Daming King of Punishment

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"Miss Situ, why are you angry? What a wonderful place that is, let's go up and have a look together!"

He still doesn't know what's going on, but when Situ Wen heard his words, her cheeks turned red immediately, and she glared at him angrily: "Bai Zhuo, you let me and Xiaohuan go to such a filthy place? Hmph, that's really shameless." !"

Bai Zhuo, who was praised by Situ Wen just now, was scolded angrily now, which made Bai Zhuo suddenly confused.

He could only ask for help from Song Wuya who was at the side: "Brother Wuya, what's wrong?"

Song Wuya didn't bother to pay attention to him, and at this moment another painting boat was gradually approaching the shore, and it stopped not far in front of them.

As soon as the boat stopped, several men on board walked down the gallery surrounded by some women with heavy makeup.

"This..." At this moment, Bai Zhuo also noticed something was wrong.

Those few men just came down, and the women who accompanied them each greeted them with charming smiles: "Master, come again when you are free!"

The men all had color on their faces, and smirked at the seductive woman, dishonestly taking advantage of those women.The women didn't dodge either, and let their hands just touch them.

As soon as those men left, these seductive women immediately shook the silk handkerchiefs in their hands, seducing the men on the bank.Naturally, those who couldn't resist the temptation immediately swarmed up and rushed towards them.

"Brother Wu Ya! Why didn't you tell me that this boat is a place for such activities!" Bai Zhuo's face changed drastically, he understood everything, no wonder Situ Wen scolded him for being shameless just now.

Song Wuya frowned tightly, thinking that he was to blame for this matter.It was clearly that he was on the street in the afternoon, looking at those flowery streets and willow alleys with emotion, and it was at that time that Song Wuya mentioned the matter of painting a boat, and anyone could connect it together.But Bai Zhuo thought Song Wuya was talking about another fun place in Yangzhou.

"Miss Situ, just now Bai didn't know what kind of boat it was, and thought it was just an ordinary cruise ship! I hope Miss Situ will forgive me." Bai Zhuo sighed, and hurriedly explained to Situ Wen, begging for forgiveness, facing the misunderstanding of him into Cheng Deng. prodigal son.

But Situ Wen didn't bother to pay attention to him, glared at him, and didn't speak.

Seeing this scene, Song Wuya actually started laughing rather gloatingly.This immediately caused Bai Zhuo to look at him with supercilious eyes, and Situ Wen also quietly pinched him, giving him color.

The farce of Huafang made several people suddenly become embarrassed.Situ Wen didn't have any intention of playing, and said coldly: "Let's go back, I guess the people who ate in the inn should have finished eating this time."

This clearly indicated that Situ Wen was already angry, and Song Wuya hurriedly said something nice: "Wen'er, why bother. This is just a misunderstanding, Brother Bai, he doesn't know. As the saying goes, those who don't know don't do it." However, why do you care about this? I think it seems to be steaming over there, let's go and have a look, there should be something delicious."

After a few words of persuasion, Situ Wen stopped getting angry, but she still didn't give Song Wuya a good face.Obviously, from Situ Wen's expression, Song Wuya also understood, she clearly thought that it was Song Wuya who made Bai Zhuo look ugly just now.

This is really a great injustice, but now he can't say clearly, so he has to be dumb and eat coptis.

Sure enough, Song Wuya's eyes were really good, and the steaming place was a small stall of freshly wrapped and cooked wontons.

The stall owner is a husband and wife, and they are extremely busy at the moment.Many people who came and went on the bank of the river sat here, eating chaos.

Seven or eight full tables were set up, and the husband and wife were very busy.

Just when they came, a table of guests put down a few copper coins and got up to leave.

The proprietress looked in all directions, saw someone leaving and someone coming, and immediately went forward with a rag, cleaned up the dishes of the guests just now, wiped the table for several people, and greeted them enthusiastically.

"Wait a minute, this wonton will be ready soon."

There is no need to ask more questions when you come here, the flag hanging next to it has already written clearly, there is only chaos.

Song Wuya and the others nodded, then sat patiently and waited.

"The refreshing wind is blowing. If we can have a jug of water and wine right now, wouldn't it be great for us to recite poems and inscriptions by the river?" Bai Zhuo sat down and looked back at the river behind him, full of interest.

Hearing his words, Song Wuya immediately shook his head: "Brother Bai, please stop! I don't have this interest, I think if you want, you might as well make some friends around here while we are eating here. friend."

When it comes to reciting poems and prose, it's not that Song Wuya simply doesn't have the fun anymore, he simply doesn't know it.After all, he may not be able to fully understand the ancient prose, let alone write poems here.

But as soon as he said this, Bai Zhuo showed surprise: "That's not right!"

"What's wrong?" Seeing Bai Zhuo's eyes full of doubts looking at him, Song Wuya said with a smile.

"I remember that when we were in Songjiang, Brother Wu Ya, you once wrote a poem in that manor. The poem was very exquisite. Why don't you like it now?" Bai Zhuo was originally surprised by this.

Unexpectedly, Song Wuya himself almost forgot about this matter, but Bai Zhuo still remembered it.

This made him a little embarrassed for a while, they didn't know their identity yet.You can't let yourself say that he borrowed other people's poems, right?Besides, they may not believe it when they say it!After all, the original owner of the poem, his grandfather, hasn't even been born yet.Whether there will be him in the future is still unknown.

"Isn't that a helpless act at the time? I just came here casually. In fact, it's not like you don't know my little knowledge. How can you have that ability!" Song Wuya smiled and made up a random reason, which can be regarded as prevarication. .

Seeing Song Wuya's refusal, Bai Zhuo sighed: "Hey! Originally, that's all I said, and there was no other meaning."

While the two were talking, the proprietress over there came forward with Chaos, but gave it to another table of guests, which made the four of them who were waiting to eat a little greedy.

Things always come first, then come first, and they don't have much to say.

Snapped!

Just as she was talking, suddenly the last bowl of Chaos in the proprietress' hand slipped from her hand and fell straight to the ground, and the porcelain bowl was instantly shattered into pieces.The hot soup in the bowl splashed all over the place for a while, and the guest next to him immediately jumped up with a scream, almost knocking over the table.

"Ah! What happened! It burned me to death!"

The guest yelled in pain, but the proprietress was in a trance, looking at the river in horror.

"Someone fell into the water!" The proprietress suddenly yelled, and everyone at the wonton stall immediately looked at the general.

But I saw the bow of a painting boat, many people crowded there, looking at the river below the bow.

Apparently, many people on the river bank saw someone falling into the water, and shouted at the boat, "Help me!"

Amidst the shouts of the crowd, someone finally jumped into the river with a plop and dived into the water to start rescue.

"Hey! Something's wrong!" Song Wuya looked at the situation and felt very puzzled.

Bai Zhuo turned around and looked at him with a frown: "Brother Wu Ya, what's wrong?"

"Let's see first." Song Wuya didn't rush to explain, keeping his eyes on the river.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for those who entered the water to save people, and quickly rescued those who fell into the river.

Everyone here noticed He Zhong, and the proprietress, who had reacted to the guest's pain, hurriedly apologized to the guest.

Chapter 684 The Woman Who Falls into the Water

Chapter 684 The Woman Who Falls into the Water

“公子见谅，我一时失手，烫着你没有啊？”老板娘紧张不已，毕竟刚刚出锅的混沌，汤水可都是滚烫的。刚刚情急之下大喊的那公子，此刻也缓过神来，连忙摆手：“不碍事，不碍事。些许烫伤，忍一忍就是了。老板娘你还是赶紧给我再送混沌来吧，我这实在是饿得不行了。”听着那公子的话，老板娘顿时心中松了口气，连忙点头：“公子稍等，我这就送混沌过来，还请注意脚下，不要伤了。四位的混沌，便算是我请客了。”毕竟事因自己，老板娘也心中有愧，这也算是补偿了。这让几名公子哥也不好意思了，急忙劝说：“老板娘不必如此，我也知你不是成心，又没伤着我，实在是用不着。”可老板娘执意如此，没有和书生们多纠缠此事，匆匆又去端混沌去了。这一次，宋无涯他们算是等到混沌了。不过此刻谁还有心思吃混沌啊，全都吧心思放在了江河之中。“捞上来了，捞上来了！”水花翻涌，江面上突然钻出人来，只见先前跳入江中的男子，正夹着一名女子冲着画舫之上的人招着手。一时间周围变得吵闹异常，根本听不清楚在说些什么，更别说距离河岸还有些距离的画舫了。眼见人被救上来，宋无涯这才坐了下来。“人被救上来了。”白卓也跟着坐下，向司徒雯和小环说道。“救上来就好，是什么人落入了水中啊？”司徒雯可没瞧见河中发生的事情，便向他们两人询问。白卓摇头：“这可就不清楚了，不过看样子应该是名女子。也不知道是失足落入了河中，还是轻生自己跳了下去。”他们正讨论着，可宋无涯却阴沉着脸，紧皱着眉头。“白兄，你有没有看到不对劲？那女子怎么看都好像死了！”宋无涯对这一点很是敏锐，但有因为距离实在是太远，又加之此时夜色浓重，看不太真切，略有些怀疑的向白卓询问。白卓一愣：“死了？怎么可能啊？这才多大一会功夫啊！”确实，这世间太短。从那老板娘呼喊有人落水，他们急忙起身查看，到有人搭救再到那落水女子被救起。这短短的功夫，还不够他们喝一杯茶的功夫呢。可刚刚看到那女子被救起，宋无涯只感觉那男子拖拽着女子，很是吃力的样子。而女子更是没有丝毫的动作，就任由那男子摆弄。显然，白卓是没有瞧见这些细节，此刻被宋无涯询问，显得有些不明所以。女子落水的事情，很快便被众人遗忘。这河岸边上，也又回到了先前的景象。而宋无涯四人也吃了自己的混沌，也不知道是因为刚刚吃了东西，还是这几日路途的疲惫，几人谁也没有了继续游赏的兴致，便返回了客栈。“无涯兄，开门啊！”回到客栈后，在房间前，白卓提醒着宋无涯上前开门。听到白卓的话，宋无涯一愣：“钥匙没在你那里吗？”“钥匙一贯都是你拿着的啊！”白卓毫不迟疑的说着。宋无涯一想，好像还真是这么回事。原本回来后，他是准备开门的，可是在腰间这么一摸，却并没有摸到钥匙，这才以为钥匙是在白卓手上的。“无涯，你们的房间门开着呢！”司徒雯和小环往前边走去，准备回到自己房间。打他们房门前路过之时，因为两人的话便扭头看了一眼，便看到了他们房门只是关着，并没有上锁。“不对啊！走的时候明明上锁了啊！”宋无涯皱眉上前，一看果然房门没有上锁。不仅如此，那找不到的钥匙，竟然就在那挂在房门上的锁头上。看到这个情形，他急忙推门而入，来到了房中查看。“该死，这是遭了贼了！”宋无涯看到床榻上的包裹已经被人翻开，检查之后却发现其内的丢失了一些银票。“怎么会这样？”白卓也吃惊不已，看着眼前的景象错愕的看向宋无涯。这可让宋无涯无法解释了，谁知道这是怎么回事。他一边检查着丢了什么，一边让司徒雯赶忙回去看看，她们的东西丢没丢。很快，司徒雯便又来到了他们的房间。“我们的房间还上着锁，东西也没有丢。”“看来钥匙是被人偷了，偷钥匙的人又返回了客栈，偷了我们的钱财。”听到司徒雯她们的房间没有遭贼，宋无涯便猜到这是怎么一回事了。而他检查了东西之后，也不禁松了口气。“只是丢了一些银票。好在咱们之前将音量分开，多数都在雯儿那里。另外官凭和金牌也另外放在了别处，没有丢失。要不然的话咱么可就麻烦了。”宋无涯松了口气，毕竟重要的东西没丢，这他们就放心了。“无涯兄，你说的一点都没错啊！这财不外露，想必一定是今日司徒小姐赏了那几个孩子100两银票，令那些心存歹念之人动了心思。要不然他们怎么会知晓咱们住在这里，一定是在那之后跟着咱们来到了客栈。”白卓立刻就做起了分析。他这个分析，宋无涯也认同，不过他看着司徒雯脸上满是歉意，随即说道：“未必如此，或许只是个巧合吧。”“姑爷，那咱们报官吧！”小环立刻提议，毕竟在她看来，丢失的银票可不是一个小数。可一听这话，白卓立刻呵斥：“小环，报什么官？我们不就是官吗？更何况，那些银票对咱们来说，心里有底。可要是放在别人的身上，那就是不明不白了。若是到时候我们的身份败露，说不定将我们两人当做了贪官污吏呢！”相比较钱财而言，白卓更看重他们的名声。倘若一不小心造成了这样的误会，他们可就要被人抓了把柄，到时候想解释都难。小环一时激动，此刻听白卓这么一说，才知晓这麼做行不通。可她还是有些不甘心，毕竟那么多的银票，她这一辈子都赚不来，就这样被别人偷去，怎么能平静的下来。“难道我们就只能认栽了？让那贼逍遥法外吗？”小环的话让白卓有些尴尬了，虽然说他们这钱要是曝光了，会被别人误会。可偷了他们钱的那个贼，也不能就这样放了啊。要是这一次他没什么事的话，只怕会助长了他那颗贼心，日后还不知道会做出什么事情来呢。“自然不会，肯定要抓住他了。”白卓看着小环委屈的样子，急忙说道。宋无涯点了点头：“暂且不说这事情了，明天再想办法抓着那家伙。”劝了小环一句后，宋无涯看向白卓：“白兄，将你新买的宣纸借我一张。我要看看这玉石印章上，究竟都刻着些什么东西。对了，那玉石……”话刚说到这里，宋无涯突然大惊，眉头一紧赶忙再次找了一遍。“该死，那玉石印章忘记收起来了，被一起偷去了！”此刻的宋无涯懊悔不已，没想到千算万算，他还是失算了。原本他觉得那玉石印章虽然重要，可毕竟与他们的身份没什么关系，便没有与官凭什么另外收起。没想到被那个贼一并给偷走了，让他有些措手不及。“无涯兄，这可怎么办啊！那东西咱们好不容易才拿到手，这下子被别人给偷去了，还不知道落入什么人手中呢！要是被别人识破其上的秘密，那可就麻烦了！”白卓听到这消息，都快要抓狂了。“稍安勿躁！咱们还是先休息再说。虽然现在还不知晓究竟是什么人偷了咱们，不过有这个玉石印章，未必不是线索。我想此人既然为贼，未必识得几个大字，那玉石印章必定会被他转手卖掉。只要他出手，咱们就能找到他。明天咱们去古董店瞧瞧，或许能碰到那个人。”宋无涯安慰这众人。虽然他这么说，可这样无异于大海捞针，谁知道那贼什么时候会出手。毕竟他们所丢大部分都是银票，这些银票数额不小，或许那贼不会那么早想着去将那玉石印章卖掉。众人点了点头，现如今也只能如此了。躺在了床上，宋无涯脑海中思索着办法。他知晓明天未必会有收获，所以他必须再想其他的办法。毕竟这玉石印章事关重要，他可不想让其落入别人的手中，尤其是无量教的手中，那样的话他们之前的努力就算是白白浪费了。一时间，在他的脑海中想出了一个个的猜测，也一一想出了应对的办法。也不知道想了多久，宋无涯才沉沉的睡了过去。当他睡着之后，也就不用为这种事情所烦心了。一夜恍惚间便已结束，舟车劳顿的宋无涯醒来之后，感觉身体轻松不已。他刚一起来，洗漱之后便匆匆的离开了房间。直到小半个时辰之后，这才回来。而此刻白卓也已经醒来，看到宋无涯早出，便疑惑的问了一句：“无涯兄，你干什么去了？”

Chapter 685 A Prostitute

Chapter 685 A Prostitute

“找禁卫。”宋无涯随口一说，便来到屋中桌前坐了下来。“找禁卫？找他们帮咱们调查偷了银子那人？”宋无涯的话引起了白卓好奇，毕竟他也只能联想起这件事情了。而宋无涯也点了点头：“没错！或许他们有办法！”“希望尽快能找到那玉石印章，要是落入无量教的话，那可真就是一个笑话了！”白卓也担心那玉石印章落入无量教的手中。现在想想，宋无涯实在是太不小心了。毕竟这地方可不是寻常的地方，扬州或许藏匿着大量的无量教成员。而他们得到了玉石印章的事情，想必也很快会被无量教所得知，那个时候无量教必定会想尽一切办法，要从他们的手中抢走玉石印章。可明知道这一点，宋无涯竟然还是如此的不小心。这不禁让他心里有些自责起来。不仅如此，他又想到了他另外一个不小心的地方。明明和禁卫一同前来，可偏偏在半道上分开了。偏偏他们所住的这家客栈正好客满，禁卫还没办法和他们同住在一起。不过刚才他见到了禁卫之后，那些禁卫也已经解决了这个问题，很快他们便会搬到宋无涯他们旁边居住。这样一来，有了禁卫的照应，他们就用不着担心昨天的事情再次发生了。“无涯兄，那咱们现在立刻就去古董铺子吧，或许毛贼已经着急着要将那玉石印章出手了呢！”白卓着急的说着。他原本已经起来一会了，只是没有看到宋无涯，这才在房间内等着。宋无涯点头，两人叫了司徒雯和小环后，吃了一些东西便来到了大街上。他们可是下了功夫，这偌大的扬州城，他们一个条街，一条街的看着，别说是古董铺子了，就连典当行他们也不放过，足足两个多时辰后，他们也没有打听到玉石印章的下落。不由得，几人都有些灰心了。“无涯兄，这样找实在不是个办法啊！咱们也不知晓那毛贼是不是将东西出手了，如果他没出手的话，那咱们找不也是白找吗？”白卓紧皱着眉头说道。两个时辰毫无收获，他们觉得这样找下去实在是徒劳无功的。宋无涯点了点头，也没有多说什么，只是带着他们几人找了个喝茶的地方，坐下喝了被茶水之后，便直接向着他们来时的那个城门口而去。“无涯兄，你这是要出城啊？”白卓诧异的看着宋无涯问道。宋无涯摇摇头：“一会你就知道了。”这让白卓觉得更加诧异了，而宋无涯在街头走着，很快他便停下了脚步，附耳在司徒雯身旁说道：“雯儿，昨天那个耍杂的摊子还在这里，你再去给他们赏100两银子。”“嗯？”就连司徒雯都有些疑惑了。昨天才刚花了100两，而且还惹出了这样的麻烦来。今天宋无涯竟然还让她主动这么去做，这让她都有些诧异了。“姑爷，怎么这帮孩子还在这里？明明昨天小姐才给了他们100两银票啊！”小环看到了那个杂耍摊子，觉得非常奇怪。不过她所考虑的事情，可和宋无涯他们不一样。宋无涯笑着解释道：“100两银子养活不了他们多久，他们毕竟就是靠这个吃饭的，总不能因为得了100两银子后，就享受生活吧？”小环好似明白的点了点头，没有再问。几人又进入了人群内，司徒雯面色平静下来，他看着里边的那些孩子，依旧在卖力的耍着杂技。目光扫过，见一名孩童端着铜锣向围观的百姓要赏，她便立刻向那小孩招手。小孩子眨着大眼睛跑了过来，一看到司徒雯，立刻就跪下了。“多谢大姐姐昨天的赏钱。”怎么说，司徒雯昨天都是好大的手笔，这些小孩子哪能这么快就忘记，那个昨天才帮助了他们的大姐姐呢。不等司徒雯打赏，这小孩子就跪下了。让不少人感到很是诧异，纷纷看向了司徒雯，不明白这是怎么回事。可其中也有昨日见过这一幕的人，瞧见了司徒雯，一下子也都认出来了。“嗬！这姑娘还真是有钱啊。昨天100两，今天又是100两！”“是啊！我还真是羡慕这些孩子。要是有人给我100两那该多好啊！”“别做梦了，谁会给你钱啊！你还是想都别想了。”人群中议论纷纷，这周围的人，看着司徒雯以及那孩子的脸色，纷纷羡慕不已。周围人群的反应，让司徒雯再一次成为了众人的焦点。司徒雯又掏出银票，整整又是100两，又给了那孩子。这些孩子立刻呼啦一下子全都围了过来，跪在司徒雯的面前磕头不止。司徒雯将他们一一扶起，关切的说道：“姐姐给了你们这么多银子，你们怎么就不能休息几日呢？看你们这小小年纪，受这般的苦难，姐姐很是心疼啊！喏，在给你们100两，今天就不要在这里表演了，买些吃的回去。”关切归关切，可司徒雯这话起不了什么作用。毕竟这些孩子是有大人管着的，他们也不会让这些孩子休息的。孩子们吃惯了苦头，这往日磨练的时候，可是受尽了鞭打，全都变得沉默寡言不善言辞，只是一个劲的感谢着司徒雯。很快，他们四人走出了人群，那些人再次津津有味的看起了这些孩子的表演。司徒雯回头看了一眼，叹了口气也没再说什么。“司徒小姐，咱们才刚刚丢了那么银票。你又来这么一出，这不是明摆着让昨天偷了咱们的人，再给咱们来个回马枪吗？”之前宋无涯并没有和白卓商量这事，所以白卓不理解这一点。此刻听着这话，司徒雯看向宋无涯。“白兄，你真是过滤了。这昨天谁偷了咱们还不知道呢，估计昨天偷了咱们的钱，他现在正醉生梦死，逍遥快活呢！他哪会想到咱们还有银票。”宋无涯笑着说道。这让白卓很是诧异，他白了宋无涯一眼道：“无涯兄，你这叫什么话！你还想着咱们被偷个干净啊！”“无涯，这次你可要把钥匙看好了。可不要再让他们给偷了，剩下的银票你都藏好了？”司徒雯刚刚和宋无涯通了气，此刻也顺着他们的话说了一句。宋无涯点点头：“放心吧，不用担心这个。你看还有什么要买的东西没有，咱们到处走走看看。”几人说着便向里边走去，不知不觉中，竟然又走到了昨天那河岸边上。“衙役！”宋无涯一眼瞧见，这河岸边上，几名衙役正在一艘画舫前守着，他往画舫上瞧了一眼，见其上也有几名衙役。他这么一说，其他人的目光也都看了过去。那地方已经被人围住了，显然是出了什么事情，不少人正打听着里边的情况呢。招呼了他们三人一句，宋无涯便跟着他们往那边走去。来到了人群外，几人立刻便向前边的人打听起这里的情况来。“这位大哥，这是出什么事情了？”“听说啊，昨天夜里，这画舫之上的名妓秦萧萧意外落入水中，被淹死了。原本昨夜就已经报了官，可这些衙役今天才来询问情况。”前边的人这么一说，他们便知晓事情的原委了。而白卓顿时一惊：“无涯兄，还真被你给说中了，昨天落水那女子竟然真的死了！看样子当时就死了！”宋无涯也皱起了眉头，他昨天便看着有些不对劲，没想到还真的被他给料中了。“哦？你们昨天也看到了那一幕？”前边那人显然是听到了他们的话，诧异的回过头问了一句。“是啊！昨天恰巧我们四人在这岸边吃了一碗馄饨。这不刚好看到了那女子落水，当时见那女子好像是失去了知觉，却没想到是真的死了。”白卓当即向那人说明了一句。听着这话，那人点点头，便欲转头回去。宋无涯此刻反倒是好奇的又问了一句：“这位大哥，听你这么说，这个秦萧萧是这扬州的名妓？看样子名声不小啊！”“那是！要说来扬州的，莫要说男子，就是女子也都听过这秦萧萧的名字。没想到她就这么死了，真是可惜了如此刚烈的一个女子啊！”男子对秦萧萧的死显得很是惋惜。可他刚才这一番话，却引来了司徒雯和小环的不满。小环不屑的说道：“哼！不就是一个青楼女子嘛！即便是有几分姿色，那也只是能被你们这些男人看在眼里。”“咦！小姑娘，你这话可真就说错了。你倒是可以去打听打听，这秦萧萧可绝非一般的青楼女子。听说她原本也是官宦之家的千金小姐，只因为其父被皇帝砍了脑袋，被吵了家之后，她才沦落到这个地步的。可即便如此，她也不曾屈神任何男人之下，在这画舫之上，只是靠着卖唱为生的。也正是因此，她才被人津津乐道的。”男子觉得小环误会了秦萧萧，立刻为秦萧萧正名。

Chapter 686 There's something wrong

Chapter 686 There's something wrong