Although it was a guess, Jiang Ning still had some basis for himself.

Well, it's actually quite simple.

There are many sects in this Jianghu sect, and there are countless disciples.

If you are a human being, you have to eat, and you can't live by drinking the northwest wind.

Therefore, whether it is a village and a lake, three mountains and four pavilions, or nine gates and twelve gangs, each sect has its own legitimate livelihood to survive.

For example, the Nine Gates and Twelve Gangs, they mostly do darts, debt collection, transportation, and martial arts teaching.

The three mountains and four pavilions also have their own ways to make money.

Even in the eyes of the world, it does not eat the fireworks of the world, and the transcendent Snow Mountain is no exception.

Their excellent Big Buddha carving business is very hot, and the gold medicine developed by their unique family is very popular even in the Imperial Palace.

As the second largest sect in the rivers and lakes, the Scarlet Lake, where its sect is located, is undoubtedly their private property.

There are many islands on the scarlet lake, the scenery is beautiful, and it is a place where literati and ink painters paint boats and cruise ships frequently.

Although the righteous path of the rivers and lakes led by Jianzhuang has degraded the Scarlet Lake to the Blood Demon Lake and denounced it as a demonic road, in fact, in the boundary of the Scarlet Lake, the people's livelihood is stable, although it is not to leave the road unforgotten, and the night is not closed, it is much more stable and rich than the areas under the jurisdiction of many dynasties.

The rules of the Scarlet Lake, no one is allowed to make trouble on their own territory, so although the rivers and lakes say that it is a magic way, it does not affect the common people and those vassal and elegant literati to come here to play, plus the Scarlet Lake Gate people are mostly beautiful young women, to play in the boundary of the Scarlet Lake, it is definitely a pleasing thing to the eye. Therefore, part of the small island in the Scarlet Lake was leased by the sect to those merchants who did business, and the rent was also quite expensive.

Last but not least, the 10,000 acres of fertile land around the lake are also the industry, a small part of it is self-sufficient, and the rest is rented to tenant farmers who have lived in the vicinity for generations.

The reason why Scarlet Lake is known as the second largest sect in the rivers and lakes is that in addition to being able to compete with the first-ranked Sword Village in terms of force, the exaggerated wealth they possess is also an extremely important factor.

As for Sword Village, the name of the number one sect in the world alone can bring them countless benefits.

Then there is its well-known weapon smelting technology. That is their forte, and it is also the foundation of Jianzhuang's ability to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes.

Speaking of which, in fact, Jiang Ning's true thoughts in his heart have become clearer and clearer.

What the Green Reed Gang is doing is undoubtedly a water transportation business.

Most of the industries in Scarlet Lake are hit on their own one-third of an acre of land, and they do not rely much on water transportation.

Even the Siamese umbrellas made by the Scarlet Lake Gate people and were very popular in the middle of the entire dynasty were mostly picked up by those big businessmen with their convoys, and they didn't have anything to do with gangs like the Qingwei Gang.

The reason is also very simple.

As one of the original thirteen gangs, the Qingwei Gang has always prided itself on being a righteous sect

, standing on the side of Jianzhuang.

Besides, the help of the surname Jiang has always had a close relationship with Luo Mingyuan, the young master of the Shuoji Pavilion of the Righteous Dao Sect.

The so-called righteous way is written that there are no two sides, and the way is different and does not conspire with each other.

Even if there was really some place for Scarlet Lake to use the ship, it would never and had no reason to go to a gang like the Qingwei Gang that might betray itself at any time and had no trust at all to do it.

Therefore, the troubles encountered by the Qingwei Gang in the transportation business are unlikely to be related to the Scarlet Lake.

Looking at the rivers and lakes of the imperial court, the existence that can make the Qingwei Gang so feared is excluded here, and there is only one sect left as the leader of the righteous path and the first in the rivers and lakes.

Of course, these complicated twists and turns, Jiang Ning felt that as long as he mentioned it so casually, the blacksmith would definitely be able to react, so he didn't say anything deeply, just excused himself to guess.

Shen Bing, who had been listening for a long time, said curiously: "But everyone is from the same righteous sect, they are all fellow travelers, you also said that the Qingwei Gang has always stood on the side of Jianzhuang, since this is the case, why is Jiang Chongshan so afraid?"

"Although the right path is the right way, the same path may not be the same path. The blacksmith sneered, rejecting his daughter's simple idea.

"It seems to be the same," the girl thought for a while when she heard this, and said, "Let's just say that Zhuang Ying is good, everyone says that she is a female devil, but I don't think she is bad at all." ”

Jiang Ning rolled her eyes and couldn't help but interject: "When others are here, you raise your eyebrows at her all day long, and you don't have a good face, why is it that someone is leaving now, but he says good things?"

"That's not because—" The girl blurted out, but stopped halfway through.

"Because of what?"

The girl blushed, turned around and buried her head in her sister's arms, and no longer bothered Jiang Ning, isn't it because she is interested in you?

Of course, Shen Bing didn't have the cheekiness to say these explicit words in front of Jiang Ning.

It's just that whether it is Shen Ling, a sister of the same mother, or Luo Mingyuan, a blacksmith, they have already seen her mind clearly.

In fact, Jiang Ning himself may not be completely unaware, but the matter here is just a trial in the final analysis, he will definitely not invest even a trace of affection in anyone, as for the little affection in Shen Bing's heart for himself, after he leaves, he will either disappear with the closure of the Mirror Sea World, or it will naturally be transferred to the original owner of this body, and then everything will have nothing to do with him Jiang Ning. The reason why he was so good to Shen Bing without the slightest scruples was probably because he had already seen some clues about this trial, the owner of his body was originally going to come together with Shen Bing, Jiang Ning didn't want to cause anything wrong with his intervention and change the original fate of those people, even if they were just personalities created by Jinghai.

After a moment of silence, and when the red clouds on his face subsided, Shen Bing couldn't help but ask, "Then tomorrow morning, will we go to the mass grave to see that physiognomy master?"

Jiang Ning couldn't help but turn white

eye, a backhand finger clasped on the girl's smooth forehead, and said a little depressedly: "It's cold, the corpse is buried naked, there is no coffin, if nothing else, you should be able to see the wound, this is the purpose of me taking you to see the physiognomy, in order to, just to show you how accurate that killing knife is, now that your father is back, what else is there to see?"

The girl was puzzled: "Look at the wound, look at the wound, what does this have to do with whether Daddy can't come back?"

Jiang Ning took a deep breath, calmed down, tried not to choke on this natural girl, and patiently explained: "It's still snowing outside, the cedar plain is so big, we both have to rely on the female devil to walk back, your sister should have been married at the Li family in Jingyuan County, haven't you thought about how your father brought her back?"

Shen Bing looked at Jiang Ning, then at his father, and saw that the blacksmith nodded affirmatively at him, and then he understood a little.

Jiang Ning complained angrily: "Isn't it very smart when you hold a hairpin against me in the cave?

The girl in wolf's skin muttered unconvinced: "Hmph, don't you eat it too?"

(End of chapter)