The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Lin Yun was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. This guy's movements were so fast that he didn't even have time to dodge.

At the critical moment, Xiao Mo rushed out from behind him and swung his sword to block the steel knife in Scarface's hand.

It's a pity that his strength is not enough, the sword in his hand was chopped off by the steel knife.

Scarface raised his foot and kicked Xiao Mo away, and the round knife slashed at Lin Yun again.

Taking advantage of Xiao Mo's opportunity to block him, Lin Yun had already torn off the cloth covering the flintlock gun, raised the muzzle, and aimed at the scar-faced man's chest to pull the trigger.

The man with the scar face was shocked when he saw this, he hurriedly dodged to dodge, but the two of them were too close, and they still couldn't dodge the shot after all.

There was a bang, and a puddle of blood appeared on the chest of the scar-faced man.He stretched out his hand to cover his chest, stared blankly at Lin Yun and asked, "What kind of firearm is this?"

"This firearm is killing you."

As soon as Lin Yun finished speaking, the scar-faced man fell backwards.

Chapter 126: Killing and Killing

Lin Yun shot the scar-faced man to death, 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 the soldiers to rush to the dock and join the battle group.

As more and more reinforcements from the officers and soldiers gathered, the morale of the guards in the villa quickly collapsed when they saw this scene.

Seeing that the overall situation had been settled, Lin Yun felt relieved. He found a prisoner and asked him about the identity of the scar-faced man.In the end, it was learned that this was the housekeeper of the Bai family, a great salt merchant.

After seizing the courtyard gate, Hu Xiangyi immediately ordered the Green Willow Villa to be surrounded, 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 fighting with red faces, when suddenly there was a sound of killing outside, and then there was another sound of firecrackers.

Lu Zhuoyuan hurriedly stood up and shouted to the door: "Come here."

A guard ran in and said anxiously: "President, the officers and soldiers have 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 came out with a flintlock gun in his hand, and smiled at the salt merchants, "Everyone came here quite well."

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

However, he still forced himself to be calm, stepped forward to Lin Yun and cupped his hands and said, "Excuse me, sir, what is your name? Why did you bring someone into my Zhuangzi?"

Lin Yun looked at Lu Zhuoyuan, and felt that this person 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 person is your brother?"

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

Lin Yun straightened his face and said: "Whoever is joking with you, you, a private salt dealer, are worthy of joking with me."

Lu Zhuoyuan said angrily: "Don't try to bully others too much, I am Lu Zhuoyuan, the president of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, not some private salt dealer."

"Really? Then what are you guys doing here? You can't be talking about Fengyue."

Lu Zhuoyuan: "We are discussing this year's new salt distribution plan, do you think so?"

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

"Really? The new salt hasn't been released yet, and you start to worry about this important matter. I think the two Huai salt patrol envoys let Mr. Lu do it well."

Lu Zhuoyuan: "My lord is joking,"

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

Lin Yun was taken aback when he heard the words, "So many salt merchants are sitting here just to share the three thousand shi private salt, is it possible?"

Seeing this, Lu Zhuoyuan rushed to Hu Xiangyi and said, "General, we store official salt in our warehouse, 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 the salt."

Lin Yun asked Hu Xiangyi, "What about the silver, how many taels 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, I don't believe that this private salt and silver can fly away."

"Yes."

Hu Xiangyi agreed and hurried out again.

...

Lin Yun turned around and smiled at the salt merchants: "Hand over the dirty money for buying private salt, so that I won't let someone rough you up and hurt your peace."

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: "Young master, they are all~"

Before he finished speaking, Lin Yun raised his hand and raised the gun, and pulled the trigger towards 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 smuggler of private salt. If I don't have evidence, would I come to copy your manor?"

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

Lin Yun continued to stuff the flintlock with bullets, and at the same time raised his head and smiled at the salt merchant: "My firearm is newly made, and its accuracy is not very good. Who of you is willing to stand up and let me try this firearm?" Accurate head?"

An obese salt merchant was the first to be unable to carry it anymore. He reached out and took out a cloth package from his pocket and handed it to the table in front of Lin Yun, crying sadly, "Master, all my bank notes are here."

Lin Yun reached out to take the package, opened it and saw that it was all 500 taels of silver bills, about dozens of them.

He nodded in satisfaction and said, "I'll pretend you haven't been here today, you can go."

The fat salt merchant was overjoyed when he heard the words, he saluted Lin Yunshen, and then ran out the door quickly.

Another sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked salt merchant ran over, took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, handed them to the table in front of Lin Yun, and said respectfully: "My lord, these are the banknotes of the villain, and they are all here. "

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

The man hurriedly said: "The villain has limited financial resources, so he only brought so many bank notes."

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

"Yes."

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

The man shouted anxiously: "Young Master, calm down, I still have bank notes with me, and I voluntarily hand them over."

Lin Yun said coldly: "Bring it back."

When the soldiers dragged the skinny salt merchant back, Lin Yun said coldly, "If you dare to play tricks with me again, I will have your leg stomped off first."

"Don't dare, the villain will never dare again."

While speaking, the skinny salt merchant took off his fur cloak, tore off the corners of the clothes on both sides, took out two stacks of banknotes from inside, and placed them on the table in front of Lin Yun.

Lin Yun took it and counted it, and there were more than 6 taels of silver bills.

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

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

Lin Yun: "However, you lied to me before, so you must be punished. Someone will drag him down and beat him with [-] boards before letting him go."

"Yes."

Xiao Mo beckoned two soldiers, dragged the skinny salt merchant down to beat the board,

The rest of the salt merchants all turned pale with fright, and they didn't dare to play any more tricks, so they obediently handed over the bank notes hidden on their bodies.

In the end, Lin Yun counted the total number of silver notes, and there were 43 taels of silver notes.

He weighed the silver bills in his hand and smiled at Lu Zhuoyuan: "They brought so many silver bills, is it just for the three thousand shi private salt in your warehouse?"

Lu Zhuoyuan looked at him and asked, "Do you know how much trouble you have made?"

Lin Yun smiled and said, "You mean the backer behind you is hard?"

Lu Zhuoyuan: "Since you know it, you still dare to act recklessly. Aren't you afraid of death?"

Lin Yun said with a smile: "At this hour, the White Mansion must have been surrounded by the officers and soldiers, and your big backer may not escape."

Lu Zhuoyuan panicked and said, "Lin Ruhai wants to copy the Bai family?"

"Yes. Not only the Bai family, but all officials involved in this case will be arrested. "

Lu Zhuoyuan sat down on the ground, muttering to himself: "Crazy, crazy, Lin Ruhai is a crazy."

Lin Yun: "Hurry up and hand over your private salt, maybe I can 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 again: "You want me to hand over my private salt, you are dreaming."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Xiangyi led Zhong Yi in, and said to Lin Yun, "My lord, I found the private salt, and it was Brother Zhong who found it."

Lu Zhuoyuan said in shock: "This is impossible."

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

"You, you, how do you know?"

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "Go, take me to see, 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 rich.

Hu Xiangyi looked excited, if he could find the bank, he would be able to follow suit.

Seeing those people happily running to search the property that he had painstakingly hidden, Lu Zhuoyuan suddenly felt as if a knife was piercing his heart, and all thoughts were lost.

At this moment, a fat figure quietly appeared, and quickly knocked out the two soldiers who stayed behind to watch.

Lu Zhuoyuan saw the person coming, and immediately said pleasantly: "Du Ruo, did Hui Niang ask you to save me?"