Chapter 417 Authentic
Mu Chuan left the Ji family's courtyard, and his deputy general immediately followed him outside, reporting in a low voice, "General, just now, someone from the Su family came, but was chased back by Xiao Yu at the door. They know that the general is inside."
Mu Chuan's face didn't look good.
Su Qingqing, this bitch, actually helped him and wanted to use him to transport grain without even thinking about whether she was worthy of it.
With a heavy snort, Mu Chuan gave an order, "Send a thousand men to stop the group of people Su Qingqing is transporting grain with. Don't bring them back, detain them where they are!"
He wanted to see if Su Qingqing was still qualified to discuss cooperation with him.
In the northwest, in Yulin, there is only one person who has the final say, and that is Muchuan.
The deputy general gave the order and executed it immediately.
Mu Chuan returned to the military camp to make his own arrangements, but as soon as he returned to the camp, he was greeted by the other heads of the eight major families.
Mu Chuan sat in the tent with a gloomy face, staring at the people in front of him without blinking, "Why, you came here together, do you want me to give you an explanation?"
There are eight families in total in the Eight Great Families. The Xue family has collapsed, the Ji family has surrendered to Su Qingqing, the food of the Su family has been transported away, and now the other five families are coming.
The masters did not want to break up with Mu Chuan, so they just smiled and said, "The court is in trouble now. As a major grain producer in the northwest, we usually receive a lot of favors from the court. Now we can't just sit there and watch. We are going to donate a portion grain to help the court get through this difficult time."
Mu Chuan sneered.
"You guys have such good intentions? Aren't you afraid of Su Qingqing?"
The five masters thought to themselves, you and the Queen are in cahoots with each other, so what's the point of being sarcastic to us?
In his heart, he was cursing, but on the outside, he smiled. One of the masters from the five families said with a smile: "General Mu, what are you talking about? The queen is the master. Isn't it natural for us to be afraid of her?"
Mu Chuan slapped the table and said, "Don't tell me these useless things. Since the food is placed with me, I will naturally be responsible for your food and will never let anyone take away a single grain of your rice."
How do you explain that the Su family’s entire granary is empty?
For a moment, the five families were confused about Mu Chuan's intention. An older master said, "General, wouldn't it be better if we cooperate with the Empress' mission and send her away as soon as possible? Or does the general have other plans?"
Mu Chuan said, "I have good relations with the heads of several of your families. I know very well whether they are willing to provide this part of the grain to the court . There is no need for you to put on a show in front of me. Go back. I said that this grain will not be taken away, and it will definitely not be taken away."
As he was talking, a soldier outside came running in and reported, "General, something bad has happened."
Mu Chuan raised his eyebrows and looked over. The five old men next to him held their breath, fearing that what the soldier said might be related to food.
However, Murphy's Law is always the law, whatever you fear will come true.
"General, the place where we stored food in the northwest has collapsed. "
Mu Chuan stood up suddenly in shock, "What did you say?"
Among the five old men, there was one wearing a crimson robe. His family's grain was placed in the northwest. Hearing this, he staggered forward and asked, "Where's the grain?"
The soldier said, "The food has been covered."
The old man suddenly felt tinnitus and dizziness.
Mu Chuan gritted his teeth and said, "Why did it collapse when everything was fine?"
The soldier said, "I don't know. It may be that the fire was too big last night, and the soil in that area became loose, causing a sudden landslide."
Mu Chuan knew exactly how the fire started last night. He and Xiao Yu worked together to start it.
Xiao Yu made it very clear at the time that they wanted to take away the food from one of the families.
In order to free himself from the control of the Eight Great Families, he agreed, but he never expected that Su Qingqing would say that today. He wanted to get a piece of the pie in the Northwest.
What is Su Qingqing? Can she be satisfied with just one piece of the pie?
It was said that they wanted to get a piece of the pie, but the ultimate result was to completely replace his Northwestern Army.
How could he allow this to happen.
So he did not allow the remaining five families to take away the grain. He wanted to let Su Qingqing see whether Su Qingqing could take away the grain without his, Mu Chuan's cooperation.
But this landslide came at a very inappropriate time.
Mu Chuan strode out of the tent, and the five old men beside him followed him in a hurry.
The food storage place was not close to the camp. It took everyone half an hour to walk there, taking big and small steps. There were ruins in front of them, but it was obvious that this was not the place that was burned by the fire yesterday.
How could the fire burn the granary?
When the owner of the granary arrived at the scene, he rushed forward crying and dug for his own grain in the collapsed soil.
But the rice that was dug out with great difficulty was all mixed with the soil and was smashed into a state of disrepair. I was afraid that I couldn't collect even a single grain of rice.
Mu Chuan's face turned green as he asked, "What's going on? Who is in charge of guarding this place?"
A soldier stepped forward tremblingly, "General, calm down. I am guarding this place, but there is really nothing unusual. It just collapsed suddenly."
"No one has been here?" Mu Chuan asked.
The soldier shook his head, "No, there are only a few of us. No outsiders have been here."
Mu Chuan squinted his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him. He just didn't believe it.
No one has been here before, how could a granary collapse? The soil at the foot of the mountain is not the kind that is prone to collapse.
Since there are no outsiders coming on the surface, it must be happening in secret.
"Dig for me! Dig three feet into the ground and see what you can find!"
At Mu Chuan's command, countless soldiers stepped forward, dug up the collapsed area and started digging underneath.
In the process of digging, countless grains that were destroyed by the dirt were revealed. The owner of the granary was crying so hard that he almost died, and the four people next to him also looked unhappy.
All of the Su family’s belongings were stolen, and those that were not taken away are now useless.
For the remaining four companies, if they do not cooperate, the consequences will be obvious.
Su Qingqing's attitude is very clear: either cooperate or destroy.
Several people looked at each other and wanted to take away their own grain. If everyone contributed a part, it would be enough for the court to get through this difficult time and they would not be left without a grain of grain.
But Mu Chuan's face looked so ugly that no one dared to speak at this time.
"General!"
While digging, a soldier suddenly shouted.
"There's a secret passage here!"
Everyone was shocked and went forward to see.
Right under the granary, there was an underground passage that had obviously been dug recently. The passage was wide and deep, and the size was large enough for a carriage to pass through.
In fact, this underground passage is indeed full of wheel marks.
Mu Chuan's face turned pale, "Chase him!"
Immediately, countless soldiers jumped into the secret passage and chased out along the secret passage. Soon, on one side of the military camp, these people popped up and lit a signal smoke to inform Mu Chuan of his specific location.
When Mu Chuan and his men arrived, he was almost angry to death.
The place where these soldiers came out of was exactly where the Su family had stored grain before.
That is to say, Su Qingqing not only transported away the Su family's grain, but also transported away part of this family's grain last night. The remaining part was for one purpose to reassure people's hearts, and secondly for today's spectacular scene.
