The "battle" process of attacking the Gaojia Villa went smoothly. Although the walls of the courtyard were high, they could not stop the well-trained officers and soldiers.

After Zhong Yi led his men to capture the courtyard wall, the servants of the Gaofu family, who were originally timid and timid, immediately fled in all directions, only regretting that their parents had lost two legs.

When Lin Yun, Xiao Zhongqi and others entered the other courtyard, the fighting on the outside had ended, and there was only the sound of fighting in the inner house.

There are still many loyal servants in the Gao Mansion. These people are the sons of the family, and their wealth and property are tied to their masters. In critical moments, they can fight to the death for the master of the family.

Ning Heng failed to encounter any hard fight and felt very suffocated. When he heard that there were still people resisting, he immediately rushed over with several personal guards.

Lin Yun did not stop him this time, but asked his personal guards to pay more attention to prevent him from being hurt by hidden arrows.

…

Xiao Zhongqi was most concerned about whether he could capture Gao Qiaoan alive. After entering the other courtyard, he immediately ran to the back house with his servants.

Lin Yun was not interested in Gao Qiaoan. What he cared about was the Gao family's warehouse. Gao Qiaoan would rather give up the chance to escape and stick to the other side of the house. There must be something fishy in this.

After interrogating the servants of the Gao family, we learned that the Gao family's warehouse is in the west yard.

The Gao family's villa is very large, more than twice as big as his forest garden.

Because it is close to the seaside, two-thirds of the area of ​​the courtyard is covered with water sources. There are small bridges, flowing water, rockeries and rocks, but not many trees.

When Lin Yun led people to the west courtyard, he heard a woman's screams coming from inside.

He quickly quickened his pace and led others to look for the sound.

After passing through a long corridor, I saw several soldiers holding torches guarding the door of a room. The shouts came from that room.

He immediately asked the soldiers guarding the door: "Who is inside?"

A soldier said: "Reporting to the general, it is Li Baihu who is searching for stolen goods."

Lin Yun raised his foot and kicked the soldier to the ground, and cursed angrily: "Fuck you! What does searching for dirt have to do with women? Have you forgotten the military discipline I taught you before?"

After he finished cursing, he kicked the door open again, and saw a middle-aged officer running out in a panic, stammering: "General, you're in a humble position, you're humble~"

Lin Yun didn't wait for him to finish, and then ordered to Zhong Yi: "Drag him down for me and beat him with thirty military sticks."

"yes."

Zhong Yi immediately flew over, controlled Li Baihu, and pushed him out of the door.

Li Baihu said anxiously: "General Lin, I am from Prince Xuan's Mansion, you have no right to punish me."

Lin Yun sneered: "Really? Then I will be punished with ten army sticks."

The man wanted to scream again, but Zhong Yi blocked his mouth and forcibly escorted him out.

Lin Yun then scolded the soldiers guarding the door: "You waited until you knew and didn't tell anyone, and you helped conceal it. You are also guilty. When you go back, each of you can get ten army sticks."

"yes."

Several soldiers' faces relaxed when they heard this. Ten army sticks was the lightest punishment, but the general still cared about his old feelings.

At this time, two girls with panicked expressions ran out of the house, kowtowed to Lin Yun and said, "Thank you, General, for saving my life."

Lin Yun: "Get up. Since you are the maids in this mansion, you don't have to worry. I will ask someone to pay you travel expenses later and send you home."

"Thank you General."

Lin Yun then ordered to Xiao Mo who was following him: "Take a few people to look around. If anyone messes around, deal with it according to military regulations."

"yes."

Xiao Mo agreed and left with a few soldiers in a murderous manner.

After following Lin Yun for so long, he has long been accustomed to Lin Yun's ideas, and he deeply hates this kind of bullying of women and children.

…

At this time, Ding Yuanxi led someone to run over and said happily: "Brother Lin, the Gao family's warehouse has been found. There are a lot of private salts stacked in it."

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "Take me to have a look."

"yes."

When Lin Yun led people to the warehouse, he was immediately shocked.

When he first raided Green Willow Villa, he was surprised by the amount of illegal salt. But now that he saw the warehouse where the illegal salt was stored in the Gao family, he realized that he had been ignorant.

He reached out and patted the salt pile, and said to himself: "No wonder Gao Qiaoan refuses to leave. These private salts are his life."

Ding Yuanxi: "It's a pity that there is no food. If all these private salts are turned into food, we don't have to worry."

Lin Yun smiled bitterly and said: "Even if it's food, we can't keep it. The court is short of food, and if there is food, it has to be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Ding Yuanxi: "If it really is food, the court will leave some for us, right?"

So is that.

As soon as Lin Yun finished speaking, he heard a soldier running in and reporting to him: "General, many iron ingots were found in the warehouse next door."

"Iron ingot!"

Lin Yun ran out of the door. When he ran into another warehouse, he saw many wooden boxes piled inside. One of them was pried open, revealing a layer of finely chopped grass. Under the grass, there were pieces.

Iron ingots of uniform size.

He stepped forward and picked up an iron ingot and weighed it in his hands. Lin Yun was shocked. Selling illicit salt was just for profit, while selling iron was a serious crime.

He hurriedly ordered to Ding Yuanxi: "Go quickly and call Chief Shangguan and Master Xiao over."

"yes."

After Ding Yuanxi left, Lin Yun took a torch from the soldier's hand, looked around in the warehouse, and found that there were thirty or forty large boxes stacked here.

He ordered the two soldiers beside him: "Pry open two more boxes to see if there are iron ingots inside?"

"yes."

Two soldiers ran forward, picked up steel knives, pried open the box, and rummaged inside. There were still neatly stacked iron ingots underneath.

Lin Yun thought: "This is really a big deal. There are so many iron ingots that cannot be obtained without the help of insiders. Moreover, ironware can only make huge profits if it is exported. Who is the buyer of this batch of ironware? South Korea

Or Japan?"

While he was thinking about it, he saw a soldier running in in panic and shouted to him: "General, there are many officers and soldiers outside surrounding us."

Lin Yun was shocked when he heard this. Could it be that Zhao Yuanliang, the governor of Northern Zhili, led his troops to kill him?

At this time, Ning Heng, Hu Xiangyi, Shangguanjie, and Xiao Zhongqi all rushed over after hearing the news.

As soon as they met, Xiao Zhongqi said anxiously: "General Lin, there are officers and soldiers from the River Defense Battalion outside and have surrounded this courtyard."

Lin Yun: "I've heard about it."

After a pause, he asked Hu Xiangyi: "Have you caught Gao Qiaoan?"

Hu Xiangyi: "We've already caught him. The old guy is very tough. He also said that we should kowtow to him as punishment. Otherwise, we will have to walk around without food."

Lin Yun pointed to the big box with iron tools behind him and said to several people: "With this irrefutable evidence, I don't believe anyone dares to cover him up."

Xiao Zhongqi: "There are many soldiers from the river defense camp outside. If they take away the evidence, our work will be in vain."

Lin Yunchong asked Ning Heng: "Who is the commander of the river defense camp?"

Ning Heng: "This man's name is Jiang Hongjie. His official title is the Commander-in-Chief of the Patrol Battalion. His official position is half a rank higher than yours."

"Is he related to Gao Qiaoan?"

Ning Heng: "I heard that he seems to be the brother-in-law of Zhao Yuanliang, the governor of Northern Zhili."

"Really? Come on, let's go see how bold this General Jiang is. By the way, let someone carry a box of iron ingots and let him take a look."

"yes."

…

Lin Yun led people out of the gate of the other courtyard, and saw a lot of torches outside, and countless soldiers standing in the dark. It looked like there were about one or two people.

In front of the soldiers, there were several generals in full armor, staring at them with gloomy expressions.

Lin Yun stepped forward, looked at the generals opposite and asked, "I am here on an errand, what are you bringing your troops to do? Are you planning to rebel?"

The military attache standing in the middle was none other than Jiang Hongjie. He had received a message from Gao Qiaoan and specially led his troops to rescue the siege. However, Lin Yun and the others acted too quickly, making him arrive a step too late.

Jiang Hongjie said coldly: "General Lin, you don't go to supervise the construction of warships, but you come to Gaofu to arrest people. I'm afraid you have crossed the line?"

Lin Yun: "Gao Qiaoan is secretly trying to trick the people into raising the price of selling land in an attempt to sabotage the shipbuilding plan. I am here under the command of the Holy Spirit to supervise the construction of warships, so naturally I cannot let go of such a bad person."

Jiang Hongjie: "You said Gao Qiaoan sabotaged the shipbuilding plan, is there any evidence?"

Lin Yun sneered: "General Jiang, you are too lenient, aren't you?"

Jiang Hongjie: "I am ordered to patrol the security of Tianjin Prefecture. I can take charge of any illegal things."

"Oh! Then if it's selling iron tools and treason, can you handle it?"

Jiang Hongjie was startled when he heard this, and then he scolded Lin Yun: "General Lin, don't talk nonsense."

Lin Yun raised his hand and waved it in the air, shouting loudly: "Bring the box out."

Hearing the sound, several soldiers came out carrying the box and placed it in front of Jiang Hongjie.
To be continued...