Daming King of Punishment

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"Guest officers, what do you want to eat? This shop has all kinds of side dishes, as well as high-quality wine." The shopkeeper ran to Song Wuya and the others with a smile, and asked politely.

This restaurant is not big, there are only four or five tables inside, and there are many wine jars piled up in the corners, which are extremely huge.

Seeing the warm smile from the shopkeeper, Song Wuya originally planned to refuse, but seeing that the world was getting better, he immediately called Bai Zhuo and Situ Wen Xiaohuan to sit down.

"Shopkeeper, what do you have here?" Bai Zhuo immediately asked after sitting down.

Hearing his question, the shopkeeper left and began to report the names of the dishes.

But just as he opened his mouth, Song Wuya interrupted him: "Okay, Brother Bai, don't bother me so much."

Speaking of which, Song Wuya raised his head and looked at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, just watch and serve us. Two meaty ones, and two vegetarian ones. Just choose what you are good at."

"Okay, the guest officers are really happy!" The shopkeeper had a smile on his face. After all, the guests will bring him income, and he can do business. He just ordered food and immediately asked: "You two young masters, bring a pot of fine wine brewed in-house, and I guarantee that your trip today will not be in vain."

"Okay, let's have a pot of wine first." Song Wuya nodded and agreed.

The shopkeeper shouted happily: "Okay, you guys wait a moment."

Watching the shopkeeper enter the back kitchen, he came out after a short time, and there was already an extra wine jar in his hand.

Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo's gazes instantly focused on this wine jar, this wine jar really did not disappoint them, it was exactly the same as those wine jars in Man Niu's yard.

"Shopkeeper, I want to ask you something!" Song Wuya asked in a low voice after watching the shopkeeper put the wine jar on the table and unseal it.

The shopkeeper didn't take it seriously, and immediately responded: "Sir, please tell me."

"That bull that just died yesterday, but does he often come to your place to drink?"

The meal was originally a whim, and their main purpose of coming here was to investigate the bull.

"Man Niu doesn't drink at my place." What Song Wuya didn't expect was that the shopkeeper denied it as soon as he opened his mouth.Just when Song Wuya felt strange and wanted to continue to ask, the shopkeeper continued: "He, every time he comes to my place to buy food and wine, and he is never in the store to take home to eat and drink. Well, I'm still worried that he's drunk and making trouble in our store, so there will be no customers coming here to drink in the future."

Hearing these words, Song Wuya breathed a sigh of relief, and swallowed the words again.However, what the tavern shopkeeper said was really unusual: "Hiss! There are people like this! Does the shopkeeper know why this bull doesn't eat and drink with you? Could it be that he is afraid of you?"

"Hey! Young Master, you are really joking. This man is not afraid of anything. He used to hide those thorns in the city, but he didn't pay attention to them. I am a small businessman. Businessman, that would scare such a person." The shopkeeper explained: "I was also curious and asked Man Niu a question. He just said that if you talk too much, you will lose it. I am afraid that I will talk nonsense when I am drunk. , said things that should not be said.”

"Things that shouldn't be said? What secrets does this guy have? Isn't he just bluffing and deceiving all day long?" Bai Zhuo couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

The shopkeeper shook his head: "I don't know about that. He just said that, and I didn't dare to ask more."

"Oh! So that's the case, then go get busy. Take care of our meals!" Song Wuya nodded, and didn't continue to ask the shopkeeper anything.

After the shopkeeper left, Bai Zhuo immediately asked curiously: "Brother Wu Ya, what secret do you think this bull has? As for being so cautious?"

"That's not necessarily the case, but judging from the man's residence, he doesn't seem to be such a cautious person. But the strange thing about this matter is that he not only said so, but also did so. Could it be that he really has some kind of secret? If so, is his death also related to this?" Song Wuya was also extremely puzzled.

Judging from the wine jar in the courtyard, it is not a day or two for the bull to buy wine from here.If he really has any secrets, it's unknown.

Soon the food was served, Song Wuya and the others had a delicious meal here, and he and Bai Zhuo drank the jar of wine.

This wine is indeed delicious, with a refreshing fragrance, and the alcohol content is not high. After the two drank it, they were still as normal as before.

"The shopkeeper's checkout!"

Bai Zhuo shouted loudly, and the shopkeeper quickly walked over.

Seeing the shopkeeper approaching, Song Wuya opened his mouth and asked another question: "Shopkeeper, can you give me credit for that bull?"

Chapter 554 The Secret of the Bull

Chapter 554 The Secret of the Bull

"Credit? There has been no credit in the past few years. If you talk about credit, it was more than two years ago." The shopkeeper shook his head and said.

Bai Zhuo took out the silver and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper wanted to change the money immediately, but was stopped by Song Wuya.

"Shopkeeper, you don't need to look for it. You said that this barbarian drank at your place more than two years ago and still paid on credit? Then he stopped?"

"Yeah! At that time more than two years ago, he often came here. By the way, he either took it home to eat and drink, or ate and drank in our shop. But it was just two years ago, and I don't know what happened suddenly. I paid the wine money I owed before, and I don’t eat here anymore." The face of the shopkeeper, the happy expression because Song Wuya didn't want his change, was replaced by doubt at this moment.

It can be seen that he also felt strange about this, but he didn't know why.

Song Wuya didn't ask any further questions. After leaving the tavern, they headed towards the inn.

On the way, Bai Zhuo was still very curious about this matter: "Brother Wuya, it seems that this barbarian used to be deceived by bluffing, and it was indeed not enough for him to eat and drink. His turning point was two years ago, when this guy suddenly had Did you say that he did some shady business? Didn’t he go out of town often? Could it be that he did something like killing people and stealing goods?”

Bai Zhuo's words were a wake-up call for Song Wuya.

"It's not impossible. It seems that we still have to ask Catcher Zhu to spend some time searching outside the city to see if we can find the body."

Bai Zhuo was right in reminding, and only in this way, the money came in faster, and it got more money than Man Niu's bluffing and deceiving.

Situ Wen, who was following Song Wuya, also reminded him.

"Wu Ya, didn't you say that there are water ghosts in this section of the river? Tell me, could it be the ghosts caused by the bulls?"

"Water ghost?" Song Wuya frowned slightly: "I forgot about this, there are often small boats capsized in this river. It is not impossible that it is because of man-made reasons, if someone intentionally hijacked the boat, and then created world water It is also very possible that rumors of ghosts come."

"That's right! Didn't you say that only small boats will encounter water ghosts? Big boats seem to be fine, maybe because they have too few people and they can't attack big boats." Bai Zhuo also said.

You are right, the matter of the water ghost is really very possible.

Originally, Song Wuya didn't want to pay attention to the case of the water ghost, but he didn't expect that at this time, he would be connected with the case of Man Niu.

Thinking of this, Song Wuya immediately said: "Brother Bai, let's not go back to the inn for the time being, go to Zhu Butou immediately, and ask him about the river water ghost."

"Okay. It's not too late." Bai Zhuo clapped his hands and shouted.

When they came to Manniu's yard again, Zhu Long and other yamen servants were just about to leave here.After all, it was already noon, and it was time for them to eat.

"Master Song, Lord Bai, why are you back again? Did you find something?" Zhu Long knew that the two of them had gone to the tavern to investigate, and when he saw them coming back, he asked curiously.

Song Wuya nodded: "Zhu Tutou, we suspect that this barbaric bull often goes out of the city, and it has something to do with the water ghost in the river outside the city. Could you tell us about the water ghost in the river outside the city?"

"This matter has something to do with Man Niu?" Zhu Long was startled, obviously he didn't expect Song Wuya to say that.However, after seeing Song Wuya nodding his head affirmatively, he didn't dare to hesitate immediately, so he said, "It's been more than two years since the water ghost incident! And the boats that encountered water ghosts, all of them It’s a small boat, and all the goods and people on board have disappeared without a trace. Moreover, this water ghost appears and disappears, sometimes during the day and sometimes at night. But it’s not the same as a bull..."

After Zhu Long had said so much, judging by the suspicious look on his face, it was obvious that he still couldn't connect this matter with Man Niu.

His words stopped suddenly, his face full of doubts.

"What? Does Zhu Tutou think this has nothing to do with Man Niu?" Song Wuya looked at Zhu Long and asked.

Zhu Long nodded: "My subordinates clearly remember that when the water ghost appeared, the man bull was in the city, so it shouldn't be him. Just half a month ago, the man bull also left the city and went out for three days. God, the water ghost that only appeared on the third day after he came back, shouldn't have anything to do with the bull, right?"

It seems that Zhu Long didn't pay attention to this point. He knew very well that the time when Man Niu left the city and when the water ghost appeared was a few days away, so he felt that Man Niu was unlikely.