The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 82
The next day, when it was only a quarter to Mao, Han Qi had brought more than a thousand embroidered guards and lined up neatly in several rows at the gate of Xingyuan.After a while, Mu Xu was also wearing soft armor and led the two eunuchs Wang An and Liu Hong out of Xingyuan gate.

Han Qi hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "My lord, I'm ready, please give me your order."

Mu Xu nodded in satisfaction, "Okay, you immediately lead three hundred people to the Yangzhou Guard Commander Guo Zhen's residence, arrest him and arrest him on the spot."

Han Qi received the order and took [-] people straight to the Guo Mansion.

Mu Xu took the reins from a fan, turned his head and said to Wang An and the two, "You two father-in-laws, we are also starting." Seeing the two nodding, he got on his horse and came to the front of the team, waving to the back At that time, the hundreds of households who led the team sent their orders, and more than a thousand followers followed Mu Xu to the south city.

At this time, it was just dawn, and there was no one on the street, only the sound of armored weapons colliding could be heard.After half an hour, they came to the gate of the south city. The guards here never thought that the enemy would come from the city. In addition, they were neglected in training and did not even warn them. They were controlled by the embroidered guards. stand up.

Mu Xu didn't expect it to be so smooth, it can be said that the battle was bloodless.He immediately ordered people to open the gates of the city to order the army outside the city to enter the city, and ordered three hundred households to bring three hundred sons each to control the other three gates from inside the city with the troops outside the city.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Jia Lian and a general rode side by side into the city gate, followed by a black mass of people outside the city gate.

Jia Lian came two steps ahead of Mu Xu's horse on horseback, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, it's a good luck." Then pointing to the general beside him, he introduced, "This is General Feng Han's deputy, General Lu Kedi."

Lu Kedi hastily clasped his fists on the horse and saluted, "I'm wearing a low-level armor, so I can't fully salute, please forgive me, my lord."

Mu Xu also clasped his fists and bowed back, "General Lu, you are welcome, but there is news from Mr. Feng."

Lu Kedi replied, "The last general received a letter from the general two hours ago, and the general only took three hours to take down all those strongholds. He is currently exposing other people's crimes." Then he said disdainfully, " Those people are a group of rabble, they are totally vulnerable, and they are only worthy of bullying those unarmed people."

"General Feng is very capable." Mu Xu boasted, and then ordered to a few people around him, "Now everything is ready, start recruiting people according to the list, if anyone resists, you don't have to be polite."

"Yes." The people around shouted.

……

Early in the morning, the sun just rose.

Chaos suddenly broke out in the city of Yangzhou. Countless officers and soldiers scattered around the city to raid their homes and seize people. Many streets and alleys were filled with shouts of killing and crying one after another.The government officials and business people who just got up in the morning were frightened, and they all closed their doors tightly, for fear that those shouts of killing would come towards them.

"Catch all those profiteers and steal their property!"

Under the leadership of Xiuyiwei, apart from the Huang family, the stores and warehouses of the other eight major salt merchants were continuously broken into, causing screams from inside. They fell to the ground, and some even lost their lives.Some hooligans in the city saw an opportunity and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. As a result, as soon as they were discovered by officers and soldiers, they were chopped down with a knife, and the rest of them were frightened and scattered like birds and beasts.

Groups of soldiers smashed open the warehouse door and swallowed their saliva when they saw the mountain of goods inside. Some soldiers wanted to take the opportunity to hide some property privately, and if they were discovered by the superior, they would be whipped.And the city is full of heralds shouting everywhere, "The general has an order. After the house is seized, there will be a lot of rewards. Anyone who hides it will act according to the military law and will not show mercy." Hearing these military orders, these soldiers are honest. stand up.

In the magnificent hall of the Zhao family, Zhao Xian sat upright at the top, and his three sons, the main nephews and several staff members of the Zhao family sat below.The atmosphere in the hall was unusually silent, and everyone in the Zhao family felt uneasy, feeling like a catastrophe was imminent.

The development of the matter was completely beyond Zhao Xian's expectations. After seeing the imperial envoy came to Yangzhou, he did not make any moves, thinking that he was frightened by the momentum of his alliance with several salt merchants.At that time, he couldn't help but feel complacent, he only thought that this young imperial envoy was nothing special, and planned to write a letter to Zhen Yingjia in a few days to express his contribution.Who would have thought that if people don't make a show, it will be a blockbuster, this is clearly paralyzing them, Zhao Xian is regretful and afraid at the moment.He regretted that he shouldn't have listened to Zhen Yingjia's orders, and was also afraid that his family's foundation for many years would be ruined.

He knocked on the table with trembling hands, comforting everyone and himself, "We send so much silver to Yangzhou Guard Commander Guo Zhen and his soldiers every year. It can be said that they can have a good life today thanks to us. Once we If it fails, they have no good fruit to eat, so they will definitely come to rescue us. As long as it can be delayed for three to five days, those officials from all walks of life who have taken our filial piety will definitely speak for us. At that time, they will give this imperial envoy some benefits , don’t be afraid that he won’t give in, don’t forget that the court’s salt still depends on us to transport it to various places.”

After hearing this, everyone in the hall felt relieved, but at this moment they heard a loud bang from the door.

Zhao Xian's eldest son, Zhao Cheng, was so frightened that his teeth rattled. Zhao Xian glanced at his son's bear-like appearance, shook his head, and came to the entrance of the hall, shouting to the guards outside, "As long as you can guard Zhao's mansion, after the incident I will reward each of you with five thousand taels of silver."

There were more than [-] guards in the Zhao residence, and Zhao Xian promised more than one million taels as soon as he opened his mouth.When the guards heard this, they immediately became excited, five thousand taels, ordinary people can't save it for a hundred years.Immediately, these guards slapped their chests loudly.

"Master, just watch it."

"Master, we must keep the house safe."...

After hearing the assurances of these guards, Zhao Xian relaxed a little.

"Boom" came another loud bang at the door, and after a while there was another "boom", and the faces of everyone in the hall changed drastically. It was because a giant log was hitting the door outside.

After a while, after a loud noise, there was a sudden cry of killing, and others paid it back. Zhao Cheng's legs trembled, and a puddle of water appeared under his feet.Zhao Xian glanced at him with hatred, and made up his mind that as long as he could pass today's test, he would never choose this trash as his heir.

It's just that his thinking was too beautiful. Within a quarter of an hour, he heard the sound of killing outside the hall. Several people came to the door of the hall to look out. They saw the guards of the Zhao family rushing up, and then collapsed at the touch of a finger. Scattered and fled.

Now even Zhao Xian became frightened. He wanted to escape but found that there was no way out. Before he could think about it, a group of soldiers rushed in and directly pressed them to the ground. Zhao Xian struggled Shouted, "I am the representative of the gentry in Yangzhou, I know Mr. Chen, the procurator, and I also know Jinling..." Before he could finish speaking, a general banner of embroidered clothes and guards came up and lifted his lapel, and slapped Zhao With golden stars in his eyes, he shouted after the beating, "Fuck you dare to speak hard, escort me outside and kneel down."

All the people in the hall were escorted to the front courtyard, and all the relatives and servants of the Zhao family had already knelt here, and several people were escorted to kneel in front of those people.From time to time, soldiers can be seen carrying out boxes full of gold, silver, jewelry, and antique calligraphy and paintings.

Zhao Xian just looked at it with angry eyes and gnashing teeth, and his heart was bleeding. These are all the wealth accumulated by their Zhao family for several generations.Suddenly, he heard the voices of the soldiers around him, "I have seen you." He hurriedly looked up, and saw the young imperial envoy, accompanied by two white-faced middle-aged men, walked into the yard.Zhao Xian hurriedly shouted, "Master Imperial Envoy, I have something to say." Seeing that he still dared to make noise, the nearby soldiers were about to beat him with the back of their sabers.

But I heard the imperial envoy say, "Bring him here." Two soldiers hurried forward, one carrying him and dragging him by the other.

Mu Xu had met Zhao Xian at the banquet the day he first came to Yangzhou. At that time, Mr. Zhao also behaved neither humble nor overbearing in front of him, an imperial envoy, with an extraordinary demeanor.Looking at his embarrassed appearance now, Mu Xu couldn't help sighing.He waved his hand to signal Zhao Xian to let go, and said with a smile, "Master Zhao, please stay safe."

Zhao Xian tried his best to stand upright, with an ugly smile on his face, "I don't know where Zhao offended the adults and made the adults go to war so much. As long as the adults can let our Zhao family go, the villain will offer it with his own heart. Let the adults down."

Hearing what he said, Mu Xu laughed loudly, motioned to the left and right, and then looked him up and down, "Master Zhao is really old, you don't even know where you offended me?"

Wang An smiled and said nothing, but Liu Hong said, "It's better to ask our family to find someone to wake up the old man so that he can remember it well."

(End of this chapter)