At midnight, Lin Yun, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up by someone. Just as he was about to lose his temper, he saw Xiao Mo rushing to him: "Third Master, Yuan Xi is back. He said he has something urgent to report to you."

Ding Yuanxi followed Zhong Yi to help the police officers arrest Gao Qiaoan. When he came back at this time, it was very likely that the arrest was in trouble.

Lin Yun quickly sat up and asked anxiously while getting dressed, "What went wrong again?"

Xiao Mo: "I heard from Yuan Xi that they went to Gao's house to arrest people but they were defeated. Gao Qiaoan hid in the Gao's house. There were many servants guarding there. There were few county government officials and they didn't dare to attack. Xiao

Your Excellency, let Yuan Xi rush back to ask for help from you."

Lin Yun was shocked when he heard this. Gao Qiaoan's attitude was clearly to resist arrest. Could it be that he had done something shady?

After cleaning up, Lin Yun went to the living room outside and saw Ding Yuanxi circling around the room anxiously.

Seeing Lin Yun coming out, Ding Yuanxi rushed to him and said anxiously: "Brother Lin, things are getting serious."

Lin Yun: "Don't be anxious, speak slowly."

Ding Yuanxi: "We went to Gao Mansion to arrest Gao Qiaoan but failed. His servants told him that Gao Qiaoan had received the news in advance and hid in the Gao family's courtyard. Mr. Xiao led us to chase him, but he was blocked outside the courtyard.

, can’t rush in.”

Lin Yun hurriedly asked: "How many servants are there in the Gao Family Courtyard?"

Ding Yuanxi: "It is said that there are more than a hundred people, and they also have bows, arrows and weapons."

Lin Yunchong ordered Xiao Mo: "Go and wake up the young prince and General Hu, and ask him to bring the part one with him and come with me to have a look."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps coming from outside the door.

Immediately, Ning Heng, Ning Yue, Hu Xiangyi, Xiao Jiayuan and others walked in together.

Ning Heng: "Brother Lin, there's no need to call. I've already called everyone and we can leave immediately."

Hu Xiangyi rubbed his big hands and said excitedly: "I didn't expect that Gao Qiaoan would dare to resist arrest. He must have done too many bad things and has something evil in his heart."

Wang Erzhuo reminded Lin Yun: "General, you are now the deputy general of the navy. If you interfere in local affairs rashly, you will be impeached."

Lin Yun hesitated after hearing this. He was the one who caused this incident. If he just stood by and watched, Xiao Zhongqi would definitely be unlucky in the end.

He said to Hu Xiangyi: "Brother Hu, don't go this time."

Hu Xiangyi said anxiously: "We are brothers. We share blessings and share hardships. If we want to stay together, we can stay together. If we want to go, we can go together."

Ning Heng: "That's right, what are you afraid of? In the worst case, I will be dismissed from office and go home. I don't want to stay in this terrible place anymore."

Lin Yun: "Okay. Then let's go together. However, you must obey my orders and you can't mess around."

"Honor your orders."

…

Ning Heng came to Dagu to take office this time, and was accompanied by a hundred guards. These people were all elite soldiers he brought from the fourth battalion.

Although Prince Xuan said that he would not be allowed to select people from the Beijing camp, it was related to the safety of his grandson, so the old prince could only pretend to be confused.

Including the guards of Lin Yun and Hu Xiangyi, there are a total of more than 130 people.

Lin Yun left 30 people to guard the supplies and set off with 100 people to the Gao Family Courtyard.

The Gao Family Courtyard is not in the city, but a small manor a few miles away from the city.

When Lin Yun came with his people, he saw many torches burning outside the courtyard. Xiao Zhongqi was standing outside the courtyard gate, shouting inside, persuading the servants inside to open the door and surrender.

Seeing Lin Yun coming, Xiao Zhongqi ran over quickly and said to him urgently: "General Lin, Gao Qiaoan is hiding in here and can't escape. My officers are as afraid of the enemy as tigers and they don't dare to rush in."

Lin Yun: "Are you sure Gao Qiaoan is inside?"

Xiao Zhongqi nodded and said: "I'm sure, he just talked to me and said that if he wants him to come out, he must invite Mr. Zhao, the governor of North Zhili, to come over."

Lin Yun lowered his voice and asked: Brother Xiao, is the evidence of Gao Qiaoan's crime reliable?

Xiao Zhongqi nodded and said: "Indeed. There are more than a dozen cases filed against him. If you take any one of them, it will be enough for him to go to jail."

After a pause, Xiao Zhongqi continued: "There are rumors that this Gao Qiaoan is still selling illegal salt."

"oh!"

When Lin Yun heard the word "private salt", he immediately became energetic. The Beihai Navy was short of funds. If he could seize another few million taels of silver, he would not have to worry about running out of military funds.

He called Zhong Yi over and asked him: "Where in this courtyard is the defense weak?"

Zhong Yi: "The manpower on all sides is about the same. There are fifty servants on each side, and dozens of people patrolling everywhere inside."

Hu Xiangyi: "General, I will lead dozens of people to attack from the front and attract their patrol team. Then let Brother Zhong lead people to attack from the rear and try to defeat the enemy as soon as possible."

Ning Heng asked anxiously: "What about me? Where should I lead my men to attack?"

Lin Yun: "You and Shangguanjie each lead a dozen government officials to launch a feint attack from both sides and attract the servants inside. This is a great achievement."

Ning Heng said anxiously: "You let others pretend to attack, I will be the main attacker."

Lin Yun glared and scolded: "Are military orders negotiable?"

Ning Heng said dissatisfiedly: "Aren't you just worried that I will be injured and can't explain it to my ancestors?"

Lin Yun ignored him, but waved his hand and said, "Everyone, follow my orders. Remember, don't let a thief go."

"yes."

Everyone responded accordingly and led others to make preparations.

Xiao Zhongqi asked Lin Yun: "General, do you want to persuade him to surrender again?"

Lin Yun thought for a while and said: "Go and tell the servants inside that anyone who dares to attack the officers and soldiers will be punished for treason."

Xiao Zhongqi: "I'm going to shout."

…

Preparations for the attack were made outside, which immediately alerted the servants inside.

The steward of the Gao family quickly ran into the inner house and reported to Gao Qiaoan, who was offering incense to the Bodhisattva: "Master, a group of officers and soldiers are coming outside, and it looks like they are about to launch an attack."

Gao Qiaoan's hand shook when he heard this, and he almost dropped the sandalwood he lit on the ground.

He calmed down, inserted the sandalwood in his hand into the incense burner, and then told the steward: "There are not many of them. As long as we withstand their first two attacks, we will be fine."

The steward said with a guilty conscience: "Master, do you really want to confront the officers and soldiers?"

Gao Qiaoan said with a gloomy face: "Do you still want to surrender?"

"Master, don't get me wrong. What I mean is to talk to them and buy some time. When Master Zhao gets here, we will be fine."

Gao Qiaoan was speechless for a while. The Northern Zhili garrison was in Zhangjiakou, which was hundreds of miles away. Even if he rode a fast horse and traveled day and night, it would take seven or eight days.

While he was pondering, he saw a servant running in and rushing to him: "Master, the officers and soldiers are coming."

Hearing this, Gao Qiaoan said anxiously: "What nonsense are you talking about? There are only a hundred officers and soldiers outside, how could they come in so quickly?"

Servant: "Sir, Mr. Xiao is shouting outside, saying that anyone who resists will be punished with treason and the nine tribes will be killed. Many people heard this and did not dare to shoot arrows at the officers and soldiers."
Chapter completed!