. Who in the city wants to have enough food? Who dares to have enough food?

"I'm sorry, my king. There is a spy in my army. I will give you an explanation."

An Xinlin spoke to comfort her teammates and asked her not to lose her temper for the time being.

After entering the city, Shi Ming led the Beishuo soldiers to guard the granary, while the Origami King brought the Beidi barbarians to extort money. Everyone divided the work and cooperated with each other. Now that something went wrong, they had to find a way to give an explanation.

"Shi Ming, gather all the soldiers who are guarding the warehouse today. No one is allowed to leave." "Yes."

Shi Ming, who was kneeling on the ground, got up as if relieved and went to carry out the military order.

An Xinlin was very concerned about the granary. As the border areas had been suffering from severe cold and food shortages for many years, anyone who received a large amount of food would be very sad.

However, there were enough patrols and protection, but the granary was still burned.

There is no need to consider whether it was an accident or not. You just need to consider who benefits the most from the burning of the granary, and you can directly determine who the murderer is.

Considering the situation that the Xiliang army has been camping outside the city in recent days, besieging but not attacking, it seems like the words "I am the murderer" are written on their faces.

It is obvious that there is a traitor in Zhongshan County City, and the traitor is most likely in the army. To be more specific, it is most likely one of the patrolling soldiers.

It's a very simple logic. The Qian people and the Beidi people are very different in appearance, so it is difficult for the spies to disguise themselves as Beidi people.

Even if a gifted person could disguise himself as a Beidi person, and successfully become a member of the Beidi expedition, he also had to be lucky enough not to become military rations. It would require too many coincidences to achieve this.

This probability can be ruled out directly, as the traitor is obviously hiding in An Xinlin's Beishuo Army.

And most importantly, the warehouse was always guarded by a large number of soldiers. The person who burned the warehouse had to avoid so many guards to successfully burn down the granary.

There are two possibilities. First, the traitor must be at least at the peak of acquired or even innate master, so he could avoid Shi Ming and so many soldiers and do it successfully.

If Dong Bai was really arrogant enough to use a master of this level as a traitor, all nations would have come to pay tribute to him long ago. Why would he need to resort to such tricks to hold the emperor hostage and control the princes?
Then there is only the second possibility, that is, the person who burned the warehouse was one of the patrolling soldiers, so he naturally had the opportunity to burn the warehouse.

even……

An Xinlin looked at Shi Ming's back with a complicated expression. She didn't want to doubt Shi Ming. After all, Shi Ming had been with her for many years.

But Shi Ming is undoubtedly the most suspicious.

Shi Ming is in charge of guarding the granary and knows the patrol deployment rules best. He is also an 80% mixed-race with acquired-level strength.

If there was anyone who was most capable of burning down a granary without anyone noticing, that person would only be Shi Ming.

Why? Why did you betray me? Were you a spy from the beginning?

An Xinlin really didn't understand. After all, when she was in her position, she rarely trusted someone wholeheartedly. But Shi Ming had been with her for many years and had always been her most loyal subordinate. It was hard for her not to trust him.

Could there be a mole among those patrolling sergeants?

If possible, An Xinlin hopes so.

Even if Dong Bai went insane and really sent a congenital warrior to act as a spy under a false name, An Xinlin felt that it didn't matter if the world was a little crazy.

The result disappointed An Xinlin, and she personally checked all the Beishuo soldiers participating in the patrol.

But without exception they were all clean.

This is normal. Those who can be assigned to guard the granary are all trusted ones. Even Chunyu Qiong is a relative of the Yuan family, which is why he was arranged by Yuan Shao to guard Wei County.

The backgrounds of these Beishuo soldiers were all very clean, and the strongest among them were only two first-rank martial artists, who were centurions in the Beishuo Army.

Is it really possible for these two people to set the fire without telling Shi Ming?
"Shi Ming."

"The end will be here."

"You and these soldiers will form a separate camp for now. No one is allowed to step out of the barracks."

After thinking for a while, An Xinlin stared at Shi Ming and added: "Including yourself."

Shi Ming raised his head, his eyes slightly red, and finally bit his lip and said, "I obey your command."

(End of this chapter)