A few minutes ago, Yan Liqiang and Qian Su had just turned at the three-way intersection near the hillside. A few minutes later, following the rangers' riders from afar, Yan Liqiang and Qian Su came to the three-way intersection again.
The direction that large group of rangers were heading was exactly the same as that of the cavalry team just now.
It started snowing today. The weather was already cold, and as the Rhino Horses under their crotch sped up, the biting cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew on their faces, which was like a knife, causing severe pain. Yan Liqiang and Qian Su both pulled up their leather collars to cover their faces. The two of them half-sat on the horse's back, hunched over, squinting their eyes, and with their upper bodies pressed against the Rhino Horses' steaming necks, they dared to drive the Rhino Horses up and barely kept up.
The rangers in front seemed to have noticed that Yan Liqiang and Qian Su were chasing them on horseback. Two of them turned around to look, but did not pay any attention.
"Uncle Qian, where does this road lead to?"
Riding his rhino horse and turning the three-way road, Yan Liqiang spoke in a muffled voice and asked Qian Su a question.
"This road leads to several places. There are two more intersections ahead. I didn't know until I got there..."
Yan Liqiang stopped talking and just followed closely. A few minutes later, as the rangers in front turned in two directions at two intersections, the path ahead suddenly became clear. Just in front of the road, there was also a big town like Lujiazhuang. Yan Liqiang saw from afar a tall and imposing fortress like a castle in the town.
"Wangjiabao, they are going to Wangjiabao..." Qian Su finally spoke.
Yan Liqiang was shocked. This Wangjiabao was Wang Haofei's ancestral home, and the foundation of the Wang family, which was strong enough to compete with the Lu family in Huanglong County.
Why would the elite cavalry and rangers in Pingxi City rush towards Wangjiabao? Could it be...
A guess that even Yan Liqiang found a little unbelievable suddenly appeared in his mind.
But as soon as the thought came to mind, Yan Liqiang rejected it himself.
Impossible. There are so many people in Wangjiabao. How could Ye Tiancheng do such a thing? This is too cruel. If that were the case, who knows how many innocent people would be implicated. Maybe it was because of other things...
Just as Yan Liqiang was thinking this, a column of black smoke rose into the sky from the direction of Wangjiabao in front.
In such weather, the black smoke rising from a fire in a building was particularly dazzling.
Qian Su and Yan Liqiang followed the group of knights and soon arrived outside Lujiabao.
More than twenty cavalrymen drew their swords and put arrows on their bowstrings, guarding the road in front of them in and out of Wangjiabao. When the group of rangers rushed in, the twenty-odd cavalrymen did not stop them. Yan Liqiang saw that one of the rangers paused for a moment when passing by the cavalrymen, pointed in the direction of himself and Qian Su, and whispered something. Then, before Yan Liqiang and Qian Su could rush over, five of the cavalrymen had already taken the initiative to rush towards Yan Liqiang and his group on horseback.
"Are you two from Wangjiabao..." Five cavalrymen rushed over and surrounded Yan Liqiang and Qian Su. Their eyes were as sharp as knives and swords, staring at the two men closely. The weapons in their hands were ready to attack, as if as long as the two men made the slightest movement, these five cavalrymen would kill Yan Liqiang and Qian Su on the spot.
"Don't get me wrong, we are all brothers in the army. The two of us saw a large number of you rangers rushing towards Wangjiabao on the road. We didn't know what happened, so we followed to see..." Qian Su said with a solemn face, then took out the badge of Captain Feiyang, the battalion supervisor of the Huanglong County Artisan Battalion, from his arms and showed it to the five cavalrymen.
When they saw Qian Su's badge, the five cavalrymen were also startled and quickly put away their weapons. Their attitude towards Qian Su and Yan Liqiang instantly took a 180-degree turn.
"Meet the Camp Supervisor..."
"What did the Wang family do wrong to cause such a big scene?"
"The Wang family colluded with several scums among the Shatu people, murdered and looted the women of the people in Huanglong County and Pingxi City, and also lured the son of the county magistrate into the evil way. Now that the Wang family has been exposed, the criminal investigation office has obtained evidence of the numerous crimes committed by the Wang family, which has angered both humans and gods. We, following the order of the county magistrate, will go first and rush to Huanglong County. Today we will wipe out the Wang family and eliminate a bully that has been harming the people of Huanglong County and Pingxi County..." A young man who seemed to be a sergeant among the five cavalrymen answered indignantly.
"Oh, I see. I didn't expect the Wang family to do such a thing. Fortunately, the county governor discovered it in time..."
"Please forgive me, sir. We have been ordered to stay here. We cannot let you in again. Otherwise, it will be difficult to report to the emperor..."
"It's okay, it's okay..." Qian Su smiled and waved his hand, "Brothers, I have my duty. Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. I understand. You guys are busy with your work. We'll just watch here and won't cause any trouble for you!"
"Thank you, sir, for your understanding!" The sergeant clasped his fists towards Qian Su, then turned his horse's head and ran back with a few men.
Yan Liqiang and Qian Su rode their horses and stood on the roadside outside Wangjiabao, watching the situation inside Wangjiabao.
At this time, Wangjiabao was in chaos. Everyone was in a panic, with cries and shouts mixed together. The whole Wangjiabao was instantly in chaos.
Teams of cavalrymen rode on rhinoceros horses and galloped through Wangjiabao, brandishing swords and shouting as they ran, "We are here on the orders of the county governor to hunt down the criminals of the Wang family today. Unrelated people, please stand aside. If you resist, you will be killed without mercy..."
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Seeing this scene, Yan Liqiang felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, and his face changed. He had never expected that Ye Tiancheng would actually do such a thing. In order to shift the blame and stop the gossips in the city, he did not hesitate to send the entire Wang family to hell, and pushed all the guilt and faults onto the Wang family...
Many people in the Wang family may not be kind, but at the same time, there are definitely a lot of ordinary and innocent people in the entire Wang family. Looking at the situation today, if the Wang family is to be wiped out, who knows how many innocent people in the Wang family will die...
The scene before him reminded Yan Liqiang of what happened to him and his family on this day last time. Same day, different time, different place. A tyrant from Huanglong County who was much more powerful than their Yan family was about to confiscate their property and exterminate their entire family in the blink of an eye. This cruel reality once again made Yan Liqiang feel a deep sense of helplessness and weakness.
In two months, he seemed to have changed a lot of things, but some things remained unchanged, which was suffocating.
"Li Qiang, what's wrong? You don't look well..." Noticing that Yan Liqiang hadn't spoken for a long time, Qian Su, who was standing next to him, glanced at Yan Liqiang and asked with concern.
"Uncle Qian, it's okay, I just feel a little shocked!" Yan Liqiang twitched the corners of his mouth, as if smiling, and then lowered his voice, "Uncle Qian, do you believe what the sergeant just said?"
After a few seconds, Qian Su looked at Yan Liqiang deeply before speaking, "I am just a small person. It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. What's important is that the county magistrate wants the Wang family to die, and the Wang family cannot live. This is the coldest reality in this world..." At this point, Qian Su raised his head with some emotion and looked at the gloomy sky with snow falling. "Maybe you will know in the future that compared with this world, today's weather is warm and clean..."
(End of this chapter)