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Chapter 89 Hunt down details, prepare to burn the warehouse (4K chapter)

"Who?!"

Gooden, who heard the news, showed a look of confusion on his face and asked in disbelief.

Facing the question from the young master, Els could only bite the bullet and confirm it again.

"Former tax collector, Matthews."

Gooden was a little puzzled by the sudden death news of Matthews. How could a good person die suddenly?
Based on Els's words just now, Gooden frowned slightly and asked.

"The arrest team first caught Matthews alive, and then died in an accident?"

"..., yes." Els nodded to the young master's statement.

"Has everyone returned safely?" Gooden got up and picked up a coat.

Seeing Gooden getting up and walking out, Els quickly stepped back slightly and responded at the same time.

"One person was seriously injured, and six were slightly injured. The seriously injured are now staying in Jinyuan City for treatment, and two guards are left, and the rest have returned."

"Let's go, let's go to the barracks first."

Gooden said, put the coat on himself, and then stepped out of the study first, followed by Old Joseph followed by Els.

Inside the barracks, the soldiers who had been hunting for dozens of days sat silently together with their heads bowed and silent.

At the beginning of the departure, everyone swore to the lord that they would be able to bring people back.

Now man is back, but fucking dead.

This kind of ending is really unacceptable for everyone. They have been interrogated on the road and understand the importance of this person.

Suddenly the door of the barracks was pushed open, and Gudern was the first to enter.

Seeing the arrival of the young master, everyone stood up one after another.

"Master."

Looking at the dejected people, Gooden knew that the failure of this mission had brought them a big blow.

With his training method, he instilled in them the belief of winning every battle, and now losing the first battle is undoubtedly a blow to their hearts of victory.

Looking at the slightly ashamed and embarrassed expressions on the faces of the soldiers, Gooden finally fixed his gaze on Hobert.

"Interim squad leader Hobert."

"To!"

Hobert, whose name was called, immediately raised his head and responded loudly.

"Report on this mission action process."

"Yes!"

As the captain of this temporary squad, Hobert was ready to be trained, and even mentally prepared to be punished.

But before that, he had to report the details of this action to the young master one by one.

"According to the information, our group changed horses and drove overnight. It took three and a half days to arrive at Xinjiaocheng."

"And according to the prompts, we rested and inquired a little in New Corner City, and confirmed that Matthews had passed by this place before and stayed here for seven or eight days."

"At the same time in New Corner City, we found out that Matthews likes to drink alcohol recently and often hangs out."

"After we had the intelligence and information, we went overnight and found Matthews in the tavern in Naborg on the fifth evening after departure."

"According to the time of the action, we did not go to capture Matthews with great fanfare, but used the method of drinking alcohol to get him drunk and send him back overnight."

Hearing this, Gooden couldn't believe how smoothly everyone arrested Matthews.

Just like this, on the fifth day of departure, you directly caught the other party?

So what is this team doing for the next nine days?
Even if you stop and go all the way to rest, you should have arrived in Qingyuan Town early, right?
Regarding the doubts in his heart, Gooden did not directly raise them, but quietly continued to listen to Hobert's action report.

"Because of Matthews' sensitive identity, we did not take the main road to return after the arrest, but chose a small road to intersperse."

"In the early morning on the seventh day after departure, we were supplying supplies in a small town near Fengshi City, but we were attacked by unknown personnel."

"The purpose of the sneak attack is very clear. It is to move towards Matthews. In the first wave of fights, we followed the arrangement of three, two and two. This did not let the opponent succeed, but Jeff was also seriously injured."

The three-two-two arrangement in Hobert's mouth is that the three people live in the same room with the target Matthews at the same time, and the arrangement of two bright posts and two dark posts at the station.

In this way, it can ensure that half of the people at the same time can make the fastest response and arrangement when encountering a situation.

And now it seems that this arrangement is really working.

"Matthews was puzzled by the fact that we protected him from the interference of third-party personnel, but he guessed our identity faster. After guessing that we were from Qingyuan Town, he seemed very excited."

"But the situation was unknown at the time, and Jeff was seriously injured, so I ordered to evacuate immediately..."

"Wait, what about the attackers? Did they leave so soon?"

Gooden was a little puzzled about what Hobert said about the battle. If the other party came running towards Matthews, shouldn't they be fighting?
Why can it be said so easily, one strike fails to achieve immediate evacuation.

"On the opposite side...there is only one person." Hobert said helplessly in a deep voice to Gooden's questioning.

"one person?"

"Yes... Yes, there is only one person on the other side. The other side is an assassin. At least he started at the master level. We are not strong enough to restrain his actions."

"And he... only stared at Matthews. He never killed anyone who stopped him. Jeff's serious injury helped Matthews block a knife."

For the truth in this, Hobert explained truthfully.

A master assassin, specifically targeting Matthews' assassination... This made Gooden's brows wrinkle together again.

Is this guy provoked by some powerful people?
But he didn't think much of it, and motioned for Hobert to continue.

"On the way back, Matthews seems to know that he can't escape the doom of death. He cited three or four forces in a row, and told us that the possibility that the Charlson family wants to kill him is the greatest."

"This is all the recorded conversations we have had with Matthews," Hobert said, taking out a few pieces of paper from a mezzanine where important items were stored in the chest armor.

Gooden took over the conversation record and looked around carefully, and at the same time listened carefully to what Hobert said next.

"I don't dare to guess what he said. I just want to bring him back to Qingyuan Town. When we arrived in Yunquan City, we were only two days away from Qingyuan Town, and we were attacked again."

"This time, the other party is obviously prepared. Even if it was discovered by the dark sentry in advance, but before we can respond, he has already sneaked into the house and gave Matthews a poisonous arrow."

"After the assassin successfully hit Matthews, he fled far away and didn't want to fight at all. When I went to check on Matthews, he was already dying."

After listening to and watching the dialogue, Gooden also knew that there was no way to be targeted by an assassin.

Especially when the level of the assassins far exceeded that of the soldiers, this feeling of powerlessness made everyone present very uncomfortable.

However, after careful calculation like this, Gooden felt that something was wrong. According to everyone's situation, it was only two days' journey away from Qingyuan Town.

Even if it was delayed after being attacked, it should have returned to the team on the ninth to tenth day after departure.

But they delayed their return until No. 14. Did something unexpected happen during the four to five days in between?

When Gooden was about to ask, Hobert spoke in advance, bringing Gooden a surprise.

"Before Matthews died, he gave me an address and asked us to find someone to get an item and give it to you, saying that it was an item that could avenge him."

"So I arbitrarily decided to lead the team south to pick up the items the other party said..."

While Hobert was talking, he also took out the item that Matthews said.

After receiving it, Gooden discovered that it was another ledger.

After flipping it open and taking a few glances, Gooden's expression instantly became solemn.

On it, all the transactions of the Charlson family in the past two years were clearly recorded, and the name of the seller for each transaction was also recorded.

And it also clearly stated how tax evasion and tax evasion were made in the past two years, and the blame was placed on him.

This piece of information is undoubtedly a good help for Gooden. The accounts and recordings left by Secht before are enough for the Empire to investigate Charlson.

The timing of the investigation, Gooden doesn't know how long it will take, will definitely not end before this winter.

And this piece of evidence directly and thoroughly confirms Charlieson's treasonous act. As long as he checks with the seller above, the ambitions of the Charlieson family will be completely exposed.

"Who has read the contents of this book?"

"Only I read it, but I didn't look closely."

Hobert, who has been keeping the ledger, is very honest.

"You haven't seen a single word of the above, understand?"

"understand!"

Gooden nodded slightly with satisfaction, and then summed up the results of this mission in a deep voice.

"I know pretty much the situation of this mission. You did a good job in the capture process, but the enemy was too strong to deal with when the escort returned."

"In addition, you have also done a good job in handling the final ending, and this mission is not a failure."

"There is a reason for the incident, and the merits and demerits are balanced, but I hope that next time, when you encounter this situation again, you will have enough strength to solve it, can you do it?"

"can!"

A row of people who were originally slightly decadent, when they heard that the young master did not make any punishment decision, their eyes were full of surprise, and then they collectively responded with a loud roar.

"Very well, take a good rest for a day, and in two days, you still have a task to take action. I hope this time, you will not let me down."

After regaining confidence for the soldiers, Gooden returned to the study, threw the ledger on the desk, and quietly looked at its cover, wondering what he was thinking.

After a long while, Gooden raised his head and looked at old Joseph standing beside the desk.

"I'm sure the person who intercepted and assassinated Matthews this time is the Charlison family, and I'm afraid he already knows the team I sent, and now we'll be playing against each other."

"But the courage they showed made me a little worried. I didn't know that I had one after another disrupting his plan. Will he come to a dead end and directly send the assassins to the castle."

"So, I decided to start disrupting all his plans for the future."

"Master, do you want to..."

"The dispatched personnel are almost lurking, and it is not too late to start now."

Gooden nodded in response to the old Joseph.

For the plan to burn the granary, Gooden also roughly discussed with Joseph old.

But for such an approach, Old Joseph showed some unbearableness.

After all, Gooden planned to burn down all the granaries in the entire Snow Valley Ridge, plus winter and war were coming.

Food has become a scarce commodity, and even if it is sold, the price will be very high.

And in this way, for Xuegu Town, which has a population of more than 5000, it will be difficult for them to replenish food for the next winter or even the whole year of the coming year.

Even if a lot can be rescued from the fire, it will definitely be far from the harvest in the coming year.

Whether it will even make it through this winter is a big question mark.

Even in the follow-up, the young master will find a way to walk the residents of Rongxuegu Town, but after that, many people will starve to death, and he has no idea in his mind.

Looking at the young master's expression, Old Joseph knew that it was impossible for him to reverse this decision, so he could only nod his head in response.

"What tasks need to be arranged now?"

Facing the question of old Joseph, Gooden tapped the table rhythmically.

If you want to use the fire attack to destroy the granary in Xueguling in one fell swoop, the most important thing is that the fire cannot be extinguished so easily.

And now he can't make things like gasoline or kerosene, and he doesn't have raw materials for the ultimate incendiary bomb like thermite.

Therefore, Gooden set his sights on white phosphorus, which is also what he can get out of his current knowledge.

And once this thing is ignited, it is difficult to extinguish, and it can also produce toxicity, which can have a very good effect on contaminating the grain in the granary.

Gooden also foresees the consequences of using this kind of thing, but to be kind to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself.

If you do this kind of thing, do it.

After thinking a little about the items he needed, Gooden stopped and started to arrange them one by one.

"The first item requires a lot of bones to be burned into ashes. The more the better, before tomorrow night, prepare as many as you can."

"Second, let the next batch of raw pulp produced by the winery not be diluted and filtered, but directly carry one or two barrels for use."

"Third, prepare a ventilated and independent room for me to ensure that the house is dry and independent, and there can be no residents around, that's all."

"understood."

Old Joseph wrote down the tasks that the young master needed, and then went to arrange them immediately.

After the old Joseph left, Gooden pondered for a while, and with his little chemical knowledge, he began to deduce the theoretical feasibility of making white phosphorus.

He has only heard that this thing can be extracted from bone meal, but the actual operation will not be known until after practice.

For the extraction of phosphorus elements from bone meal, it is necessary to cooperate with other elements, and those elements, if Gooden uses magic, can also be forcibly extracted.

Of course, if the white phosphorus bomb cannot be made, Gooden has a second set of backup plans, that is, the lethality may not be as strong.

That is to use the pure high-purity alcohol of vodka to make incendiary bombs, so that the purpose of fire can be achieved quickly, but it will definitely not last as long as white phosphorus bombs.

For the plans on both sides, Gooden intends to conduct research at the same time. In order to ensure the smooth development, Gooden has been thinking and fighting with that damn chemical bond all night.

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