But in fact, he made the accounts, and the pensions given to the soldiers' families were also issued from him. No one knew better than him how much money the soldiers' families could get.

The imperial court originally wanted everyone to pay a few taels of pension, but he would deduct half of it first, and then after layer by layer, the last thing to send to the family was probably a must-have for one tael of silver.

So Guo Feng was silent. He really didn't know how to answer these words.

Shangguan Yu didn't care whether he answered or not, and continued to say on his own, "A few taels of silver is a life! Even if you go to buy a servant, you have to spend seven or eight taels of taels of money. Then why are the lives of the soldiers so low?"

Guo Feng kept his head down and remembered the soldiers he led in Beijing before. They were all very simple and could not say anything good, because he passed the imperial examination and could read and read. They always admired them very much. Although they had a small official position, those soldiers respected them very much.

Even at the beginning of each month, there are always people who line up to help them read letters, including simple letters from home, and some even write down the livestock situation at home, which makes it a bit funny to read.

But that thin piece of paper carries heavy longing.

Is that longing worth only one or two silver dollars? Guo Feng questioned himself in his heart.

Since when has he been so cruel now? What kind of person has he turned into a sturdy person in the past few years?

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Shangguan Yu was very silent, so he patted his shoulder and said, "I am in a bad mood today. Why not protect the lords can drink with me and use the wine to relieve this sorrow!"

After saying that, Gu Jinfeng ordered Lan Yu beside him.

"Go and bring the jar of good wine I brought to the carriage. I want to drink with Guo Duhu today without getting drunk."

Lan Yu nodded and hurriedly walked out of the mansion.

At the table, the two of them did not drink a few drinks, but a cup of drinks.

Guo Feng was not sure what was attracted by Shangguan Yu's words today. He was thinking about his many actions in the past. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had become the kind of person he once disdained the most.

Shangguan Yu finished drinking the wine in the glass in one gulp and burped.

"I don't hide it from the Protector. There is a reason why I am like this tonight. A soldier told me today that he had a fellow villager. After his last sacrifice, he only sent more than one or two silver to his family. His fellow villager was a single passerby of three generations in his family. When he heard the news, his grandmother passed away on the spot because she was too sad."

Guo Feng was holding a glass of wine, but when he heard this, he was shocked. When his subordinates loosened, the cup was directly thrown to the ground and broken into two halves.

"Why are the Protector so careless? Are you too angry when you hear this?"

Shangguan Yu was blindfolded at this time, looking a little drunk, and even speaking was a little confused.

In order not to make him suspicious, Guo Feng had to nod, "What the general said is indeed infuriating."

However, his central thoughts were constantly changing. He guessed whether the things he did were leaked by someone. The more he thought about them, the more shocked he became. In the middle of the night in the cold autumn, he felt sweaty.

"As a matter of fact, they still understand the righteousness. I think these pensions were deducted by corrupt officials one by one. But how could they be so bold? That's dead money. You dare to make a fortune. This is a matter of harming the truth and damaging good deeds!"

The more Shangguan Yu said, the more angry he became, and the last few words were almost shouted out.

Guo Feng sat at the table and murmured and repeated the eight words that Shangguan Yu had just said: "It hurts the heavens and harms the truth, and it damages the good deeds..."

Originally, Shangguan Yu did not doubt his head, and he should have felt glad, but at this time his heart seemed to be punched by those eight words, and all kinds of feelings surged into his heart for a moment.

Shangguan Yu walked to Guo Feng again, hugged his shoulders, and spoke.

"What I said last time I met Dumai, I was moved. If all the officials in the world were like Dumai, who were loyal to the court, regardless of their own interests, worry about the world's worries first, and then enjoy the world's happiness, how could this happen again?"

Shangguan Yu muttered a few more words, and Guo Feng couldn't hear clearly, but those words were probably scolding the officials who embezzled the pension.

Finally, Shangguan Yu lay on the table and stopped moving for a long time.

Guo Feng shouted softly: "General?" but he did not respond.

At this time, Lan Yu walked up, helped Shangguan Yu up, and said to Guo Feng with an apology: "Master Protector, my master is afraid that he is drunk, so I will take him back to the military camp first."

Guo Feng also saw that Shangguan Yu had drunk a lot, and he was confused at this time and nodded.

"Be careful to protect your master on the road and go back and fill him with sobering soup, otherwise he will be late tomorrow."

Lan Yu nodded with a grateful look on his face.

"I thanked Guo Dupuma for my master. Since my master went back last time, he has been muttering that you are a rare sensible person. This time, whenever you have something to worry about, I want to come to talk to you. I am really embarrassed to bother you this time."

After Lan Yu finished speaking, he helped Shangguan Yu walk out of the house little by little.

At the wine table, Guo Feng was left alone, and he sat there, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a long time, he suddenly laughed and began to talk to himself.

"You understand people, loyal, Prince Yu, you really respect me. What I, Guo Feng, do is to harm the truth and harm the good deeds!"

After saying that, his laughter became louder and louder, and finally he burst into tears. In this empty and cold night, he was a little cunning.

That night, he sat alone at the table, drinking cups and cups. He originally wanted to get drunk, so he wouldn't think so much, but he couldn't get drunk any more.

On the carriage.

As soon as Shangguan Yu got on the carriage, he immediately sat upright, his eyes clear and there was no misty look like he had just now.

Just now, he actually pretended to be drunk!

After Shangguan Yuyun forced all the alcohol on his body away, he asked Lan Yu: "Are everything going well just now?"

Lan Yu nodded. He left quietly as they were drinking the anhydrides and followed Shangguan Yu's order. Guo Feng was afraid of what Shangguan Yu said, so he was not distracted to notice his departure.

There were no guards in the Protectorate's Mansion. Lan Yu used his light skills to avoid people and easily arrived at the study.

"Report to the master, everything went smoothly. I had just sneaked into his study. He seemed to be doing the account, but Guo Feng was very careful. I searched for it and didn't find any letters. I was afraid that they were all destroyed after reading it. I only found a waste paper ball in the hidden place on the ground."

After Lan Yu finished speaking, he handed the waste paper ball to Shangguan Yu, and he unfolded the paper ball with his hands.

In the upper right corner, it is clearly written "General Liang personally initiated".

The person behind the scenes is actually Liang Zheng!

General Liang Zheng of the Cavalry!

Shangguan Yu couldn't believe his eyes for a long time, and his thoughts were surging. He had doubted many people these days, but he did not doubt Liang Zheng.

Over the years, Liang Zheng has made a lot of contributions, and his momentum is close to the old general Chen Guang, and he can be called the second among military generals. After Chen Guang also retreated, he will naturally become the first military general.

But even so, isn't he satisfied? He secretly caused so much money to be saved, what exactly did he want to do?

Shangguan Yu was very puzzled. This time he was appointed by his father and replaced the seriously ill Liang Zheng to take the lead. How could he finally find the big rat in the army?

Lan Yu had already seen the words on the paper, and hesitatedly asked: "Master, do you want to send a message to the emperor about this?"

Shangguan Yu came back to his senses and shook his head.

"How do you tell me? Just this piece of waste paper? This is really not enough to prove that he is the person behind the scenes. Guo Feng can be said to have written a letter to Liang Zheng about other things. We acted easily, but instead alarmed the enemy."

"What should we do next?" Lan Yu asked.

Shangguan Yu pondered for a moment and spoke slowly, "You first give orders to the people who stayed in Beijing, so that they can keep an eye on the movements in Liang Zheng's mansion."

"As for us, we still have to find other evidence from Guo Feng. Today, I saw that Guo Feng looked very bad after listening to me. I was afraid that he would feel a little displeased because he did these things."

Just now, Shangguan Yu seemed drunk, but in fact he kept watching Guo Feng's every move, he could see the entanglement between his eyebrows and eyes, especially when he mentioned the incident of Xiaobing's fellow villager, he felt regretful on his face.

This may be their breakthrough to find clues from Guo Feng!

Lan Yu nodded, "Then are we still staring at Liu Tingwei and Li Fu?"

"Stay! I really want to know how their group of people hooked up together."

"Subordinate to obey the order!"

The carriage carried Shangguan Yu through the night and galloped all the way back to the military camp. When he returned to the tent, he found Rong Lian waiting.

Shangguan Yu wondered why he was here, "Why did Brother Lian come to me at this time? Is something happened?"

Usually, if he and Rong Lian meet late at night and have something to discuss, they will send someone to send a message to make an appointment to avoid being discovered. Why is there no news today, but Rong Lian suddenly comes here.

Rong Lian nodded with a serious look on his face, "Brother, I have something to say."

Seeing this, Shangguan Yu hurriedly took him to the desk, "Why are you so panicked?"

Rong Lian hurriedly said, "We just got off the battlefield today. After seeing the injured soldiers, I returned to the military tent. As a result, someone quietly touched my tent and said something to me to instigate our feelings. The motive was very impure."
Chapter completed!