Chapter 313 - 173: The Paper Effigy Temple and the Blind Monk
Recently, several significant events occurred in the Jin Sect.
One was that two new county leaders came to Wanshou County and Linjiang County.
Another was that there was a fire at the Jin Sect’s grain storage warehouse. It was rumored that aside from the relief warehouse, which was previously emptied by a rat infestation, being burned down, the grain in other warehouses was also affected.
Burning the grain storage warehouse was a serious crime, and the Prefect of the Jin Sect would inevitably bear some responsibility, but the situation was strange. Since the warehouse was burned, apart from dismissing the negligent grain officer and holding him accountable, Prefect Wang in the Jin Sect seemed untouched by the incident.
In the Funeral Shop, Xu Qing listened to Huang Xiaoliu’s report and remained stunned for quite a while.
He and Gu Zixu went to set fire to the grain storage warehouse, but they didn’t burn the other warehouses. The relief warehouse and other grain warehouses were separated by fire lanes, so it shouldn’t have spread to them.
Clearly, someone exaggerated the losses with worthless numbers!
Xu Qing slapped his thigh, regretting that he hadn’t burned down all the grain storage warehouses!
However, it was only a thought. The warehouse had reserves exceeding a million bushels, and he almost couldn’t manage the relief warehouse alone. If he truly stole so much grain, he would have to expand the rat house several streets beyond the Underground Street to accommodate it.
Huang Xiaoliu observed the changing expressions of the Sect Leader, not knowing what had occurred.
Xu Qing’s grain theft was carried out secretly; apart from Xuan Yu and the Gray Immortal of the Feng Shui Hall, no one else even heard the slightest rumor.
No matter how much Huang Xiaoliu racked his brains, he couldn’t fathom that below his very feet lay tens of thousands of bushels of stored grain.