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The sound of the explosion made Fan Yongdou's hands tremble, and the several account books he had just picked up fell on the table.

Then he looked panicked.

He never expected that the officers and soldiers would use artillery as soon as they came up!

Or a grenade?

In short, it would be outrageous to use such a powerful firearm to attack a private home.

It also explained that the Da'ei court had probably found out about his family's involvement in the Qing Dynasty and smuggling of contraband.

This time I broke into the house, I am afraid that I was not prepared to leave a way for the Fan family to survive.

Fan Yongdou immediately urged him.

"Quick, quick! Don't pack the rest, pack your bags and get ready to go!"

While talking, he quickly packed some important account books into the baggage.

At this time, various cries came from the direction of the gate.

"The officers and soldiers are calling in!"

"Run away!"

"Spare your life, Master Jun!"

"Kneel down and surrender without killing!"

"···"

From time to time there was a gunshot.

Obviously, the troops who rushed in were not polite to those who dared to resist.

In the maze-like terrain of Fan's mansion, even if a standing army came, they would not dare to be careless at all.

Because the terrain was narrow and congested, some of Fan's loyal followers relied on their knowledge of the roads and could easily cause casualties to the Yi army even if they were armed with cold weapons.

However, in the photo of the ferocious move of the Yi army directly blasting open the gate of the Fan family's mansion with artillery, only a few of Fan's servants dared to resist. Most of them fled in panic or knelt down to beg for mercy.

Fan Yongdou knew his nursing home and servants very well.

Although his family does business abroad all year round, they have trained a group of nurses and thugs who dare to fight.

But now most of these people are in Datong Mansion, and there are only dozens of absolutely loyal guards staying in Laiyuanbao Mansion.

If the Wei army was not serious, these guards and servants might still dare to rely on the terrain of the house to resist.

But now that the Yi army's artillery, grenades, and muskets are all being used, I'm afraid not many would dare to resist.

Even if they resist, they can't stop the Yi army for long.

Therefore, after cleaning up the important account books, he took several concubines, personal maids, and several inner house guards and retreated into the tunnel.

The inner house nurse is not only a confidant of the Fan family and his son, he is also a member of the Fan family and is absolutely loyal and reliable.

However, when it came time to enter the tunnel, an old and lustful concubine refused to go in.

She grabbed Fan Yongdou's sleeve and cried anxiously: "Master, Hua'er hasn't come here yet."

Snapped!

Fan Yongdou slapped the concubine to the ground and said angrily: "It's not like he doesn't know the tunnel is here. Does he still want us to wait for him?"

"I have to wait here for you! Anyone who comes with me should get down quickly!"

After saying that, Fan Yongdou entered the tunnel first.

The other concubines were all relatively young, either without children or with children around them. At this time, they took them with them and went down to the tunnel with Fan Yongdou.

"Master, master!"

The old and lustful concubine shouted a few words, but when no one paid attention to her, she regained her senses and quickly went down to the tunnel.

This tunnel was built by several generations of the Fan family and leads to a place two or three miles away from Laiyuan Castle.

Because the tunnel is not a straight line, its actual length exceeds five miles.

In addition, Fan Yongdou had many women and children, so he did not leave very fast.

After walking for a while, Fan Yongdou felt very uneasy, so he said to the nursing home manager: "Fan Zhong, you take four people behind to protect the women and children. I will take the others to the front to explore the situation outside the tunnel."

Fan Zhong knew that Fan Yongdou was probably afraid of being dragged down by women and children and wanted to get out of the tunnel first.

But he still responded: "Don't worry, sir, as long as I live, I will definitely take people out!"

Fan Yongdou patted Fan Zhong on the shoulder, turned around and walked away quickly.

Even though he is over sixty, his legs and feet are in very good shape and he walks not much slower than the nursing staff.

···

Outside the Fan family mansion.

Hua Jiehai, deputy of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Standing Army, and Xu Jiaying, the colonel and battalion commander of Xuanfu in charge of Xiuyiwei are both here.

It can be said that these two people are both high-ranking second-class generals who are investigating Shanxi merchants this time.

As for the first-class generals, they were brigade commander Zhang Xin, Major General Ai Huasheng, who was in charge of the embroidered clothing guard in the northern area of ​​​​Beizhili, and the deputy inspector of North Zhili, the prefect of Xuanfu and the counselor of North Zhili.

These four are now sitting in the county government office in Zhangjiakou Fort City, paying attention to the dynamics of each action team and presiding over the overall situation.

"Report! The Fan family's inner house has been invaded!"

A guard rushed out to report the progress.

Hua Jiehai nodded and said, "I understand."

When the guard entered the Fan family's mansion again, Xu Jia on the side responded: "According to our information, this Fan family's mansion must have a secret passage leading outside the city."

"It's a pity that the spies we sent into the Fan family are not even qualified to stay in the main house of the Fan family, let alone understand such core secrets."

Hua Jiehai laughed and said, "Don't worry, Colonel Xu, the Fan family won't be able to escape even if there is an underground tunnel."

"This time we not only mobilized a brigade from the Beijing Garrison Division to assist in patrolling the border, but also a regiment of Cavalry Guards was divided into multiple cavalry squads to patrol inside and outside the border wall."

"Unless the Fan family builds a tunnel thirty miles outside the border wall, there is no way they can escape our arrest."

Xu Jiaying nodded, "The Fan family and the other eight families are Shanxi merchants named by the Holy Spirit to be dealt with strictly. They are worthy of our going to war."

At this time another guard ran out.

"Report! A tunnel was found at Fan Yongdou's residence in the inner house, and several core members of the Fan family including Fan Hua and Fan Yongcheng were captured!"

"According to what these people said, Fan Yongdou and others had fled out of the city through the tunnel, and Battalion Commander Li Zhao personally led a team of guards to chase them in!"

Hua Jiehai nodded and said: "Search every corner of the Fan family mansion as planned and arrest all Fan clan members and servants. In addition, pay attention to search for other tunnels and secret rooms!"

"As ordered!"

The guard responded and immediately went to deliver the order.

At this time, Xu Jiaying frowned and said, "Commander Hua, we don't know what preparations the Fan family has made in the tunnel."

"If they have gunpowder, Battalion Commander Li may be in danger if they pursue them like this."

Hua Jiehai really didn't expect this.

After all, as Da'ei's elite frontier army, it was a bit negligent to be sent to assist in the investigation and arrest of some merchants.

Therefore, his expression changed after hearing Xu Jiaying's words, and he immediately called a guard and said, "Send someone quickly to catch up with Li Zhao and tell him to be careful and be careful to prevent his family from blowing up the tunnel!"

"As ordered!"

Although the order was issued, Hua Jiehai still didn't look relaxed.

Based on his understanding of Li Zhao, he might be catching up with the Fan family now.

Therefore, his order just now may not be delivered in time.

If their brigade suffered too much loss while assisting in the arrest of Shanxi merchants, it would not only be ugly, but also unacceptable.