Daming King of Punishment

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Chapter 675 Official Road Robber

Chapter 675 Official Road Robber

"Is this the end?" Qi Butou stared at Song Wuya in surprise.

Song Wuya nodded: "Yes! What else do you want? Do you think that if you find clues at this scene, you can catch the criminal? Now that the evidence has been pointed out, but the people here have disappeared, and now the only clues are them Maybe I went to Yangzhou, so I can only go to Yangzhou to investigate."

"Can……"

Chief Qi was obviously unwilling to give up at this point. After all, this kind of case was said to be going to Yangzhou to investigate, but it would eventually be shelved.There is no way, Song Wuya can only shake his head: "That may not be a crime that can be investigated, everything depends on God's will." Regarding this matter, Song Wuya does not have much hope, after all, they are now even It is not clear where the criminals went, Yangzhou is just their temporary guess.After returning to the county office, Song Wuya said helplessly to the old county magistrate: "Lord magistrate, the criminals have escaped with their belongings. As for where they went, we are not sure. But the landlord provided us with a Clues, maybe these criminals have gone to Yangzhou." "Yangzhou? Then I will report to the Yangzhou prefect immediately so that Yangzhou can continue to investigate this case." The old county magistrate nodded immediately, and was anxious to report the matter to the Yangzhou prefect .

"Forget it, magistrate. Let me handle this case!" Song Wuya stopped the old county magistrate and said to him.

Hearing this, Catcher Qi immediately snorted contemptuously: "Huh! You really treat yourself like a green onion! The government's case, you took it as soon as you said it would?"

"That's right! Chief Qi is right. Even if my little brother is very smart and helps me, I can't hand over the government's case to you." The old county magistrate nodded in agreement with Chief Qi's words. .Indeed, this was originally impossible.But after all, Song Wuya's identity was different, so he didn't explain too much, and directly took out his official credentials.

"This..." The old county magistrate was taken aback when he saw Song Wuya take out his official certificate.When Song Wuya handed him the official certificate in his hand, he opened it and saw the content on it, and hurriedly knelt down: "Your officer..." As soon as he opened his mouth, Song Wuya hurriedly stopped him: "Okay, magistrate. The salute will be waived, can I take over the case now?" "Yes, yes, of course."

The old county magistrate nodded excitedly: "I don't know if it's the imperial envoy Mr. Song. I have been negligent before. Please forgive me, Mr. Song."

"It doesn't matter, those who don't know are innocent. Besides, the county magistrate has not neglected this official. Even if you don't know the identity of this official, you have not disrespected this official. There is nothing to forgive or not." Song Wuya waved his hands , Tell the county magistrate that this is nothing.But he was fine here, but the head catcher Qi was terrified.How could he have imagined that the young man in front of him was actually an imperial envoy of the imperial court.

"The villain deserves to die. I offended the imperial envoy before." Qi Butou was already kneeling on the ground, and he said he deserved to die.

Seeing him like this, Song Wuya smiled slightly: "Okay, let's catch the head together. There is no need for this, I am not the kind of person who cares about everything, and you just didn't give me any good looks, which is a reasonable thing No need to be like this." After saying this, Song Wuya said to the county magistrate: "Now the situation is urgent, I will leave immediately, so I won't delay here." "I don't have anything to entertain here, Mr. Song Leaving like this, the lower officials are really negligent!" The old county magistrate said with a bitter face.

"Okay, I won't say much else, magistrate, please stop." After Song Wuya finished speaking, he walked out.They have already delayed a lot of time now, and it is almost noon, and they can't take care of so much, they have to go to Yangzhou as soon as possible, or they really don't even have a clue.The old county magistrate sent several people out of the yamen, and continued to send them off. After being forcibly warned by Song Wuya, he retreated.After finding the carriage, Song Wuya and the others set off immediately.The official road is very spacious, and the horse-drawn carriage travels on it very fast.In the evening, a few people came to a village, the coachman went directly into the village, and those who were familiar with the road came to the door of one of the houses.The courtyard door of this family was closed tightly, but there were bursts of noise coming from the courtyard.

"Hey! Boss, looking at you like this, you seem to be very familiar with this place!"

Song Wuya saw this and felt very surprised in his heart, so he asked the coachman a question.

The driver nodded and jumped out of the carriage: "Didn't you guys hear about it?"

"What did you hear?" Bai Zhuo was surprised by the coachman's question.

However, Song Wuya remembered something, and he frowned: "Is it because of the bandits?"

"That's right! Young Master, isn't it because of the bandits?" The coachman nodded, and after seeing a few people get out of the car, he stepped forward and knocked on the courtyard door.Soon there was a response from inside, and the coachman said to several people: "The bandits are making a fuss! And there are quite a few of them. If you want to go to Yangzhou, just the five of us, it's really a bunch of meat buns." The dog has gone and never returned." Just as he was speaking, the courtyard door was opened, and a woman came out of the courtyard with two men.As soon as the two men came out, they immediately stepped forward to help the coachman drive the carriage inside.But the woman greeted Song Wuya and the others. "Guest officials, please." The woman greeted the four of them with a smile. Song Wuya looked at the other party, but no matter how she looked at the other party, she looked like a peasant woman.But seeing the posture in front of him, Song Wuya felt a little strange, so he had to guard against it.

"I didn't expect there to be an inn hidden in this small village!" Song Wuya asked tentatively.

The woman nodded quickly: "Yes! Our family has been in this business for some years. It is two days' work from Wanshou Town to Yangzhou City. If anyone delays the formation halfway, it is inevitable that they will miss Sutou. I happen to be half a day away from Wanshou Town, and many people will come here to rest. Look, there are still many guests here." The woman pointed to the yard, and Song Wuya also saw it The guests he spoke of.These people were eating, drinking and talking in the yard at the moment, and the noise that Song Wuya heard just now was made by these people. "It's only in the evening, but you are closing very early! Could it be because there are not many customers?"

Song Wuya scanned the situation in the courtyard and asked the woman. "That's not the case. Compared with the previous ones, the number of guests coming to my small yard is not less than before because of the bandit these days! The door is closed. It's not because of this, but because of it. What about the children in this village!" The proprietress, who looked like a peasant woman, explained to Song Wuya.But closing the door to protect the children, it was the first time Song Wuya heard: "It seems that the children in your village are really naughty!"

"That's not right! If you want to say that these little brats don't understand anything, they just know how to run around in one day, even if you dare to rush into the mountains and seas of fire. Originally, I didn't bother to care about them when they came to my place to make trouble. But just the year before last, There was such an unlucky boy who had to stab the horse's ass with a wooden stick. The horse was annoyed, and kicked back and flew out. It almost didn't die in my yard. Once in a while, can I not Be on guard against them? If I die here, all the money I have saved from opening the store for so many years will have to be used.” The proprietress explained the reason for closing the door, and recalled what happened a few years ago. At this time, she was still angry. Eliminate it.These words amused the four of them, who would have thought that there would be such a thing.

"Guys, if you come later, I won't be able to accommodate you here. There are just two rooms left just for you." The proprietress said to several people.

Song Wuya saw it just now. The courtyard he heard was surrounded by houses.In any case, it can accommodate a dozen or twenty people.The proprietress didn't say much, and took them to look around the house.The orientation of the room was not good, but they only slept for one night, so it was fine to make do with it.After putting down the things, the proprietress prepared meals for them.The people in the courtyard outside were also drinking and talking here.The topic they talked about was nothing more than the gang of bandits that appeared recently.Song Wuya originally wanted to inquire, so he left the yard and walked towards those people. "Big brothers, I want to ask you about this bandit." The few people who were drinking were suddenly interrupted by Song Wuya's words, and they all turned their heads to look at him.The faces of these people are kind, and it can be seen that they are all businessmen in the past.

"Little brother, let's go together tomorrow. There are a lot of people gathered in this village. It's not easy to get rid of bandits with so many people. We can reach Yangzhou the day after tomorrow." One of them didn't worry much about the bandits.

Hearing what he said, besides this courtyard, there are quite a few outsiders in this village.In this way, Song Wuya felt relieved to some extent.Although there are robbers, these robbers must be a small number. "When did this bandit happen? Why didn't the government take care of it?" Song Wuya left without intending to, and continued to ask.The person who spoke just now said again: "It has been more than half a year! You said that those robbers are hiding in the deep mountains and old forests. No one knows where. The manpower in Wanshou Town is not enough to deal with them. It depends on Yangzhou, don't even think about it, they don't bother to come over and care about such things. Hey! Let's talk about making us just ordinary people! Our lives are worthless, who should care about whether we live or die? ?” As he spoke, the man complained.Obviously, he also has resentment in his heart for this matter, but there is nothing else he can do.After all, he, a commoner, has no way to control the government, and they can only do nothing about this time.

Chapter 676 It's Unlucky

?Chapter 676 should be unlucky

This made Song Wuya a little uncomfortable to answer, after all, he was also an official, and he naturally felt uncomfortable hearing the complaints from the common people.

Fortunately, these people did not know their identities, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

"Don't be angry, brother, is there no other way to go to Yangzhou?" Song Wuya had no choice but to change the subject and asked again.

"Yes! You can take the water route, but the water route is too slow. In addition, the land route can also be detoured, but there is no way to reach Yangzhou in two days." The man shook his head.

Seeing them continue to drink again, Song Wuya went back without asking any further questions.

After eating the meals delivered by the proprietress, the few of them went to rest early.

The next day, before dawn, I heard a commotion outside.

When Song Wuya was still drowsy, there was a knock on the door of this room.

"Guest officer, it's time to start."

The voice outside the door was that of the proprietress.

Song Wuya shook his head to wake himself up, and hurriedly lowered himself to wake Bai Zhuo up.

Soon, they arrived outside the courtyard.But it was still pitch black outside, and only some light could be seen vaguely.

"When is this? Why are you leaving so early?" Song Wuya asked in surprise.

It's really too early now, I'm afraid it's not yet Maoshi.

"It's already ugly time, if you don't leave, it will be too late." The coachman over there was already busy harnessing the car, and other guests also got up early.

It's a scandal, and it's far from the Maoshi Song Wuya thought.

The few people who were still drinking together yesterday are also full of energy now, each packing their own things and looking like they are ready to go.

Soon the four of them got up, and they put their faces to death hastily. After paying the rent, they saw that the coachman was ready and greeted them directly to get into the car.

The carriage left the village slowly and stopped at the west side of the village.

When they went, there were already a lot of people there, and they watched people coming one after another from behind, and quite a few people gathered soon.

"There are really a lot of people!" Song Wuya couldn't help sighing as he looked at so many people in the hazy night.

The driver outside replied: "Yes! I came the day before yesterday, but I didn't dare to leave because there were so few people, so I waited until today. You are lucky. If there are few people, you will have to pay another day's rent gone."

Their feelings are not bad, after all, they are in a hurry, and if they are delayed, they are not willing.

Song Wuya nodded, but didn't say anything.Not long after, they heard movement in front, and the carriage they were riding in quickly started moving.

Bai Zhuo leaned in the carriage and slowly fell asleep again, while Situ Wen and Xiaohuan did the same, both dozing off.

This point is indeed a little early.In such a hurry, it was obvious that they wanted to leave the bandit-prone section in the wee hours of the morning.

"Is this going to go this way before the bandits get up in the early morning?" Song Wuya was puzzled by this, so he asked the driver.

"That's right, young master, do you understand quite well?" the coachman said with a smile.

But hearing such an answer, Song Wuya said helplessly, "If that's the case, why didn't you hurry on the road overnight?"