The Legend of Bimeng: Chapter 537: Coercion and Blackmail
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Chapter 537: Coercion and Blackmail
Now that he had broken up with Lao Xie, the third prince no longer planned to pretend to be friendly, so he sneered directly: "Little Stephen, if I remember correctly, you are just a little earl. , I wonder in what capacity you come to care about my royal affairs?”
"Of course I don't care about your royal family's affairs, but the problem is that the military supplies warehouse was stolen so seriously that it has become the biggest case since the founding of the Griffin Kingdom. This is no longer just a royal matter. Moreover, you The person who is really in charge of the warehouse is the most suspicious person, but now he insists on getting involved in investigating the matter!" Lao Xie then sneered: "No matter how you look at it, it's all about catching the thief!"
"What?" When the third prince heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Little Stephen, please pay attention to your identity. What evidence do you have to prove that this matter is related to me?"
"The official in charge here is your concubine's father. You don't deny that he is yours, right? The five thousand guards here are also taking orders from you, right?" Lao Xie curled his lips and said: "Look Looking at the tight guards around, this entire warehouse has been sealed like an iron cage by your people. How could outsiders steal it? It's obviously an internal thief! But Stanford is just a small person. Without your support, he would Do you dare to embezzle so much material? Now that things have happened, you, the mastermind behind the scenes, suddenly ran out and even ignored your own confinement to intervene in this matter alone. Hum, no one is an idiot, you Do you pretend that no one else knows what your plans are?”
"You~" The third prince turned pale with anger and couldn't help but said angrily: "This matter really has nothing to do with me!"
"Yes, yes, it's all done by your subordinates. It has nothing to do with you. You just have to divide the money." Lao Xie shrugged and said, "So, His Highness the Third Prince is as pure as an angel!"
"You~" The third prince was suddenly so angry that he could not speak. All I could do was tremble.
Fortunately, Gale Sword Master realized that something was wrong and hurriedly came over to persuade: "Little Stephen, okay, don't say any more, I believe that His Highness the Third Prince will definitely give an explanation to the kingdom!"
"I don't care who he gives orders to, but this **** keeps depriving me of my supplies time and time again. I can't stand it!" Lao Xie then said angrily: "The soldiers on the front line are starving. His stomach was at war. But the garbage in the rear had completely embezzled the country's military supplies warehouse! Now that things have happened, he still wants to suppress it so easily, I tell you, there is no way! The military supplies are settled, now I’m going to take this son of a **** to His Majesty for comment!” As he said that, Lao Xie pointed at Stanford who was lying on the ground.
When the third prince heard this, he was immediately stunned. You know, this fact is so shameful. He wished he could deal with it secretly. If the old evil was brought before the emperor, it would definitely spread throughout the city, and it would be difficult to deal with it.
So when he heard that Lao Xie was about to get angry, the third prince, who had a ulterior motive in his heart, immediately dwarfed himself and hurriedly came over and said, "Don't, don't, don't. Isn't it just some supplies? Can't I give it to you?"
"Give me a shit!" Lao Xie suddenly yelled angrily: "Who wants the rags left here? The grain has been there for at least ten years, and the dogs won't even eat it! You just want to give it, but I don't want it. ! ”
"No, no, of course not this!" The third prince wiped away cold sweat. He said hurriedly: "I will allocate additional supplies to you immediately. I guarantee they will be new and enough for you!"
"Huh?" When Lao Xie heard this, he immediately tilted his head and looked at the third prince, mockingly saying: "What I want is military supplies for 100,000 people. It's too late to make them at short notice!"
"Oh, it just so happens that I still have some supplies because I can't put them here, so I put them elsewhere!" The third prince could only stutter. Actually, that’s it. The third prince is tantamount to admitting that he is corrupt. Otherwise, there are so many empty warehouses here that there is no need to pile them up elsewhere. Moreover, it is impossible for the country's military supplies to be placed elsewhere privately under normal circumstances? Just like a bank employee putting money from a public treasury into his own home, it is simply unexplainable. It is not corruption but corruption.
So Lao Xie immediately sneered and said: "Your Highness, the materials you put elsewhere can just fill these more than 80 warehouses!" Obviously, Lao Xie was mocking him for embezzling the entire warehouse.
The third prince heard this. His face suddenly turned red. However, he still suppressed his anger and said: "I'm kidding, I don't have such a big warehouse!"
"Huh!" Lao Xie said with a cold face: "This is impossible to say. Who doesn't know that your third prince is a capable person, so it's nothing to find a few warehouses!"
The third prince obviously didn't want to continue to struggle with this matter, so he quickly said, "Okay, okay, I'll just give you the thing anyway?"
"Here is the list of things I want. When can you prepare it?" Lao Xie said and handed the list given by Catherine to the third prince.
The third prince took it and took a look at it, and immediately exclaimed: "Why are there so many?"
It turned out that Lao Xie secretly made a few changes to Catherine's list, adding two or three times the quantity of each item. Because he knew that the third prince would definitely not dare to make the matter bigger in the end and would definitely choose to compromise, so he planned to take the opportunity to give him a hard blow.
After hearing the third prince's exclamation, Lao Xie didn't waste any time and grabbed the order, then rushed to Stanford in a few steps, grabbed him and left.
The third prince was startled and hurried over to stop Lao Xie and said: "Hey, little Stephen, don't push me too hard? You want so many things that I can't possibly get them all together."
"You took things from more than 80 warehouses here, and you only need to take out a small part of them, but you still say you can't get them all?" Lao Xie sneered and said: "Get out of the way, I'll go find His Majesty for comment! ”
"You~" The third prince almost jumped up in anxiety and said angrily: "I really didn't take that many things, so I just took them~" At this point, the third prince immediately woke up and quickly shut up.
But Lao Xie refused to let him go, and immediately joked: "How much did you take? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Stop trying to trick me!" The third prince said angrily: "I will give you at most one-third of the order. This is my limit!"
"It seems that I can only rely on Your Majesty to increase your limit level!" Lao Xie shook his head helplessly, then glanced at the guards of the third prince who were gathered around him, and said funnyly: "What, you want to Do I stay here?"
"I don't want to be like this, but if you insist on forcing me!" the third prince threatened in a low voice: "I might go crazy!"
"Ahem!" Lao Xie coughed twice calmly, cleared his throat, and then said to the Gale Sword Master and the Heavy Armor Sword Master: "You two, watch out, the third prince is going to kill people and silence them now. ! ”
"Huh?" Gale Sword Master didn't want to offend the third prince, but that didn't mean he could watch the third prince take action against his son-in-law! So as soon as he heard Lao Xie's words, he immediately walked over with a cold face, and several guards blocking the road were pushed away by him arrogantly. Then he came to the third prince and said coldly: "Your Highness, I wonder why my son-in-law has offended you?"
At the same time, the Heavy Armor Sword Master also came to the side of the Gale Sword Master, obviously indicating that he would advance and retreat with the Gale Sword Master.
"No, no!" When the third prince saw the two sword masters taking action, of course he didn't dare to act arrogant again, and hurriedly said: "It's just that what he wants is really outrageous!"
"Of course the supplies for a hundred thousand troops cannot be a fraction!" Swift Wind Sword Master said calmly.
"But compared with the inventory in the warehouse, it's actually not too much!" The heavy armor sword master said: "As far as I know, there should be enough food and grass here to feed 100,000 people. Months of food!”
"But I no longer have the inventory?" The third prince almost cried in anxiety.
"Your Highness, as little Stephen said just now, none of us are fools. We all know where the inventory has gone!" Swift Wind Sword Master said coldly: "We don't want to care about the past, as long as you As long as the items can be recovered and distributed to the frontline troops in real numbers, I don’t think this is too much, what do you think?”
If the thing is really corrupted by the third prince, the request of the Gale Sword Master is indeed not excessive, and it can even be said to be very honorable to the third prince. But the problem now is that Lao Xie stole the thing. Where did you ask the third prince to get it?
So after the third prince heard this, he immediately became anxious and jumped on his feet: "I can swear to God, I really did not take away the items in the inventory. How much trouble will there be if something happens to such an important warehouse? ? I'm not an idiot, and I haven't eaten enough to hold on. Why can't I have fun myself?"
When the Gale Sword Master heard this, he was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, does this really have nothing to do with him?
The Gale Sword Master hesitated, but Lao Xie ignored this and said directly: "Didn't you tell me just now that you put a batch of supplies in stock elsewhere? Why do you say now that it has nothing to do with you?"
"Yes?" Upon hearing this, Gale Sword Master immediately lowered his face and said, "Your Highness, what is going on?"
"This~" When the third prince heard this, he immediately rubbed his hands anxiously. He then walked around in circles twice, heartily, and then whispered: "Okay, okay, let me tell you the truth! Of course I can’t not move anything here, but the problem is, I really only took a little bit, absolutely, definitely not everything!”
The Gale Sword Master and the Heavy Armor Sword Master looked at each other, and both saw a strong look of disappointment in each other's eyes. As sword masters born from civilian backgrounds, they naturally hated corruption. They had only suspected it before, but now that they heard the third prince admit it personally, they were naturally extremely disappointed with him, and they became even more determined to support Catherine in getting rid of the third prince. However, it was difficult for them to express their stance on the third prince. After all, as military commanders, they had the responsibility to catch the third prince, a corrupt criminal. However, due to their status, they did not dare to do so, so they could only stay aside. Play dumb and don't say a word.