Chapter 622: Gaze
"So much?"
Wang Xu looked around, there were thirty or fifty charred corpses around, and the expression on the face of the corpse was very hideous, obviously suffering greatly before he died.
Thinking of the destruction of the Red Mansion Shipyard in the fire, and the fact that these corpses were all charred, Wang Xu thought about it, and it was not difficult to guess the identities of these people.
"Childe, there is a loss of welcome, slackness, neglect..."
Wang Xu was watching, and ran down from the upper floor a turtle man wearing green clothes and a small round hat.
Squinting his eyes and looking again, the clothes on the turtle father's body suddenly burned, and in the flames, the turtle prince was burned into a dried corpse, and he looked like he was burned to death, and leaned forward with a flattering face: "Childe, there is nothing fun on the first floor, they are all ordinary people who play money, let's go up to the second floor, and you can listen to music on the second floor." ”
"Six-six-six..."
"Leopard, leopard..."
"Dada..."
Wang Xu only felt a flower in front of him, the coolness in his eyes was gone, and the appearance of red walls, red floors, red candles, and red screens returned to the surroundings.
Rich men, scholars, and people dressed as squires are gambling around several tables.
"Ye Zhiqiu, this miscellaneous, what kind of spirit rune did you give me, it actually expired so quickly!"
Wang Xu shook his head and touched the spirit rune again.
Call!!
As soon as the second spirit rune was taken out, it immediately burst into flames.
Wang Xu looked up and saw that the turtle who invited him, as well as the gamblers around him who were gambling money, were all looking at him with strange eyes.
It was as if as soon as he took out the spirit rune again, these people would rush to him.
"Look, I'm afraid I can't afford to give a reward!"
Wang Xu reacted quickly, pretending to be displeased and reprimanded: "Lead the way ahead!" ”
"Yes, yes, uncle, please upstairs." Gu Gong was scolded by Wang Xu, and immediately changed back to a flattering smile.
At the same time, the boat passengers who were gambling around also turned their eyes back to the gaming table and shouted, "Big, big, big..."
Walking upstairs behind Gui Gong, and when he was about to step on the last steps, Wang Xu glanced back at the first floor.
In front of him, the passengers on the first floor, each with chips in their hands, were staring at him, as if they were going to devour him alive.
"Small, small, small..."
In the blink of an eye, looking at it again, the passengers on the first floor were still gambling money, as if what they had seen before was an illusion.
Wang Xu didn't have time to think more, because he had already stepped on the steps and came to the second floor of the red boat.
In the second floor, there is a small stage in the middle, and three girls are playing the piano and singing on the stage, singing Su Shi's water tune song head.
On both sides of the stage, there are musicians hidden behind the tent playing and singing, with the three girls performing together.
Seeing Wang Xu coming in, the more than 20 people who were listening to the music inside looked at him with blaming eyes, as if they were blaming him for disturbing everyone.
Wang Xu didn't speak, following the example of these people, he chose a small square table to sit down and looked around.
The decoration on the second floor is very elegant, imitating the Song style, low-key with luxury.
But he looked at it for a while, and found that the three girls were beautiful, but they were not thrilling enough, and they were not up to the grade of the Oiran, obviously Lin Yingying was not among them.
"Childe, please use it slowly..."
Five barefoot girls with brass bells on their ankles walked up and placed wine jugs, peanuts, edamame, lamb chops, grilled fish, and other drinks on his square table.
Wang Xu glanced at the wine and food, he knew that what he saw was a trick, just like the white bone spirit deceived Zhu Bajie, maybe behind these foods, there were some sewage, stones, toads, mosses, earthworms.
"You'll be rewarded." Wang Xu took out a small silver ingot of five taels and threw it directly into the girl's hand.
"Uncle Xie's reward..."
The girl seemed very happy, and her tone was greasy enough to make people die sweetly.
Wang Xu waved his hand quietly, he didn't plan to eat things, but he knew the rules here.
The things on the painting boat are clearly priced, especially the girl who is in charge of serving the food, more or less has to give some reward, otherwise she will look at you with a smile until you pay the reward.
If you don't give it, although she can't do it, she will make a hard note in her heart, such as spitting in the dish, mixing water in the wine, and so on.
"Guest officer, are you not satisfied with the food and drink?"
Seeing that Wang Xu didn't move his chopsticks for a long time, Gui Gong walked up from behind.
Wang Xu raised his eyes and saw that the people around him were drinking and listening to music, and he was at ease, he didn't touch anything, and he was really different in it.
"These vulgar powders, I can't eat them, how can I eat them?"
Wang Xu slapped a piece of gold on the seat, pretended to be an upstart, and said loudly: "Uncle, what I have is money, which is different from the poor ghosts here, but these second-class goods can't cheat me out of my money." ”
Anger...
As soon as he heard Wang Xu's words, the surrounding Yake glared angrily, and no one thought that he was a poor ghost.
"It's interesting to say that I'm a poor ghost, I'm the young owner of Yongfeng Qianzhuang, but the poor only have money left." A young man in a white robe and a golden crown stood up with a sneer on his face.
"Yes, we people, who are not people with status and face. It's you, look at you very raw, where did you come from, a wild boy, pretending to be a big tail with us? ”
A rich man with a wide body and a fat body stood up and said loudly: "There is a way to make money, the owner of the Xiwu Shipyard, brother, there is a kind of talk about his own way, let us also pay respects." ”
"Westdock Shipyard!"
Wang Xu frowned slightly, looked at the young man who stood up before, and asked, "Are you Miao Shouyi, the young owner of Yongfeng Qianzhuang?" ”
"Humph!" Miao Shouyi stood with his hands in his hands, looking like I didn't bother to talk to you.
Seeing this, Wang Xu was silent, Miao Shouyi and Qian Youdao were among the missing people yesterday.
"Missing persons!"
Wang Xu glanced around and found that there were no more than 27 people in the room, just enough to match yesterday's missing list.
Frowning and thinking for a moment, Wang Xu suddenly spoke: "Who is Yao Gang of the Third Young Master of Tongji Pharmacy?" ”
"It's me, who are you?" A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with a pockmarked face raised his head slightly.
"That's right!"
Wang Xu's heart moved, and he said: "Who is Pan Yuming, the shopkeeper of the Millennium Inn?" ”
"Any advice?" A middle-aged man who was drinking asked without looking up.
"Who is Bao Guoan from Fudong Silver Building?"
"Why, you know me?"
Five people in a row were matched, and the rest of Wang Xu didn't ask any more, and he was basically sure that these people in front of him were the people who encountered the red boat and disappeared last night.
Originally, he thought that these people were dead, but he didn't expect to drink and watch music here.
No, what you see may not be true, Wang Xu suddenly thought of the boat passengers who were gambling downstairs, maybe these people died yesterday, and what appeared in front of him was just a ghost.
After all, the Red Mansion Shipyard is a ghost ship, and the probability of ordinary people surviving the disaster is too low for ordinary people to survive a day and a night on the ship.
"Hey, what does it matter to me whether they are dead or alive, and I am not here to save people, it has nothing to do with me."
Wang Xu thought about it for a while, and found that he really thought too much, what about a ghost, what if he wasn't a ghost, whether he was a human or a ghost, he made a mistake today, he didn't let it go, and all the people who stood in the way were going to die.
"Hey, these vulgar powders, don't get them up there, go and tell your pillars to come up."
Wang Xu didn't pay attention to others, directly found the turtle prince, and stuffed two gold ingots.
The gold ingots weigh ten taels, and according to the ratio of 13:1 in the Daning Dynasty, two gold ingots are 260 taels of silver.
Fuzhou is only in the middle and lower of the 36 states, and the prices are also low, this number can be chartered on the Li River, and you can't even see the face of Lin Yingying.
"My young lady's surname is Lin, and it's not so easy to meet my young lady."
The turtle man held two pieces of gold and smiled like a weasel.
Wang Xu became interested as soon as he heard it, Lin Yingying is the owner of the Red Mansion Shipyard, whether the Red Boat is boring or not, as long as you see her, you will know.
"Oh, what's the condition?" Wang Xu remained silent, but in his heart he was already determined to win.
The turtle prince was not polite, slowly stretched out three fingers, and said: "First, a thousand taels of silver, second, you must have some real skills, and third, your appearance must not be too ugly, otherwise you will scare Miss." ”
"A thousand taels of silver, robbery, you, do you know the concept of a thousand taels of silver?"
A man dressed as a squire stood up and said, "Inferior fields, two taels of silver per acre, medium fields, three taels and five cents of silver per acre, and high-grade fields only cost four taels of silver." One thousand taels of silver, that's five hundred acres of inferior fields, and the sum of a village is only that number. One thousand taels, you've read too much, your young lady is made of gold, and it's not worth it at a glance! ”
"Hehe..."
The turtle just smiled, with contempt in his smile, as if he didn't want to say anything more to the poor ghost.
After a while, seeing that everyone didn't react, Gui Gong shook his head and said, "My young lady Jin Gui, the opportunity has been given to you, don't blame me if you can't catch it!" ”
Wang Xu looked at Gu Gong and found that the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and his eyes seemed to be looking at a dead man.