Chapter 677 - 676: Take Down
The Young Servant was scared too, but he dared not refuse to go, so he tremblingly opened the door.
No sooner had he stuck his head out than he was dragged out by the fierce and aggressive imperial guards.
While screaming miserably, the Young Servant clarified his identity and intentions, "I am the County Magistrate’s personal Attendant. The County Magistrate sent me to ask the officers, what is the reason for surrounding the County Yamen?"
"Shut up! Stop your babbling!" A big soldier with a full beard smacked the Young Servant unconscious with the flat side of his blade and casually threw him aside.
Gao Jin anxiously waited inside the County Yamen for the Young Servant’s return, and when he didn’t, he sent someone else to check. After a long time, the person sent to investigate came back sobbing, reporting that his personal Young Servant had been knocked unconscious and discarded aside.
Suddenly Gao Jin was somewhat perplexed. They had him surrounded but had made no move, and anyone who went out was mercilessly knocked unconscious. What exactly were they planning?
It wasn’t until the sun was high in the sky that an eight-bearer red palanquin slowly made its way steadily down the street from the other end.
Upon reaching the entrance of the County Yamen, the soldiers immediately and silently split to both sides, making way for the palanquin.
The palanquin came to a dignified halt at the gate of the County Yamen, and after a long while, a voice came from within, "Summon Gao Jin to see me!"
"Yes!" The bearers nodded, and one gestured to a waiting Colonel nearby.
With a wave from the Colonel, the soldiers, who had been surrounding the place all this time without any action, sent a few among them to agilely climb over the wall. Soon, the great door of the County Yamen was opened.