Poor family mother and son

Chapter 135
After dismissing the Beizhan boy, Chu Qing led the people to the frontier garrison.

The northern garrison of Xinlun State is now under the charge of Ma Da.After Hong Liang was made Duke, Ma Da was also promoted to lieutenant general because of his military exploits, and was in charge of guarding the northern border of Jizhou.

Chu Qing must now find the motor and let him directly control the level.

Due to the good cooperation between the secret investigation department and the army during the national war, Chu Qing met Ma Da very smoothly.

There was no time to exchange pleasantries, so Chu Qing said directly: "Master Ma, we have to cooperate once more!"

"Okay! Master Chu, tell me, what's the matter?" Ma Da was very straightforward.

"A few years ago, the detectives of our secret investigation department noticed signs of iron ingot smuggling, so they disguised themselves as a caravan and entered Voss. The caravan belonged to Jiangnan Meng's family, and they went through our checkpoint." Chu Qing Said.

Pausing for a while, giving Ma Da a little time to react, Chu Qing continued:
"Because there was no evidence at the time, and no Meng family caravan passed through since then, so we have been investigating here. Now we have clues that there are people from the Meng family at the checkpoint, but there is still no evidence."

"You mean, someone in my army let the Meng family go without permission?" Ma Da asked in surprise.

"We can't be sure, because we are not sure. But now, the Meng family in Jizhou has organized a caravan with iron ingots hidden in the goods, and it has reached the border." Chu Qing said.

"Besides, before I came to you, the caravan consisted of eleven vehicles, each with a groom and three guards. I don't know how many more vehicles there will be."

Mada thought about it.He didn't know anything about it.

If it hadn't been for Chu Qing to tell him that if the Meng family in Jizhou had successfully passed the checkpoint this time, then counting the previous time at the Meng family in Jiangnan, he would have made two major mistakes since he was stationed here!It is appropriate to be questioned!

"Master Ma, our secret investigation department is not capable of completely controlling the checkpoint. If someone can get the stolen goods this time, then we can save these iron ingots and find out the truth of the smuggling." Chu Qing said again.

It is clear that this leaves a lot of room for the motor.If Ma Da catches the smuggling team this time, then Ma Da will not only not be questioned, but will also make meritorious service.

Immediately, Ma Da understood Chu Qing's kindness, and stood up and clasped his fists gratefully: "Thank you, Lord Chu, for your guidance! Ma Da will definitely not disgrace his life!"

Chu Qing hurriedly got up to avoid it: "Master Ma, you are so polite, let's cooperate again, we must get the stolen goods and catch him!"

"Can you know how many iron ingots they shipped?"

"It's estimated to be about four thousand catties."

"Four thousand catties! At least twenty carriages are needed to disperse. The caravan going to Voss here mainly sells grain, tea, and silk. If each carriage carries two hundred catties of iron ingots, use The cargo is covered up, but it’s still hard to see, if there are more, it will be easily exposed.” Ma Da pondered.

"In this way, there are four people in one car, and 80 people in twenty cars." Ma Da felt that the Meng family really had the courage of the bear.

Chu Qing also felt that the Meng family was incredible. Only 15 people escorted the [-]-column congratulatory gifts in "The Outline of Outwisting the Birthday". Is the Meng family's situation afraid that people will know it, or that they won't know it?
Jizhou Mengjia.

Meng Pei received a letter from Xinlunzhou-the secret investigation department came to investigate and stopped immediately.

"Crack!" Slapping the table, Meng Pei was very angry: "My people are all on the ground, let me stop?!"

"Master, it's time to pass the customs tomorrow. If someone reports it now, I don't know if it will be in time..." The housekeeper said with a embarrassed face.

"What letter to report!" Meng Pei said, "The plan remains the same! Even if the secret investigation department has good hands and eyes, I can't count as two days before I act!"

"But master, that Chuqing's Baoqingsheng North Inn is not far away, can they know about this?" the housekeeper was worried.

"Didn't I not trouble them again during this period? Besides, when we acted this time, she was still in the capital and hadn't come back. It's impossible to know!"

"But she came back the day before yesterday, didn't I see her receiving the imperial edict..."

"Even if she goes that day, it's impossible to get there now! It will take two days to rush over without stopping around the clock, who can do it!"

Chu Qing did it.They took the same path they had taken to rescue Bai Hua.No one knows about this road, and it has always been used exclusively by the secret investigation department.

So now, Chu Qing and Ma Da brought two battalions of soldiers to surround the checkpoint quietly at night.In order not to disturb the level, I made some circles.

Because the country of Vos has a large area and there is a large desert in the middle, caravans usually choose to cross the border in the early morning, so that they can walk more during the day and reduce the number of nights in the desert.

Ma Ma predicted that if there were members of the Meng family at the checkpoint, it would not be one or two small soldiers. They did not have that much power, and it must be the battalion commander who guarded the checkpoint.

So Ma Da brought two battalions, that is, 1000 people, to ambush.One of them is the Bow and Crossbow Battalion.The purpose is to prevent them from fleeing in all directions while taking advantage of the flat terrain on the border of Voss.

It is almost April now, and the dawn is early.When the morning light was twilight, I saw a team of horses approaching the checkpoint.

The three teams of boys around Chu Qing kept staring at the carriages, trying to identify the horse team belonging to the Meng family.

After a quarter of an hour, he shouted: "Master, over there, they are here!"

Chu Qing looked over there, and saw a convoy with the banner of "Heyunxing" on its way. After counting them, there were indeed twenty vehicles.

The goods on the vehicle were stacked neatly, and the horses and guards in the convoy were also normal, and there did not seem to be any signs of fighting.

Chu Qing breathed a sigh of relief: It seems that Brother Zhuizi and the others did not act without authorization.

The soldiers guarding the card are required to untie the ropes for inspection of each vehicle. Each vehicle only checks the bottom and top two floors of goods. Generally, cheating occurs on these two floors.It's a sample check.Not very detailed.

The first team of carriages and horses were quickly checked, and the soldiers moved away and refused to let the horses go.The second team is the Meng family's "He Yun Xing" team.

The card-guarding soldiers still simply checked the customs clearance documents, said a few words and let them go.The goods were not inspected.

The motor waited until the convoy had passed the middle before waving its raised hand down.In an instant, a shower of arrows fell in front of the horse team, forming a new "rejecting horse" blocking the way.

"Who is it!" the guard guard shouted loudly.

"Zhu Tietuo, what happened to you!" Ma Da came out and said, "Come on, surround me!"

Following Ma Da's order, the ambushes of the two battalions appeared, narrowing the encirclement and encircling the checkpoint and the caravan.

Zhu Tietuo is the battalion commander in charge of the checkpoint.At this time, his face was already pale.Vice-general Ma came to arrest him himself?How did things come to light?

Chu Qing gestured and sent someone to look for Brother Zhuizi, but the people on his side did not show up.

"Let everyone lay down their weapons and accept interrogation. If there is any disobedience, they will be shot and killed on the spot as treason!" Ma Da ordered, and the guard immediately shouted.

The Meng family was ready to move with the steward of the convoy, but he was discouraged when he saw a circle of crossbowmen standing on high places aiming their arrows at his convoy.

Each car panel of the Mengjia team has been interlayered, and the iron ingots inside were quickly revealed.It's really a steal.

When all the iron ingots were tumbling out and weighed, it really weighed more than 4000 catties.The motor allows soldiers to reload.After the iron ingots were collected on the four carriages, Brother Zhuizi's team also arrived.

Chu Qing and Brother Zhuizi exchanged information from the two state councils and decided that Brother Zhuizi would directly escort the batch of iron ingots and the Meng family's motorcade back to Jizhou.

Chu Qing stayed to deal with the aftermath.

Ma Da sent a team of soldiers to escort Brother Zhuizi and his team.

"Lord Chu! I have to go back and deal with these people," Ma Da pointed to the battalion soldiers squatting on the ground, and the battalion commander who was tied up into rice dumplings, and said, "Ma Da has written down the favor this time, and there will definitely be one in the future." return."

(End of this chapter)