Volume 5 Jiangnan 480 Temple Chapter 496 The Culprit and the Mastermind (I)
After the fourth watch, the killing finally stopped.
It's not that these murderers finally relented, but because thousands of people in this village have been killed by them.
Only the houses are still burning, but all the people in the village have been turned into corpses. Their blood flowed in pools and pooled into a stream, which followed the village road and finally joined the side stream.
The sight of corpses strewn across the village was so common in the eyes of the murderers that many of them even complained unsatisfactorily: "These guys are so useless that they can't even make a decent resistance, and they are not as good as the boats we robbed on the lake!" ”
"Haha, this is also reasonable, this village is full of mud legs, and there are a few real goals that have some ability. But they were already frightened, so what could they do? ”
As they spoke, these people actually searched the village carefully, and poked knives at the corpses to prevent someone from cheating them to death.
As a result, this action really made three or four villagers who pretended to be dead appear, and then they were quickly killed by them in the blink of an eye, and they didn't even have time to say a word to beg for mercy.
It wasn't until it was confirmed that there was no more alive that these hundreds of murderers regrouped, and it was only at this time that Sun Ning recognized which one was their leader.
This is a middle-aged man with a thin body, a bare head, but a great evil spirit.
At this time, he swept over the corpses of the village with a sharp and cold gaze like a vulture, and said coldly: "It's all confirmed, there is no more life?" ”
"The big boss can rest assured that the entire Enji Village has no chickens and dogs!" Several of his subordinates replied triumphantly, and with their words, there was an uproar, but it was a courtyard next to it that was burned down by the fire, bringing up puffs of smoke and dust.
"That's good, our Flying Fish Dock is entrusted with this deal this time, and we must not miss it!"
These words were captured by Sun Ning, who was a few miles away, and his heart suddenly moved: "It turned out to be them again, no wonder!" ”
He still remembered the situation when his party was attacked in Tongli Town by the monks of Yunlin Temple, which was also arson and murder, and the same merciless and wanton slaughter...... And among the murderers at that time, there were thieves from Taihu Flying Fish Dock, and finally let them escape.
Unexpectedly, the people of this Flying Fish Dock actually went to Kunshan to kill people and set fires, and their methods were as cruel and cruel as before.
With thoughts turning in his heart, Sun Ning still carefully discerned the conversations of the murderers in front of him, especially the words of the person who led him, and wanted to get more information.
And the other party really didn't disappoint him, so he saw the leader laugh and said, "After today's matter is completed, we can get the benefit of 100,000 taels of gold, which is enough for the expenses of our brothers in the dock for a year or two."
"You guys go back, sixth, you take a few people with me to meet the employer, and get the rest of the gold!"
The person who was named was a man with a fat body and two knives hanging from his waist, and at this time, he smiled, agreed, and led more than a dozen people to stand behind the leader.
The others greeted them and whistled away with the little money they had stolen from the village.
Seeing this, Sun Ning no longer hesitated, and immediately turned his head to Liang Wentong, who was full of resentment: "Brother Liang, you follow them and keep an eye on where these murderers are going and where they are staying." ”
Liang Wentong came back to his senses a little, answered in a low voice, and then asked, "What about you?" ”
"Let's follow that leader......" Sun Ning's eyes were awe-inspiring, "Look where he is going and who he sees!" Listening to his meaning, he is going to meet the mastermind behind the scenes and get the rest of the payment. ”
"Good!" Liang Wentong gritted his teeth, complied with Sun Ning's arrangement, bowed his body, and slowly retreated, wanting to go around to the other side so that he could follow.
Sun Ning and the others also bent down and retreated at the same time, but their eyes were locked on those targets, watching them separate from the large army, and after each of them got on their horses, they had already left the village and headed towards the hazy Kunshan county in front of them.
Sun Ning and Xiao Qian didn't say anything more, and immediately moved, taking advantage of the cover of the darkest night before dawn, they each showed light body skills, and ran after the more than ten horses.
Fortunately, those guys in the Flying Fish Dock were not too vigilant, and they didn't feel that there were still people who would see them and others at this time, so they didn't notice that two of them had followed their leader.
However, for Sun Ning and them, this kind of tracking is not easy.
It was a bit of a struggle for them to keep up with the horse's four legs, and it was fine at first, but as time went on, it was noticeably pulled apart.
Moreover, they also had to care about not being noticed by the more than ten people who were behind them, so they could only be more careful to hurry, and their movements would naturally be more unfavorable.
Fortunately, Enjizhuang is only more than ten miles away from the county seat, and finally let people come to the county seat before it was completely opened. Then taking advantage of the moment when the other party shouted to open the city gate, Sun Ning and the others easily climbed the city wall, which was only more than three feet long, and condescended to grasp the other party's whereabouts.
Then, after some tracking, they finally came to the final destination with those murderers, unexpectedly, Kunshan County Ya!
Who would have thought that the mastermind behind the murder of an innocent village by these thieves would actually wait in the county office?
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Kunshan County is very dilapidated both on the outside and on the inside, and like all the subordinate counties and towns of Kunshan in Suzhou, it is also the poorest and most backward existence.
Although Kunshan is only a hundred miles away from Suzhou, it is really like a world away from prosperity.
In the whole county, there are almost few decent trading houses, the fields are barren, and the population is only half or even thirty percent of that of other counties.
It can be said that looking at the whole of Jiangnan, there is no second county that is poorer than Kunshan, and many people here can only leave their hometowns to work or even beg because they can't survive.
Because of this, the officials of this county are also the most unconfident of all the Jiangnan officials, especially when they meet nobles with high status, they can't wait to kneel directly at the feet of people to be a dog.
At this time, the three officials of Kunshan County looked so cautious, with such humble smiles and bent backs, people couldn't believe that they were the masters of this county government.
In front of them was a middle-aged man with a handsome appearance and extraordinary bearing.
Looking at these officials who deliberately stammered and kept saying good things, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a disdainful smile: "Okay, a few adults don't have to be so restrained." You help me this time, I Su Wenkang also know that there is something to be rewarded, and after this incident, I will think of ways to help you change to Suzhou City as an errand. ”
An understatement made the three officials excited for a while, and they almost knelt down for the head of the Su family......