Chapter 407 Offscreen
Ma San calmly meditates in the small courtyard Zhang Lie arranged for him to heal his injuries, while waiting for news from Feilong.
But Feilong actually didn't need to make any complicated preparations for that batch of large transactions. Naturally, someone helped him complete the procedures from the granary, and then he went to the joint to take the grain from the other party in a black-box operation.
On the surface, it seems that this is another case of collusion and smuggling, but in fact, the key link in it is recorded in Xuanqingwei, which is a "secret operation".
Of course, if Xuan Qingwei didn't investigate this kind of matter himself, the local yamen wouldn't be too troublesome, let alone be so sensitively aware of it.
And there are more than these people who take action.
Zhang Qian and Gan Lin received Shen Hao's request again, asking them to contact their friend in the Jingxi Army's supply camp and keep watching to see if someone from the Ministry of War came down to transfer the storage bag recently.
Wu Kai on the other side of Tanshi's teleportation circle was also notified.
And those watchmen. Even Shen Hao personally led the team and secretly went to the south of Xiaochuan in three batches to make arrangements in advance.
This time is different from last time. This time, Shen Hao did not communicate with the frontier army at all, and adopted the strategy of "holding back the main road and waiting for the opportunity to close the net". Will not give the other party a chance to get close to the Thousand Miles Bamboo Sea.
The so-called main road is actually a three-way intersection called "Shijiao" near the Wanli Bamboo Sea in Xiaochuan.
It is mainly due to the current tense situation in the south that there is no need to find a pretense to coordinate the help of the frontier army like last time. The front of the Kundaliya Pass has already been lit, and the inside of the pass has also entered wartime martial law. And the Wanli Bamboo Sea, which can lead to the border of the barbarians, is now under strict control because several barbarians have crossed the border. It is not easy to smuggle across the mountains and forests.
According to the analysis of the "Four Departments" and Shen Hao's judgment, there is a high probability that Ma San and the others will not choose wild roads for their cargo transportation, but will rely on a certain identity of the Ministry of War to follow the official path openly and aboveboard, and then go through the only "" "Stone Corner" is close to the Wanli Bamboo Sea area.
This is the fastest path, and it is also the safest path for Ma San and the others. The signboard of the Ministry of War is not generally easy to use, so who would doubt that the people of the Ministry of War will secretly give and receive with the barbarians on the opposite side?
The capture is at the end. But mopai can follow in the footsteps of Ma San and the others.
Every node of Ma San and his actions along the way will be clearly recorded by Xuan Qingwei this time, and appropriate witnesses will be arranged, so that the dossier will have something to say instead of pure speculation, it can be regarded as empirical evidence , and later you can follow this path to form a roster to name people.
The one responsible for the final arrest was the Black Flag Battalion of Fengri City. Shen Hao mobilized elites from the Black Banner Battalion of 200,000 households, and a small banner formation from each of the 100 households of the Black Banner Battalion in the four places. There are more than 500 people in total, all of which are equipped with talismans and magic disks. Divide into three batches and walk in the city to send the magic circle, then take a boat to Tanshi and finally to Xiaochuan. The reason for the leadership was an order from Xuanqingwei's command envoy Yamen: to assist the Southern Frontier Army Supervisor to rectify the atmosphere.
The addition of more than five hundred Xuanqing Guards among the one hundred thousand frontier troops will not attract anyone's attention at all. What's more, they passed in three batches, and there was not even a splash.
The only thing that made Shen Hao spend a lot of time thinking was the reason for finally entering the "Stone Corner". In the end, they reluctantly entered Shijiao on the grounds of "border inspection", and started "inspection matters" in a pretentious manner.
Shen Hao personally led the people to Xiaochuan. Apart from the Black Banner Battalion of Fengri City who was with him knowing about this matter, even the "Four Departments" who planned the general strategy of the operation were not clear. Wu Kai, who was in Tanshi, was even more unclear, but he was told to keep an eye out for the people entering and leaving the Thousand Miles Note and the Teleportation Circle.
The witness Wu Kai handed over was that Mr. Chen surnamed Chen, not himself. It also makes sense in theory, because Mr. Chen is the person who is specifically responsible for registering the entry and exit of the teleportation circle, and he is the best candidate for witnesses. So this great opportunity to make meritorious service, Wu Kai consciously made room for him.
Wu Kai's original intention was not to be generous, and to give up the credit was because he felt that it was a hot thing to touch.
Be a bright light for your own people? Even if the person who ordered the water was a bad bug in the army, it was still a member of the army. Shouldn't the army close the door and kill it by itself? Does it have face to go to Xuan Qingwei's place? Does this count as eating inside and outside?
And in the past few days, those meek inspectors seem to be crazy, taking people from the army. In the beginning, they were just ordinary soldiers, then they were taken as commanders, and then generals. Yesterday even a school lieutenant was imprisoned. It is said that no less than 50 people have suffered from Tanshi these days.
What is this for? Play purge before the battle?
Wu Kai didn't quite understand. But he is very clear about one thing, that is, the atmosphere in the south is going to change recently, on the one hand because of the intensified situation outside the customs, on the other hand, it is because of the internal cleansing and rectification. It made Wu Kai feel that something was wrong, so naturally he could keep a low profile as much as possible, don't stand out, lest you become the first bird.
"Master Wu, you have been on patrol these days, you are always here every time I come here." Chen Ba always had no idea that his name had been reported by Wu Kai on Xuan Qingwei's witness list, and he was still smiling. I have a good impression of Wu Kai.
"It's not good if you don't work hard. Recently, the inspectors outside are like crazy to take people everywhere, saying it's rectification. Who knows if there are other reasons? Didn't I tell you before, when I was in Haixia You have provoked people, so you should be more diligent so as not to be taken advantage of to make your loopholes dirty."
"Hahaha, Mr. Wu is cautious. But yes, those black skins outside are indeed a little scary. Yesterday I heard that Mr. Xiao from the supply camp was also taken away. I didn't even have a statement. The question is just one sentence." "It's a matter of confidentiality" sent people away.
But it is said that these people have a supervising army helping them? "
Wu Kai was taken aback when he heard the words, and said uncertainly: "Is this impossible? The supervisors are those civil servants, and they won't deal with Xuan Qingwei, right?"
"Who knows? Wouldn't it be enough to deal with our army together?"
Wu Kai nodded silently. It is indeed possible. However, Xuan Qingwei would not just arrest people in such a domineering manner. There is a high probability that he would directly communicate with the military chief yamen, arrest them, put them in prison, and interrogate them, but they did not execute them. Shuai personally ordered to do it.
If you order yourself to kill your own people, at least you will look better.
The two chatted for a few words, but not long after, the checkpoint outside came to report that someone was going to enter the defense zone, and his identity was the school lieutenant of the inner circle of the defense zone, surnamed Xie.
"Xie Kai? Why is he here?" Chen Bazong didn't like Xie Kai very much.
"Let's go, last time you introduced me to buy pills from him, I'll go with you, probably because I have some serious business to come over."
"Then go together."