"Master, look! That caravan seems to have something anomalous! ”

Looking in the direction of Jing Zhan's finger, I saw a team of about 100 Rao slowly marching down the street. There is a caravan banner in front of him, and next to him are men with big shoulders and round waists, holding iron knives with ring heads, and his posture is not.

And in the middle of the procession, there were also wagons and ox carts, not knowing what they were selling, covered with curtains, but still bulging irregularly. The goods on the car seemed to be very heavy, and the wheels of the car ran over, and there was a trace of subsidence.

"Master, do we want to go over and check it out?"

Ran Min shook his head and said, "What identity do you use?" Don't startle the snake, let's observe first. ”

The caravan went straight to the gate of the city gate, but a strange scene appeared.

I saw that the guard guarding the city pass talked with the principal of the caravan for a while, and then walked to a hidden place with a smile, and when he came out, a smile like a spring breeze appeared on the face of the guard, patted the merchant on the shoulder, and let his caravan leave.

Seeing this scene, Ran Min was nothing, and Jing Zhan next to him gritted his teeth and said: "This guard of Shanyang Pass is really not a good thing. This guy must have taken bribes, and he didn't even have a proper inspection."

According to the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty, the officials of the Central Plains were allowed to carry their weapons when they wanted to go out of the customs, but there were certain restrictions. If people want to leave the customs, they must show a household registration certificate, and at the same time record how many people, what goods, and how many goods, these are all to be registered.

Ran Min's expression was very flat, in fact, long before he came to the state, he had already thought that the corruption situation at the border was not ordinarily serious.

"Master, what should we do now?"

"Chuan Su Lin came to see me as soon as possible. At the same time, order Su Lin to send a thousand iron cavalry out of the pass, and be sure to intercept this caravan! I'm going to get a stolen one! ”

"No!"

Jing Zhan was ordered to leave, and soon rode his horse to Shanwu City, where he was brought to the front of Su Lin, the general of the expedition to the north.

At this time, Su Lin was still in the General's Mansion to correct the official documents, and when he heard that the people of Jinyiwei asked to see him, he was still the commander of the Zhenfu Division, Lord Jing Zhan, and he was suddenly startled.

I'm in a big deal?

Su Lin was still very flustered in his heart, but after thinking about it, no, he hadn't done anything corrupt.

As the saying goes, don't do bad things, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door.

Su Lin is not afraid of shadows, and he knew that most of the states under his rule had problems, so he immediately let people pass on Jing Zhan.

As soon as Jing Zhan came in, he didn't greet him too much, but said solemnly: "General Su, Your Majesty wants to see you." He wants you to rush to Shanyang Pass as soon as possible, and at the same time send a thousand iron cavalry to pursue a certain caravan that has already left the pass, and there will be Jinyi guards along the way to cooperate as guides and guide the way. ”

"I'll go."

……

In a vast grassland.

A procession of horse thieves, all armed and armoured, was moving slowly.

This team set up the banner of a caravan, more than a hundred in size, except for the samurai guarding the left and right sides, the rest of the people drove horse-drawn carts or ox-carts, and on each cart, there were goods like mountain bags.

It didn't take long for a contingent of about five hundred rao to appear in front of this caravan. Coming at him were the Hu Rao Iron Horsemen, who galloped on their horses, spears and ring-headed iron knives in their hands, and rushed towards them like wolves.

The two teams stopped at a distance of fifty paces.

"Mr. Zhao, it's been a long time." The Hu general, led by the leader, drove forward and gave a chest hug to the head of the caravan opposite.

And that Mr. Zhao didn't say anything to greet, and said bluntly: "General Alba, I brought a lot of goods this time. There were 1,000 stone of pig iron, and 2,000 pieces of iron knives, spears, spears, and other weapons. Why haven't I seen you drive the cattle and sheep over today? ”

Alba clapped his hands, and then he had four large boxes unloaded from the wagon in the procession, and when they were opened, they were all silver and copper coins, and I don't know how many.

"Mr. Zhao, the money is here, please count it. This time, we don't need cattle and sheep in our trade, just use these silver coins and copper plates. ”

Mr. Zhao bowed slightly, waved his hand and asked people to go over to count, but at this time, suddenly there was a "rumbling" sound of horses' hooves from behind, like mountains and rivers cracking, and the earth was trembling!

"Not good! It's Wei Rao's Iron Cavalry! Alba was terrified and ran away.

"What?"

Mr. Zhao was even more frightened, and he didn't even care about the goods in the car, and drove away.

But the faster they run, the faster the Wei army behind them!

Hu Rao's iron cavalry was far away, and they came and went like the wind, and they couldn't catch up, but it was still possible to catch all the people in those caravans.

That Mr. Zhao was then dragged under the horse, and his face was pressed against Lin and rubbed.

"What are you doing? I am a good citizen! Good people! Mr. Zhao hissed.

The captain of the thousand-man iron cavalry sneered, then turned over and dismounted, lifted the curtain on the carriage, revealed the weapons inside, and said, "Just a good citizen like you?" Dog thing, you are so bold, don't you know that the imperial court forbids the sale of iron and weapons to the Hu people? I don't think you want to live anymore! ”

"Take it all!"

Just when the Wei army had captured all the people in the caravan and captured the stolen goods, Su Lin had already rushed to Shanyang Pass to meet Ran Min.

For the sake of safety, Su Lin immediately took over the city defense of Shanyang Pass, and at the same time sent people to arrest the guards who committed the crime. Combined with the confession of the businessman, and under the torture of Jinyiwei, they followed the vine and finally involved a large number of businessmen and the generals involved in the army.

Ran Min was very angry and directly sentenced him to behead all over the house.

Seeing Ran Min's appearance, Su Lin was also frightened, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" ”

"What are you guilty of?"

"The minister is the general of the expedition to the north, the governor of the state military affairs, and the festival, but he does not notice the trouble, and his majesty has no way, I didn't expect that there was such a wolf-hearted thing under his command, please punish Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Ran Ming glanced at him lightly and said, "If you don't notice something, your majesty has no way." Surin, so it looks like you're guilty. However, you have been managing the army in a good city on weekdays, guarding the frontier, and the state is so big, although they are all your subordinates, it is natural that you can't control it. After all, Rao's energy is very limited. ”

"Yes."

"In this case, I will sentence you to a fine of half a year as a punishment!

"Thank you, Lord Longne!"

Ran Min's heart was sad, in fact, he didn't know that it was impossible for a person to be meticulous and exhaustive. In this huge country, on the surface, the country and the people are safe, but in fact, there are many places where the sun does not shine.

After returning to Daliang, Ran Min immediately ordered to crack down on the sale of iron and weapons by merchants on the frontier to the Hu people.