This graceful woman was Xue Qing. She was looking at a bulging-eyed border guard standing in front of her with her brows slightly furrowed.
The border guard chief whom she had been bribing before was not here today for some reason. Instead, he was replaced by the bulging-eyed man in front of her.
"What kind of goods are these? Show me the customs clearance documents!"
The man with bulging eyes looked at Xue Qing seriously.
Xue Qing frowned for a moment, then relaxed his brows, forced a flattering smile on his face, and said, "Is this official new? I don't know how to address him. Why didn't the previous Mr. Zhang come today?"
Hearing Xue Qing's question, the bulging-eyed man stared at her with his eyes like dead fish, and said: "Master Zhang has been promoted, and I am the newly transferred border guard officer Yan Tu.
Why, are you familiar with Mr. Zhang? "
Xue Qing said: "That's right, we have always been very familiar with Mr. Zhang, and we always give him some 'gifts' when we go to visit him. We also brought gifts this time, but he disappeared.
But thinking that Mr. Zhang has been promoted to a higher position, I am still very happy for him."
When Yan Tu heard Xue Qing's words, a light flashed in his eyes and the serious expression on his face disappeared for the most part.
He looked at Xue Qing, as if thinking about something, and said, "Gift
What gift? "
Xue Qing smiled and said, "Since Master Zhang is not here today, it would be the same if I gave this gift to Yan Da Ren."
As he spoke, Xue Qing took out a small cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Yan Tu.
When Yan Tu saw the small cloth bag, which was only the size of a human head and couldn't hold much, he curled his lips and revealed a hint of disappointment.
However, this instantaneous change in expression did not escape Xue Qing's attention, and the smile on Xue Qing's face became even wider.
"Sir, you can take a look at the gift first. Maybe it's something you like!"
Xue Qing said with a smile.
When I took the cloth bag along the way and touched it, I knew that the bag was filled with spirit stones, and it felt like there were no more than twenty of them.
In his opinion, the other party was amazing for putting middle-grade spirit stones into his bag, and twenty middle-grade spirit stones were really nothing.
After all, they were guards at the border because they wanted a good job. It would be unreasonable not to give a hundred or eighty medium-grade spirit stones to a caravan as large as Xue Qing's. Yan Tu, who was secretly calculating in his heart, then opened a hole in the bag. After taking a look, he suddenly showed a shocked expression on his face, and his bulging eyes immediately became more prominent.
The bag does not contain any mid-grade spirit stones, but only high-grade spirit stones.
The nearly twenty high-grade spirit stones here were equivalent to nearly two hundred mid-grade spirit stones, which made Yan Tu's hands tremble.
He suppressed his excitement and winked at several soldiers standing nearby.
Several soldiers had been here for nearly ten years, so they knew the trick and turned around and walked away tactfully.
Along the way, he put the bag into his arms and said, "No wonder Mr. Zhang was promoted so quickly. It turns out that this is the reason."
Xue Qing asked casually, "Where was Master Zhang transferred to?"
"He was sent to the border to manage logistics, and it was said that he paid for the position.
You have to know that border logistics is a super lucrative position. If you want to get this position, you must spend enough money.
I think it was because of his friendship with generous businessmen like you that Mr. Zhang was able to climb to this position so quickly!"
Yan Tu looked at Xue Qing and spoke with a smile.
Xue Qing waved his hands and said, "No, we are just sending some small gifts. After all, every time we enter and leave the customs, Master Zhang will take special care of us.
Our cargo is so mixed and diverse, and Mr. Zhang understands that it is troublesome for us to load and unload, so he usually chooses to let us go directly. After all, he knows what cargo we are loading."
Upon hearing this, Yan Tu glanced at the dozen or so carriages behind Xue Qing and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.
The carts behind the carriages were loaded with huge boxes. These boxes were not very wide, but they were very long, so even two or three people could lie down in them easily.
Seeing these boxes along the way, he frowned and said, "Are these boxes filled with people
I'm telling you straight, after accepting your gifts, I can indeed turn a blind eye to some of the goods and allow you to bring them in or take them out of the customs, but if you want to bring people in, I can't agree to that.
After all, if you do something bad in the Tang Kingdom and get caught, and they check your background and find out that you entered the country from here, then I will definitely be involved.
I have just taken office and my children are still young. I don’t want to worry about any trouble.
You guys open the goods now, I want to see what's inside, so I can have an idea."
As he spoke along the way, a hint of greed emerged in the depths of his eyes.
Although his reason was reasonable, Xue Qing knew that the other party would not care what they were transporting through the customs.
The reason why the other party wants to see the goods is just to estimate the price so that his own benefits will not be deducted.
Xue Qing looked at the box next to him with some embarrassment, and for a long time he had no intention of opening the box to inspect the goods.
Seeing this, Yan Tu suddenly became nervous and frowned as he ordered again, "Open them quickly, don't waste time, you are not really hiding people in these boxes, are you?"
"No... How is it possible? How could we hide someone in the box
It’s just that… it’s just that the goods we brought are somewhat sensitive, and I wonder if we can… if we can not open the boxes for inspection.
I assure you that we have absolutely no Tibetans, and Mr. Zhang also knew what our goods were."
Xue Qing looked very unnatural.
Along the way, he frowned and said, "Master Zhang is Master Zhang, and I am a strict disciple. If I tell you to open the box, you open it.
If you don't do it yourself, I'll send someone to do it right away. If it's discovered in public that there's something wrong with the things you brought, none of you will be able to leave today."
Yan Tu didn't want Xue Qing to mention the previous border guard officer. After all, the man had left. He was the boss here now, and what he said was the imperial decree. All the merchants passing by had to follow his rules.
Xue Qing exchanged glances with his subordinates beside him. The expressions of the subordinates around him became nervous, and some of them even unconsciously put their hands on the spiritual weapons beside them.
Yan Tu glared at this and prepared to call for help.
Xue Qing quickly grabbed Yan Tu's arm and said, "Master Yan, please be patient, I will open the box and let you take a look.
But I hope you can keep it a secret for us, and you will also benefit from it in the future."