Chapter 23 Arson
After Gu Yu stayed in the space for a while, when he came out again, the granary was still as quiet as when he first arrived.
However, the sack that Gu Mengyao had previously poked a hole in with a knife was now tied up with rope.
There were no guards left in the granary. It was probably thought to be the work of rats…
Taking out the nightglow grass he had casually picked from the space, Gu Yu held a dagger and carefully poked a small hole above the front of the sack. Then, by the faint light of the nightglow grass, he looked at the grain inside.
It was similar to the sack that Gu Mengyao had punctured. It was all brown rice, and it was old grain that had been stored for too long.
After Gu Yu had poked almost all the sacks in the granary, he found a corner and stopped.
Seeing that there was no longer any danger, Gu Yu released Gu Mengyao from the space, then quietly told her to be quiet, and then took out the bottles and jars containing lamp oil from the space, ready to use their own methods against them.
Letting the Luoluo Kingdom taste the experience of their granary being burned.
“A’yu, are all these grains going to be burned?”
“Yes, the sack that Mengyao, you poked a hole in just now, I looked at it, and it was filled with brown rice, which is not of much value… Luoluo Kingdom is really something, not even eating good food when marching and fighting. Not to mention anything else, I saw a lot of rice and flour on the grain trucks we transported!”
Gu Yu remembered that when he was studying in modern times, his teacher had once said…
If one eats too much coarse grain, it will affect digestion. And long-term excessive consumption of coarse grain will also affect absorption, causing the human body to lack many basic nutritional elements, and even lead to malnutrition.
Gu Yu did not intend to put these grains into the space, because he had browsed the entire granary and found that they were all coarse grains, and even if they were put into the space, they would just take up space and have no great value.
Now Gu Yu could get a large pile of coarse grains by spending a small amount of silver, so why bother moving old grain from the Luoluo Kingdom’s granary!
Although these grains were free, they took up too much space.
Of course, in extraordinary times, extraordinary measures are taken. If there is a shortage of grain, even old coarse grain is excellent, but now that the Linfeng Kingdom does not seem to be facing natural disasters or man-made calamities, there is no need to worry about the grain problem.
“This shouldn’t be the case! Although the national strength of the Luoluo Kingdom is not comparable to that of the Linfeng Kingdom, it is not much different. Soldiers should eat better when fighting, so that they will have more strength to fight.”
“Is that so?”
However, after hearing Gu Mengyao’s words, Gu Yu couldn’t help but touch his chin. In the darkness, his thoughts were constantly spinning, and his gaze forward also became focused.
A moment later, Gu Yu, who had figured everything out, thought that it was fortunate that he hadn’t acted yet.
“Mengyao, Luoluo Kingdom must be playing a trick within a trick. It’s not that the army doesn’t have fine grains, but they have hidden them.”
“Hidden them?”
“Luoluo Kingdom has harassed our grain transport vehicles several times before, and they must have thought of the possibility of retaliation, so they set up a smokescreen. Even if they lose this granary of coarse grains, it won’t be a big problem.”
Gu Yu, who had figured out the key point, looked around and felt that… the hidden fine grains might still be here, but they were not placed in plain sight.
Then Gu Yu walked forward, tapping the ground with his toes as he walked. When he heard that the sound from a certain place was not right, Gu Yu immediately called Gu Mengyao to his side, and then asked her to keep her movements quiet and move this floor tile.
There must be a mechanism here, but Gu Yu didn’t want to waste time. Moreover, with his wife who had innate divine strength by his side, he didn’t need to rack his brain to find the mechanism.
Upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, Gu Mengyao immediately nodded, then used her dagger to poke a hole in the floor tile that Gu Yu pointed to. After making a convenient gap, Gu Mengyao immediately put her hand in and, with a gentle lift, the floor tile was lifted up.
To avoid making too much noise, Gu Mengyao quickly pressed the floor tile with both hands after it was lifted, preventing it from falling and making a sound.
Gu Yu looked at the thickness of the floor tile and sighed again at how Gu Mengyao’s divine strength was a bug!
If he were to do it, even if he used all his strength, it would be useless.
“Mengyao, hold this for a while, I’ll go down and take a look.”
“Okay, A’yu, you must be extra careful.”
“Okay.”
Then, as Gu Yu cautiously walked down the steps, he took out a torch from his space and lit it. Then, in the vast underground space, he saw bags and bags of grain.
At a glance, the quantity was even more than the coarse grains stored in the granary above.
And when Gu Yu poked a hole with his dagger, he saw that the rice inside was rolling onto the ground uncontrollably.
It was as he had guessed.
After that, Gu Yu did not stand on ceremony.
He directly put all these fine grains into his space. After confirming that not a single bag was left, as he walked up the steps, Gu Yu thought for a moment, and a mischievous smile suddenly appeared on his face.
It felt like something was missing just leaving like this…
Then, after Gu Yu took out dozens of sacks of coarse grains from the granary and neatly stacked them underground, he let Gu Mengyao seal the floor tile again.
These dozens of sacks of coarse grains would not be of much help to the Luoluo Kingdom, as they were not enough for so many mouths in the army.
However, leaving them here could enrage the generals of the Luoluo Kingdom.
As for the news that might be sent back to the Linfeng Kingdom, Gu Yu was not worried, because the granary fire did happen… As for the hidden fine grains being stolen, they might even be thought of as a thief crying out “catch the thief”!
There was no evidence anyway…
Let them always come to the Linfeng Kingdom to cause trouble. This time, let them also taste the feeling of the granary being destroyed!
“Mengyao, it’s ready now. Let’s both sprinkle the lamp oil in these bottles everywhere in the granary, and then set it on fire, and we can leave here.”
“Okay, I can’t wait!”
Seeing that they were finally going to set the granary on fire, Gu Mengyao’s eager expression showed that she was very much looking forward to it. And when they were sprinkling the lamp oil, her cheerful steps also showed it.
This made Gu Yu smile and shake his head, and then he also sprinkled the lamp oil on the ground.
After a while, after sprinkling the entire granary, the two people standing at the granary entrance finally completed their mission.
Then, Gu Yu took out the torch from his space, lit it with a flint, and handed it directly to Gu Mengyao, letting her light the final fire.
After setting out from Black Jade City, his little wife was very angry about Luoluo Kingdom’s repeated harassment…
Gu Mengyao took the torch and, illuminated by the red firelight, her face showed an expression of relief. Then, she raised her hand and threw the torch into the granary.
After a beautiful arc, the torch landed on the sacks, and the flames quickly rose.
At this time, Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao quickly retreated, not staying to watch the “masterpiece” they had created.
The wind was strong, let’s get out of here quickly!
After the two of them ran out of the Luoluo Kingdom’s army’s territory, Gu Yu took out his horse from the space. Then, as they rode back to the Linfeng Kingdom’s garrison, General Gongsun’s army had not yet retreated from the front line.
However, the good news sent back indicated that there were no major problems.
Not yet out of the excitement of galloping through the wilderness, Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao took a long time to calm themselves down. Then, after telling Xing Zhi, they returned to their residence and went to sleep, without continuing to patrol outside.
Now that things were almost done, there was nothing more for them to do.
So it was better to go to sleep quickly, so as not to be dispirited tomorrow.
Thus, after Xing Zhi and others guarded the granary all night with dark circles under their eyes, as the sky was about to dawn, Gongsun Jie finally led the army back.
Judging from the happy expressions on the faces of the soldiers, it was obvious that they had won a victory.
This made Xing Zhi find an opportunity and quickly pull a soldier into a corner to ask him in detail about the detailed process of this battle.
“Brother Xing, it’s the same as before! General Gongsun is too powerful. He led us to chase and intercept the Luoluo Kingdom’s guys, and he beat them so badly that they couldn’t even resist and could only scramble away…”
“Alright, I didn’t ask about that… I just want to ask you, how did this battle be won?”
“Hmm… I don’t know too well. It seems that something happened in the enemy’s camp, which led to a rapid withdrawal order, allowing us to chase and kill many people!”
“I see. Alright, you can go back and rest!”
“Rest what? It’s almost dawn. I’ll go get a hot meal and then continue guarding.”
After the soldier left, Xing Zhi was left alone to think… According to the information he had obtained so far, yesterday was indeed a stratagem to lure the tiger away from its lair.
The purpose was to lure General Gongsun away, so that they could attack the granary.
However, variables appeared in the middle.
Xing Zhi thought of his son-in-law and couldn’t help but show an expression of admiration. He thought that his son-in-law was really amazing!
How could he think of everything one step in advance? Even when encountering unexpected events, he could respond in a timely manner.
Moreover, coupled with the young lady’s kung fu, the two of them bravely ventured into the enemy camp at night to destroy the grain, which was truly daring!
After returning to Black Jade City, he would have to tell the master well… The young lady is a woman, so let’s not mention her. The key is that the son-in-law is young and resourceful. If he is well-trained, he can completely be a candidate for a strategist who plans strategies.
General Gongsun is getting old day by day. The person who will shoulder the burden next must be his master, Gu Qing… In this way, it would be good to have more talents around, so as not to be short of hands in the future.
“Xing Zhi! I’ve been looking for you for a long time, so you’re here! Come with me quickly, General Gongsun wants to see you.”
Just as Xing Zhi was contemplating having Gu Yu take the path of a strategist in the future, a soldier ran towards him breathlessly and said words that made Xing Zhi’s expression tense, thinking that it was finally here.
Now that he was summoned, it was probably not just for the compliment of escorting grain, but also related to what happened tonight.