Yu Daochen took the money from Xun Zheng's hand and looked at Liu Xiaocheng and Guo Lian. "What about the two of you?"
Guo Lian and Liu Xiaocheng glanced at each other and finally decided to pay. After all, Master Yu's Kang Long Jian was not to be trifled with.
Yu Daochen took their money again, grinning so wide his mouth almost split open.
This meant he could buy more pretty dresses for that little girl.
"But speaking of which, how did you and You Hai meet?" Yu Daochen asked, a little curious.
They weren't from the same place, so how did they know each other?
Xun Zheng smiled faintly, revealing a mysterious grin. "Master Yu, have you ever heard of the Jianghu Gathering Hall?"
"Gathering Hall?" Yu Daochen was a bit confused.
Xun Zheng nodded, his face showing pride. "That's right, the Gathering Hall. And I, Xun Zheng, am the hall master of this Gathering Hall!"
Yu Daochen was speechless. He had heard of the Gathering Hall.
The so-called Gathering Hall was a place for gatherings that Xun Zheng funded. He had even invited Yu Daochen, but Yu Daochen had refused.
The Gathering Hall had no real significance. To put it bluntly, it was a place for idle martial artists to go on vacation.
Generally, reputable figures in the martial world wouldn't go to such places. After all, who would be so bored as to travel to Yangzhou?
Only the small fry would go to such places.
"Could it be that You Hai..." Yu Daochen hadn't finished speaking when Xun Zheng nodded and said with a smile, "That's right, You Hai is the deputy hall master of the Gathering Hall."
"..."
Yu Daochen was speechless. Were the standards of the Gathering Hall that low?
"Alright, alright, I don't care what your relationship is. My shop is closing. Please leave, everyone." Yu Daochen was completely unwilling to say another word to them.
Xun Zheng nodded and instructed Liu Xiaocheng and Guo Lian to help You Hai up and leave.
Yu Daochen watched the backs of the three as they left. Although Xun Zheng was the fiftieth ranked expert on the Earthly Ranking, he was no match for Jin Feibiao, who was seventh. The four of them combined couldn't even defeat Jin Feibiao alone.
However, none of this had anything to do with him.
It had been over a week since the incident with Han Hui, and the shop had no business. Yu Daochen was enjoying the leisure. Xu Yaya would occasionally visit to cook for Yu Yiyun and Yu Daochen, the father and daughter.
This week, some interesting things had happened in the martial world. The seal of the Changle Sect was said to have involved personnel from the underworld, and other news was mostly gossip about who defeated whom.
At half past midnight, Yu Daochen lay in his rocking chair, eyes closed, resting.
A car drove towards the shop. Yu Daochen squinted and looked.
He saw a man in a black mink coat get out of the car.
The man looked up at the three large characters "Midnight Spirit Shop" on the plaque and walked in. He looked around and finally looked at Yu Daochen, who was lying in the rocking chair. "Excuse me, is Master Yu here?"
Yu Daochen stood up from the rocking chair and smiled. "I am the owner of this shop, Yu Daochen."
As he spoke, Yu Daochen gestured for the man to sit down first.
The man and Yu Daochen sat down at the tea table.
The man introduced himself. "My name is Pang Kun, and I'm a local of Yangzhou."
Yu Daochen nodded. Pang Kun became agitated. "Master Yu, you must help me get rid of that thing. Money is not an issue."
Yu Daochen waved his hand, signaling him not to get too excited. "Tell me what's going on first."
Pang Kun calmed himself down and began to speak.
Pang Kun opened a hotel next to the commercial street in Yangzhou. The business was originally quite good, but a month ago, a murder occurred. A guest got drunk and died in bed in the hotel.
The police took the body away and questioned Pang Kun before leaving.
Since the guest had died from drinking, it had nothing to do with the hotel.
It was normal for such things to happen in a hotel. Moreover, since the hotel was next to the commercial street, business returned to normal within a few days.
After all, hotels on the commercial street cost almost five hundred yuan a night, so most people chose to stay in the cheaper hotels nearby.
However, a week after the hotel's business returned to normal, another murder occurred, also due to death from drinking.
If one incident could be considered accidental, then two incidents could not be dismissed as accidental.
Furthermore, guests staying there complained about hearing knocking sounds at night, and even women crying.
Pang Kun initially thought it was a plant sent by the hotel opposite, but almost all the guests who stayed heard it.
Pang Kun was an atheist, so he stayed in the room on the fourth floor, which received the most complaints. On the first night, he truly heard knocking sounds, and the sound of a woman crying came from outside the door.
Pang Kun was so scared that he curled up on the bed, not daring to show his head.
At one o'clock the next afternoon, when the sun was at its strongest, Pang Kun cautiously walked out of the room. He then inquired everywhere and invited five or six masters to perform rituals, but it was completely useless, and he lost seventy to eighty thousand yuan.
After listening, Yu Daochen frowned. It seemed he had encountered some fierce ghost.
Could it be another evil spirit that had escaped from the seal?
Yu Daochen thought about it, then got up and walked to a drawer. He took out an apricot leaf and returned to the tea table to sit down. He placed the apricot leaf into one of the teacups and said.
"The rule here is that I only recommend people who can handle your situation. As for the price, that's for you to discuss with the person handling it. I only charge a referral fee, but the prerequisite for my recommendation is that you can drink this cup of tea. How about it?"