Chapter 39 Song Chunniang is heading south
Chapter 39 Song Chunniang is heading south
Cheng Leixiang was indeed a perceptive person. Seeing Pei Yuan looking at him reflexively, he immediately patted his chest and said, "Last time, during the chaos, I disturbed your mood. I will make up for it this time, and I will double it!"
Pei Yuan coughed and said, "That's not the case. I mean, I'm going to Linggu Temple tomorrow and maybe I can get some useful information."
Pei Yuan still remembered that the Da Ci'en Temple in the capital was well-informed, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the boss of the northern underworld.
Many bounties and bonuses in the underworld are posted there.
Cheng Leixiang misunderstood Pei Yuan's meaning and said, "The Taoist Zhenji of Linggu Temple has long lost his mind. The more spies from these big temples, the more unreliable they are. You can't get anything out of them."
Pei Yuan: It’s hard to say, I just want to find an excuse to ease the awkward atmosphere.
He immediately acted like an old man with deep thoughts and said, "I have my own thoughts, don't say any more."
So, the next day, Cheng Leixiang and Chen Toutie went to Qinhuai River together to scout the area, and they both brought money with them.
Pei Yuanze went to Linggu Temple alone.
Not far from Linggu Temple, there is indeed a newly built screen wall, on which are posted the anonymous wishes made by the donors.
Basically, if someone were to be killed, they would give me a certain amount of silver to fulfill their vow to Buddha.
This screen wall had caused a lot of social controversy before, and many literati felt that it was inappropriate, so they complained to the Nanjing Ministry of Rites.
The Nanjing Ministry of Rites sent people to question the matter, but Linggu Temple said that the words were posted voluntarily by donors and they could do nothing about it.
The matter was dragged back and forth several times, and the ambitions mentioned above were torn and pasted again, and gradually no one paid attention to it anymore.
The common people have turned a blind eye to it, but the world that pays attention to it is still operating efficiently.
When Pei Yuan arrived there, he saw a gangster with a face full of flesh and carrying a bundle. He tore off a piece of paper and shouted to the monk in charge of reception, saying that he wanted to help someone fulfill his ambition and meet the destined person.
Pei Yuan deliberately waited for a while, and then he saw the big man with a face full of flesh coming out of Linggu Temple happily.
The package on my body has been replaced with a small bag.
Pei Yuan knew what was going on, and he also looked up at the various messages on the wall.
The "ambitions" above have been neatly arranged according to the amount of money.
The first one was to kill the prefect of Songjiang, and the offer was one thousand taels.
The four characters "Songjiang Prefecture" were covered with a thin layer of mortar, making them even more obvious.
However, in Pei Yuan's opinion, the possibility of this happening is almost non-existent. Even if there are really people who are so bold as to do so, they will definitely be met with a bloody counterattack from the court, and it should be mostly a form of intimidation.
Afterwards, some wanted to kill someone; some wanted to look for something; some had to get through certain official connections; some wanted to find another way out, and the list went on.
All those involving sensitive information were thinly coded with mortar by the monks of Linggu Temple to show their responsibility for supervision.
As he was watching, Pei Yuan's attention was attracted by a piece of information.
The wanted person was the rapist "Shili Xiang" and the reward was as high as two hundred taels.
Pei Yuan was a little bit unbelievable, how could this be her crime scene?
It shouldn't be.
It seems that Changfeng Escort Agency runs between Jining and Beijing.
Pei Yuan subconsciously opened his "debt settlement system" and then checked Song Chunniang's position in the list of creditors.
But after a closer look, I was shocked to find that Song Chunniang had gone to Huai'an. Didn't she go to Beijing?
Pei Yuan hurriedly looked up Song Chunniang's path, but unfortunately he could only look through it a limited number of times. He could only confirm that she had returned to Jining and spent a few days there not long ago.
Counting the three hundred taels hanging in the Da Ci'en Temple in the capital, the reward for Song Chunniang's head in the two capitals has reached five hundred taels!
Seeing Pei Yuan staring at the screen wall with his eyes wide open, a Jianghu man who was also looking at the list asked curiously, "Brother, do you know the whereabouts of that lecherous thief Shili Xiang?"
Pei Yuan shook his head and said half-truthfully, "That's not the case. I saw the bounty on her head in Beijing before. I heard that she had harmed the daughter of some censor. I didn't expect her to run so far and commit a crime in Nanzhi."
The Jianghu man laughed and said, "I know this. This is a reward from dozens of lantern boats on the Qinhuai River."
Pei Yuan was speechless and asked, "How did she offend so many people?"
The Jianghu man was also quite gossipy. Seeing that someone else was also interested, he immediately said with his hands in his pockets and a smile, "I heard that he played with some courtesan at the beginning."
Pei Yuan was surprised, "Isn't it that he didn't harm anyone?"
Then he realized the problem in his words and explained, "It is said that the daughter of the censor in Beijing has done nothing wrong."
Many people who heard about this for the first time started to clamor, "It must be fake, how could it be possible?"
"I'm afraid the censor is too embarrassed to say it out loud."
Unexpectedly, the Jianghu man shook his head and said, "Otherwise, it is very likely true. You have all heard of Su Xiaowan over the Qinhuai River, right?"
Many local idlers exclaimed "Oh".
The Jianghu man did not explain to Pei Yuan separately, and continued, "Shili Xiang was the one who slept with her at the beginning. It is said that except for some red marks from rubbing her white body and some fine teeth marks, there is really nothing else."
"But the crowd didn't believe it and started to make a fuss. The mother of the boat was afraid that Su Xiaowan's reputation would be devalued, so she quickly arranged for her to receive her usual customers."
"The familiar guest was overjoyed to have Su Xiaowan's presence. Not only did he hold a banquet on the boat with music and dance, he also gave her more money and stayed overnight for a month before leaving."
Pei Yuan wondered, "How could such a thing offend so many lightships?"
The man said, "Su Xiaowan received more customers afterwards, and someone asked about what happened. At first, Su Xiaowan said that she was knocked unconscious and no one knew the truth. Later, in order to please the customers, she made many jokes and mocking remarks to Shilixiang."
Pei Yuan could roughly guess what was going on.
But she really can't do it!
"Somehow Shili Xiang found out about this, and ended up being called aboard, with her face slashed in the middle of the night. This incident aroused the hatred of all the light boats on the Qinhuai River, so they pooled together two hundred taels and came here to make a wish for Shili Xiang's head."
Pei Yuan felt a chill in his heart when he heard this.
I didn't expect that Song Chunniang not only had strange sexual interests, but was also such a ruthless character.
The last time I teased her, I really didn't know the seriousness of the matter.
Thinking of this, Pei Yuan fearfully opened the "Debt Settlement System" again to check Song Chunniang's location.
After checking just now, Pei Yuan immediately noticed the change this time.
Hey, this trend seems like we are going to Yangzhou.
Could it be that she is going to continue heading south?
A word flashed through Pei Yuan's mind, "Five hundred taels from the south?"
Then, I thought of her almond-shaped eyes that curved when she smiled, and for a moment I didn’t know which one was more beautiful.
(End of this chapter)