Chapter 414: Transported Away
In the dead of night, a huge fire shot up into the sky, directly breaking the tranquility of the night.
The first to become agitated were the Eight Great Masters.
Since the proportion of the eight major families in Yulin cannot be underestimated , once they become restless, the whole Yulin will become restless.
Countless people got up in the middle of the night and looked at the burning red sky in the distance with horror in their eyes.
"Oh my god, that's the direction of the Northwest Army."
"Yes, yes, my God, why is the fire so big? It's bigger than the fire during the day."
"Can't all those soldiers in the barracks put out the fire while it's still small? How did it get so big? My God, this is like burning half of Yulin City. Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a big fire, and it's in the forest. Is this... is it going to burn the mountain?"
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Common people gathered , looking at the fire that could not be extinguished for a long time, while the eight major families were anxiously worried about the food they had stored there.
There was no time to inform each other. In such an emergency, each family immediately sent people to the military camp to check their own food.
Su Qingqing's men followed one of the families, picking one at random and following them.
Xiao Yu had been to the military camp several times before. Every time, he asked Mu Chuan to take him around the military camp under the pretext of seeking advice from him.
Mu Chuan intended to get rid of the control of the Eight Great Families through Su Qingqing, and he also knew the real purpose of Xiao Yu coming to the military camp, so when he took Xiao Yu around these few days, he vaguely gave him a few pointers.
Xiao Yu only knew the approximate direction of the stored grain, but could not pinpoint its exact location.
Today's big fire was a tacit agreement between Xiao Yu and Mu Chuan.
Jixiang followed one of the eight families into the forest at night. Since Xiao Yu had already made a rough judgment, this time they only followed this person to the entrance of the approximate location where the grain was stored. Jixiang suddenly appeared with his men and stopped this person.
"Brother, what are you doing running into the woods in the middle of the night?" Jixiang, wearing the uniform of the Northwest Army, stood in front of the man and stopped him.
At the same time, Xiao Yu combined his previous explorations with the direction the man was running, and quickly searched for the exact location where the grain was hidden.
This man had not expected that the Northwest Army would appear here in the middle of the night. He had not heard any movement before, and was startled by their sudden appearance. He was anxious to confirm whether there was a problem with the food, and smiled and said, "Sir, our master has informed General Mu."
Jixiang snorted coldly, "There was a big fire in our military camp tonight. It wasn't you who set it, was it?"
Suddenly, a pot of shit was put on him, and the man immediately waved his hands, "General, you are innocent. I came here to do something under the order of the family head. General Mu knows exactly what the matter is. Please don't delay my work, this matter is not only about our family head, but also about General Mu."
Jixiang squinted at him, "Who are you from? Why should I trust you?"
The man said, "I am from the Su family."
"The Su family?" Jixiang raised his eyebrows. "You are here to see the food."
The man didn't expect that a small soldier actually knew the secret of food, and he didn't dare to respond for a moment.
Jixiang sneered, "Are you trying to fool me? Someone came to check on the grain a quarter of an hour ago. He was from the Su family. Who are you from the Su family? Where did you come from? I think you are the arsonist. Catch him for me."
This man was so frightened by Jixiang's words that he didn't even bother to resist being held. "Has anyone been here?"
"Nonsense, don't you see where this place is? You are not worthy of pretending to be from the Su family." Jixiang kicked him in the calf and said, "I think you are not from the Su family of Yulin, you are from the Su family of the Queen.
Tell me, did the Queen ask you to set the fire? "
The man was kicked hard on the calf and almost fell to his knees in pain. "No, I am really from the Su family in Yulin. Please tell me, was there really someone here a quarter of an hour ago?"
As he was speaking, the sound of an old crow was heard.
It was Xiao Yu who delivered the secret signal as promised.
Jixiang knew that everything was fine with Xiao Yu, so he said to the man, "You said you are from the Su family, do you have any evidence?"
The man was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling. "What kind of evidence do I need? I can't just tattoo something on my body. So, sir, Deputy General Wang in your barracks knows me. If it's convenient for you, you can ask him to come and identify me."
Jixiang seemed intimidated by the title of Deputy General Wang, "Do you really know Deputy General Wang?"
"General, why would I joke with you? I really have something urgent to do. Please let me go. You also know that there is food here. General Mu also has a share of this food. If anything goes wrong..."
Jixiang frowned, looking suspicious, "Who were those people who came just an hour ago? They had transported the food away, saying that the owner of the family asked them to move it because they were afraid that the fire here would be too big."
The man's face immediately turned pale, "Taken away?"
Jixiang signaled the people who were holding him to let him go, and then said in panic: "Those people before, were they really not yours? Could they be the Queen's people? Damn! They were really taken away, at least dozens of cars were taken away."
The man ran into the woods in a panic.
Jixiang and his men caught up with him, but were always a step behind him.
With a clear goal, they soon arrived at the grain storage site. Several wooden houses had been built here, and the houses were dried and used to store the Su family's grain.
But the area in front of these huts is now a mess. The weeds on the ground have obviously been crushed by the shafts of the carts, and the footprints are also messy.
The man rushed to the nearest wooden house in a panic. There was no food in the house, but a lot of food was spilled on the ground.
His legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
With Jixiang's previous words as a prelude, he was not suspicious at all at this moment. Seeing that the first and second houses had all been robbed, he did not even look at the house at the back.
"No, I have to report this to the master immediately. Quick, Master Jun, please take me out."
He was so frightened by the scene that he felt weak in the knees. He stumbled to his feet and grabbed Jixiang's arm.
He was not as familiar with the forest at night as these Northwestern Army soldiers. If he had the escort of the Northwestern Army soldiers, he could leave faster.
Jixiang agreed without hesitation, but said, "But we have to report to our general. How about you wait a moment and I will send you off immediately after I report to my superiors?"
The man thought that he would have to tell Mu Chuan about this sooner or later, and telling him early would allow Mu Chuan to lead his troops to investigate immediately, so he agreed.
He followed Jixiang and the others away, and Xiao Yu came out from the dark with his men right after him. After the men had gone far away, they immediately loaded the grain into a carriage that had been prepared in advance and transported it away.
