Chapter 56: Shutting the Door
Chapter 56 Shutting the door
Chen Fei’s face couldn’t help but change, but he didn’t panic, instead, he let the little boy enter the courtyard and shut the gate.
“Where is Uncle Chi now, do you know?” Chen Fei asked as he sat across from the little boy.
“I don’t know, it’s just that Uncle Chi didn’t come to me today.”
The little boy licked the candied fruit left on his own fingers and said, “Uncle Late said that if he didn’t come to me one day, let me come to you and tell you to run, and that’s it.”
“So good, this is for you!”
Chen Fei took out one or two pieces of broken silver, the little boy’s eyes widened at once and hurriedly hid the silver in his arms. After bowing and thanking Chen Fei, he bounced away.
Inside the courtyard, Chen Fei’s brows slowly furrowed.
This child should be the backstroke left by Chi De Feng, used to give Chen Fei a warning, but unexpectedly really used. The key now was, who exactly had caught Chi De Feng.
In the last month, Chen Fei quietly stayed in the house to cultivate, except for occasionally going out, he did not clash with anyone. As for Chi De Feng, he was likewise staying deep in the house, at most helping Chen Fei purchase some medicinal herbs.
“Still the same Shallow Water Gang?”
Chen Fei recalled that a month ago, he was targeted by the gang for selling pills. If he were to say that he was suspicious, it was probably this Shallow Water Gang that was the biggest.
It was just that they had taken the initiative to hide, and that Shallow Water Gang was still chasing after them like this?
Chen Fei returned to the dan room, packed up all the things and put them in the space compartment. For safety’s sake, this courtyard could no longer be inhabited.
A quarter of an hour later, Chen Fei eliminated the traces in the courtyard and left the place.
“What news does the guest need?”
“Want to find someone.”
Inside an alley house, Chen Fei wore a bucket hat that covered most of his face.
This place was specialized in inquiring about news in Xingfen City, and as long as enough money was paid, most of the not-so-secret news could be found out. There were several other points like this in Xingfen City.
Chen Fei wasn’t sure if this place could help him, so he could only come with the attitude of trying.
“Can the guest describe the characteristics of this person?”
Chen Fei simply described Chi De Feng’s appearance after his disguise, and did not leave a portrait or anything like that. The main reason was that Chen Fei did not have a high level of trust for places like this.
If they could sell information to you, they could naturally sell your information to others.
“Guest wait for a moment, I’ll have someone check it out.”
The shopkeeper passed the note in his hand behind him, and a quarter of an hour later, another note was passed up from behind.
“How?” Chen Fei’s body couldn’t help but probe forward.
“Found it.”
The shopkeeper glanced at the note, looked up at Chen Fei, and said, “Fifty taels, and this person’s whereabouts will be known to the guest.”
“Yes!”
Chen Fei nodded and took out fifty taels of silver from his pocket and placed it on the counter. The counter smiled and took the money away, while handing Chen Fei the note.
Chen Fei opened the note and three words were written right on it, Shallow Water Gang!
Chen Fei’s eyes couldn’t help but narrow, he didn’t expect that it was really the Shallow Water Gang that did this. Or was it for the matter of the elixir in the first place? Or was it because of some other reason.
“Someone saw your friend being captured by people from the Shallow Water Gang, he should have suffered some injuries.”
The shopkeeper slowly picked up the teacup and gently took a sip, saying, “If you want to save your friend, we can also build a bridge in between. But in the end, whether it works out or not, we can’t guarantee it.”
“Is the information of the Shallow Water Gang for sale?” Chen Fei did not pick up the words of the shopkeeper.
“Of course, any information is for sale if the price is right.”
“What price?”
“Three hundred taels, and the specific news of the Shallow Water Gang can be given to you, and even the place where your friend is being held nowadays, we can also attach it to you.” The shopkeeper smiled and nodded.
“Good!”
Chen Fei took out a silver ticket and placed it on the counter. The shopkeeper picked up the silver ticket and inspected it, finding nothing wrong with it. Gently knocking on the table a few times, a piece of paper was handed up from behind. Chen Fei took the paper and scanned through it with a glance, his brows could not help but wrinkle slightly.
“Does the guest have anything else he needs?”
“No.”
Chen Fei shook his head, got up and stood up, just about to walk out, turned back to look at the shopkeeper and asked, “The information I came here to inquire about, the shopkeeper won’t sell it out again, right?”
“Hahaha, the customer is joking, this store does not do such things, please rest assured.” The shopkeeper laughed loudly and said firmly.
“If the shopkeeper says so, I am relieved.”
A smile appeared on Chen Fei’s face as he nodded slightly and turned around to leave the store.
Seeing Chen Fei walk away, the shopkeeper tapped on the counter three times, and someone immediately appeared behind the shopkeeper.
“The Dan Master that the Shallow Water Gang is looking for is here, you sell this message to the Shallow Water Gang, remember to price it higher.”
The shopkeeper remembered Chen Fei’s words just now, a sneer could not help but appear on his face as he said, “That person just now is probably a fledgling, send someone who is a bit more aggressive to follow him up, and the position can be sold for another price at that time.”
“I’ll do it now!”
The visitor bowed and commanded in the back hall, and immediately a man stepped out. Ordinary looking, the kind that would disappear if thrown into a crowd for a moment, just right for tracking others.
“Go.”
The shopkeeper glanced at the person and nodded in satisfaction.
A fawning smile appeared on the man’s face as he bowed to the shopkeeper and proceeded to leave the store.
“Another sum of money into the account.”
The shopkeeper’s face couldn’t help but reveal a smile as he comfortably leaned back in his chair, picking up the teacup and drinking the tea in its midst. Honesty? What is that thing, the fragrance of money coming in?
The shopkeeper was excited, casually hummed a few ditties, stood up, wanting to go to take a leak, suddenly bursts of sound came from the back hall, but moments later it came to an abrupt end.
The shopkeeper’s expression changed slightly, his nose moved slightly, and a bloody odor wafted into his nose.
This time, the shopkeeper’s face really changed greatly, in the back hall, there are several good players of the Calcined Bone realm, but at this moment, it has been silent.
The shopkeeper is a flesh training realm, which dares to continue to stay, just about to take a step to escape, then saw from the back hall out of a person.
“It’s you…”
The shopkeeper looked at Chen Fei as if he had seen a trick.
Chen Fei glanced at the shopkeeper and indifferently went forward to close the door of the store, and the entire store was plunged into darkness. Only the light that vaguely penetrated through the cracks in the door shone on the shopkeeper’s face, revealing a mottled appearance.
When Chen Fei closed the door, the shopkeeper thought of escaping, but his legs felt like they were filled with lead, so heavy that he couldn’t take a step at all.
“What are you going to do!”
The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva and reached out to point at Chen Fei, growling in a low voice in a colorful manner, but on the contrary, his trembling fingers could not become hard.
“Just now you said that you wouldn’t sell my news, you went back on your word.” Chen Fei looked at the shopkeeper and shook his head.
“Do you know who is behind this store, something is wrong, we can discuss it!”
Looking at Chen Fei’s attitude, the shopkeeper’s eyes widened in fear for a moment, intending to stabilize Chen Fei by taking out the backer behind him.
And the shopkeeper wasn’t lying, a place that traded news like this was born to offend. If the backing wasn’t hard enough, this store would not be able to gain a foothold in Xingfen City at all.
Chen Fei nodded, and just as a smile appeared on the shopkeeper’s face, the next moment, a cold light lit up in the room.
The shopkeeper’s body stiffened as his heart was pierced through, his eyes staring deathly at Chen Fei, who met his gaze expressionlessly.
The shopkeeper’s hand hung helplessly to the side, Chen Fei only needed to move forward a little more and he could activate the mechanism under the counter. But on the contrary, Chen Fei was standing not far away.
(End of chapter)