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Chapter 142: Capturing Yan Chong

Tian Da and Tian Er saw that the people in the warehouse were not in a hurry and probably not planning to leave. They also calculated their shift change time and prepared to wait until nightfall to go in and check the situation.

When the chief steward waited until noon, the carriage still hadn't arrived, so he immediately sent someone to inform Prefect Yan, and sent someone else to the city gate to check the situation.

"What? They haven't come back yet. Have you sent someone to check?"

"Sir, the chief steward has sent people to investigate. What should we do now?"

"Wait for news first, and send more people to the other side. If there is any change, we will transfer immediately tonight."

"Yes."

After receiving the order from the prefect, the chief steward sent more people to the suburbs.

"Tian Da, look, why are they here so suddenly? There are so many people and a carriage. Are they preparing to run away?"

"Let's wait and see. The adults' men should be back soon and may be heading our way."

"Are we just going to stand guard here? If they run away again, we'll have to wait again. Why don't we go in and light a fire to buy time?"

"Let's wait and see if there's any chance. There was a lot of goods when they were delivered yesterday. They should choose to leave after dark. It won't be dark in a few hours. Wait, don't be impatient."

Tian Da and his companions waited for a while and found that there were a few more carriages coming, and they were all exactly the same, with a lot of people following them.

"Tian Da, if they go in different directions, we might lose them easily. Let's just go in and set a fire."

"How do we get in? That's easy for you to say. There are so many of them."

Tian Da and his companions looked at the carriages coming, thinking that they must have a lot of stuff, but with so many carriages now, they didn't know if some of them would be empty. If they wanted to avoid getting lost, they had to have someone follow each carriage, but this would make it easy for them to be left behind.

Time passed little by little. Gao Xi and Tian Zhenwei split up. Gao Xi was going to take his men directly to the city to capture Prefect Yan. But now there was no other way. The general asked him to resolve the matter here as soon as possible and return. Now he had no time to waste with Yan, so he could only capture people first and collect evidence later.

The emperor is far away and the sky is high. Anyway, there is a lot of evidence that the other party has done evil, and there is plenty of time to make up for it.

Tian Zhenwei took a number of yamen runners to look for Tian Da in a detour, and planned to go into the warehouse tonight to find out what was going on. If it was really silver, they would arrest the person on the spot.

Soon after it got dark, the door of the warehouse opened and a number of carriages were pulled out. Two people stood beside them holding torches, ready to set off.

Suddenly a hail of arrows flew towards them.

"Be careful, move quickly, there is an enemy attack."

There was chaos at the entrance. Although they wanted to leave, Tian Da and his men kept shooting at the horses. The horses were startled and jumped up, throwing the people on the carriage out. Some were hit by the horse's head and tail, and others were trampled to death on the spot.

There were not many arrows left, and seeing that the enemy had lost their composure, Tian Da rushed out with his men, intending to harvest some heads, but he did not expect the enemy to react quickly and reorganize their team. They were ready to abandon the horse compartment and ride away.

But Tian Er reacted at this time, rushed forward and shot the horses of the first few that were about to jump directly in the belly. Before, they were reluctant to kill the horses and did not kill them, but now that they were about to run away, they showed no mercy.

The horse in front was startled, and the people behind turned their horses around, preparing to rush into the grass and run away.

At this time, Tian Zhenwei's men also arrived. Seeing that the enemy was fleeing in all directions, he gave an order and his men dispersed to chase the enemy. Although it was dark at night, they did not dismount and were easily discovered. Soon, Tian Zhenwei and his men took them all down with their advantage in numbers.

And with the previous experience, now I can just grab it and remove the chin.

"Brother Zhenwei, we've captured everyone, and the carriage is full of silver ingots." Tian Da and the others came over to report the situation.

"Okay, collect them all and take them back to the county government office."

On the other side, Gao Xi led his men into the city and went straight to the government office.

"Sir, it's bad. Lord Du Wei, who is beside General Li Yun, has arrived. He has broken in with his men." The servant immediately ran to Prefect Yan to report.

"This is ridiculous. The people down there are just eating for free. How can we let them in like this? Where are the others? Go get some help."

"Sir, they used a trick to enter the city. Now they have reached the main hall and are letting you pass through."

"This villain is not going to let me deal with him. Even if he is General Li Yun's man, I will write a memorial to the court to report them."

Before Prefect Yan could finish showing off his power, Gao Xi's men came in and dragged the man out. This scared Prefect Yan. It was the first time he saw someone dare to do this to him. But now there was no one around to help him, so he didn't dare to be too arrogant. He could only bravely scold him.

"How dare you! I am an official appointed by the imperial court. Whatever you want to do to me, you must not disrespect me."

The soldiers refused to listen and directly dragged the prefect to the main hall.

"You are so bold, Yan Chong! How dare you privately mine silver and fund the rebels." As soon as Prefect Yan came in, Gao Xi convicted him.

This made Prefect Yan feel guilty, because the batch of silver mines he seized was indeed used to fund the rebels of the court. But how did the news spread so quickly? The rebels haven't even reached Jiangnan yet, so how did they know about him?

But even if it was true, Prefect Yan would not admit it easily.

"Sir, you are kidding. I don't have the ability to support the rebels. You are also stationed in the North. You should know that our North is poor and there are few people. How can we spare the energy to open a mine? If there really is a silver mine, I will report it to the court immediately. How dare I mine it privately? Please don't accuse me without evidence."

"Well, how do you explain the large amount of silver that was found in your house?"

"What? How could it be possible? Are you kidding me, sir? How could there be any silver in my house?"

Hearing Gao Xi talking about silver, Yan Chong became more frightened. His silver was hidden in the wall of his room. How could they know it? Yan Chong thought about it and guessed that Gao Xi must be cheating him, so he calmed down.

"Sir, I was told that I had hidden some silver. Please give it to me, or I will not obey you."

"Oh, you mean, as long as I can pay you, you will accept it, right?"

"Hmph, of course." Yan Chong was certain that Gao Xi had no silver in his hands, and he was naturally disdainful in his heart. Suddenly, he thought of the silver car that he had not received today, and was shocked again, but he still pretended to be calm.

Now it's a gamble. As long as the money is not in their hands, I still have a chance. I can directly sue them in the court.

"Okay, come here, bring the silver up."

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