No wonder Xiao Jinghong had flown into a rage.
Two days ago, she had repeatedly warned Li Changqing to guard the warehouses carefully and prevent villains from getting their way.
Yet the moment she arrived, she saw the miserable state around Tiebi Town's Summer Grain Warehouse.
Her joy that Azure Wolf and Black Armor Towns had emerged unscathed vanished in an instant.
Xiao Jinghong looked around and asked, "What is the situation now?"
A soldier blackened all over by smoke hurriedly dropped to his knees.
"Reporting to the General, of the nearly five hundred thousand shi of summer grain, we only managed to save two hundred thousand shi..."
"However, because of this heavy rain, the blaze has been brought under control. There should still be quite a bit of grain left underneath."
Xiao Jinghong's hand unconsciously pressed against the hilt of her sword.
If Li Changqing had been here now, he might well have taken a sword strike.
Three hundred thousand shi of grain—for Tiebi Town's soldiers, that was nearly four months' worth of rations.
Such a massive loss meant Li Changqing would not have been wronged even if his head rolled to the ground.
But when she saw the collapsed warehouses reduced to ruins before her, as well as the scorched black marks on the soldiers' faces and bodies, Xiao Jinghong sighed softly and ordered:
"Continue salvaging the summer grain. Save as much as you can."
"Also, when Regional Commander Li arrives, tell him I will be waiting for him at the Regional Commander's Residence."
"Yes, General."
Xiao Jinghong flashed to the Regional Commander's Residence in town. Sitting upright in the main hall, she watched the torrential rain outside.
As True Essence circulated through her, she gradually calmed her mind, and everything that had happened tonight inevitably surfaced in