After all, they are one of the three major gangs in Cangzhou Prefecture.
Therefore, Jiang Ran could always hear their discussions along the way.
I learned a lot of news.
It happened last night.
But no one knows exactly when.
Later, an old man delivering food to the Qinghe Gang discovered that the back door, which was supposed to be opened every morning, was not open today.
Then I took a detour to the front door and took a look.
As a result, they found that the door was open and blood was flowing.
The disciples of the Qinghe Gang were lying on the same spot, bleeding from all their orifices.
Moreover, there were no wounds on the body.
How he died is also a mystery.
In addition, there is another legend that I don’t know whether it is true or false.
It is said that a large number of corpses were found in a secret room of the Qinghe Gang.
These corpses were all women, each with a shriveled body and a withered appearance, with all the blood drained from their body.
Therefore, there are rumors that Qinghe Gang leader Fan Yumou and his son Fan Jiwu practice evil arts and harm women.
The incident of raping a civilian girl yesterday was not the first time.
It was just the first time someone discovered it.
Perhaps before this, Fan Jiwu had been more careful.
But for some reason, he was suddenly hit by Tang Huayi.
When Jiang Ran heard this, he was not surprised.
He felt something was wrong yesterday.
After all, how could Fan Jiwu, who had a bottom line, suddenly lose it?
And he happened to be discovered by the nosy Tang Huayi?
The deliberate traces are too obvious.
But at that time, Jiang Ran only thought that all this was Fan Jiwu's plan, or Fan Yumou's plan to gain the Tang family's vast wealth.
But now it seems that...it may not be Fan Jiwu who deliberately promoted this matter.
With this thought in his mind, Jiang Ran had already arrived in front of a gate.
It’s the Cangzhou Prefecture Yamen!
Two government officials stood in front of the door and saw Jiang Ran coming. One of them even recognized him:
"Brother, are you here again to exchange for reward money?"
Jiang Ran hugged his fists:
"That's not true. I came here today to pay a visit to Master Liu. May I ask if Master Liu is in the government office?"
"Oh... yes."
The officer smiled:
"Wait a moment, I'll make a report."
"It's time to work."
Jiang Ran breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
After standing in front of the door and waiting for only a moment, I saw Master Liu trotting out. From a distance, he already smiled and said:
"Young Master Jiang, I will give you a token. You can come in directly with this token.
"Why wait outside this door? It's really a sin, a sin."
Jiang Ran smiled hoarsely:
"Master Liu is serious."
"Come on, come on."
When Master Liu arrived, he led Jiang Ran inside and said with a smile as he walked:
"Young Master Jiang is here because of yesterday's incident with the Qinghe Gang?
"Don't worry, our government has nothing to do with the disputes among Jianghu gangs.
"Except for those who are really killing people for no apparent reason, or are scum who are harming the people, it will be our turn to deal with them.
"On the contrary, after hearing what happened yesterday, I only felt happy in my heart.
"Young Master Jiang, you are really amazing!"
After hearing this, Jiang Ran understood why Master Liu didn't go to the Qinghe Gang.
In his opinion, this is just a vendetta.
There is no need to ask the government to intervene.
Thinking back to the knife arrest warrant he gave himself earlier...
I already roughly understood what Master Liu was thinking.
He immediately smiled:
"Making Master Liu laugh...
"To be honest, this is not the reason why I came here today.
"But I want to ask Master Liu about something."
"Young Master Jiang, it's okay to say so."
While they were talking, the two people had already entered the government office. Master Liu led him to a room to serve tea.
After the tea was served, Jiang Ran said softly:
"I want to ask Master Liu, do you know whether the Tang family is a local wealthy family in Cangzhou Prefecture, or a foreigner?"
"The Tang family..."
Master Liu will naturally not forget that Jiang Ran asked him about this matter yesterday.
Now that I heard him mention it again, I couldn’t help but feel a little confused:
"Young Master Jiang, why are you so interested in the Tang family?"
Jiang Ran thought for a moment and didn't say that he was tricked by an old drunkard into marrying Tang Shiqing.
Instead he said:
"Before I came to Cangzhou Prefecture, I had heard for a long time that Tang Yuanwai was a great philanthropist who was willing to do good and charity.
"I admire you very much, so after arriving in Cangzhou Mansion yesterday, I thought of visiting the Tang family and making friends.
"Mr. Tang is indeed a generous and hospitable person, and he treated me warmly.
"It is also because of this love that I went with Miss Tang Er when she was kidnapped by Fan Jiwu.
"After this battle, Tang Yuanwai asked me to rest in the Tang Mansion last night. I couldn't shirk it, so I just agreed.
"But I didn't expect...that something weird would happen.
"Together this morning, the entire Tang family... turned out to be empty!"
"What?"
Master Liu was also stunned:
"How could this be?"
"It's because I don't understand, so I came to Master Liu to inquire."
Jiang Ran felt much calmer after saying this.
Master Liu's face looked a little ugly.
The Tang family's disappearance was, in his opinion, far more important than the Qinghe Gang being wiped out.
It needs to be understood that the Tang family is a wealthy family with numerous farms, shops and various properties.
The tax money paid to the government every year is a large amount.
If this suddenly disappears, not to mention other things, the loss of this sum of money alone will be immeasurable.
Thinking of this, he summoned the government officials and asked them to go to Tang's house to check the situation.
While standing up, he said to Jiang Ran:
"Young Master Jiang, sit down for a moment. I'll be back as soon as I go."
"please."
Jiang Ran crossed his fists and sat here waiting.
He knew that Master Liu was going to check the files.
People like the Tang family are bound to be taken seriously by the government, and many things will be recorded.
It's not like a solitary martial artist like me, who comes when he comes and no one cares about him, and leaves when he leaves and no one cares about him.
He picked up the tea cup and was about to drink tea.
But just as he was about to enter, his heart tightened.
Thinking of the cup of tea last night, Jiang Ran sighed and put the cup down again.
In the past, he always felt that he had the ability to be almost invulnerable to all poisons, and he also learned the medical skills of an old drunkard. He was very confident in dealing with drugs and other things, and he would never be fooled.
But...last night, I was slapped hard.
"After all, I underestimated this world."
Jiang Ran is not someone who only cares about food and not fights.
I suffered such a big loss last night. If I didn't take this as a warning, how could I still suffer from it?
Therefore, even if Master Liu's cup of tea was definitely fine, he still couldn't drink it for a while.
So I sat here and waited for about one stick of incense.
Master Liu then turned back.
Looking up, he saw Master Liu walking in from the door with a pale face and a confused look.
After seeing Jiang Ran, he murmured to himself:
"No……"
"What's not there?"
Jiang Ran was stunned.
"Nothing at all!"
Master Liu seemed to have seen a ghost and said to Jiang Ran:
"The Tang family...the Tang family seems to be people without roots.
"He...their ancestors should really not be from Cangzhou Prefecture.
"But where did they come from, how many people came there, and how they purchased the property...
"There are no records at all in the government office!
"It's like, they don't exist at all.
"The furthest record was ten years ago...
"They paid their first tax bill."
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ps: Why are you thinking about Liaozhai? To be honest, when I wrote this paragraph, I was really entangled and hesitant... I will tell you what I was so entangled and hesitant about in the future.
It's just that I never expected that after everyone watched it, they would start thinking about Liaozhai. This... was really beyond my expectation.
Let me state here that this book is about martial arts!
I won’t cultivate immortality, won’t develop into fantasy, and won’t cause any monsters to appear, so don’t worry!!
There are always people in the world who pretend to be gods and ghosts, but some people pretend to be different, and some people can deceive gods and ghosts... People's hearts are often far more dangerous than ghosts and gods~