The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Feng Ziying hurriedly asked: "Where did you buy it? I want to play with one too."

Lin Yun said with a smile: "The Shenji Battalion led by your father will be equipped with this kind of flintlock gun. You will find him in the future."

"Really? Let me play for a while."

Lin Yun raised his hand and threw the flintlock to Feng Ziying, saying, "You can play, don't let me break it."

"Will not."

Feng Ziying hugged the flintlock gun and started to play with it like a curious baby.

Lin Yun walked to the bow of the boat, and asked Hu Xiangyi who was looking into the distance: "Brother Hu, how far is it from Green Willow Villa?"

Hu Xiangyi: "There is only a dozen miles of waterway, and we can get there in half an hour."

Lin Yun: "I heard that there are dozens of guards in the villa, how long do you think it will take to get in?"

Hu Xiangyi: "It's hard to say, I don't know the state of defense in the villa, so let's play by ear."

Feng Ziying walked over with a flintlock gun in his arms and said, "We are the officers and soldiers. No matter how courageous the guards are, they wouldn't dare to fight the officers and soldiers."

Lin Yun: "It's hard to say. Selling illegal salt is a felony, and they might take risks."

Hu Xiangyi: "I'm afraid of him. I have five hundred elite soldiers in my hand. Even if I pile them up, I can kill them."

Feng Ziying: "That's right, if you can't win the fight, let's just disband."

Lin Yun said speechlessly: "What nonsense are you talking about? If the army is disbanded, you will ask Brother Hu to be a naked guerrilla?"

"Hey hey hey."

Hu Xiangyi turned his head and glanced in the direction of Yangzhou City, and said, "I don't know if Lord Lin and General Dong have activated it?"

Lin Yun: "It's still early, I guess we have to wait for those officials to drink too much before arresting them, so it will be easier."

After a pause, Lin Yun said again: "Let's not worry about them, taking down the Green Willow Villa is a great achievement for you."

Hu Xiangyi was amused when he heard that, he is now a guerrilla, and if he is promoted to another level, he will be a general.

At this moment, Feng Ziying raised his flintlock and pointed forward: "There is a small boat ahead."

Lin Yun looked closely and saw that there was indeed a small boat moving forward slowly.

Feng Ziying: "What should we do now? Should we wait for them to go far before we move forward?"

Hu Xiangyi: "I can't wait. If you wait a little longer, there will be more variables. Go after him, catch him on the boat, and take care of him first."

Lin Yun agreed: "Brother Hu is right, but if you are late, things will change. We can't wait."

Hu Xiangyi immediately ordered the fleet to speed up and catch up to the front.

The boat was still moving forward unhurriedly, and as it got closer, Lin Yun found that there were only four people on the opposite boat, except for one oarsman, there were only three people left.

When the ship got closer, Lin Yun found that there was someone on the ship whom he knew. It was Dong Quanyou, the concubine of the Dong family, a large salt merchant, whom he met outside when he first went to Meixiang Tower.

Lin Yun thought to himself: "How could Dong Quanyou appear here? Could it be that he is also involved in selling illegal salt."

Thinking of this, he raised his hand and shouted to the opposite boat: "Isn't this Mr. Dong? What a coincidence."

Hearing the sound, Dong Quanyou looked at the big boat, he didn't seem to remember who Lin Yun was, he cupped his hands and smiled at Lin Yun, "May I ask who is Xiongtai?"

"My surname is Lin Mingyun, and I was fortunate enough to meet you once in the Meixiang Tower."

Only then did Dong Quanyou remember. He looked at Lin Yun in confusion, wondering how he could stay with a group of officers and soldiers.

Lin Yun said again: "Mr. Dong, the boat is dangerous. You should come to our boat. I'll let someone pick you up."

Dong Quanyou hurriedly said: "Thank you for your kindness, we will be there soon, don't bother everyone."

"No trouble, no trouble."

Lin Yun responded to Feng Ziying's order, "Ziying, take Feng Xi with you, and Feng Hao go down and invite Mr. Dong and his friends up."

"Ok."

Feng Ziying quickly ran to the side of the boat with two entourages, ordered a boat to be lowered, and sailed towards Dong Quanyou's boat.

Dong Quanyou said anxiously: "Don't come here, we don't need your escort."

Feng Ziying picked up the flintlock gun, aimed it at Dong Quanyou and threatened, "Don't move, be careful that my firecracker goes off."

"Uh,"

Dong Quanyou was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he begged repeatedly: "I won't move, I won't move, don't point at me with that, be careful."

Lin Yun was secretly happy when he saw this, Feng Ziying was really a ghost, he took a flintlock gun without gunpowder and bullets, and captured those three alive.

Chapter 125: Killing You

Feng Ziying brought Dong Quanyou and others onto the big boat to meet Lin Yun.

In order to prevent the three from colluding, Lin Yun asked Hu Xiangyi to interrogate the three separately.

As he expected, all three of them were going to the Green Willow Villa, and Dong Quanyou was the middleman who introduced the two to sell private salt for profit.

Seeing this, Lin Yun had an idea, and he suggested to Hu Xiangyi that he send a few people to follow Dong Quanyou into the Green Willow Villa, seize the courtyard gate by force, and cover the brigade of soldiers rushing into the villa.

After hearing this, Feng Ziying agreed very much, and offered to take someone to seize the door.

Naturally, Lin Yun didn't dare to agree to let him take risks, not to mention that he had made a promise to Feng Kang, Feng Ziying's familiar face alone was not suitable for sneak attacks and door snatching.

The last few people agreed.Lin Yun led Xiao Mo, Feng Xi, and Feng Hao to pretend to be private salt dealers, and escorted Dong Quanyou to open the gate of the courtyard.

...

As soon as everyone finished discussing, the fleet had already sailed to a river bay. After crossing the river bay in front, there was an island in the middle of the river. There was a simple pier built on the island, and the Green Willow Villa was built on the pier to facilitate the entry and exit of goods.

Lin Yun filled the flintlock with gunpowder and bullets, and wrapped it in cloth.They escorted Dong Quanyou to stand on the bow of the boat, Xiao Mo acted as a servant, Feng Xi and Feng Hao acted as salt dealers, and several soldiers acted as guards, a total of seven or eight people went to seize the door.

Hu Xiangyi and Feng Ziying led more than a dozen young and strong soldiers, transferred to two small boats, and hung them behind as a backup for several people.

After the boat sailed into the pier, Lin Yun poked Dong Quanyou with a flintlock gun and said, "Mr. Dong, think it over for me. Help us capture the Green Willow Villa. I'll spare your life. Otherwise, it's up to you alone." Selling private salt is a felony, and your Dong family will play with you."

Dong Quanyou hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I will try my best to help you."

"That's good, let's be more natural later, don't be seen by others."

"Ok."

When the boat approached the pier, Lin Yun found that there were still several boats docked here, presumably other private salt dealers had arrived one step ahead of time.

Before the boat docked, two young men who looked like guards came over to investigate.

Presumably those two people also knew Dong Quanyou, and one of them greeted him with a smile: "Second Master Dong, how many merchants are you bringing today?"

Dong Quanyou: "Three, three merchants want to come over to buy a batch of goods today."

"Then you guys have to be quicker. There were quite a few merchants who came over yesterday, and they have almost already divided the bulk of the business."

Lin Yun pretended to be anxious and said: "Second Master, let's go there quickly, if we are late, we will run for nothing."

Dong Quanyou hurriedly said, "Okay."

Lin Yun cursed in his heart, this guy can't even act, and he doesn't know if he did it on purpose.

After going ashore, he took out a few silver picks from his pocket and threw them at the two guards. He deliberately threw them a little crookedly.The two men didn't catch it, and immediately squatted on the ground looking for the silver pickle.

Lin Yun quickly poked Dong Quanyou's back with a flintlock, signaling him to leave quickly.

Dong Quanyou quickened his pace and led several people across the pier towards a large courtyard.

Outside the courtyard gate, several people met several patrolling guards, and let them pass without even questioning.

Lin Yun thought to himself, luckily he met Dong Quanyou, otherwise these two tests would be difficult.

Several people came to the gate of the manor, where the guards were much stricter, and there were six Zhuang Ding with knives, watching them covetously.

Before a few people approached, a small leader ran over with his hand on the handle of the knife, and asked Dong Quanyou, "Second Master Dong, why did you bring so many people?"

Dong Quanyou hurriedly said: "Not many, just three salt merchants, and the rest are their followers."

The little boss continued: "Salt merchants can go in, but followers and guards must stay outside."

"This~"

Dong Quanyou looked at Lin Yun, not knowing how to make a decision.

Lin Yun glanced behind him and saw that the boats of Hu Xiangyi and Feng Ziying hadn't come over yet, so he had to wait a little longer before making a move.

After he figured it out, he took out a few silver locks from his pocket, handed them to the little boss, and said with a smile: "One more question, how many merchants have come here, can we still get the goods?"

The little leader took the silver box and said with a smile: "There are plenty of goods. The president said that as long as you have silver, you can just come and pick up the goods. As for how many merchants have come, please forgive me for not being able to tell."

Lin Yun said again: "Can you let the entourage we brought in to have a rest and have a cup of tea?"

The little boss pointed at the east corner gate and said, "Let them go in there. Someone will take care of them."

Lin Yun became anxious when he heard that, if the two sides were separated, it would be a fart.

He cursed in his heart, this Hu Xiangyi is too annoying, why didn't he come.

Just as he was anxiously trying to find an excuse to delay the time, he suddenly saw two people walking out of the courtyard door, and one of the scar-faced men saw so many people standing outside the door, and immediately frowned and said, "Da Zhu, How is this going?"

The little boss said hurriedly: "Butler Bai, they are the salt merchants brought by Mr. Dong Er."

"Oh,"

The man with the scar face looked at Dong Quanyou and asked, "Second Master Dong, why do these people have such a strange face?"

Dong Quanyou panicked and said: "Steward Bai, they are new salt merchants I know, I will bring them here today to explore the way."

"newcomer?"

Butler Bai looked at the people carefully, and when he saw Lin Yun, his expression changed drastically, and he pointed at Lin Yun and shouted, "He's not a salt merchant, catch him."

Lin Yun's heart tightened when he heard this, he couldn't figure out how that guy would recognize him.

However, he had no time to think about it, and immediately ordered: "Do it."

Feng Xi and Feng Hao had grown impatient for a long time, they drew steel knives from the soldiers beside them, and slashed forward.

Lin Yun shouted loudly: "We are the officers and soldiers who hunted down private salt dealers, who would dare~"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the man with the scar face rushing towards him at some point, slashing at him with a knife.

Lin Yun hurriedly dodged sideways, but with a twist of the opponent's wrist, the blade swept across and cut towards him from the waist.