The Prodigal Son of the Empire

"Attack two villages at the same time? Did any villagers die?" Wang Kang asked hastily.

"Yes, there are two villages, Shangzao Village and Xiazao Village..." Zhou Qing said in a low voice, "No villagers died, but we lost nine people!"

"nine?"

Wang Kang was stunned for a moment, the current private soldiers of the family are all veterans of the Fuyang Earl's Mansion, and they are all accumulated by Wang Dingchang for many years.

Most of them are veterans recruited from the army, all of them are elite and sincere!

How long has it been since he died.

Now they lost nine people at once!

"Three or forty people came to attack each village," Zhou Qing continued, "They all dressed like bandits, but they acted swiftly and uniformly!"

"Fight with our soldiers stationed there. Although our men are small, they are all equipped with new weapons, and each has its own damage..."

"But..." Zhou Qing said, slightly surprised, "But not long after, they came to reinforce again!"

"There are reinforcements?" Wang Kang asked in surprise.

"Correct!"

Zhou Qing nodded, "Thanks to Dagger Fu bringing the hidden guards over in time, they were defeated, leaving a few corpses before retreating!"

Attacking two villages at the same time, and reinforcements, then their people...

As if knowing what Wang Kang was thinking, Zhou Qing went on to say, "Let's discuss it, and there should be quite a few of them."

"This is not the way to go!"

Wang Kang clenched his fists. This kind of harassment and attack would have too much impact. It can be imagined that if this happened, it would affect people's hearts...

How can we build and develop without a stable environment?

"We can't be passive like this, we must take the initiative!"

Wang Kang said in a deep voice: "Mahuangyu, Shangzao Village, and Xiazao Village are all in the south of Xinfeng County, close to Yuntai Mountain. They must be hiding in Yuntai Mountain!"

"We will start a large-scale mountain patrol today, and we must find them."

"By the way, if we confront them, can we judge whether they are ordinary bandits?" Wang Kang asked again.

"It shouldn't be!"

Zhou Qing said solemnly: "They act in a unified manner, and they don't act like quacks, but they seem to have been trained."

"I have also checked the corpses. I don't think they are bandits, but rather..."

"like what?"

Zhou Qing spat out two words, "Pawn!"

Hearing this, Wang Kang took a deep breath. Now he can be sure that this group of people must be sent by Han Yu!

Let his family's private soldiers pretend to be bandits, rob and kill people!

Has it really come to this point?

"Master Kang, a suspicious person has been captured,"

At this moment, a woman came in to report.

This woman's name is Shan Yun, she is ordinary-looking, about thirty years old, and she is a leader of the underground network.

The predecessor of Diwang was Qing Erniang's Hongxiu Pavilion, where there were many women.

"What suspicious person?"

"This person is a stranger. We have been watching him for several days, and we found out that he went to Mahuangyu the day before yesterday for fun,"

Shan Yun opened his mouth and said: "And he has also been to Shangzao Village and Xiazao Village, I suspect that he specially stepped on the spot..."

"Where is this person now, take me there!"

Hearing this, Wang Kang said directly.

Afterwards, Shan Yun brought Wang Kang to an inconspicuous dwelling in Xinfeng County.

This is actually a stronghold of the ground network.

When he arrived at the room where the man was held, Wang Kang saw that he was a man in his 30s, with a good build, and he was tied to a chair.

His body was covered in blood, and there were whip marks, obviously tortured.

Seeing Wang Kang walking in, the man's face changed, and then recovered. Although he passed away, Wang Kang noticed it.

"Who are you? Let me go!"

"I'm a merchant from Wanzhou, you guys are so brave,"

The man shouted loudly and struggled from time to time.

"Wanzhou businessman?"

Wang Kang sneered, and said lightly: "You should know me!"

"I don't know you. I came to Xinfeng County because I heard that there is construction going on here. I want to see what business is going on here. Who is the magistrate here? Let him come over!"

"County magistrate?"

Everyone around laughed, now Xinfeng County is already the fiefdom of Fuyang Earl's Mansion, so there is no county magistrate.

The former county magistrate had already died with Shi Jian!

This guy is obviously playing dumb.

"Did he speak?" Wang Kang asked.

"No, don't say anything." Shan Yun said: "Some punishments have been applied, but this guy is very stubborn!"

Wang Kang walked in, looked at the man, and asked, "Tell me your name and what's your purpose."

"I want to see the magistrate!"

"Still acting stupid!"

Wang Kang sneered, and said lightly: "Pull his nails. If you don't say anything, keep doing it. After you finish your fingers, you can do it with your toes. Let's see how long he can resist!"