Lin Yun killed the scar-faced man with one shot, scaring the guards into running away. But at this moment, another group of guards rushed out from the yard and charged at them with swords raised.

At this time, Hu Xiangyi and Feng Ziying also led their soldiers to rush to the dock and join the battle group.

As the follow-up troops of the government and the army gathered more and more, the morale of the guards in the villa soon collapsed when they saw this scene.

Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Lin Yun felt relieved. He found a prisoner and asked him about the identity of the scar-faced man. Finally, he learned that this man was the housekeeper of the Bai family, a large salt merchant.

After seizing the courtyard gate, Hu Xiangyi immediately ordered everyone to surround Green Willow Villa and no one was allowed to escape.

…

Previously, in an elegant room in the villa's inner house, Lu Zhuoyuan was haggling with several salt merchants to negotiate a reasonable price for private salt.

Several people were arguing with their faces red-faced when they suddenly heard a burst of killing sounds outside, followed by the sound of firecrackers.

Lu Zhuoyuan stood up in a hurry and shouted out the door: "Here comes someone."

A guard ran in and said urgently: "President, the army has surrounded us."

The dozen or so salt merchants sitting in the room were all anxious when they heard this. They stood up and ran outside in a swarm.

But before they could run out, a group of officers and soldiers rushed in with murderous intent and surrounded them.

Among the crowd, Lin Yun walked out with a flintlock gun in his hand, smiled at the salt merchants and said, "Everyone came in good numbers."

Lu Zhuoyuan knew Lin Yun, and when he saw him appearing here, he knew something was wrong.

However, he still forced himself to calm down, stepped forward and cupped his hands at Lin Yun and said, "May I ask your surname, sir? Why did you bring people into my village?"

Lin Yun looked at Lu Zhuoyuan and felt that this man looked familiar. After taking a closer look, he smiled and said, "Why do you look a bit like the murderer who assassinated me in Yaowan Town last year? Could it be that that person is your brother?"

Lu Zhuoyuan: "Young Master is joking. You and I have never met, so how could I plot to assassinate you."

Lin Yun said with a straight face: "Who is joking with you? You, a private salt dealer, are worthy of joking with me."

Lu Zhuoyuan said angrily: "Don't go too far. I am Lu Zhuoyuan, the president of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce. He is not a private salt dealer."

"Really? Then what are you doing here? You're not talking about romance, are you?"

Lu Zhuoyuan: "We are discussing this year's new salt distribution plan, everyone agrees, right?"

Several salt merchants hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, we are discussing this year's new salt distribution plan."

"Really? The new salt has not yet been exposed, and you are starting to worry about this important matter. I think the two Huaihe Salt Patrol Officers have asked Mr. Lu to take care of it."

Lu Zhuoyuan: "Young Master is joking,"

At this moment, Hu Xiangyi walked in quickly and reported to Lin Yun: "Sir, there are only three thousand shi of private salt in the warehouse."

Lin Yun was stunned when he heard this, "So many salt merchants are sitting here just to share these three thousand stones of private salt. Is this possible?"

Lu Zhuoyuan looked at Hu Xiangyi and said: "General, all the salt we store in our warehouse is official salt. Don't say it's bad."

Hu Xiangyi said disdainfully: "You lied to a fool. You secretly shipped the goods on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and you still told me it was official salt."

Lu Zhuoyuan said hurriedly: "I have salt here to prove it."

Hu Xiangyi: "When I find the private salt, you can tell me about Yan Yin."

Lin Yunchong asked Hu Xiangyi: "Where is the silver? How many taels of silver were found?"

Hu Xiangyi said with a bitter face: "I didn't find even one tael of silver."

Lin Yun gritted his teeth and said: "Look for it for me, I don't believe that this private salt and silver can fly away."

"yes."

Hu Xiangyi agreed and hurried out again.

…

Lin Yun turned back to the salt merchants and smiled: "Hand over the dirty money you used to buy private salt, so that I don't let people use violence against you and hurt your harmony."

Salt merchants, you look at me and I look at you, and you can't decide whether you should obey or refuse.

Lu Zhuoyuan said anxiously: "This young master, they are all~"

Before he could finish his words, Lin Yun raised his hand and raised his gun, pulling the trigger at him.

With the bang of a gunshot, Lu Zhuoyuan's left arm was immediately stained red with blood.

Lu Zhuoyuan raised his hand to cover the wound on his left arm and said angrily: "I am the president of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, how dare you~"

Lin Yun interrupted him and said: "You are the number one private salt dealer. If I don't have evidence, will I come to raid your manor?"

When Lu Zhuoyuan heard this, his expression became even more ugly.

Lin Yun continued to stuff bullets into the flintlock gun with the prod. At the same time, he raised his head and smiled at the salt merchant: "This firearm of mine is newly made, and the accuracy is not very good. Which one of you is willing to step forward and let me try this firearm?"

Accurate?"

A fat salt merchant couldn't bear it anymore. He reached out and took out a cloth parcel from his arms and handed it to the table in front of Lin Yun. He said with a crying face: "Sir, all my banknotes are here.

"

Lin Yun reached for the package, opened it, and saw that it was all five hundred taels of silver notes, about dozens of them.

He nodded with satisfaction and said: "Today I will pretend that you have never been here, you can leave."

The fat salt merchant was overjoyed when he heard this. He bowed to Lin Yunshen and ran quickly out the door.

Another salt merchant with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks ran over, took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, handed it to the table in front of Lin Yun, and said respectfully: "Sir, all the banknotes on this little man are here."

Lin Yun picked up the banknote, took a look at it, and immediately said angrily: "You are shameless, you took thousands of taels of silver to buy private salt, you are fooling the devil."

The man said anxiously: "This villain has limited financial resources and only brings this amount of banknotes."

Lin Yun ordered Xiao Mo: "Take him out, strip him naked, search him, and if you find the banknotes, shoot him immediately."

"yes."

Xiao Mo waved his hand, and two soldiers immediately ran up and dragged the thin salt merchant out.

The man was so anxious that he shouted: "Sir, please calm down. I still have some banknotes on me. I will hand them over voluntarily."

Lin Yun said coldly: "Bring it back."

When the soldiers dragged the thin salt merchant back, Lin Yun said coldly: "If you dare to play tricks with me again, I will have someone stamp off one of your legs first."

"I don't dare, I won't dare anymore."

As the thin salt merchant spoke, he took off his fur cloak, tore open the corners of his clothes, took out two stacks of banknotes, and placed them on the table in front of Lin Yun.

Lin Yun took it over and counted it, and found that there were more than 60,000 taels of silver notes.

He nodded with satisfaction and said: "Since I handed over the dirty money, I will let you live."

The thin salt merchant said hurriedly: "Thank you sir."

Lin Yun: "However, if you lied to me before, you must not go unpunished. Someone comes, drag him down and beat him thirty times, and then let him go."

"yes."

Xiao Mo waved to two soldiers and dragged the thin salt merchant down to beat the boards.

The other salt merchants all turned pale with fright and did not dare to play any more tricks. They all obediently handed over the banknotes they had hidden on their bodies.

Finally, Lin Yun counted the total number of banknotes and found that there were 430,000 taels of banknotes.

He weighed the banknotes in his hand and smiled at Lu Zhuoyuan: "They brought so many banknotes, are they just for the three thousand shi of private salt in your warehouse?"

Lu Zhuoyuan looked at him and asked, "Do you know how big a trap you have made?"

Lin Yun smiled and said: "You mean you have a strong backer, right?"

Lu Zhuoyuan: "Now that you know it, you still dare to do whatever you want. Aren't you afraid of death?"

Lin Yun said with a smile: "At this moment, the White House must have been surrounded by the army. I'm afraid your big backer will not be able to escape."

Lu Zhuoyuan said in panic: "Lin Ruhai actually wants to raid the Bai family?"

"That's right. Not only the Bai family, but also all officials involved in this case will be arrested."

Lu Zhuoyuan sat down on the ground and muttered to himself: "Madman, madman, Lin Ruhai is a madman."

Lin Yun: "Hurry up and hand over your private salt, and I may be able to spare your life."

Lu Zhuoyuan laughed and said, "Spare my life? What a joke. Do you think I'm as easy to deceive as they are?"

After a pause, he said bitterly: "If you want me to hand over my personal secrets, you're only dreaming."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Hu Xiangyi leading Zhong Yi in and said to Lin Yun: "Sir, the private salt has been found. Brother Zhong found it."

Lu Zhuoyuan was shocked: "This is absolutely impossible."

Zhong Yi glanced at him and said mockingly: "You hide your private salt in the underground warehouse in the inner courtyard. The exit is under the rockery outside your bedroom."

"You, you, how did you know?"

Lin Yun said hurriedly: "Come on, take me to see it. Since there is an underground warehouse, there must be money."

Zhong Yi rolled his eyes at Lin Yun, this young man is good at everything, but he is too obsessed with money.

Hu Xiangyi looked excited. If he could find the bank, he would be able to take advantage of it.

Seeing those people happily running to search for the property that he had painstakingly hidden, Lu Zhuoyuan suddenly felt like his heart was cut by a knife, and he sat down on the ground.

At this moment, a fat figure appeared silently and quickly knocked out the two soldiers who were left to guard.

When Lu Zhuoyuan saw the person coming, he immediately said in surprise: "Du Ruo, was it Hui Niang who asked you to save me?"

"Yes, she asked me to come. But I'm here to help you get out of trouble."

After the fat man finished speaking, he covered Lu Zhuoyuan's mouth with his left hand, and quickly stabbed Lu Zhuoyuan's chest with the dagger in his right hand.
Chapter completed!