Two people who hadn't seen each other for a long time were chatting over wine.
Qiao Chu took the child to rest in the inn room. After putting the child to sleep, Qiao Chu let the child fall asleep in the room and let the little black dog guard the room, while she quietly went out through the window.
Her hearing is now amazing, and by chance, she overheard some secrets: someone seemed to be selling iron to South Vietnam...
Border customs allow trade, but what can be bought and sold is mostly daily necessities. South Vietnam has many mountains and is close to the sea, so what is sold is mostly salt, medicinal materials and other things.
What Da Zhou sold to South Vietnam included grain, cloth and other items.
Because iron can be used as weapons, it is strictly prohibited to buy or sell it!
But just now, someone was discussing quietly next door about selling ironware?!
Everyone knows that this kind of business involves beheading, and ordinary businessmen don’t even dare to touch it!
Anyone who dares to do this cannot be an ordinary person!
So Qiao Chu wanted to see if he could give Xu Yunlei some credit.
After all, Xu Yunlei was able to mobilize a military camp to search the mountain for Chen Qingshan. This is a huge affection!
Although Chen Qingshan found Chen Qingshan before the matter was settled, Xu Yunlei arrived at the scene. Qiao Chu wanted to return this love.
Qiao Chu quietly followed the man who said he wanted to do business, going around three times and twice out from behind the inn, and then slowly walked into the forest next to the town.
Not long after, several more carriages filled with sacks were pulled out from the mountains and forests. The horses had bits in their mouths and thick cloth wrapped in their hooves, and they quietly headed towards the town.
The carriage entered a house in the alley, unloaded the things, quietly opened the back door, and moved into another courtyard under the moonlight. Qiao Chu could see clearly: the courtyard where the things were kept was only separated by a wall from the inn.
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And on that wall, there is a door.
After finishing all this, the man returned to the inn, and Qiao Chu also returned to the inn.
Xu Yunlei was very drunk.
Chen Qingshan drank happily, but he remained half awake: he was still thinking about what he said to Qiao Chu "twice" before.
When Qiao Chu told Chen Qingshan what he discovered, Chen Qingshan was very unhappy.
"The most important thing for you to ask now is what your husband wants. What do you care about Xu Yunlei?"
Qiao Chu pushed him: "I suspect that Xu Yunlei got drunk not because the wine was too good, but because the wine given by the shopkeeper was abnormal."
Chen Qingshan was frightened by Qiao Chu's conspiracy theory. After thinking about it, Xu Yunlei's drinking capacity was indeed very good. How could he be so drunk today?!
After dispelling his drunkenness, Chen Qingshan frowned and said: "What you said is not impossible, but what should we do next?"
Qiao Chu and Chen Qingshan looked at each other and said in unison: "Use the trick?!"
Then just follow the plan.
Xu Yunlei slept until midnight the next day and complained of headache when he woke up.
Qiao Chu gave him a cup of tea, which was mixed with spiritual spring water. After Xu Yunlei drank it, he finally felt much better.
The inn guests had eaten and drank enough, and it was time to go about their business again.
Donkeys roared and horses barked outside for a while, and half of the people left.
Xu Yunlei's personal barracks also arrived last night, and because of the large number of people, all the remaining rooms in the inn were booked. At this time, the only people left in the lobby were people from the personal barracks.
Because they had all served together in the northwest frontier fortress, Chen Qingshan knew these people, so he treated everyone to a hearty breakfast, and then Xu Yunlei was ready to take them away.
Qiao Chu had already told Xu Yunlei what happened last night in private, so although Xu Yunlei was joking with Chen Qingshan, his eyes were looking at what was wrong.
When Xu Yunlei was about to say goodbye and leave, the shopkeeper chased him out with a smile: "General Xu, there is a caravan here that sells food here all year round. Look, you are also going back to the border today. They want to follow you.
I wonder if it’s okay for your team to go together?”
Xu Yunlei glanced at the shopkeeper and said with a smile: "The wine you drank yesterday was very good. For the sake of the wine, I agreed to it."
"Thank you so much!" The shopkeeper thanked him and gave Xu Yunlei two jars of old wine, saying that it was from the owner of the carriage team.
The owner of the team, whose surname was He, looked at his simplicity with a hint of shrewdness, and bowed to Xu Yunlei to please him. Eight carriages lined up in a row and followed Xu Yunlei's personal camp.
Because Xu Yunlei is now the biggest guard at the border, when the carriage team arrived at the border, no one came forward to check.
Seeing that the carriage team was about to leave the customs, Boss He breathed a sigh of relief quietly, but the soldiers around Xu Yunlei suddenly came up on horseback, ran to the inspecting soldiers and shouted loudly: "General Xu has ordered that all grains be transported."
The carriage must be unloaded and inspected carefully!"
Boss He was shocked and hurriedly went to discuss it: "Master, look at it, it will be very inconvenient if I dump this food and load it again..."
"What's the inconvenience? Our general said that you just came here with us and are not familiar with our general. You must be investigated strictly to prevent others from misunderstanding that the general is bending the law for personal gain!" After the soldier finished speaking, he waved his hand.
A group of officers and soldiers trotted over and began to inspect...
The truck drivers transporting grain all looked confused, but Boss He began to look left and right, obviously looking for a way out.
However, a courtyard was built in the middle of the pass specifically for inspection. Inadvertently or unintentionally, other merchants had already left the courtyard, leaving only Boss He's motorcade inside.
The gates at both ends of the yard closed with a loud bang...
Knowing that the matter was exposed, before Boss He could do anything, someone flew forward, directly removed his lower jaw and arms, and pulled out the poison sac from his mouth...
Xu Yunlei sat in his barracks at the border with a sullen face, looking at the man in front of him. The man who had a naive smile before was now covered in blood, and he looked proud and indifferent.
The captain of the personal barracks was also disheartened: he interrogated him a lot and used all the available methods, but he couldn't get a single word of truth.
How embarrassing!
Just at this time, someone came to report from outside the door: "General, Jin Linwei is here."
Chen Qingshan has been found, what else does Jin Linwei do?
Thinking in his heart, Xu Yunlei still waved his hand: "Please come in."
When the man came in, he glanced at the people on the ground, and then he raised his hands and said: "Jin Linwei Xiao Chun, come here to thank you for your help."
"You're welcome. Why don't you come?" Xu Yunlei frowned.
"Mrs. Chen said that you might need me here, so I came over." As he said that, Xiao Chun looked at the people on the ground again.
This Qiao Chu is really attentive.
Xu Yunlei understood: "Can you pry his mouth open?"
Xiao Chun smiled, as honest as Chen Qingshan: "Try?"
Just try it.
Facts have proved that Jin Linwei's interrogation techniques and efficiency are really beyond the reach of ordinary soldiers. Within an hour, Boss He was ready to do it.
He is from the Black Lotus Palace, and the inn in Nanping Town is one of their strongholds. His goal is to send a batch of weapons to South Vietnam. As for where to send them from South Vietnam, he doesn't know.
In this organization, each person is only responsible for one link and does not know what happens before and after. It can be said that they are very rigorous and careful.
Black Lotus Palace...
This was not the first time Xu Yunlei heard this name.
When King Xiang was at the northwest frontier, the investigation was related to the Black Lotus Palace...