Wang Xu looked around, and there were at least thirty to fifty burnt corpses around. The expressions on the corpses' faces were very ferocious, and they obviously suffered great pain before death.
Reminiscent of the fact that the Red Mansion Shipyard was destroyed by fire, and the corpses were all burnt, Wang Xu thought thoughtfully, and it was not difficult to guess the identities of these people.
"Young master, you missed the welcome from afar, you were neglectful, you were neglectful."
Wang Xu was watching as a turtle man in green clothes and a small round hat ran down from upstairs.
Narrowing his eyes and looking again, the clothes on Mr. Turtle suddenly burned. In the flames, Mr. Turtle was burned into a mummy. He looked like he was burned to death and moved forward with a flattering look on his face: "Young Master
"There's nothing interesting on the first floor, they're just people playing around with money. Let's go up to the second floor, where we can listen to music."
"Six six six"
"Leopard, leopard"
"big big big"
Wang Xu felt his eyes blur, the coolness in his eyes disappeared, and the surroundings returned to red walls, red floors, red candles, and red screens.
Rich men, scholars, and people dressed as country squires were gambling around several tables.
"Ye Zhiqiu, this bastard, what kind of magic talisman did you give me? It expired so quickly!"
Wang Xu shook his head and touched the magic talisman again.
call!!
As soon as the second talisman was taken out, it immediately burst into flames.
Wang Xu looked up and saw that the turtle man who invited him and the gamblers around him were all looking at him with strange eyes.
It seemed that as long as he took out the magic talisman again, these people would swarm him.
"What are you looking at? You're afraid I can't afford the reward!"
Wang Xu reacted quickly, pretending to be displeased and reprimanded: "Lead the way!"
"Yes, sir, please come upstairs." Mr. Turtle 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 attention back to the gambling table and shouted: "Big, big, big."
Following Gui Gong upstairs, Wang Xu turned around and glanced at the first floor when he was about to step on the last step.
As soon as he saw it, the boat passengers on the first floor, all holding chips in their hands, were staring at him, as if they wanted to eat him alive.
"Small, small, small"
In the blink of an eye, I looked again and saw that the boat passengers on the first floor were still gambling, as if what I saw before was all an illusion.
Wang Xu had no time to think more, because he had already stepped up the steps and reached the second floor of the red boat.
On the second floor, there is a small stage in the middle, and three girls are playing the piano and singing on the stage. They are singing Su Shi's water tune song.
On both sides of the stage, there are musicians hidden behind the curtains who play, play and sing, performing together with the three girls.
Seeing Wang Xu come in, the twenty or so people who were listening to the music looked at him with reproachful eyes, as if they were blaming him for disturbing everyone.
Wang Xu didn't speak. He followed the example of these people and chose a small square table to sit down. He raised his head and looked around.
The decoration on the second floor is very elegant, imitating the Song Dynasty style, low-key yet luxurious.
But he looked at them for a while and found that the three girls were beautiful, but not thrilling enough, and they were not up to the level of courtesan. Obviously Lin Yingying was not among them.
"Master, please use it slowly."
Five barefoot girls with copper bells on their ankles came up and placed wine bottles, peanuts, edamame, lamb chops, grilled fish and other food and drinks on his square table.
Wang Xu glanced at the food and wine, and he knew that what he saw was a trick, just like the White Bone Demon deceiving Zhu Bajie. Maybe behind the food were things like sewage, stones, toads, moss, and earthworms.
"This is for you." Wang Xu took out a small silver ingot worth fifty taels and threw it directly into the girl's hand.
"Thank you for the reward, uncle"
The girl looked very happy, and her tone was so sweet that it could make people die.
Wang Xu waved his hand calmly. He didn't intend to eat the food, but he knew the rules.
Everything on the boat has a clearly marked price, especially the girl in charge of serving food. You have to pay some reward, otherwise she will look at you with a smile until you pay.
If you don't give it, although she can't do anything about it, she will mark you down hard in her heart, such as spitting in the food, adding water to the wine, etc. You will definitely suffer the consequences of being dumb.
"Sir, are you not satisfied with the food and wine?"
Seeing Wang Xu not moving his chopsticks for a long time, Mr. Turtle came up from behind.
Wang Xu raised his eyes and saw that the people around him were drinking, listening to music, and enjoying themselves. He, who didn't touch anything, was really different among them.
"How can I eat these vulgar powders if they turn me off?"
Wang Xu slapped a piece of gold on the seat, pretended to be a nouveau riche, and said loudly: "Sir, I have a lot of money. I am different from the poor people here. It's just that these second-rate goods can't defraud me of my money."
angry
Upon hearing Wang Xu's words, the surrounding Yake looked at him angrily, and no one thought that he was a poor man.
"It's interesting to say that I am a poor man. As the young boss of Yongfeng Bank, I am so poor that I only have money." A young man wearing a white robe and a gold crown stood up with a sneer on his face.
"Yes, among us, none of us are people with status and dignity. But you, you look very faceless. Where did you come from, a wild boy, and you came here with us pretending to be big?"
A fat and fat rich man stood up and said in a loud voice: "I have a way with money. Brother, the owner of Xiwu Shipyard, if you have the ability, please tell us about your own way, so that we can also pay our respects."
"Xiwu Shipyard!"
Wang Xu frowned slightly, looked at the young man who had stood up before, and asked, "Are you Miao Shouyi, the young boss of Yongfeng Bank?"
"Humph!" Miao Shouyi stood with his hands behind his back, looking like I don't even bother talking to you.
Seeing this, Wang Xu fell silent. Miao Shouyi and Qian Youdao were both among the missing persons yesterday.
"Missing Person!"
Wang Xu scanned the room and found that there were no more than 27 people in the room, which matched yesterday's missing list.
After frowning and thinking for a moment, Wang Xu suddenly said: "Who is Yao Gang, the third young master of Tongji Pharmacy?"
"It's me, who are you?" A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with a pockmark on his face raised his head slightly.
"Right!"
Wang Xu's heart moved and he asked again: "Who is Pan Aoming, the shopkeeper of Millennium Inn?"
"Any advice?" A middle-aged man who was drinking asked without raising his head.
"Who is Bao Guoan of Fudong Silver House?"
"Why, do you know me?"
Five people in a row met, and the remaining Wang Xu didn't ask any more questions. He was basically certain that these people in front of him were the people who disappeared after encountering the red boat last night.
Originally, he thought these people were dead, but he didn't expect them to be drinking and watching music here.
No, what he saw may not be true. Wang Xu suddenly thought of the boat passengers gambling downstairs. Maybe these people died yesterday, and what appeared in front of him was just their ghosts.
After all, the Red Mansion Shipyard is a ghost ship. Ordinary people spend a day and night on the ship, and the possibility of surviving is too low.
"Hey, what does it have to do with me whether they are alive or dead? I'm not here to save people, so it has nothing to do with me."
Wang Xu thought about it again and found that he had really thought too much, so what if he was a ghost, so what if he was not a ghost, no matter if he was a human or a ghost, if he was killed by mistake today, he would not let go, and everyone who stood in the way would die.
"Hey, stop working on these vulgar and vulgar powders. Go ask your pillars to come up."
Wang Xu ignored others, went directly to Turtle Gong, and stuffed two gold ingots.
A gold ingot weighs ten taels. According to the ratio of 13:1 in the Daning Dynasty, two gold ingots are equivalent to 260 taels of silver.
Fuzhou is only in the lower middle among the thirty-six states, and prices are also relatively low. This number can be enough to rent a flower boat on the Li River. It's hard not to miss Lin Yingying's face.
"My lady's surname is Lin. It's not so easy to meet my 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 was the owner of the Red Mansion Shipyard. If there was something fishy about the Red Shipyard, he would know it just by meeting her.
"Oh, what are the conditions?" Wang Xu remained calm, but he was already determined to win.
Mr. Turtle was not polite and slowly stretched out three fingers and said: "First, a thousand taels of silver. Second, you must have some real skills. Third, your appearance cannot be too ugly, otherwise you will scare the young lady."
"Thousand taels of silver, you are robbing me. Do you know the concept of a thousand taels of silver?"
A man dressed as a country squire stood up and said: "The lower-grade fields cost 20 taels of silver per acre, the middle-grade fields cost 30 taels of silver per acre, and the upper-class fields only cost 4 taels of silver. One thousand taels of silver, that's
Five hundred acres of low-grade farmland, a village in total, can only amount to this amount. One thousand taels, you must have read too much in your words, your lady is made of gold, and she is not worth this amount at a glance!"
"hehe"
Mr. Turtle just smiled, with contempt in his smile, as if he didn't want to say anything more to the poor man.
After a while, seeing that no one responded, Mr. Turtle shook his head and said: "My lady Jin Gui, the opportunity has been given to you, don't blame me if you can't seize it!"
Wang Xu looked at Mr. Turtle and found that the corners of his mouth were slightly upward, and his eyes were like looking at a dead person.