Warlock Toxic General Please Control Yourself

Chapter 70
Xiao Shouren couldn't figure out if she saw anything, he didn't dare to speak casually, he just snorted and turned his head to one side, but the corner of his eyes didn't leave her side.

Ji Ziqi didn't care about his attitude, "I wonder how long Mr. Xiao has been keeping accounts in the army?"

Asking this question to other people can also know, Xiao Shouren does not hide it right now, "15 years!"

"Mr. Xiao has worked so hard all these years!" Ji Ziqi sighed.

Before Xiao Shouren had time to savor the meaning of her words carefully, all the blood on her face disappeared after she said the next sentence.

"In Mr. Xiao's account book, the recording time of the monthly military salary and pension payment is always changing." Ji Ziqi looked at his suddenly pale face, and his expression remained unchanged, "It stands to reason that this is recorded in the account book later , It's no big deal, sometimes when something happens, other bookkeepers will do the same!

But since there is a problem with Mr. Xiao's account book, this should have become unusual.

So Ziqi looked through the details of the payment of military pay and the payment of pensions.Fortunately, to receive military pay in the army, it must be signed and fingerprinted, otherwise Ziqi really wouldn't be able to tell!
On the fifth day of December last year, military pay was issued, and on December [-]th, pensions were issued!Thinking back to the battle at the end of November, many soldiers in the army died heroically!
So Ziqi saw that many people received military pay between the fifth and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, and pensions were issued to the army after the fifteenth day.

I don't know why a person who died a few days later can go to receive the military salary in person?That is, there is only one possibility, that someone faked his signature and received the military salary on his behalf.

Mr. Xiao recorded these two accounts on December 25th. What is the mystery?
Confuse the time of death of soldiers!
If the soldier dies before the military salary is paid, the pension is 20 taels plus the monthly military salary, and if the soldier dies after the military salary has been received, the pension is 20 taels!

Mr. Xiao took advantage of this. After each major battle, he used the death time of the fallen martyrs to make a fortune!
The deceased martyrs cannot speak out in person, perhaps everyone has already forgotten them!

But his family is still there, and they will never forget it. As long as someone is sent to check one by one, how many fraudulent claims have been made during this process, won't it be possible to find out? "

"However," Ji Ziqi stared at Xiao Shouren's face, "this is not the most important thing! The soldiers don't have much money, and sometimes there is only one battle a year.

Moreover, the number of people you have recorded is no more than a thousand people, so it is not bad to earn a hundred taels from this military salary every time!Do it up and down, and divide it up to less than ten taels per person, I'm afraid it won't be able to satisfy the greedy heart and make them work hard! "

The muscles on Xiao Shouren's face began to tremble uncontrollably.

The entire interrogation camp was silent, except for Ji Ziqi's cold voice, "Mr. Xiao, if Ziqi hadn't read the accounts of other teams, he might not have seen more problems!
Mr. Xiao's team, Ziqi had never heard of any heroic deeds, presumably it was just a very ordinary team among the dozens of teams in the infantry battalion.

Why is the turnover and death rate of soldiers much higher than other teams?

Did it happen that all the weakest pawns went to your team?Or go to those soldiers in your team, who happen to be not very capable and not afraid of death?
If this is the case, Mr. Xiao's team will definitely have some reputation, whether it is a good reputation or a bad reputation!
But this is not the case!
So Ziqi has a bold guess!

It is those soldiers who died in battle, some of them did not really die, but faked their deaths, and Mr. Xiao tried to send them out! "

After Ji Ziqi finished his last sentence, Xiao Shouren was completely paralyzed, his face ashen.

Du Feng's eyes burst out with heat, Luo Xianfeng's mind went blank for an instant, while Du Kang and the others opened their mouths wide, unable to digest at all.

Du Feng's expression turned cold instantly.

The monthly silver is indeed not much, but the annual pension of a fallen soldier is very considerable.

Calculated based on five years of death, the first 20 taels plus 24 taels per year, 140 taels per person, if there are 1000 people, there will be 14 taels!
Du Feng stood up abruptly, exuding a frightening air-conditioning all over his body!
In this way, it makes sense why those soldiers, who dared to risk their beheading, wanted to kidnap Ji Ziqi!

The ensuing interrogation went very smoothly, except for the people behind the scenes, Xiao Shouren told everything.

When Du Feng heard that over the past decade or so, about 500 martyrs pretended to be martyrs with only orphans and widows left in their families to receive pensions, and as many as 5000 people returned home after cheating their deaths, his face was as gloomy as the sky before a storm !
The former is tantamount to killing those orphans and widows!Is the fate of the martyrs in my Du family army, the family members of the dead, to be like this?

This is just one team, one team!If it is the entire military camp, how many orphans of martyrs have suffered such unfair treatment?

Du Feng's heart was full of anger and hatred, which turned into sadness in an instant.

The hand of the clerk in charge of recording trembled. This, how much money is greedy for this!He felt that he couldn't figure it out with his brain.

As soon as Xiao Shouren confessed, the other centurions who were interrogated separately also confessed.It's just that they have always only followed Xiao Shouren's arrangements, and they don't know the real person behind the scenes!
After the recording was completed, the document was presented to Du Feng for verification.Luo Xianfeng untied Xiao Shouren's hand and asked him to sign it.

After Xiao Shouren pressed his fingerprints, he suddenly pulled out Luo Xianfeng's sword and wiped it towards his neck, blood splashed immediately.

Everyone in the camp was frightened by this sudden blow.Luo Xianfeng was the first to react, grabbed the sword from Xiao Shouren's hand, and covered the wound on his neck with one hand.

Blood continued to flow from between his fingers, and Xiao Shouren lay on the ground, his whole body twitching continuously.

Ji Ziqi looked away.

Du Feng's expression remained unchanged, he stared at Xiao Shouren on the ground and asked, "You have the will to die, why did you tell the whole story?"

Xiao Shouren's breathing was short, his chest rose and fell sharply, and his voice was intermittent, "From the first day I started doing this, I knew it was a matter of hanging my head on the waistband of my trousers!

If this old man wasn't greedy and wanted to earn a few more years of silver taels, how would you see it through today?
The old man is ashamed of the brothers who have passed away. Today's life should be repaid to them!

But for those people who cheated, how can the old man let them live in this world with peace of mind?
Even if the old man dies, with so many people buried with him, his death is a worthy death!And you..."

"Ji Ziqi!" There was a vicious look in his eyes, wishing to tear her to pieces, "This old man is today, and the culprit is you! Even if this old man goes to the underworld, he will curse you every day, so that you will not be able to die." peaceful!"

Ji Ziqi stepped forward without showing any weakness, she sneered twice, "Xiao Shouren, do you think that if you commit suicide today, those brothers who died will forgive you?

You are so naive!For the sins you have committed, I am afraid that after you go to hell, the souls of those martyrs will pester you, beat you, and bite you, until they tear you into thousands of pieces! "

She took two steps closer, squatted down, looked directly into Xiao Shouren's eyes, and said in an ethereal voice, "Did you hear that? Those martyrs are saying, 'Xiao Shouren, pay me back my pension!'

Did you see it?Black and white impermanence is standing behind you, waiting to take away your soul, throw you into the eighteenth level of hell, let you live forever, and suffer in the fire in that frying pan! "

Xiao Shouren trembled all over, and seemed to see something terrible in his eyes, with a look of extreme fear on his face.

He opened his mouth wide and panted desperately, the light in his eyes gradually faded, his whole body convulsed twice, and he died.

Suddenly there was a gust of wind blowing in the tent, remembering what Ji Ziqi said just now, everyone couldn't help shivering, goose bumps appeared all over their bodies, and they suddenly felt cold!
Du Kang, who walked out of the interrogation camp, looked at Ji Ziqi adoringly, "Ziqi, you are really amazing! Judging from the number of casualties, one can imagine someone cheating to death, that's amazing!"

Ji Ziqi pursed his lips, his expression not relaxed, "If Xiao Shouren's account book is mixed with all the account books, I will only be a little puzzled after reading it, and I dare not make such a guess!

But Xiao Shouren was guilty of being a thief, and he showed his feet by kidnapping me!I guessed that there must be a big problem, and I didn't dare to let go of any clues, so I saw the problem.

In fact, I'm not sure, just made a bold guess!I don't know if it was my luck or his bad luck, but I guessed it right! "

"That's because you are amazing!" Du Kang really admired, "But having said that, the last words you said to Xiao Shouren really exceeded my expectations!

I originally thought that even if you wouldn't hide away in fear, at most you would stay silent!Listening to the last few words you said, the hairs all over my body stand on end! "

Ji Ziqi smiled and said, "I haven't done anything wrong, so why should I respect ghosts and gods? Xiao Shouren deserved what he deserved! Think about those innocent orphans of martyrs who don't know their fate, Xiao Shouren died a hundred times without regretting it!"

Du Kang thought of which one of the three martial arts, the old mother who died of starvation in the end, nodded heavily!

"By the way! Brother Du Kang, I'm curious about something. I heard from Ah Ye that when you went to find me that night, the general didn't give an order directly, but asked you to go to Mr. Zhu. From outside voice?"

Du Kang smiled triumphantly, "Hey, this is a secret between the young master and me! It was not allowed to tell others, but you are not an outsider, Ziqi, so I will tell you secretly.

The young master made an agreement with me before: when a number appears in his words, the person represented by that number is what he has doubts about!

For example, in the case of Xiao Shouren, what the young master said at the time was 'the account books of these four people'; if Xiao Shouren was the third person, the young master might have said, 'This general can't understand the account books of the three of them! '

If there are no doubters, the young master will say 'the accounts of these people'.So as soon as he said numbers, I knew who he was talking about! "

Ji Ziqi suddenly realized that it was so!

Seeing the two people who were approaching the small tent, Ah Ye immediately ran out.

Of course, the target is Du Kang who said he would take him to ride a horse. "Brother Dukang, are you back? When will you take Ah Ye to ride a horse?"

Ji Ziqi looked at A Ye with some jealousy, this little white-eyed wolf who was not familiar with it!
Du Kang patted his head, and his admiration was very beneficial, "Aye, Brother Du Kang didn't rest all night, let me have a good night's rest, how about taking you there tomorrow morning?"

Ah Ye pouted, full of unwillingness, but turned to Ji Ziqi, "I blame you, if you weren't so stupid and kidnapped, how could Brother Du Kang not sleep all night?"

Du Kang laughed out loud, Ji Ziqi became angry.

The two walked towards the small tent, and Ah Ye pouted, "General Qin, General Qiu, General Li, etc. have all sent people to greet you today! And that Mr. Cao also came to look for you.

The young master told him that you were fine and went to the interrogation camp to handle the case.He said goodbye and left, saying he would come see you in two days! "

Ah Ye looked her up and down sideways, "You don't have any meat on your body, what's so good about it, why do so many people care about you?"

Ji Ziqi was still heartbroken by Ah Ye's actions just now, so he gave him a hard look.

Ah Ye curled her lips, not daring to speak any more words to ridicule her.

At night, Du Feng was alone and came to a camp not far from Marshal Du.

Sitting behind the desk in the tent was a man in his 40s, with a thin face, pale lips, dressed in a white robe, and looked like he hadn't recovered from a long illness.

It is the army division known as Zhuge in the army.

Seeing Du Feng, Lu Jun put down the book in his hand and greeted with a smile: "You are here!"

Du Feng, who hadn't rested for two days, now had bloodshot eyes.He held back the turbulent emotions in his heart, and saluted respectfully, "Sir!"

"General, please sit down!" Lu Jun signaled Du Feng to sit down.

Then he stretched out his sleeves, picked up the teacup on the desk, poured a cup, and pushed it in front of Du Feng, "General, please use it!"

Du Feng stared at the crystal clear green tea in front of him, without saying a word, as if lost in thought.

The Lu division smiled slightly, "Why, are you afraid that Mr. Lu will poison you?"

"Why did you do that?" Du Feng's voice was low, with a hint of grief, "You know, my father and I, as well as all the soldiers in the army, have always respected you!"

"Lu knew it!" Lu Jun's smile remained undiminished, "It's just money that messes with people's eyes! Lu is just a mortal!"

Du Feng raised his head, his eyes were dark and sharp, "Then over the years, sir, have you ever felt uneasy about your conscience?"

The smile on the army division's face froze a little, and the hand holding the teacup trembled slightly.

He put down the teacup in his hand and laughed at himself: "Why not?

My son was born with a strange poison. After years of intensive care, he finally got better, but finally passed away suddenly!Lu Mou was thinking at the time, retribution!Using the silver taels exchanged for other people's lives to continue my son's life, I still suffered retribution after all!

But why not report it to Lu, let my son do it for me?

My wife couldn't bear this blow, she hanged herself after the first seven days! "

"When did it happen?" Du Feng was stunned, his lips trembling slightly, "Why did you never mention it, sir? I always thought that my aunt and Brother Heng were still alive!"

The army division's face was gloomy, and he smiled bitterly, "This is the old man's retribution, what is there to say? Afterwards, Lu was disheartened, and wanted to resign from his position as a military division several times, and returned home when he was old. He often accompanied my wife and children's graves. Forever!
But unable to withstand the marshal's repeated begging, Lu had no choice but to stay!

Lu Mou also wanted to stop this dirty matter.It's just that once people's desires are triggered, they will lose control and sink deeper and deeper!In the end, Lu had no choice but to do it!

On the one hand, Lu is grateful for the trust of the marshal and the love of the soldiers, but at the same time he is suffering from the torment of his conscience!A few days ago, taking advantage of my poor health, I simply threw the account book matter to the general, hoping that the general could see the flaws in it!

It's just that this matter is done cleverly, and Lu knows how difficult it is!It's just that I didn't expect Xiao Shouren to show his flaws in the end, and you, the general, saw through! "

The army division's complexion became paler and paler, "Young people are awesome, and there are successors in the Du family's army! Lu is happy to die! It's a pity that he didn't get to meet Ji Ziqi. This is Lu's greatest regret in his life!"

As he spoke, a mouthful of black blood spewed out of his mouth.

"Sir!" Du Feng was startled, stood up abruptly, supported Lu Jun's crumbling body, and shouted, "Hurry up and get Doctor Xu!"

"No need!" Lu Jun wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve robe, patted Du Feng's hand, and said gently: "General, please help Lu sue the marshal, Lu has failed his love!"

The clothes on his chest were all stained red by the spit out blood, so red that it turned black.

Du Feng's nose was sour, and his voice choked up: "Sir, don't say any more! After my father comes back, you will go and confess to him in person!"

"I'm afraid Lu can't wait any longer! Lu doesn't want to wait any longer!" Lu Jun's voice gradually became hurried, and his breath became weak, "General! Please read it for the sake of our teachers and friends in the past, and I implore you, General, Transport Lu's body back to his hometown and bury it next to my wife and children!

Lu's crimes are serious, and he has no face to face them under Jiuquan. He can only hope that he can see them from a distance, and Lu will be satisfied! "

Du Feng's tears finally fell, his voice was hoarse but firm, "Okay!"

The army division got the promise, with a smile on his lips, his eyes closed, and his hand slowly slipped down.

Doctor Xu, who came over after hearing the news, hurriedly stretched out his hands to check his breath, opened his eyelids to check, and finally put his fingers on the pulse gate of his wrist.

Then he sighed and shook his head.

Du Feng carried the army division's body back to the bed and covered it with a quilt.

Turning his head, the sadness in his voice could not be concealed, and he said to Dr. Xu: "What I saw and heard today, I ask Dr. Xu to keep it a secret. He said to the outside world that he had a sudden illness!"

"Yes!" Dr. Xu Jun also heard a little about what happened in the past few days.Just now when I checked the body of the Lu division, I knew that he committed suicide by taking poison, and I guessed it in my heart.

Thinking of the wiseness of the first army division, I couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Du Feng walked out of the tent, and sternly said to the guards guarding the door: "Today's matter must not be publicized! Otherwise, this general will never let you down lightly! Do you understand?"

The two men at the door were stunned, bowed their heads and said respectfully: "Yes!"

Afterwards, Du Feng slowed down his voice, and said with great pain: "The army division has a sudden illness and cannot be rescued in time! The two of you go in and help him freshen up, and then send a message to inform the whole army!"

"Yes! The last will obey!"

Du Feng returned to the tent in a sad mood.

Du Kang, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened, rubbing his eyes, "Master?"

"Wake up? It's just right, get up and help the young master grind ink!"

Du Kang heard his voice was different, got up and looked, and found that Du Feng's eyes were red and swollen, he was shocked and said: "Master! What happened?"

Du Feng remained silent, and the desolate aura on his body gave Du Kang a bad premonition, but he didn't dare to ask any more. He quickly laid out the paper, put the pen holder on it, and started to ink.

Du Feng's letter was addressed to Marshal Du who went to Beijing.

He wrote down everything that happened around the entire ledger in the past few days, and also wrote down the punishment he gave to the Army Division and others.

"Army division?" Du Kang exclaimed, it turned out that he was the one behind the scene, no wonder the young master is in such a bad mood!

Du Kang looked at his young master with some pity.

In this army, apart from the marshal, the young master respects the army division most.

He now knows that Lu Jun is not a man of mortals who has a big heart and a heart for the world, but this kind of greedy, cunning, and cold-hearted worldly person!

The young master must not be so sad and disappointed in his heart!

"Du Kang, send this letter to Feige to the capital to the marshal tomorrow morning!"

Du Feng packed the letter and was about to hand it to Du Kang, when he stopped suddenly and said in a tired voice, "Forget it, I'll talk about it when I wake up tomorrow!"

Du Feng didn't sleep for two days and one night, but he didn't sleep well while lying on the bed. Sometimes it was the face of the army division, and sometimes it was the cry of a dead martyr.

After two hours, he woke up, and it was already dawn outside.

Du Kang had just packed the bed, when he saw Du Feng who had sat up, he said, "Master, you haven't slept for a long time! Rest more, I'll call you later!"

"No need!" Du Feng said while getting dressed, "Go ask Ji Ziqi to meet me after breakfast!"

Ji Ziqi didn't know what happened last night, but when Du Kang said that Du Feng was looking for her, he prepared to go there.

Du Kang said vaguely: "Last night, the army division suddenly fell ill. The young master is in a bad mood. You can comfort the young master by the way!"

Du Kang knew that Du Feng didn't want to disclose the real cause of the army division's death, so he couldn't say it clearly.

But he believed that Ji Ziqi would definitely understand.

As expected, Ji Ziqi opened his mouth wide in surprise, "Army Division?"

Du Kang nodded knowingly.

Ji Ziqi showed a somewhat troubled expression, "Brother Du Kang, you can let me comfort the general, I'm afraid the general won't accept my favor!"

Du Kang said solemnly: "As followers, we must keep our master in our hearts at all times, and regard the master's happiness and anger as our own!
If the master has difficulties, he has to find ways to solve them for him!If the master is unhappy, he has to try to coax him to cheer up!
It's one thing for the young master to accept your favor or not, but we have to do a lot! "

Ji Ziqi disagreed with Du Kang's theory of followers.

But he was right in one sentence, it was his business whether Du Feng didn't appreciate it!But as one of the few insiders and... acquaintances, it is her duty to comfort her with words.

As for followers, fuck his followers!

But even so, she still had to follow Du Feng's orders!Ji Ziqi secretly despised himself.

Du Feng, who had only rested for a few hours, still looked haggard, and his eyes were black and blue.

Ji Ziqi saluted respectfully, "General!"

"Well, you're here!" Du Feng's voice was a little tired, he put down the letter he wrote last night, and cut directly to the topic, "I have something to ask the general!"

"General, please speak!"

"Do you have a good plan for the loopholes in military pay and pensions?"

"Before answering the general's question, Ziqi doesn't know anything!"

Du Feng looked straight at her with bloodshot eyes, "What's the matter?"

Ji Ziqi responded frankly, "Why is the pension issued by the army instead of the government where the martyrs are located?"

Du Feng didn't hide it, "It's been more than ten years. Two or three years after His Majesty ascended the throne, the governor of a state was exposed for corruption and bribery.

Later, the procuratorate went to investigate the case and found that the governor not only seized the fertile land, colluded with the merchants to raise the local prices, but also embezzled tens of thousands of taels of pensions from the local martyrs!

His Majesty stayed in the army for five years before taking the throne, and he has a deep affection for the lieutenant soldiers!Especially those martyrs who died on the battlefield, he once watched those soldiers die in front of him, powerless!
Therefore, when His Majesty heard about this, one can imagine the anger and heartache!Immediately, they negotiated with the Ministry of War and forcibly dispatched the issue of pensions to all armies, and changed it from once a year to once a season.

The first two or three years were fine, but after that, various disadvantages gradually emerged! "

Du Feng didn't go into details, but Ji Ziqi knew it all.

Human nature is selfish, if it cannot be changed from the system, where there is power, there will be corruption!
"Ziqi understands!" Ji Ziqi smiled, "Since His Majesty also intends to change, it will be much easier to implement Ziqi's method!
Who pays this pension is not the key issue, the key is how to supervise it in the future!

Ziqi's suggestion is: every second month after the pension is paid out, the families of the martyrs gather together, and the army sends people to the states and counties to check and bring back the signatures of the families of the martyrs for confirmation!
The candidates to be sent are randomly selected in the army, and the candidates are different each time, so as to avoid the concentration of power and greed caused by unsupervised!
The imperial court can uniformly set a specific verification time to notify the family members of the martyrs. The county government will do it, and the location will also be provided by the local government.

For those who are disabled and unable to move, they can issue a certificate specifying who will sign on their behalf, and the inspector will come to the door to verify it in person at random! "

Du Feng nodded while listening, with a smile on his lips, the departure of the army division, and the depression accumulated in his heart these days were swept away.

After Ji Ziqi finished speaking, he saw that Du Feng's face seemed to be getting better. Thinking of Du Kang's entrustment, Qi Qi said: "General! This person cannot be resurrected after death. Please, General, let go of your sorrow and look forward as soon as possible!"

Du Feng's expression changed slightly, but there was still some warmth in his eyes, "Du Kang told you?"

He looked at the young man in front of him, and felt a desire to express his thoughts, "This general has long been used to seeing life and death on the battlefield, and he has seen through life and death! It's just that such a high-minded man, sir, will be attracted by yellow and white things." fan!"

"This person has a bright side and a dark side, just like the sun and the moon, light and darkness always exist forever!

When a person becomes bad, many times it is not a personal problem, but a problem of the environment.Ziqi had heard a thing or two about the famous name of the Army Division, and he was deeply sorry for his death!

If the imperial court had enacted corresponding regulatory regulations when it was transferred to the army, presumably today's regrettable event would not have happened! "

Ji Ziqi's voice is clear and confident, with a strange power to comfort people's hearts!

Du Feng's heart was shaken, and his expression was a little dazed.

The surprise brought to him by this handsome young man can no longer be described as shocking!

Those vivid eyes, fair face, and crisp voice sounded like they came from another world, and he seemed to be in a dream.

"General? General?" Seeing that Du Feng was in a daze, Ji Ziqi couldn't help calling twice.

Du Feng came back to his senses, hooked his fingers to her, "Come here!"

Ji Ziqi took two steps forward.

Du Feng frowned in dissatisfaction, and hooked his fingers again.

(End of this chapter)