Zhao Yutu looked at Huo Zonghou and said word by word: "Order, Yanghe guards immediately lead troops to Qian's house, arrest Qian and others, and conduct a search of Qian's house."
"Yes." Huo Zonghou agreed loudly.
Zhao Yutu said: "Immediately execute the order. Let's go together with Jiao Xian Cheng. We will capture Qian Wanjun and take him to the prison to be held in solitary confinement."
Huo Zonghou and Jiao Yun, who had just arrived at Houya, left Houya again.
The two of them walked side by side towards the county government office.
"The officer in our county government office said that Su Naichen was arrested and now the Qian family is being searched. What happened?" Jiao Yun said to Huo Zonghou as he walked away.
Huo Zonghou said: "It is probably a matter of dividing the land. Su Naichen blatantly violated the military and administrative orders and colluded with the local gentry to fight against the policy of dividing the land. Now the proprietor has sent Mr. Zhao to arrest him."
"It was not the Qian family who colluded with Su Naichen to fight against the land allocation. Other families also did the same thing. Except for the Qi family who later surrendered, the remaining families did not cooperate in the land allocation." Jiao Yun said.
Huo Zonghou said: "Let's just obey the order. Don't think too much about other things. However, Su Naichen and the Qian family are finished. Director Yang came to Yanghewei before, and Mr. Zhao came to Yanghewei later. This shows the problem. serious."
"No, there must be other things going on here. Think about it, Director Yang didn't interfere with the land allocation when he came here. Instead, he left all the land allocation to you and me." Jiao Yun said thoughtfully. explain.
Huo Zonghou patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't think about it. Follow me back to the garrison first."
The two people came outside the Yamen, untied the reins from the horse posts, got on their horses, and returned to the garrison.
Yang Yuan only stayed in the garrison mansion for one day before leaving Yanghewei, and Zhao Yutu came to Yanghewei only after he left.
The two people walked one behind the other without meeting.
Huo Zonghou rushed to the gate of the garrison on horseback and said to the guard in front of the gate: "Send the order, the first squadron, the third squadron, the artillery team will bring a four-pounder gun and gather outside the gate of the garrison immediately."
The guards outside the gate of the garrison mansion hurriedly ran into the garrison mansion.
Soon, the sound of a copper whistle came from the garrison.
Groups of soldiers came to the street outside the gate of the garrison. After the soldiers of the two squadrons had assembled, the artillery crew rushed over pushing a four-pounder cannon.
"According to the order of Director Zhao, the Qian family of Yang Hewei was searched. Everyone will follow me to the Qian family immediately." Huo Zonghou rode his horse and walked in front.
Jiao Yun followed on horseback.
In addition to a few cavalrymen from the garrison, two squadrons of soldiers followed on foot, while the artillery crew and artillery carriage walked in front of the two squadrons of soldiers.
The large army of soldiers and horses walked on the street in great strength, and pedestrians and vehicles on the street avoided it early when they saw it.
Some people in the city saw this scene and ran to deliver letters to various wealthy families.
Huo Zonghou led his soldiers and horses to the door of Qian Wanjun's house and stopped.
"The Third Squadron surrounded the Qian family." Huo Zonghou waved his hand forward.
A third combat soldier squadron of more than a hundred people separated from the first combat soldier squadron and dared to go to the gates connecting the Qian family's residence to the outside.
"Artillery crew, push the four-pounder forward and blast open the door." After the third combat squadron entered the position, Huo Zonghou ordered the artillery crew he brought.
Several gunners pushed the four-pounder cannon to the front door of Qian's house.
The muzzle of the gun was aimed at the door of Qian's house. The gunner inserted the wedge and adjusted the shooting angle.
"Report, the artillery crew is ready." A gunner in the artillery crew said loudly.
"Shoot." Huo Zonghou ordered expressionlessly.
boom!
The gunner lit the match, and then the four-pounder made a loud noise, and the big tree of Qian's house that was heading was blown to pieces.
"The First Squadron goes in and arrests people." Huo Zonghou ordered the First Soldier Squadron beside him.
More than a hundred soldiers armed with rifles and bayonets rushed into Qian's house one after another.
Huo Zonghou and Jiao Yun were waiting outside the gate of Qian's house.
At this time, the entire street where the Qian family was located was deserted except for the people from the garrison mansion.
"What do you think the Qian family and Su Naichen did to make Mr. Zhao order their arrests as soon as they arrived?" Jiao Yun asked Huo Zonghou who was standing aside.
Huo Zonghou said: "We will find out when we catch him and take him to Mr. Zhao."
Not long after, soldiers from the First Soldier Squadron began to escort the Qian family members out of the yard, and soon cries and shouts could be heard throughout the streets.
"Report, no trace of Qian Wanjun was found in the Qian family." The captain of the First Soldier Squadron, who failed to capture the most important person in the Qian family, came to see Huo Zonghou.
Huo Zonghou's face darkened and he said, "Continue the search, I must find the person."
"Yes." The captain of the First Soldier Squadron once again led people into Qian's house to search.
Not long after the captain of the First Soldier Squadron left, the Third Soldier Squadron guarding the perimeter came over escorting several people.
"Report, we caught several servants of the Qian family who climbed over the wall and tried to escape." The Third Soldier Squadron escorted the people over.
Several of the people who were escorted over were wearing shorts worn by servants, and some even had patches on them.
"Raise your head." Huo Zonghou said to several people.
Several servants raised their heads one after another, but only one servant lowered his head and his body was trembling.
"It's you, raise your head." Huo Zonghou pointed to the servant who lowered his head.
However, the servant lowered his head and did not move.
"Dr. Qian, there's no need to hide anymore at this point, just raise your head!" Jiao Yun beside him suddenly spoke.
The servant who had always lowered his head slowly raised his head, looked at Jiao Yun and Huo Zonghou with a wry smile and said, "You two want to go to war over the matter of dividing the fields. Why do you need to go to war so much? I am willing to cooperate with the dividing of the fields."
"I want to divide the land now. Don't you think it's a little late, Boss Qian?" Jiao Yun snorted coldly.
Qian Wanjun smiled bitterly and said: "I am really willing to cooperate with you in allocating the fields. I was the one who persuaded Dongzhu Qi to go to the garrison mansion before. Even recently, the people from the county government have been allocating the fields in various places, and the Qian family has never stopped them." .”
"You don't need to tell me this. You know what Boss Qian has done. You don't need me to explain it here. Come on, please take him away and keep him alone. Don't let him come into contact with other prisoners." Jiao Yun said to Qian Wan who was escorting him. Jun said several soldiers who came over.
Qian Wanjun was taken away by several soldiers.
Jiao Yun turned his head and looked at Huo Zonghou and said, "Since Qian Wanjun has been caught, I will take him back to resume his duties first. It will be up to you, Huo Shoubei, to check the Qian family."
"Should we send some government servants from the county government? The Qian family is a well-known local family, and the family must have a lot of money. If the government officials come, it will be convenient to send it to the county government." Huo Zonghou said.
Jiao Yun thought for a while, shook his head slightly, and said: "It is better to send the checked items to the garrison first. I will decide how to arrange them after asking Mr. Zhao."
He still couldn't trust the people in the yamen for the time being, and he didn't dare to let the police in the yamen participate in the search of the Qian family.
