The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 357 King Yong
Wang Gang took Sheng Changbai to meet Master Liao first.

After they disembarked, Master Liao stayed at the pier and asked the two brothers to report to the officials.

Wang Gang dragged Sheng Changbai and galloped all the way, directly onto the original boat.

Master Liao seemed to have been waiting for Wang Gang for a long time, and asked the boat boss to set off as soon as they arrived.

Sheng Changbai finally recovered his breath, and asked, "Third brother, what's going on, why do you say Mr. Ma is behind the scenes."

Wang Gang said: "When I met Mr. Ma before, I never said that we encountered bandits. How did he know?"

Sheng Changbai was startled, thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because of those servants who were in distress?"

Wang Gang explained: "Since the servants have all suffered, how does Ma Guowei know that they are the Sheng family?"

Sheng Changbai really couldn't sit still now.

"Master Ma, why did you kill us?" Sheng Changbai did not dare to reply:
"Although he and father are officials in the same dynasty, but one is in Yangzhou Mansion and the other is in Jiangning Mansion. There is nothing to do with each other. Why do you want to kill us?"

Master Liao sighed: "Things in the officialdom are turbulent. Sometimes it seems unrelated, but the interests behind it are very involved."

Wang Gang frowned and said, "I suspect that Ma Guowei is not really the person behind the scenes, he is most likely acting on behalf of others."

Sheng Changbai was even more confused.

"Ma Guowei is the magistrate of Jiangning Prefecture, a fifth-rank official, and even he has to obey his orders. What kind of person is he? Who did father offend?"

Sheng Hong seldom talked about business when he went home, so he might be able to talk to the old lady.

"It's useless to think too much. In the final analysis, this is all your father's problem, and you have suffered an innocent disaster." Master Liao couldn't help persuading Wang Gang when he saw how hard he was thinking.

Wang Gang shook his head and stopped thinking about it. The most important question in front of him was how to leave Jinling.

"Master, is the boss reliable?"

Master Liao shook his head and said, "Who knows if it's reliable, we can only trust him now."

Wang Gang sighed, feeling that the Northern Song Dynasty is not easy to mess with!

The ship had been sailing for a while, and it was about to go down the Yangtze River, when suddenly the boss of the ship came to the cabin.

"It's not good, there is an official ship ahead to stop us."

Wang Gang didn't know it when he heard it, and subconsciously wanted to jump into the river to leave, but he took a look at Sheng Changbai, and finally gave up helplessly.

The river was fast-moving, and he and Master Liao had good physical strength, so they could jump into the river and leave, but Sheng Changbai was a weak scholar, so jumping into the river would be suicide.

Since you can't escape, you can only face it. The matter is not out of hand.

"Master Liao, Ma Guowei has never seen you, let's go up, you take this opportunity to find a way to leave and inform my father." Wang Gang said to Master Liao.

Master Liao also took a look at Sheng Changbai and understood why Wang Gang stayed.

"Okay, don't worry, I will bring someone to rescue you as soon as possible."

Wang Gang said: "Since the other party wants to catch people alive, my second brother and I should be fine for the time being."

Sheng Changbai also realized at this time that he had become a burden.

"Third brother, you should go with Master Liao!" Sheng Changbai said to Wang Gang sincerely.

At this time, Sheng Changbai and Wang Gang had long since lost the difference between their concubine and concubine, only brotherhood.

"Second brother, in fact, if you can leave, you should leave. You are the eldest grandson of the Sheng family. If you fall into the hands of thieves, you will be more threatening to father." Wang Gang sighed.

Sheng Changbai said: "Since this is the case, you should go all the more. It is only one who can escape!"

Wang Gang shook his head and said: "Since you can't leave, then let's not leave, Brother Dahu, let's face it together!"

Sheng Changbai's eyes were a little red, and he was so choked up that he couldn't speak.

Master Liao was not pretentious, he jumped into the river directly, and then Wang Gang pulled Sheng Changbai out of the cabin.

"Nephew, you are leaving in such a hurry, where do you want to go?" Ma Guowei led a group of officers and soldiers and surrounded Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai.

"Master Ma, I don't understand why you have to arrest us?" Wang Gang faced Ma Guowei calmly.

"If you want to blame, blame your father!" Ma Guowei didn't explain, and waved someone to tie up Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai, and directly pressed them back to the Yamen dungeon.

Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai were not locked together, but separated. He, a bastard, was obviously not treated as well as Sheng Changbai, and no one cared about being locked up in the prison.

Ma Guowei didn't show up again, and Wang Gang didn't know how long he had been locked up. Anyway, a jailer would give him a steamed bun and a bowl of water every day.

It's not that Wang Gang never thought of escaping, but he found that the guards in the dungeon were extremely tight, and even if he rushed out with his strength, he couldn't save Sheng Changbai.

After a long time, Ma Guowei appeared and ordered Wang Gang to be released.

"Nephew, come out! Your second brother is waiting for you to go home together." Ma Guowei said with a smile.

Wang Gang was puzzled and said, "Master Ma, you arrested us and then let us go. What kind of tricks are you playing?"

Ma Guowei said with a smile: "I arrested you before because you were still useful, but now it is worthless to let you go. My prison does not support idlers."

Wang Gang was startled, and the first thing he thought of was that something happened to Sheng Hong.

"What did you do to my father!"

Ma Guowei snorted coldly, and said, "Your father is really a cunning man, he knows more about current affairs than I imagined."

Wang Gang was puzzled, but according to Ma Guowei, Sheng Hong should be fine.

"Come out quickly! Are you really used to living in prison?" Ma Guowei said impatiently.

Wang Gang straightened his clothes and walked out of the cell. When he saw the sun again, he immediately saw Sheng Changbai and Sheng Hong.

"Feng'er." Seeing Wang Gang, Sheng Hong called out excitedly, and hugged him in his arms.

This may be the latest contact between Wang Gang and Sheng Hong. He believes that even when he was born, Sheng Hong never hugged him like this.

Sheng Hong quickly let go of Wang Gang, and then looked at Ma Guowei.

"Master Ma, today's kindness will be repaid in the future." Sheng Hong gritted his back teeth.

"Master Sheng, I heard that you have been transferred to the capital. I would like to wish you a prosperous career in the future." Ma Guowei said strangely.

Sheng Hong snorted coldly, led the two brothers Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai out of the Yamen, and returned directly to Yangzhou.

Sitting in the carriage, Wang Gang was full of doubts, but Sheng Hong fell asleep as soon as he got in the carriage, and had no intention of answering his doubts at all.

In the end, Sheng Changbai couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Father, why did Ma Guowei arrest us? Why did he let us go?"

Sheng Hong finally opened his eyes, sighed deeply and said, "Don't ask about this matter, and remember not to mention these two days to anyone in the future, I will rot in my stomach."

Sheng Changbai frowned and said, "Father, Ma Guowei killed so many servants in our family and imprisoned my third brother and me for so many days. It's simply lawless. Do we just let it go?"

Sheng Hong squinted at Sheng Changbai, and asked back, "Then what do you want to do?"

Sheng Changbai's face turned serious and he said: "The state owns the state law, and Ma Guowei, as an official ordered by the court, committed such evil deeds, we naturally have to sue the court."

Sheng Hong sighed again, and said to his son, "If I tell you that the entire Jiangnan Road officials, from the observation envoy to the county magistrate, are all collaborating with Ma Guowei, where are you going to sue?"

"What?" Sheng Changbai was so surprised that Wang Gang's pupils shrank.

Sheng Hong said: "Changbai Changfeng, remember, forget about the past few days, and don't mention it to anyone. Those servants who died, I will properly arrange their families."

Along the way, Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai didn't ask any more questions. After the three of them returned to Yangzhou, Wang Ruofu and Lin Sushuang immediately greeted them.

They thought that their son had encountered rogues on the road, and they were very distressed, so they never mentioned the matter of being a scholar again.

Wang Gang followed Lin Sushuang back to the courtyard, the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong, and the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.

He has never suffered such a big loss in his reincarnations, let alone suffering for no reason.

Wang Gang approached Master Liao the next day, wanting to ask for clarification.

"Didn't Sheng Hong tell you not to ask about that matter again?" Master Liao seemed not at all surprised that Wang Gang would come to him.

"Master, I just want to know the reason." Wang Gang said seriously.

"So what if you know the reason, you can't do anything now." Master Liao shook his head.

Wang Gang said with firm eyes: "If you can't do it now, it doesn't mean you won't be able to do it in the future."

Master Liao laughed and said, "I know you are not a person who is willing to suffer, but you asked the wrong person. The only ones who know the truth are Sheng Hong and the old lady."

Wang Gang frowned. If Sheng Hong could ask, Wang Gang would have asked.

The old lady is more troublesome than Sheng Hong, so she probably can't ask anything?
Seeing Wang Gang's disappointed expression, Master Liao smiled again and said, "However, I found some things in the past two days."

Wang Gang was hooked by Master Liao.

Master Liao said: "That Ma Guowei's identity is not simple. He is King Yong's brother-in-law, and his sister is King Yong's concubine."

Wang Gang instantly understood what was going on.

(End of this chapter)