Chapter 30.

The Green River Gang was not a small matter.

After all, it was one of the three major gangs in Cangzhou Prefecture.

Therefore, Jiang Ran was always able to hear their discussions in his ears as he traveled this way.

Thus, he knew quite a bit of news.

The incident happened last night.

But no one knew exactly when.

Later on, it was an old man who delivered food to the Green River Gang who realized that the back door, which was originally opened every morning, was not open today.

Only then did he go around the front door to take a look.

The result was to find that the door was open and blood was flowing.

The disciples of the Green River Gang were lying on the ground, bleeding from their seven orifices.

Moreover, there were no wounds on the bodies.

Exactly how they died was also a mystery.

In addition, there was another legend that I didn’t know whether it was true or not.

It was rumored that a large number of corpses were found within a secret room of the Green River Gang.

These corpses were all women, one by one, their bodies were shriveled and withered, and all the blood had been drained from their bodies.

As a result, there were rumors that Fan Yumou, the leader of the Green River Gang, and his own son, Fan Jiwu, both of them practiced evil kung fu and victimized women.

Yesterday that forcible robbery of the people’s women, when it was not the first time.

It was just the first time it was discovered.

Before that, Fan Jiwu was more careful.

But I don’t know why, suddenly was Tang Wuyi to break through.

Jiang Ran heard this, but felt not surprised.

Yesterday, he had felt that this matter was not right.

After all, why would Fan Jiwu, who had a bottom line, suddenly lose it?

And it also happened to be discovered by the nosy Tang Yuyi?

The deliberate traces of it were just too obvious.

But then Jiang Ran only thought, all this is Fan Jiwu’s scheme, or Fan Yumou’s plan, want to use this to seek the Tang family’s ten thousand family wealth.

But now it seems …… to deliberately facilitate this matter, may not be Fan Jiwu.

In his mind, Jiang Ran has come to a gate before.

It is the Cangzhou government office!

Two yamen were standing in front of the gate, and when they saw Jiang Ran come over, one of them recognized him:

“You’re here to exchange the reward money again?”

Jiang Ran clasped his fist:

“This is not, today came to visit Master Liu, dare to ask Master can be within the government office?”

“Oh …… in.”

The yamen smiled:

“You and wait a moment, I’ll go and inform.”

“Thank you.”

Jiang Ran sniffed in relief.

Standing in front of the door and waiting slightly for but a few moments, he saw Master Liu trotting all the way out, and from afar, he had already laughed:

“Young warrior Jiang, I’m giving you a token, you can come in directly with this token,” he said.

“Why wait outside this door, it’s really a sin, a sin.”

Jiang Ran laughed dumbly:

“Master Liu is overstating it.”

“Come come come.”

Master Liu reached the front and guided Jiang Ran right inside, laughing as he walked:

“Is young warrior Jiang for the matter of yesterday’s Green River Gang?

“Don’t worry is, Jianghu gang’s own strife, we officials do not care.

“In addition to really is inexplicable killing countless, or is also the victimization of the people’s scum, it will be our turn to deal with.

“On the contrary, after hearing about what happened yesterday, I only felt pleasure in my heart.

“Young warrior Jiang, truly powerful!”

Jiang Ran understood why Master Liu didn’t go to the Green River Gang when he heard this.

In his opinion, this was nothing more than a jianghu vendetta.

There was no need for the government office to step in.

And then associated with the previous he gave himself that piece of knife catching order ……

In his heart, he already roughly understood Master Liu’s thoughts.

At that moment, he smiled:

“I’ve made Master Liu laugh ……

“This, truth be told, today’s appearance is not for this matter.

“Rather, I want to inquire about a matter with Master Liu.”

“Young Swordsman Jiang but there’s no harm in speaking.”

Between these words, the two had already entered the government office, and Master Liu guided him to a room to serve tea.

After waiting for the tea to be served, Jiang Ran then said softly:

“I want to ask Master Liu, do you know this Tang family is this Cangzhou Province local rich family, or foreigners?”

“The Tang family ……”

Master Liu naturally wouldn’t forget that Jiang Ran had inquired about this matter with him yesterday.

Now that he heard him mention it again, he couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled:

“Young Master Jiang, why are you so attached to this Tang family?”

Jiang Ran thought for a moment and didn’t say anything about how he was tricked by the old drunkard into giving Tang Shixiang as his husband.

Instead, he said:

“Before I came to Cangzhou Prefecture, I had heard for a long time that Elder Tang was a great benefactor who was kind and charitable.

“In my heart, I was extremely impressed, so after arriving at this Cangzhou Prefecture yesterday, I thought to pay a visit to the Tang family and make some friends.

“Mr. Tang is a generous and hospitable person, and he gave me warm hospitality,” said Mr. Tang.

“It is also because of this favor that I went along to do my bit in the matter of Second Miss Tang being taken captive by Fan Jiwu.

“After this battle, the Tang member outside last night stayed me in the Tang residence to rest for the night, I also excused but, then as long as promised.

“But I didn’t expect …… actually encountered duh strange things.

“This morning together, the whole Tang family …… even empty!”

“What?”

Master Liu was also stunned:

“How could this be?”

“It’s because I don’t understand, that’s why I came to find Master Liu to inquire.”

Jiang Ran’s words were much more frank.

Master Liu’s face was a bit ugly.

The fact that the Tang family had gone empty was far more important to him than the fact that the Green River Gang had been wiped out.

Need to know, the Tang family is a rich family, good land store all kinds of industry countless.

Every year to the government’s tax silver is a considerable amount of money.

If this is suddenly no shadow, not to mention other things, just this amount of silver loss, is immeasurable.

Thinking of this, he summoned the magistrates and asked them to go to the Tang family to check the situation.

While standing up, he said to Jiang Ran:

“Young warrior Jiang take a seat, I’ll be right there.”

“Please.”

Jiang Ran clasped his fists and sat down to wait.

He knew that Master Liu had gone to check the dossier.

People like the Tang family were bound to be taken seriously on the official side, and many things would be left on record.

Unlike a solitary jianghu martial artist like himself, who comes and goes, no one cares, and no one cares.

Picked up the tea cup, was about to drink tea.

But just before the entrance, the heart is a tight.

Thinking of that cup of tea last night, Jiang Ran sighed and put the cup down again.

In the past, he always felt that he had a nearly invulnerable to all poisons, and learned the old drunkard’s medical skills, for things like ecstasy, nine out of ten, will never get caught up in the road.

But …… last night was a solid slap in the face.

“In the end, I underestimated this Jianghu.”

Jiang Ran was not one that remembered to eat but not to fight.

Having suffered such a big loss last night, if he didn’t learn from it, would he still be able to do so?

Therefore, even though Master Liu’s cup of tea was surely not problematic, he was unable to drink it for a while.

So he sat here and waited for about an incense stick of work.

Only then did Master Liu return.

When he looked up, he saw Master Liu walking in from outside the door with a pale face and some confusion.

After seeing Jiang Ran, he muttered:

“There is no ……”

“What no?”

Jiang Ran froze.

“Nothing!”

Master Liu said to Jiang Ran as if he had seen a ghost:

“The Tang family …… Tang family is as if they have no roots.

“He …… their ancestors should really not be from the Cangzhou Prefecture.

“But where exactly did they come from, how many people were there when they came, and how did they acquire property ……

“Within the government office, surprisingly, there is no record at all!

“They are like, all non-existent.

“The furthest record was ten years ago ……

“They paid the first tax silver.”