Xi Siquan's confidence in the whole court is not the organized business gangs and thugs in front of him.

In addition, there are 1,000 soldiers of the governor's standard battalion, who are ready to go behind the streets on both sides of the river.

As long as a conflict breaks out outside Fengqiao, the governor's personal soldiers will use the pretext of quelling the chaos to take Lin Tailai directly on the spot!

If possible, all the minions involved in the conflict will be wiped out.

The governor will then be forced to deal with the culprits severely under the "pressure" of the merchants' strike.

At the beginning, Lin Tailai was very disrespectful to Governor Wei, don't think that Governor Wei was forced by the situation at that time, so he could really swallow his anger.

The governor is not a civilian official without military power, and there are thousands of standard battalion officers and soldiers under him, and he is the most combat-effective armed force in Suzhou City.

With the support of Governor Wei, Xi Siquan had a positive grasp of Lin Tailai.

After a while, a slave of the Xi family noticed something unusual, and hurriedly reported to Xi Siquan:

"Sir! At present, no people and horses of forest thieves have been found, and it seems that most of the people at the scene are ours! ”

Xi Siquan stood on the bridge and took a closer look, and his heart was also puzzled.

I've always heard that the Lin community is preparing for the welcome ceremony with great fanfare, why is there no trace of the other party today?

It is not excluded that there are minions of the Lin Society in the crowd, but there is indeed no sign of any assembly.

If the other side does not come, it will not be easy for a large-scale conflict to break out.

Could it be that Lin Tailai is not coming back today? It can't be either!

Previously, Lin Tailai had posted big-character posters all over the streets and alleys, publicly announcing that he would return to the city today with the glory of Xie Yuan Wukui.

It is impossible to break his promise by slapping himself in the face, unless Lin Tailai does not want credibility and image.

If Lin Tailai does not appear today, he will only be considered afraid, which will be a huge blow to the prestige of the rivers and lakes.

It is impossible for a vain person like Lin Tailai to tolerate himself being looked down upon by others!

The slave suggested: "The forest thieves have always been cunning and cunning, and since the enemy is not moving, should we not move?" ”

After Sith had taken it all over, he made up his mind and said, "Let's move on with the same change!" ”

Although there are strange things, the arrow is ready to fly, and it has to be sent.

After organizing so many people and launching a large-scale call for a break and a boycott, you can't be frightened into retreating, then you will be embarrassed and thrown home.

In any case, since you are standing here, you can only stick to the established path.

Looking ahead and vacillating is a taboo for soldiers!

Maybe Lin Tailai just realized the crisis, so he made a trick and put up an empty plan.

When Xi Siquan was constantly thinking about and checking for any omissions, he suddenly heard someone shouting, "It's coming!" ”

He looked up, and saw boats coming from the canal—I don't know if they could be called boats, and the whole cabin was rotten, and half collapsed, like a demolished ruin.

And on the bow of this rotten ship, there stood a majestic man in a green shirt.

Although Siquan had just been transferred back from Hankou for more than a month, and had never seen the legendary Lin Daguan before, he was very sure who this big man who stood in the bow of the ship was.

"Hold him, besiege him, trap him here! Don't take the initiative, but don't let him go! Xi Siquan decisively ordered!

As long as Lin Tailai is trapped here, he doesn't believe that Lin Tailai can endure it.

Even if Lin Tailai can endure it, his subordinates may not be able to bear it! Seeing that the leader is trapped and not rescued violates the morality of the rivers and lakes!

On the dilapidated boat in the river, the Zhang brothers were also arrested to sell coolies for rowing today, panting to Lin Tai, who was standing at the bow of the boat and pretending to be forced:

"Are you sure you want to sit in the museum, you really don't need our brothers to follow you today?

Although outsiders say that sitting in the hall can be a hundred, but that is also under the premise of our brother's assistance. ”

Lin Daguan waved his sleeves, "What we have to do today is not a 100-person enemy with hands, but a 10,000-person enemy with brains, you two are useless!" ”

The Zhang brothers, who were accustomed to the "useless" treatment, said in surprise: "Ten thousand enemies? Is the Xi family so strong? ”

Lin Tailai said disdainfully: "My opponent is not the Xi family, but myself!"

My goal has never been to win against the Xi family, but to make myself stronger! ”

The brothers of the Zhang family glanced at each other, sighed, and thought in unison, sitting in the hall and starting to talk about those words that they didn't understand again.

When the Grand Canal arrives here, it will fork a river to Suzhou City, and Fengqiao is on this branching river.

Lin Tailai's tattered boat had just sailed into this forked river when he suddenly heard a whistle.

Seven or eight boats in front of them moved together from under the maple bridge, blocking the way and making it impossible for the battered boats to continue from the river.

Lin Tailai still maintained a pretending posture of standing with his hands in his hands, and said in a loud voice:

"I'm Lin Tailai! This month, he seized Wuke Xie Yuan from Nanjing, and fled all the way back to Suzhou with great difficulty!

I advise you not to get in the way, get out of the way quickly, and let me pass! ”

The guy on the boat opposite shouted, "It's you Lin Tailai who is waiting!" We are all people who have been poisoned by you, and I just want to seek justice from this bully! ”

At this time, the Zhang brothers found that some boats also appeared behind them, blocking the retreat on the river.

Lin Tailai hurriedly ordered: "Dock!" Dock! ”

In the river, you can't advance or retreat, and you can only go ashore.

For Lin Daguan, if they are besieged, they are slightly safer on the shore than on the water.

Seeing this, hundreds of people on the shore shouted together: "Bully Lin Tailai will give me justice!" ”

The roar of the "bullies" spread far and wide on both sides of the river.

This is also a kind of strategy, propaganda warfare and public opinion warfare are not just used by Lin Tailai.

When the dilapidated boat approached the riverbank, Lin Tailai jumped up and landed steadily.

Just as he was about to walk forward, hundreds of people surrounded him, blocking Lin Tailai's surroundings.

But Lin Daguan, who was accustomed to seeing big scenes, was not afraid, and was still imposing, looking left and right and shouting at the crowd:

"You dog thieves of the merchant gang are worthy of being sluts with sharp words!

It's really shameless to see profit and forget righteousness! I, Lin Tai, come to see the face of my fellow villagers, I advise you to do it yourself and get out of the way quickly! ”

Immediately, someone in the crowd retorted: "Who recognizes this fellow villager with you?" When you Lin Tailai beat people and set fires, did you ever think that you were a fellow villager in this county? ”

But someone shouted: "Speaking of arson, the one who burned half of Hengtang Town was not the dog thief of your Dongting Merchant Gang?" ”

Si Siquan stood on the arch of the maple bridge, looking condescendingly at the situation on the shore.

Very well, that's all, continue! As long as Lin Tailai can be contained, most of it will be successful!

He didn't believe that Lin Tailai could endure it all the time and let him be surrounded.

Seeing Lin Tailai in the center of the crowd, he seemed to be angry, and said loudly:

"I, Lin Tailai, am the first martial arts Xie Yuan in Suzhou, and I was retaliated and persecuted by the children of the Nanjing military households!

After a lot of hard work, I fled all the way, and finally got to the outside of Suzhou, but I was surrounded by you business gangsters, how can you bear it!

For the third time, I advise you to get out of the way, or you will bear the consequences! ”

Immediately, someone ridiculed: "What is the solution to the yuan, it is not mine!"

I only remember that you Lin Tailai beat our people, burned our shop, and robbed our land!

Today, when I heard that you were back in the city, we gathered together to seek justice from you, and if you had the guts, we would kill us all!" ”

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and several boats appeared from the north on the river, with uniform flags flying on them, gradually approaching this side of the riverbank.

Before the crowd on the shore could react, a dozen arrows suddenly flew in, and several people were injured and fell to the ground.

The crowd was stunned all of a sudden, what was the situation?

You must know that the bow and crossbow is a controlled weapon, and it is rarely seen by the people, especially on the streets of the city.

More than a dozen knights gradually approached the crowd with their horses, all dressed in uniform plackets, very neat, and fully equipped with swords, bows and arrows.

The knight at the head shouted to the crowd in Nanjing's official dialect:

"The Jingwei official army is here! Ordered to arrest Lin Tailai! Idle people wait to dodge! ”

The rest of the knights behind him drew their bows and arrows in unison, aiming at the crowd.

There were also more than a dozen people standing in the bow of the ships coming from the north, and they also set up bows and arrows to aim at the shore.

In the face of twenty or thirty bows and arrows, the crowd was motionless for a while and lost their ability to react.

Or don't dare to move, for fear of becoming the target of the bow and arrow.

Lin Tailai struggled to push away the people in front of him, and shouted: "This is my grudge with your Nanjing martial arts children, and it has nothing to do with others!" Don't hurt the people of Suzhou at will! ”

The knight from Nanjing sneered: "We pursued all the way, even by land and water, but you still escaped!"

If you escape back to the city, it will be a tiger into the mountains, and we will not dare to venture again!

Thankfully, someone helped us and kept you out of the city!

Now you have no way to escape, and you can't be caught yet! ”

Lin Tailai decisively raised his hands and walked slowly towards the knight from Nanjing, and said:

"I, Lin Tailai, do things by myself, you Nanjing people take me, but don't hurt the people of my hometown!"

The two knights quickly turned over and dismounted, took out the cowhide rope and tied Lin Tailai tightly.

I only heard Lin Daguan shouting again: "It's too tight, loosen it a little!" ”

The knight on the horse snorted coldly: "The tiger has to be tightened!" Unless you confess your sins! ”

Lin Tailai responded impassionedly: "Jade can be broken but cannot be changed, and bamboo can be burned but not destroyed." Although I, Lin Jieyuan, was defeated, I can be famous in Suzhou City! ”

Then the two men pushed Lin Tailai all the way into the shore warship, added iron leg cuffs and handcuffs, and pressed him down on the deck.

Lin Tailai, who was sitting on the deck, shouted to himself: "This is the death of the villagers, not the defeat of my martial arts!" ”

After a whistle, the ships from Nanking turned around with the knights and looked north.

The Beijing guard officers and troops came and went faster, leaving only thousands of people on both sides of the strait still confused.

and the broken boat spinning on the river, now the people of Suzhou understand why this boat is rotten like this.

But they still couldn't believe their eyes, they thought that the god of war who was invincible in the world and had never tasted defeat in Suzhou was actually captured on the spot!

I vaguely felt that from the time Lin Tailai appeared to the time he was arrested, everything he said seemed to be full of deep meaning.

Rummag through your pockets to see if there is a monthly pass! There are also in the evening.

(End of chapter)