"Who are those people?"
"That looks like Wu Qingman, the head manager of the Wu Family Store-and Wei Sheng, the Fish-Dragon Gang's newly appointed External Affairs Envoy!"
"Why are they together?"
"And why are there so many bodies on those carts?"
"I heard Head Manager Wu went to collect goods from the prefectural capital. Could they have run into the Black Mountain Bandits on the way back?"
"How terrible! So many people died!"
"..."
The arrival of Wei Sheng's party immediately drew everyone's attention.
The cold bodies on the carts in particular became the focus of attention, prompting hushed discussions.
Among the County Yamen's officers, Wei Sheng also spotted Dong Yue, the Lin Family's Attendant Suo Huan, and Black Mountain City's lineage representatives and gentry, with Hong Chengyuan at their head.
"Senior Brother Wei, those are County Magistrate Fang and County Deputy Liu-"
As Wei Sheng looked at the crowd, Wu Qingman's quiet reminder reached his ears.
Wei Sheng remained expressionless, though he was somewhat surprised.
Just who warranted a joint welcome from the two most powerful men in the county?!
Even welcoming the County Commandant who was about to take office should not have required this, surely?!
While he was still wondering, Wu Qingman stepped forward first and bowed to Fang Maozhen and Liu Delu.
Wei Sheng followed suit.
He simply did not announce his name.
Whatever else he was, he belonged to a gang, the sort of person the authorities nominally cracked down on. It was better to keep a low profile in public.
Fang Maozhen and Liu Delu merely glanced at him before their eyes settled on the carts behind him.
"Head Manager Wu, what happened here?!"
Pointing at the five or six bodies on the carts, Fang Maozhen questioned her gravely.
Wu Qingman concealed nothing about