In Chen Zilong's worries, in Xu Du's gnashing of teeth against Yao Sundi, Yang Chao led the army up the mountain.

Although Xu Du led the way, Yang Chao was still cautious, letting the soldiers line up in an array and march step by step.

The 100-zhang long mountain road took half an hour to reach the mountain at noon.

Ziwei Mountain Village, or directly called Xujia Village, because the Xu family lives here.

Two hundred meters in front of the village, there is a boat-shaped low hill that seems to swim in the east-west direction, and there is a small stream flowing in the same direction through the north and south sides of the boat, and there is an ancient camphor tree at the back of the boat that is said to be a penny of the boat. The boat-shaped low mountain is like a near screen, like a distant barrier. There is a turtle-shaped low mountain behind the village, it is a back seat Jinping, it is said that this is a female turtle, and it is a dynamic to climb from south to north. There is also a turtle-like low hill on the southeast side of Baidun, which is a male turtle that is also swimming northward. There is a small stream flowing north and south to the east of the two turtle mountains. Therefore, people are called Sheung Shui Wuzhu (turtle), and say that the "female Zhu" is courting the "male Zhu" and trying her best to catch up.

The locals say that "the female Zhu drives the male Zhu, and the book is produced from generation to generation." ”

Just looking at this terrain, Yang Chao couldn't help but marvel, this is a top feng shui treasure for the big clan, but what Yang Chao saw was indeed a dangerous place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, fortunately he didn't turn his face with Xu Du, if he attacked it, he would lose a lot of people if he didn't make it.

These hills outside alone are the best places for ambushes, and Yang Chao did see a figure swaying on the mountain.

"Someone, prepare the artillery!"

Yang Chao immediately ordered to stop the advance and let the artillery prepare for the shelling.

Hu Quan excitedly shouted orders, he has never been given a chance, since he became an artillery commander, he has trained artillery every day, and now he has trained 200 gunners, of course, the level may not be very high. But it is enough to manipulate the Tiger Squat Cannon.

Immediately, twenty tiger squat cannons that had made great achievements in Haizhou began to approach the hill.

Xu Du was shocked: "Lord Yang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Yang Chao snorted coldly: "Xu Du, you still said that you would be caught." But to set up an ambush on this mountain, is it because he wants to design and earn his own officials? ”

Xu Du shouted: "My lord misunderstood. These are all members of the family, and they are once again guarding against thieves. ”

Yang Chao snorted: "Then am I a thief?" ”

Xu Du was already in a cold sweat, he was usually a master who was not afraid of heaven and earth, but when he saw Yang Chao's army, he still knew very well in his heart that resisting was equivalent to death.

Xu Du's throat moved, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and begged for mercy: "Then what do the adults say?" ”

Yang Chao snorted: "Let these stupid things roll down." Otherwise, the official will bombard them with artillery! ”

Xu Du was already a little confused, and after thinking about it for a long time along the way, he always felt that it was a very wrong decision to let Yang Chao go up the mountain, but it was difficult to ride a tiger at this point, and it was better to cooperate.

So he immediately stepped forward and shouted: "All stupid things, get down for Lao Tzu, hurry up!" ”

Under Xu Du's shouting, soon the family members on the hill in front of him ran down one by one. They all had weapons in their hands, not weapons, of course, but clubs and hoes. It looks like Xu Du really said, they don't have weapons.

Yang Chao nodded: "Xu Du, it seems that the official has misunderstood, they don't have weapons in their hands, but the official is making a big fuss, let them follow behind, but don't approach the military formation, so as not to misunderstand." ”

Xu Du nodded hurriedly, and then went to make arrangements.

Xu Du's people followed behind Yang Chao's army formation. But the distance is about 20 zhang.

Only then did Yang Chao march towards the Xu family.

Sure enough, it is a magnificent manor.

From the outside, the pine and cypress inside the high wall are green. It's very meaningful.

And one after another the buildings are connected together, and a street market is formed in the middle. It's better to say it's a family house, but it's a small city.

In fact, this is just the mansion of the three clans of the Xu family, which can't help but be reminiscent of Ning Rong's second mansion in the dream of the Red Mansion.

The whole building has three main longitudinal axes of left, middle and right, and the center is Xu Honggang's "Shangshudi", which is six before and after; The left is Xu Honglun's "doctor", and the right is Xu Hongji's "general", each of which is five before and after.

Yang Chao led the troops straight to the central Shangshudi, and at the same time ordered Wang Pu and many men to lead the troops into the Dafu and the General respectively, and had already secretly instructed them to close the four doors as soon as they entered, collect the weapons of the family, and then invite the old people in each room to Yang Chao in Shangshudi.

"My lord, don't disturb your family!"

Xu Du stepped forward and pleaded at this time.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Xu Du, don't worry, this official believes in the Xu family." ”

Then he gave an order to the soldiers: "Order, anyone who harasses female dependents will be killed!" ”

The soldiers on the left and right responded, and there was a decent order, but in fact, they didn't give the order, and no one dared, where are the military regulations.

Xu Du took Yang Chao in with confidence, but he watched the soldiers in iron armor follow him in, and his heart was always unsteady.

"Lord Yang, this is a gift from the Holy Heaven!"

The first entrance has five bays and two passageway side doors that lead directly to the back hall, and there is a door with a width of nearly one zhang in the central bright room, and there are drum stones on both sides of the gate, which are placed on the Sumeru seat and are five feet high. The capitals of all rooms are scrolled and painted.

There is a vertical plaque on the top of the Daming gate in the middle, and the golden words of "Holy Decree Heavenly Grace Preservation Same" are written on it.

Chen Zilong pointed to the plaque on it and told Yang Chao respectfully.

Yang Chao couldn't help sneering in his heart, at this time, this Chen Zilong was still using the emperor to suppress himself, didn't he want the Xu family to rebel with the emperor so glorious, but it was a kind of irony for him to exonerate the Xu family.

Yang Chao nodded and admired the plaque, which was given by Emperor Chongzhen more than ten years ago, and he probably wouldn't have thought that such a family would rebel.

Yang Chao ignored it and walked straight forward.

"My lord, the front is the back hall, and they are all written about women!"

After passing through the courtyards and gates, Yang Chao sent soldiers to guard each gate, and at the same time drove the family members outside, Xu Du could only grit his teeth and cooperate.

Finally arrived at the back hall, and the Xu family's family members were basically kicked out of the house, and only Yang Chao's people were left inside.

There are wings on both sides, and there are not seventy or eighty large rooms in the number, all of which are the residences of the subordinates, but the subordinates have been temporarily thrown out.

"Okay, let's go here, I won't go to the inner hall."

Yang Chao smiled and sold Xu Du a face.

Then he said, "Xu Du." Please ask the old people of the Xu family to come out and talk, if the search is too disturbing, it will be good for the official to ask them. ”

Xu couldn't help but be overjoyed. You don't even need to search, just ask a few words. immediately ran to invite someone, and it was very strange that this time Yao Sundi did not object, but showed a cold look, which made Chen Zilong worry.

Yang Chao asked his subordinates to clean out these wings, set up the tables, and close the windows.

Soon, with the cooperation of Xu Du, the descendants and elders of the three families of Shangshu and General Hao Doctor were invited, and they all had big bellies. Panting to the last courtyard of Shang Shudi.

Then they were invited to the wing room one by one, and Xu Du was blocked out of the door.

Yang Chao started from the first wing room near the inner courtyard and walked in.

"Master Xu, be well!"

When he went in, he saluted an old man in his forties and fifties, Yang Chao looked very polite, anyway, they were all surnamed Xu, and they were all patriarchs of each room, and they called the old man right.

The first Master Xu politely replied: "I can see Lord Yang in the past." ”

Yang Chao invited him to sit down, and said with a smile: "I heard that the Xu family has hidden a lot of good things, and I heard that there is a cellar of silver!" ”

The first old man Xu immediately pulled down his face: "Lord Yang must have heard it wrong." There are more than 1,000 people in the Xu family, and the ordinary expenses are very large, and the government is heavily exploited. Food and clothing have to be frugal, where can there be silver cellars. ”

Yang Chao sighed: "This is explained by your Xu family, since Master Xu refuses to say, he can only ask the people next to him, but Master Xu must seize the opportunity, the Xu family rebelled this time, it is to connect the nine clans, and the silver will be raided sooner or later, and it is better to give it to others than to give it to the official." It's okay for the official to take it and suppress the bandits. ”

The first master Xu didn't answer, and his face was turned to the side. Nor do they speak.

Yang Chao said: "Okay, since Master Xu refuses to cooperate. Then you have to ask Master Xu next to you, if he says it, Master Xu, you won't have a chance. ”

After speaking, he raised his feet and walked over there, leaving the first old man uneasy.

A total of more than ten long houses of the Xu family were invited, and after walking around, none of them admitted it, which Yang Chao had already thought of.

After turning around, I came to the first master Xu.

"Someone has already explained the three silver cellars, Master Xu, do you still refuse to say?"

As soon as Yang Chao finished speaking, without waiting for the first master Xu to answer, suddenly a military general pushed the door in.

He shouted loudly: "Annoying, my lord, the old man next door refuses to explain, what should I do?" ”

Yang Chao snorted: "Toast without eating and drinking, go and cut it!" ”

The general nodded and strode out.

Yang Chao began to be silent, knowing that there was a pig-killing cry next door, and soon a military general walked in with a bloody knife.

"Did you kill it?"

"Kill!"

"Really?"

"It's his, I'm cut off!"

After speaking, the military general still had one ear on the ground.

When the first old man saw that ear, he immediately vomited nauseously and trembled all over.

Then Yang Chao asked with a pleasant face: "Master Xu, you are aware of current affairs, why bother people to die for money." How many silver cellars do you know? ”

The first Master Xu trembled and said: "My lord Mingjian, there are really not as many as three, there is only one, only one." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Yang Chao carefully.

Yang Chao nodded with satisfaction: "Then may I ask where Master Xu is." ”

The first old man swallowed his saliva painfully, and then said in frustration: "Under the Wannian cypress under the west wall of the women's hall." ”

Yang Chao immediately called one of his subordinates, told him the location, and asked him to dig it.

Then he got up and patted the first Master Xu: "Master Xu is really a wise person." However, the official doesn't like to tell lies, if someone says more than Master Xu, don't blame the official for borrowing your head to make meritorious contributions. This official is also very difficult, at most he can save one family, and there are more than ten of your Xu family. ”

After speaking, he walked out, and let the first master continue to tremble.

After going out, I asked a few of my officers, and they all forced them to find out where one or two silver cellars were buried, and they all went to excavate.

It was soon confirmed that three of them were true.

After learning the details, Yang Chao went to the house of the first master Xu again.

"Master Xu, you are dishonest, there are obviously three, but you say one. There is one under the rockery of Yiyantang, there is one hidden under the third Shangshu workshop, and there is also one under the Wannian Baixia you said. But you only said one, and some people said two. So your head was borrowed by the official. ”

After speaking, he slowly began to draw the knife, and the waist knife rubbed against the scabbard to make a piercing sound, and the first old man's body trembled even more.

Who said that people are not afraid of death when they are old, the older they are, the more afraid of death, and it is this kind of rich and noble family, they are even more afraid of death, and those who are really not afraid of death are those who are poor and have nothing to eat, and those people are not afraid of death when they are old, and they are not too afraid of death when they are young.

The first master Xu suddenly shouted: "My lord, Xiaomin remembered, remembered." There is also one under the dismount stone of the doctor. ”

Yang Chao nodded and put away the knife, but he was quite embarrassed: "You just said one, plus this now, there are two." But it can't keep your family from dying. ”

At this time, the first master Xu looked at Yang Chao, and suddenly came to a trace of courage: "Can the adults really protect my family?" ”

Yang Chao said: "This official dares to make a written note!" ”

The first master Xu said: "Okay, if the adults make a note, the little people can still think of a few." ”

"That's easy!"

Yang Chao said, took the pen and ink that had been prepared next to him, and wrote a letter of guarantee, guaranteeing with his military merits that "Xu Cheng's family is not involved in the Xu Capital Rebellion".

After taking the life-saving documents, the first master Xu immediately confessed everything he knew, and said a total of ten places where the silver was hidden.

While Yang Chao asked people to dig, he went to several other rooms and went around, telling those people that he had found where he was, and deceived them, but there was no other gain, and it was confirmed many times that the Xu family only had ten places to hide silver.

There are four in the Shangshu section, and three each in the Dafu and General sections.

When he got up, he found that each silver cellar contained 100,000 taels of silver, and ten silver cellars were 1 million taels.

made Yang Chao gasp, these wealthy families are really rich.

After carefully judging the words of the five honest Xu family rooms, their family really only has these ten silver cellars with silver, which are used for emergencies, and there are really no more.

A large pile of silver was lifted up, and boxes were piled up in the courtyard outside, exuding a cold sheen.

Xu Du was already completely panicked, and it was too late to resist at this time, because he had already been guarded by dozens of ironclad elite soldiers.

Chen Zilong's face was blue, this was robbing the people's wealth, and he trembled with anger.

But Yang Chao said to him with a smile: "Lord Chen, these wealthy families are really rich, I don't know where this money comes from?" ”

Chen Zilong snorted coldly and didn't speak, he was also from a big family, and Yang Chao's behavior at this time made him feel like a rabbit died and a fox was sad.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Lord Chen, don't be impatient, tomorrow the Japanese official will continue to interrogate!" ”

This money is not Yang Chao's main purpose, after using the prisoner psychology of separate interrogation to make them speak, Yang Chao will ask about the really important things, as long as they open their mouths, there is no need to hide them.

Yang Chao planned to detain the thirteen family rooms in the wing room overnight and retry them the next day, while his own soldiers ordered them to enter the Xu family's kitchen to get food first. (To be continued...... ）。