"How many days?"

Mu Bai once again surprised out loud, that originally gentle and jade-like voice sounded a bit distorted again.

"A few days too many? Tomorrow?"

Chu Yunshen raised his eyebrows, a little surprised that Mu Bai was so positive.

......

Mu Bai was completely at a loss as to what to say, he was silent for a while before replying breathlessly, "Three days later."

Cheng Xiaoxiao was surprised by Chu Yunshen's bandit-like fast negotiation technique, and then looked at Mu Bai who could only obediently compromise, how to look at it all felt a bit pitiful ah.

Mubai can't say he's in pain?

He purposely emphasized that he had never heard of this medicine before, meaning that he wanted Chu Yunshen to give it more time.

He thought that he had made it clear enough, but he did not expect Chu Yunshen to come up and press the time limit for him into a few days.

If he didn't hurry to compromise on the situation, according to Chu Yunshen's means, I'm afraid that he would not really let him develop this type of pill tomorrow.

But being able to make a new drug sounds a little exciting.

"Right, so is she now considered a demon cat, a demon human, or something?"

Mubai's seriousness really can't be maintained for a while, so soon the original form is revealed again.

Hearing the word 'demon' from Mu Bai's mouth once again, the head of fire Cheng Xiaoxiao could not hold back, she was going to come down from Chu Yunshen's arms no matter what.

She would like to see if this Mu Bai was also a cat transformed, living out his life due to having too many lives and therefore challenging her bottom line over and over again.

Chu Yunshen didn't dare to imprison the lion cat too hard, after all, he had a lot of strength, in case he really hurt the lion cat then it wouldn't be cost-effective.

Knowing that Chu Yunshen didn't put down any real force, Cheng Xiaoxiao's movements became more and more unrestrained, and she thought that if she really couldn't do it, she would simply turn into a human being.

Heads can be broken, blood can be shed, but dignity cannot be lost!

You can say I'm average looking or you can say you're not impressed with me, but you can't make personal attacks!

I'm the fairy. Don't fairies get it?

Saying something like 'demon cat' or 'demon person', one mouthful at a time, is simply bullying!

Probably because Cheng Xiaoxiao's desire to change into a human being was a bit strong in her heart, Chu Yunshen keenly noticed another layer of faint blue light enveloping the lion cat's body.

"Lord, are you in there?"

As this male voice sounded, the blue light on the lion cat's body suddenly dimmed.

Mubai had also just witnessed the difference in the lion cat's body, which would have opened his mouth wide again staring at those peach blossom eyes without a sound.

"Lord, I'm coming in?"

Xiao Wu's voice once again came in from outside the half-covered courtyard door, and it was because of Xiao Wu's voice that Mubai slowly found his voice.

"This ...... this, she just ...... just?"

"Shh."

Chu Yunshen a stern look swept over, Mu Bai had not been able to react much, just had the opportunity to tightly shut his mouth and stopped speaking.

But looking at this, it seems like Xiao Wu doesn't know about this yet?

So am I hardly the first to know about this?

Even Xiaowu, who follows the Lord in and out together, is not clear about it. It seems that I still act properly and the Lord is more at ease.

Mu Bai thought smugly in his heart, and by the way, he also planned to ridicule Xiaowu a bit after Xiaowu also knew about it.

"Come in."

Chu Yunshen's voice had resounded within the not-so-large pavilion, and along with it was the sound of Xiao Wu's footsteps as she walked into the courtyard.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was still in Chu Yunshen's arms and glaring at Mu Bai with a puff of air, but she was somewhat grateful for Xiao Wu's arrival.

If it wasn't for Xiao Wu, she would have impulsively changed back to her human form. But Xiao Wu didn't know about her, anyway, it's a good idea to hide one from the other.

Furthermore, although it's fun to tear down the X for a while, the crematorium afterward!

Where is the spiritual power so easy to absorb, and last time I said that I should use my pen to the sword edge.

Blame it on the dead Mubai, if it wasn't for him he wouldn't have almost lost his mind himself.

Cheng Xiaoxiao gave Mu Bai another disgruntled glance, and I don't know how she did it, those big eyes stared for so half a day without blinking or feeling sour.

As soon as he entered the pavilion, Xiao Wu sensed the lion cat's hostility towards Mubai, he walked over to Mubai and asked in an airy whisper.

"How did you offend this little ancestor again?"

"Unspeakable Unspeakable."

Mubai waved his hand mysteriously, passing Xiao Wu a 'you poor thing' look in the process.

Xiao Wu looked at Mubai headlong, trying to see a hint of clarity in his face.

Mu Bai naturally couldn't let Xiao Wu find out, he quickly sidestepped his face to avoid Xiao Wu's eyes, and nuzzled his hand to signal Xiao Wu to hurry up and report things.

Xiao Wu also did not delay any longer, handing over the several account books in his arms to Chu Yunshen together.

Chu Yunshen sat back down at the table with the lion cat in his arms, placing the lion cat on his lap while he himself picked up the account book handed over by Xiaowu and carefully flipped through it.

Mu Bai also came over and picked up another book to check, Chu Yunshen just looked at him lightly, but did not say anything.

"Isn't this the money and food ledger from when you led the army on the previous expedition?"

Mubai picked up another book to check it out, only to find that this one was a soldier and horse account book that had been reported earlier.

"What's the good reason for looking at these things?"

Mu Bai didn't know about Chu Jingxiao, so this would be even more than Cheng Xiaoxiao who couldn't keep up with Chu Yunshen.

Chu Yunshen did not reply to Mu Bai's words, he roughly flipped through the account book in his hand and put it back on the table, and then reached his hand in front of Mu Bai and shook it twice.

Mu Bai had been waiting for Chu Yunshen's answer, and seeing Chu Yunshen looking at the account book he was pinching, he also looked back at Chu Yunshen, trying to see some clues from Chu Yunshen's face.

"Bring it."

Chu Yunshen lightly opened his thin lips, and what came out of his mouth were two words that had nothing to do with the current account book.

Mu Bai still wanted to insist a little more, seeing Chu Yunshen's look of uncertainty finally handed over the account book in his hand.

When Chu Yunshen looked at this military account book, his thin lips were almost pursed into a straight line, and his pair of danfeng eyes were slightly narrowed, so for a while it was impossible to see what he was thinking about.

"Good old Buster, this hand of stealing the sky makes it really good."

Chu Yunshen more to the back of the flip expression more and more serious, the last is the account book will be heavily thrown to the table for the third book.

"My Lord, in addition, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households side has also found out some clues."

Xiaowu pulled out the bottom book of accounts and handed it over, and Chu Yunshen took it with a gesture.

"Our people checked the books of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue over the years and found that the number of recruits recorded by the Ministry of War about three years ago and the number of recruits who went to report for duty didn't match at all."

Xiaowu walked to Chu Yunshen's side and pointed at the number on the ledger he made, "The Ministry of Revenue is also the same, the reported grain and weapons are all different, not to mention the money that has been spent and sent to the army."

Chu Yunshen said in a faint voice, "Have you gone to the place to verify?"

Do you still have to go to the place to verify?

They've all been to the books. This seems to be the nail in the coffin.

Cheng Xiaoxiao in Chu Yunshen's arms squinting worriedly thought, this is good, it seems that Chu Jingxiao really have small actions in private, no, how can this be said to be a small action, this is simply a big change to be ah.

"All verified, listen to the bamboo they ran several cities overnight, the number of recruits and taxes paid by the local report is indeed different from what is recorded in the books."

Xiaowu knows Chu Yunshen has always acted cautiously, and this time the matter is a big one and should be even more so. However, whether it is the previous investigation, or the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household's own account books, or the records of the local towns, all kinds of evidence are directly demonstrated that Chu Jingxiao is in the private recruitment of soldiers and horses.

As for Chu Jingxiao's mind, it was also more than obvious now, and one didn't even need to think much to see his ambition and desire.

"What on earth are you talking about, and how come the Ministry of War and Household is involved?"

Mubai asked again undeterred, he also saw the tension of the matter at hand, only he was not yet clear about what exactly was going on.

It was precisely because of this that he had always wanted to ask for clarification. Otherwise, this curiosity scratched at his heart, and he could only stomp his feet from the sidelines in a hurry.

It took a long time before Chu Yunshen could be heard saying coolly, "During the years we were at the border, there was a shortage of food and grass, and cotton clothes could not protect us from the cold."

When Chu Yunshen said this, memories flooded Mu Bai's mind almost instantly.

Chu Yunshen took Mu Bai and Xiao Wu and they were guarding the border for a few years, and the military camp was really a bitter place to live.

The grain sent down by the court was never enough for the generals to eat, the horses used were sickly, and the pay allocated was even less.

Armor and weapons are also scarce and of particularly fragile quality.

As for clothing, it's fine in the summer, but in the winter cotton clothes don't stand up to the cold at all.

In the end, it was Xiao Wu who didn't hold back from unwrapping a piece of cotton clothing, only to realize that there was only a thin layer of cotton in there, and the rest of it was filled with straw.

It was that difficult day, grueling to that extent, Chu Yunshen still brought them through.

So Mubai every time he recalls this section, simply angry is gnashing teeth, he even privately more than once secretly scolded the emperor bias bias to the organs are shifted.

"You mean this has something to do with Chu Jingxiao?"

Mu Bai's face almost immediately went cold, his voice was like it had ice in it, where was there any semblance of the coziness he felt when he was flirting with Chu Yunshen just now.

He had felt at that time that that matter in the army had been tampered with, but he had always thought at the time that it was the emperor who had deliberately suppressed Chu Yunshen, and that was why they had even brought that army of theirs to suffer along with him.

When you look at it this way what he was thinking at the time was simply naive and ridiculous.

He really is stupid to the extreme, the world is the emperor's, although the emperor of Chu Yunshen is quite a lot of opinions, but the emperor has always been considered a diligent understanding of the emperor, the people, the country's plan is extremely attentive, and how can they be because of their own personal feelings of the world of life and death without regard to it?

The matter of the army was indeed someone playing tricks on it, only that person was not the emperor, but Chu Jingxiao.

The more Mubai thought about it, the more angry he was, he also picked up the account book on the table and roughly checked it, the more he turned back the more ugly the color on his face.

"This Chu Jingxiao's guts are too big, these things can be found out just by casually checking ah."

Mubai was a little alarmed by the clear and understandable entries in the ledger.

"But it's so skewed that no one would think to look into it."

Chu Yunshen snorted, but the chills that erupted from the bottom of his eyes were so cold that they were compelling.

"Put it away and bring up Granny Dixie."

Chu Yunshen said indifferently, putting back the sneer at the corner of his mouth.