A flash of panic and hesitation crossed Bao Hong's face, but he quickly calmed down, not wanting anyone to see his flaws, and looked at Lin Han with a forced smile.

"What does General Xiao mean?"

“It means acceptance.”

"General Xiao doesn't believe us?" Bao Hong used anger to cover up his guilty conscience.

"I can't say I don't believe it, I'm just worried. I'll inspect it. It'll be good for both you and me, right, General Bao?"

Lin Han turned to look at Xu Chu and gestured to him to take action.

Xu Chu received the order and stepped forward, raising his hand to overturn the salary on the cart.

The white silver was scattered all over the ground, and the loud noise made everyone terrified.

Bao Hong, in particular, had his pupils wide open. Seeing Xu Chu draw the knife from his waist, his face suddenly changed and he tried to stop him.

"General Xiao, what are you going to do? You are blaspheming the official silver and the emperor. Do you think you can waste the military pay like this?"

"Blasphemy?" Lin Han saw Bao Hong's expression and said with a smile, "We'll know who's blaspheming soon."

Lin Han ignored Bao Hong and waved his hand for Xu Chu to take action.

Xu Chu no longer cared about anything else and chopped the silver on the ground with his knife, once... ten times, but there was nothing unusual, and the silver that was cut was normal.

Bao Hong secretly wiped his sweat, pretended to be calm, and looked at Lin Han with a sneer.

"General Xiao, I will report today's events to His Majesty truthfully. You can wait for your head to be chopped off. Let's go."

"Wait."

Lin Han spoke up again to stop them, and with a wave of his hand, a thousand soldiers surrounded Bao Hong and his subordinates.

"General Xiao, what do you want to do? Rebellion?"

"You'll know what I want to do in a moment. No one is allowed to leave until I tell you to. Otherwise, I will kill you without mercy."

Lin Han spoke coldly, full of murderous intent.

All the soldiers showed their spears, eager to try. As long as Lin Han gave the order, they really dared to poke Bao Hong into a hedgehog.

This move shocked everyone present, and no one dared to act rashly.

"Sir Huang, you are here, please do justice for me. General Xiao is planning to rebel." Bao Hong turned his hope to Huang Wan.

Huang Wan turned a deaf ear to Bao Hong's words.

Before coming, Xiao Hange told him that some things would happen and there might be fighting, and the specific details would depend on how he would handle it.

If that fails, Huang Wan can report him on his own.

Seeing that Huang Wan didn't move, Bao Hong felt heavy-hearted and thought to himself that something was wrong.

"Zhongkang, continue." Seeing that Bao Hong's subordinates did not dare to move, Lin Han signaled Xu Chu to continue.

"yes."

Xu Chu walked towards the second box, roared, overturned the silver to the ground, swung his sword to cut the silver, but found nothing unusual.

Bao Hong's expression was uncertain.

When the third box arrived, there was still no abnormality. Bao Hong was obviously relieved and sneered, "Master Xiao, you think I will tamper with the military pay? I will report you to the emperor and accuse you of wasting military pay. You are doomed. Let's go."

After saying this, he wanted to lead his troops away.

Lin Han drew out his spear and pointed it at Bao Hong's neck. For a moment, the situation became tense.

"It's still unknown who will die. If you try to escape again before the end, I don't mind killing you first and asking for your consent later."

"You dare?" Bao Hong was furious, sweat pouring down his forehead. "General Xiao, you dare to kill me? You are guilty of treason and you will die without a burial place."

"It's no use showing off your strength now, Zhongkang, continue."

"yes."

In the fourth box, when Xu Chu cut open the silver, the black lead block at the center of the silver caught everyone's sight.

At this moment, Bao Hong's expression changed drastically and he looked as pale as death.

In the fifth box, lead blocks were also found in the pay, which was almost certain.

"General Bao, you should think about how to explain this to the Emperor." Lin Han handed the lead-hearted salary to Huang Wan and said, "Sir Huang, please speak a fair word for me."

Seeing this, Huang Wan became furious.

The issue of military pay is related to victory or defeat in war, life or death, yet some people dare to embezzle military pay without restraint.

"General Xiao, please rest assured. I will report the truth to the Emperor. These thieves are completely lawless."

"Come here, arrest them all and let Mr. Huang try them."

Lin Han waved his hand, and a group of soldiers rushed forward, disarming and detaining Bao Hong and his subordinates.

"General Xiao, I will report this matter to His Majesty truthfully. Such a wicked villain must be severely punished."

"Okay, thank you, Master Huang."

"General Xiao, let me go."

Bao Hong begged for mercy with a panicked look on his face. He couldn't hide the secret, and he didn't expect Lin Han to see through it.

"The moment you touched the military pay, you should have known this would be the outcome. You've brought this upon yourself. You'll never be spared."

Lin Han refused coldly, ordered his men to pack up the money and escort Bao Hong back to Qiao County.

That night, Huang Wan sent a memorial to the emperor in Luoyang, which was delivered to the palace as quickly as possible.

The matter of Bao Hong was handed over to Huang Wan for handling, and Lin Han had been following the progress of the matter.

After the memorial arrived in Luoyang, the imperial edict came, ordering Huang Wan to bring Bao Hong back to Luoyang for trial.

However, half a month passed and there was no news from the court, let alone any decision on how to deal with Bao Hong.

Lin Han knew that someone was behind this.

Sure enough, not long after, the Jinyiwei brought bad news.

Bao Hong died in prison before his trial. His body was hastily cremated and the cause of death remains unknown.

Shortly after the news of Bao Hong’s death came, an imperial edict came from Luoyang and entered Lin Han’s camp.

"I have heard that the Yellow Turban rebellion has been quelled, and I am deeply relieved. Xiao Hange is the bravest of the three armies and shall be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold. Now the Southern Xiongnu Tugehu tribe has rebelled and is wreaking havoc in Bingzhou. The situation has been unresolved for a long time, and the people are suffering terribly. I have specially ordered Lieutenant Xiao Hange to lead the troops north to quell the Tugehu rebellion. All military exploits will be rewarded to you once the Tugehu are quelled."

The imperial edict came, and the people in Luoyang didn't want to let Lin Han rest.

As soon as the remaining threat of the Yellow Turbans was quelled, he was transferred to the northern border to pacify the Tugehu, and he was tormented back and forth.

If he goes, he has to travel a lot. If he doesn't go, he will be disobeying the imperial decree and he will be finished.

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