The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 356 The real murderer
After Wang Gang fought with the bandits, he immediately noticed something was wrong.

This group of people has obviously received professional training and has kung fu in their hands, unlike ordinary gangsters.

Secondly, when bandits ask for money, they generally don't kill people. Especially Wang Gang and his party are not merchants, and the team has no female relatives.

In the end, Wang Gang and Master Liao were very measured in their actions, and they almost didn't kill them. However, after the group of people lost their combat effectiveness, they immediately chose to commit suicide.

The bandit chose to become a bandit because he didn't want to die, and he would never commit suicide if he failed.

This group of people are obviously raised dead soldiers.

Wang Gang could see it, so Master Liao could see it too.

He squatted next to the corpse, and after careful inspection, his face became darker and darker.

"This group of people obviously came from the Sheng family, and they still have crossbow arrows on their bodies."

Master Liao took out a crossbow gun and showed it to Wang Gang.

Crossbow arrows are a military product, stricter than that of armor. This group of people have crossbow arrows on them, so their identities must be unusual.

"They have crossbows, why didn't they just use them?" Wang Gang asked strangely.

Anyone who has fought in war knows that the power of crossbow arrows is much stronger than that of knives and guns, and it can be called a battlefield meat grinder.

If this group of people had used crossbow arrows just now, Wang Gang and Master Liao might not have retreated unscathed.

"Yes or not, there is only one explanation, they want to catch people alive." Master Liao frowned.

Wang Gang suddenly realized that this group of people came for him and Sheng Changbai, and they wanted to capture them alive. Just now, he charged forward, but made the other party be cautious and dare not use the crossbow.

"Could it be that the other party was sent by my father's political opponent?" Wang Gang guessed.

Both he and Sheng Changbai are just children, and it is impossible for them to have enemies.

The only explanation was that the other party came for Sheng Hong, wanting to arrest his son and threaten him.

Although Sheng Hong's official is small, he is only a sixth-rank general judge in Yangzhou, but his position as an official is really good.

Yangzhou has been a rich land since ancient times. It is not empty talk to ride a crane to Yangzhou with a waist of [-] guan.

Sheng Hong was able to be an official in Yangzhou for several years, and it was impossible that no one would be envious.

But Sheng Hong's biggest advantage is that he doesn't hold back his hands, and he likes to be able to do things right and wrong, and he can't offend anyone.

On the contrary, no one should be offended, but in fact everyone should be offended.

If Sheng Hong had a strong background, it would be fine, but his biggest backer, Mrs. Wang, passed away. It would not be easy for him to be a good official in Yangzhou.

In the original book, Sheng Hong was transferred to Bianjing within a few years, and he was promoted secretly.

"Master, what should we do next?" Wang Gang looked at the corpses on the ground and felt a little headache.

Master Liao said: "Buy the dead servants of the Sheng family first, and then we will discuss whether to go or return."

Only one servant of the Sheng family died this time, and the others were not even injured. Everyone worked together to dig a hole and buried him. As for the bandits, they didn't dare to move.

Wang Gang asked people to gather all the corpses of the bandits together and pile them on the side of the road.

Sheng Changbai had never seen this before, so he vomited on the spot.

"Third brother, death is the most important thing, why don't we also bury those bandits?" Sheng Changbai suggested.

Wang Gang shook his head and said, "These people cannot be buried."

"Why?" Sheng Changbai was puzzled.

Master Liao explained: "The third young master wants to use these corpses to frighten others."

Sheng Changbai said in surprise: "There are other gangsters?"

Wang Gang looked into the distance with a gloomy expression, and said, "Who knows."

"In that case, let's hurry back to Yangzhou!" Sheng Changbai said with some fear.

Wang Gang shook his head and said: "We have been away for two days, and we are far away from Yangzhou, but it is less than a day's journey from Jinling, so we can only move forward and cannot turn back."

Sheng Changbai said anxiously: "Didn't you say there is still danger ahead?"

Wang Gang said: "The most dangerous place is the safest place. I'm afraid the bad guys won't think of it. We will advance instead of going back."

Master Liao nodded and said: "You are right, it is too dangerous to return now, it is better to go all the way to the dark."

Wang Gang thought for a while and said: "The preparations that should be made are still to be done. I plan to divide the army into two groups and let some servants pull empty carriages to continue on the official road.

We changed into servant clothes and walked to Jinling on the trail. "

When Master Liao heard this, he couldn't help but look at Wang Gang more.

Unruffled in times of crisis, decisive in situations of crisis, and able to think of solutions calmly, Master Liao is very satisfied with Wang Gang, a student.

As for Sheng Changbai, he is still too young and inexperienced, so now he can only listen to Wang Gang's arrangement.

According to Wang Gang's arrangement, he first found two servants of similar stature, changed into their clothes, and then asked everyone to take the empty carriage and continue on the official road in a grandiose manner.

After Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai changed their clothes, under the protection of Master Liao, they took the narrow path to Jinling.

However, before setting off, Wang Gang took some silver and distributed it to the servants, and told him that if he encountered a thief again, he could just run away to save his life, and they met at the Jinling Yamen.

Sheng Hong held all the contracts of sale for the servants of the Sheng family, and they dared not disobey Wang Gang's words.

Watching the servants leave with empty carriages, Master Liao also told Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai to go on the road.

"We are less than a day away from Jinling, but it will waste some time if you take the trail, and you will have to climb mountains and mountains during the process. You must be prepared."

Of course, Wang Gang has no problem, but Sheng Changbai has suffered a lot and has been raised in the house all year round.

But for the safety of his life, Sheng Changbai had to endure no matter how hard it was, and as a younger brother, Wang Gang didn't complain about suffering or tiredness, so Sheng Changbai was also embarrassed.

The road conditions in this era are very poor, official roads are better, spacious and flat enough, but wild roads are not good, not only muddy roads, but also twists and turns, Sheng Changbai can't stand it after walking for a while.

Fortunately, Master Liao took the two of them for an hour and then stopped, and the three of them came to a pier.

Seeing the boat not far away, Sheng Changbai asked in puzzlement, "Master Liao, didn't we take the trail to Jinling? Why did we come around to the pier?"

Wang Gang said with a smile: "Take the path, I told the servants on purpose, but in fact we will enter Jinling by water."

As soon as Sheng Changbai heard it, he understood that Wang Gang was playing a secret trick, even cheating his own servants, and it was even more impossible for those real villains to find them.

Master Liao came forward, found a merchant ship, and asked the owner of the ship to hide them in the cabin, and then sneaked into Jinling.

Jinling is close to the Yangtze River, and it is faster to travel by water than by land, but it takes only half a day to reach Jinling City.

After the three of Wang Gang got off the boat, they went straight to the Jinling government office, preparing to report to the officials.

They are the family members of the imperial court official, and they entered the government office directly by reporting Sheng Hong's name.

Soon an official came out to receive them. It was Ma Guowei, the magistrate of Jiangning Prefecture.

"Nephew Sheng Xian, are you all right! The thieves and robbers are too rampant now, how dare they attack the family members of officials."

As soon as Ma Guowei arrived, he was very indignant, and said that he would send someone from the Yamen to investigate the matter.

"Master Ma, we left the servants halfway, did they come to the Yamen?" Wang Gang asked Ma Guowei with his fists clasped.

Ma Guowei sighed and said: "My nephew's servants have all suffered disasters, their bodies are placed in Yizhuang, and the murderer has not been caught yet."

Sheng Changbai stood up excitedly when he heard it, he didn't expect that those servants were really in trouble!
"Master Ma, have you found out the identity of the murderer?" Wang Gang asked again.

"Those people come like rain, go like wind, and their identities are mysterious. I'm afraid it's not easy to find out!" Ma Guowei sighed:
"I have sent someone to inform your father that he should come to Jinling to join you soon."

Wang Gang narrowed his eyes, and the way he looked at Ma Guowei began to change.

"You'll be living in the yamen for the past two days. If you need anything, just ask. I'll send someone to help you prepare it." Ma Guowei said, patted his chest.

"Don't dare to bother Mr. Ma, my father has booked a hotel for us." Wang Gang said politely.

Ma Guowei said with a smile: "Your father and I are officials in the same dynasty, and we belong to the same Jiangnan Road. You two nephews don't need to be polite to me."

Sheng Changbai looked at Wang Gang in confusion. Didn't they agree to stay in the yamen for two days just in case?
Wang Gang said: "Master Ma, we are not from the Yamen after all. Living here is easy to cause gossip. It is better to live out. The hotel is also close to the Yamen. If my father comes, please inform Master Ma."

Seeing that Wang Gang was determined to leave, Ma Guowei couldn't persuade him to stay any longer. He sent someone to send him out of the yamen before returning to work.

As soon as Wang left the Yamen, he immediately took Sheng Changbai's arm and left quickly.

"Third brother, the hotel is over there, we went wrong."

Wang Gang said hastily: "We have to leave Jinling immediately, we can't delay for a moment."

Sheng Changbai was taken aback and asked in confusion, "Why!"

Wang Gang said solemnly: "Master Ma has a problem, he may be the real culprit behind the scenes."

Sheng Changbai was completely stunned.

(End of this chapter)