After sending the boy from Beizhan away, Chu Qing led his men to the border garrison.

The garrison in the northern part of Xinlun Prefecture is now in charge of Ma Da. After Hong Liang was granted the title of Duke, Ma Da was promoted to deputy general due to his military exploits and was responsible for garrisoning the northern border of Jizhou.

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

Due to the good cooperation between the Secret Reconnaissance Department and the army during the National War, Chu Qing met Ma Da smoothly.

There was no time for pleasantries, Chu Qing said directly: "Master Ma, we have to cooperate again!"

"Okay! Mr. Chu, what do you mean?" Ma Da was very cheerful.

"Years ago, my detective from the Secret Detective Department noticed signs of iron ingot smuggling, so he disguised himself as a caravan and entered Voss. That caravan belonged to the Meng family in Jiangnan and passed through the checkpoint here." Chu Qing

said.

After a pause to give the motor some time to react, Chu Qing continued:

"Because there was no evidence at the time, and no caravan of the Meng family has passed through since then, we have been investigating. Now we have clues. There are people from the Meng family at the checkpoint here, but there is still no evidence."

"You mean, someone in my army secretly gave the Meng family a pass?" Ma Da asked in shock.

"It's not certain yet, because we are not completely sure. But now, the Meng family in Jizhou has organized a caravan with iron ingots hidden in the goods and has arrived at 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 in the future."

Ma Da thought about it. He didn't know anything about it.

If Chu Qing hadn't told him that if the Meng family in Jizhou successfully passed the checkpoint this time, then counting the previous one with the Meng family in Jiangnan, he would have made two major mistakes since he was stationed here! It is appropriate to be punished!

"Mr. Ma, our Secret Investigation Department does not have the ability to completely control the checkpoint. If a capable person gets the stolen goods this time, we can recover this batch of iron ingots and find out the truth about the smuggling." Chu Qing added.

Chu Qing left a lot of room for Ma Da. If Ma Da catches the smuggling team this time, then Ma Da will not only not be questioned, but will also make meritorious service.

Ma Da immediately understood Chu Qing's kindness and stood up and clasped his fists gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Chu, for your guidance! Ma Da will definitely live up to his mission!"

Chu Qing quickly stood up to avoid it: "Mr. Ma, you are so polite. Let's cooperate again. We will definitely capture both the stolen goods and the stolen goods. We will catch him!"

"Can you tell me how many iron ingots they transported?"

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

"Four thousand kilograms! Then at least twenty carriages are needed for dispersion. The caravan going to Voss here mainly sells grain, tea, and silk. If each carriage carries two hundred kilograms of iron ingots, it will use

The cargo is covered up, so it’s hard to see. If there are more, it will be easily exposed." Ma Da said thoughtfully.

"So, if there are four people in one car, there will be eighty people in twenty cars." Ma Da felt that the Meng family was really overconfident.

Chu Qing also felt that the Meng family was incredible. In "The Outsmarting the Birth Plan", only fifteen people escorted the 100,000-guan gift. Is the Meng family afraid of others knowing, or is it afraid that others will not know?

Jizhou Mengjia.

Meng Pei received a letter from Xinlun Prefecture - the Secret Investigation Division was coming to investigate and the matter was to be stopped immediately.

"Pah!" Meng Pei slapped the table with his hand, and Meng Pei was very angry: "My people are all on the ground, tell me to stop?!"

"Master, I should pass the customs tomorrow. If I report the news immediately, I don't know if it will be too late..." the housekeeper said with a troubled face.

"What kind of news should I report?" Meng Pei said, "The plan remains unchanged! Even if the Secret Investigation Department has great hands and eyes, I won't be able to take action in these two days!"

"But sir, Chu Qing's Bao Qing Sheng North Inn is not far away. Can they know about this?" The housekeeper was worried.

"Didn't I find trouble with them again during this period? Besides, when we took action this time, she was still in the capital and had not come back. It is 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, she can't get there now! It will take two days to get there without stopping day and night. Who can do it?"

Chu Qing did it. They took the same road they took to rescue Bai Hua. No one knew about this road, and it had always been reserved for people from the Secret Investigation Department.

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

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

Ma Da predicts that if there are people from the Meng family at the checkpoint, it cannot be just one or two soldiers. They do not have that much power and must be the commander of the battalion guarding the checkpoint.

So Ma Da led two battalions, or a thousand men, to ambush. One of them was a crossbow battalion. This was to prevent them from escaping while the terrain on the border of Voss was flat.

It's almost April now, and it's dawning early. When the morning light begins to fade, we can see that a cavalry team is already approaching the checkpoint.

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

A quarter of an hour later, he shouted: "Master, over there, they are coming!"

Chu Qing looked over there and saw a convoy of vehicles with the banner of "He Yun Xing" on it. He counted them and found that there were indeed twenty vehicles.

The goods on the vehicles were neatly stacked, and the horses and guards in the convoy were all normal, with no sign of a fight.

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

The soldiers guarding the card asked each vehicle to untie the rope for inspection. Each vehicle only checked the bottom and top two layers of goods. Generally, cheating occurred on these two layers. It was considered a random inspection. It was not very detailed.

The first team of carriages and horses were quickly inspected, and the soldiers moved away to let the horses go. The second team was the Meng family's "Heyunxing" motorcade.

The soldier guarding the card simply checked the customs clearance documents, said a few words and then let the goods go without inspecting the goods.

Ma Mo waited until the convoy passed the middle, and then waved his raised hand downward. In an instant, a swish of arrows fell in front of the cavalry, forming a new "rejection of horses" blocking the way.

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

"Zhu Tietong, something happened to you!" Ma Da came out and said, "Come here, surround us!"

Following Ma Da's order, the two battalions of ambushes appeared, narrowed the encirclement, and surrounded all the checkpoints and caravans.

Zhu Tietong was the battalion commander in charge of the checkpoint. His face had turned pale at this time. Vice General Ma came to arrest him in person? How did the matter come to light?

Chu Qing made a gesture and sent someone to find Brother Zhuizi, but no one from his side showed up.

"Let everyone put down their weapons and accept interrogation. If they disobey, they will be shot on the spot for treason!" Ma Da ordered, and the guards immediately called out.

The Meng family followed the steward of the motorcade and was about to make a move, but when he saw a circle of crossbowmen standing on high places aiming arrows at their motorcade, he was discouraged.

Every car in the Meng family's team had a sandwich panel, and the iron ingots inside were quickly revealed. It was true that both people and the stolen goods were reaped.

When all the iron ingots were dug out and weighed, it turned out to be more than four thousand kilograms. Motor asked the soldiers to reload the carts. After the iron ingots were gathered into four carriages, Brother Zhuizi's team also arrived.

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

Chu Qing was left to deal with the aftermath.

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

"Master 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 into a rice dumpling.
Chapter completed!