Wang Gang took Sheng Changbai and went to meet Master Liao first.
After they got off the boat, Master Liao stayed at the dock and asked the two brothers to report to the official.
Wang Gang pulled 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. As soon as they arrived, he asked the boat boss to sail the boat.
Sheng Changbai finally regained his breath and asked, "Third brother, what's going on? Why do you say Master Ma is the mastermind behind this?"
Wang Gang said: "When I met Mr. Ma before, he 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 suffered?"
Wang Gang explained: "Since all the servants have suffered, how does Ma Guowei know that they are the Sheng family?"
Sheng Changbai really couldn't sit still now.
"Why did Master Ma want to kill us?" Sheng Changbai said in disbelief:
"Although he and dad are officials in the same court, one is in Yangzhou Prefecture and the other is in Jiangning Prefecture. They can't reach each other, so why do they want to harm us."
Master Liao sighed and said: "Things in the officialdom are fickle and treacherous. Sometimes they seem irrelevant, but the interests behind them are extremely involved."
Wang Gang frowned and said: "I suspect that this Ma Guowei is not the real 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. Even he has to obey orders. What kind of person is he? Who did dad offend?"
Sheng Hong seldom talked about official matters when he came home, so he might just have a few words with the old lady.
"It's useless to think too much. In the final analysis, this is your father's problem, and you have suffered a terrible disaster." Master Liao couldn't help but persuade Wang Gang when he saw how he was thinking hard.
Wang Gang shook his head and stopped thinking. The most important question at hand was how to leave Jinling.
"Master, is the captain of the ship reliable?"
Master Liao shook his head and said: "Who knows whether he is reliable or not? We can only trust him now."
Wang Gang sighed, feeling that the Northern Song Dynasty was not easy to get along with!
The boat sailed for a while and was about to go south along the Yangtze River. Suddenly the boss of the boat ran to the cabin.
"Oh no, there's a government ship ahead that stopped us."
Wang Gang knew it was not good as soon as he heard this, and subconsciously wanted to jump into the river and leave, but after taking a look at Sheng Changbai, he gave up reluctantly.
The river was turbulent. He and Master Liao had good physical strength and could jump out of the river. However, Sheng Changbai was a weak scholar. Jumping into the river would be suicide.
Since you can't escape, you have to face it. Things haven't gotten out of hand yet.
"Master Liao, Ma Guowei has never seen you. Let's go up and you take the opportunity to find a way to leave and notify my father." Wang Gang said to Master Liao.
Master Liao also glanced 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 arrest us 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'd better go with Master Liao!" Sheng Changbai said to Wang Gang sincerely.
At this time, Sheng Changbai and Wang Gang had long lost the distinction between concubines and concubines, and only had the love of brothers.
"Second brother, if you can actually leave, it's your turn. You are the eldest grandson of the Sheng family. If you fall into the hands of a thief, you will be even more of a threat to my father." Wang Gang sighed.
Sheng Changbai said: "In this case, you should leave even more. If you can escape, you can do it!"
Wang Gang shook his head and said: "Since you can't leave, then let's not leave. Let's face it together, brothers who fight tigers!"
Sheng Changbai's eyes were a little red, and he was choked and speechless.
Master Liao didn't show any pretense and jumped directly into the river. Then Wang Gang pulled Sheng Changbai out of the cabin.
"My dear nephew, where are you going in such a hurry?" Ma Guowei led a group of officers and soldiers to surround 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 are to blame, blame your father!" Ma Guowei did not explain, and waved his hand to have Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai tied up and pushed directly back to the Yamen dungeon.
Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai were not imprisoned together, but were imprisoned separately. The treatment of Wang Gang, a bastard, was obviously not as good as that of Sheng Changbai, and no one cared about them while they were in prison.
Ma Guowei did not appear again, and Wang Gang himself did not know how long he had been imprisoned. Anyway, a jailer would give him a steamed bun and a bowl of water every day.
It was not that Wang Gang had never thought about escaping, but he found that the guards in the dungeon were extremely tight. Even if he rushed out with his strength, he would not be able to save Sheng Changbai.
After a long time, Ma Guowei showed up 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 asked in confusion: "Master Ma, you arrested us and then let us go. What kind of trick were you playing?"
Ma Guowei smiled and said: "I arrested you before because you were still valuable. Now I let you go, of course you are worthless. My prison does not support idlers."
Wang Gang was shocked, and the first thing he thought about was that something had happened to Sheng Hong.
"What did you do to my father!"
Ma Guowei snorted coldly and said, "Your father is really a slippery man. He knows the current affairs better than I thought."
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." Sheng Hong shouted excitedly when he saw Wang Gang and hugged him in his arms.
This may be the closest 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 looked at Ma Guowei.
"Master Ma, today's kindness will be repaid in the future." Sheng Hong said through gritted teeth.
"Mr. Shanda, 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 with a strange air.
Sheng Hong snorted coldly and led two brothers, Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai, out of the Yamen and returned directly to Yangzhou.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sitting on the carriage, Wang Gang had a lot of questions, but Sheng Hong fell asleep as soon as he got in the carriage, with no intention of solving his doubts.
In the end, Sheng Changbai couldn't help but asked: "Father, why did Ma Guowei arrest us? And 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 what happened in the past two days to anyone in the future, or it will make me sick."
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 is simply lawless. Should we just let it go?"
Sheng Hong glanced sideways at Sheng Changbai and asked, "Then what do you want to do?"
Sheng Changbai's face became serious and he said: "It is a state law. As an official of the imperial court, Ma Guowei committed such an evil act. Naturally, we have to sue the imperial court."
Sheng Hong sighed again and said to his son: "If I told you that the entire Jiangnan Road officials, from the observation envoys to the county magistrates, are all colluding with Ma Guoweihang, where would you go to complain?"
"What?" Sheng Changbai was shocked, and Wang Gang's pupils shrank.
Sheng Hong said: "Changbai Changfeng, remember, forget what happened these days and don't mention it to anyone. I will properly arrange for the families of those dead servants."
Along the way, Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai didn't ask any more questions. When the three returned to Yangzhou, Wang Ruofu and Lin Sushuang immediately greeted them.
They thought their son had met a bandit on the road, and they were so distressed that they never mentioned the subject of the scholar examination again.
Wang Gang followed Lin Sushuang back to the courtyard. The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. The more he thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved.
He has never suffered such a big loss in his many reincarnations, let alone the unexplained loss.
Wang Gang went to Master Liao the next day and wanted to find out.
"Didn't Sheng Hong tell you not to ask about that matter again?" Master Liao didn't seem surprised at all 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 chuckled and said: "I know you are not a person who is willing to suffer losses, but you asked the wrong person. Only Sheng Hong and the old lady know the truth."
Wang Gang frowned. If Sheng Hong could ask, Wang Gang would have asked already.
The old lady is more troublesome than Sheng Hong, so she probably won't be able to ask anything.
Master Liao saw Wang Gang's disappointed look and smiled again: "But I found out something in the past two days."
Wang Gang was intrigued by Master Liao.
Master Liao said: "The identity of Ma Guowei is not simple. He is the brother-in-law of King Yong, and his biological sister is the concubine of King Yong."
Wang Gang immediately understood what was going on.
