Daming King of Punishment

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"Why are you looking for the Taoist chief?" The expression on the village chief's face was very calm, without any hesitation.

Seeing this situation, Song Wuya had no choice but to say again: "Of course I asked the Taoist priest to help us with a ritual. Our business was not very good last year. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing when I first came here this year, so I had to ask for help. God."

"Hey, that's not a coincidence for you, Taoist chief and the others are still resting." The village chief shook his head and said.

"They're back?" Bai Zhuo was startled and shouted straight away.

His voice was so high that the village head in front of him was startled by him and took a step back.

"What are you shouting about!" The village head gave him an angry look.

This is really an astonishing thing, and it is also very strange.Those Taoist priests actually came back, judging from the situation, they came back safe and sound, this is an unreasonable thing.

Song Wuya thought quickly in his mind, according to what they thought before, these Taoist priests were the murderers, so they should hide in the mountains to find the treasure.If they were just trying to get some money by defrauding them, they should also leave far away after they succeed.

But these fake Taoist priests did not take the usual path and came back.

"Did they come back last night?" Song Wuya wanted to confirm the exact time these guys came back.

"Yesterday, as soon as you left, they came back." The village head said impatiently.

It seemed that the village chief still didn't want to see them, and after saying this, he turned around and was about to close the courtyard door.

"Village chief, what are you doing! We don't have any malicious intentions, and didn't the Taoist chief say that yesterday? We won't bring trouble to your village, and we won't offend the mountain god." They said The purpose of this trip was to find these fake Taoist priests, but Bai Zhuo didn't want to go back like this, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop the village chief.

The village chief didn't stop, and said calmly: "If you really have something to do, you should come back in the afternoon. The Taoist chief and the others are still resting. I don't want to disturb them because of the affairs of you outsiders. They have helped our village a lot, yes our benefactor."

Bai Zhuo persevered and said: "Village Chief, let us go in, why don't we just wait here?"

"Hmph! My family doesn't have that much food for you to eat. If you are not afraid of starvation, come in." Reluctantly agreed, but the disgust in the words could be heard.

Bai Zhuo's face immediately became helpless, Song Wuya pulled him and shook his head, "What the village chief said is that we should not disturb the rest of the Taoists for now, let's come again when we have time."

Bai Zhuo still had a look of reluctance, and was forced out by Song Wuya.

After seeing the village head closed the door, Bai Zhuo couldn't help saying: "Brother Wu Ya, anyway, I was hungry once yesterday, so what if I'm hungry again today?"

"It's not about whether you're hungry or not. Didn't you see the disgusting look on the village chief's face? His words were nothing more than a turn around, and he still didn't want to keep us in the village. So let's get to know each other and leave quickly." .Anyway, our goal has been achieved today." Song Wuya explained.

They originally wanted to see the identity of these fake Taoist priests today, but now he was very disappointed.

After all, things became even more strange. Those fake Taoist priests should never have come back to the village, but they did come back.And there is another piece of information here, these fake Taoist priests can come back safely, maybe it really verified what they said yesterday, there may be something inside those caravans.

Now it's not easy for them to go back to Liangjiang County to investigate the situation, so they can only stay here for the time being to see how the situation is.

The two of them returned to Nankai City, it was still early, Bai Zhuo suggested, let's go and see the magistrate's yamen.By the way, they should inquire about the prefect Hanjin again.

"Boss, come get some tea." It's already spring and the weather is getting warmer. Someone has already set up a tea shed on this street.

Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo saw that there were a lot of people here, and it was considered a lively place, so they found a table and sat down.

Not long after, the boss brought tea and put it on the table of the two of them, and he was about to leave.

"Boss, I don't think you're busy right now, so you're not in a hurry. The two of us brothers just came here, and I want you to inquire about something." Song Wuya hurriedly stopped the tea boss with a smile and said.

When he said this, not to mention the tea boss was surprised, even the people drinking tea next to him turned their heads to look at the two of them.

The eyes of these people focused on the two of them, which immediately made them feel a little embarrassed.

"Could you be from Liangjiang County?" The tea boss looked at the two in surprise and asked.

Bai Zhuo and Song Wuya nodded subconsciously without even thinking about it.

For a moment, the two of them heard gasps from many people around them, and the expressions of surprise on their faces became more intense.

Only then did they realize that the latest case was the land route from Liangjiang County to Nankai City. No wonder they looked at the two of them like this.

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"Boss, don't be surprised. We came here by water." Song Wuya hurriedly explained, which made the people around him breathe a sigh of relief.

After saying this, the tea boss didn't say anything, but a man turned around and came to their table with a teacup and sat down.

"The two little brothers don't mind if I sit here." The man was polite and said to the two with a smile.

Song Wuya said: "Brother just sits, so why don't you mind?"

"That's good." The man nodded and said: "You just said that you want to ask the boss about tea, why don't you talk to me, anyway, I am idle."

"Oh? The eldest brother is from Nankai City?" Song Wuya wanted to ask, but he didn't want to waste time on people who were not familiar with Nankai's affairs.

"I'm a local, and I like to listen to gossip on weekdays, but I don't know what you want to ask." The man sipped his tea and said with a smile.

Song Wuya chuckled and said: "What else can there be, isn't it just the recent case! I only heard people mention this case when I came here, but I haven't heard anyone mention it in Liangjiang County. Fortunately, we In order to come over quickly, I took the waterway, otherwise I might not be able to sit here and talk now."

"Oh, so that's the case!" The man nodded, with doubts on his face. "It's strange to say that I have seen a few people who came from Liangjiang County by water before, and they only found out about this case when they came here. When they were in Liangjiang County, they had never heard of any The rumors, I really don’t know about this.”

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I came here safely. It's just that I haven't seen anyone wanting to go to Liangjiang County in this city." Song Wuya continued to ask, and the case still revolved around it.

"Yes, but very few. They didn't dare to go by land, and all chose the waterway." The man is also a person who is willing to chat, and he has a lot of words in his mouth. "After all, Nankai City and Liangjiang County can be regarded as transit places, and we still have to go to the east in the end."

"I see." Song Wuya nodded his head, suddenly realizing.Then he asked casually: "Why did I see that there is no notice issued by the government in this city? Doesn't the prefect's yamen notify the business travelers coming and going about such a big case?"

Gradually, the topic of Song Wuya moved towards the prefect.

Hearing this, the man didn't think it was strange, "It's nothing, after all, this case has already become a storm in the city, everyone knows it, and it doesn't matter whether the notice is posted or not."

"Really? But no matter what, this should be something that the magistrate's yamen should do." Song Wuya smiled wryly. "I don't know what the prefect thinks."

"I don't know that. After all, how do we poor people know about the officials and lords." The man also showed a helpless face, as if he also had some opinions on this matter.

"Brother, what kind of person is this magistrate?" Song Wuya thought for a while and asked directly.

The man shook his head: "There's no way to comment on it, but the prefect of Han has worked hard in Nankai City in the past few years. As the saying goes, although there is no merit, there is no fault."

"Oh? That's it! Doesn't that mean that the magistrate is doing nothing?" Bai Zhuo was upset when he heard this, and said angrily.

As soon as he said this, he once again attracted the attention of the people around him.After seeing the eyes of these people, Bai Zhuo couldn't help being astonished.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

The man turned his head to look at the people around him, and hurriedly said: "Little brother, since ancient times, the people have never fought with officials. They should not speak ill of officials behind their backs, so as not to cause trouble."

This man's admonition made Song Wuya feel that there was something wrong, which seemed to show that the magistrate was a master who didn't like others to speak ill of him.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Bai Zhuo didn't need Song Wuya to remind him, he quickly patted his mouth and said, "Look at my mouth, I understand the reason why this misfortune comes from my mouth, but I just can't control it. Actually, I don't understand it either. A magistrate, just said it casually just now."