But seeing that Cheng Yu was not in a hurry, he turned around slightly, and the two invitations were already in his hands. Say something from your mouth: "Thank you!"

It took a long time for the hotel owner to close his mouth wide open.

Zhu Guli nodded slowly, thinking in his heart: "Good kung fu, if such a young talent can be used by me, then some of my things will be much easier." ”

Zhu Guli smiled at Cheng Yu and said, "Little brother, we met today, and it was fate, why don't you sit down and drink a glass of thin wine together?"

Cheng Yu replied: "Uncle, we still have something to do, so we won't bother." As he spoke, he pulled Yu Xiaoyu to leave.

When the hotel owner saw it, wasn't the girl in front of him the one who was arrested by the police station for not giving money for dinner? Why was this released? Seeing that Yu Xiaoyu was leaving, he hurriedly shouted: "Girl, you haven't given you the money for the meal last time?"

Yu Xiaoyu heard someone call her, and turned her face to see that it was the boss who had threatened her with a kitchen knife. whispered to Cheng Yu: "He is the shopkeeper." ”

When Cheng Yu heard this, he retracted his steps and turned around and walked towards the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper is also a practitioner, and after seeing Cheng Yu's skills just now, he knew that he was far from Cheng Yu's opponent, so he turned around in fright and wanted to leave.

Cheng Yu asked, "Boss, how much does my sister owe you for food?"

When the boss heard this, he waved his hand again and again: "Forget it, forget it, dozens of yuan, just treat me to a treat." ”

Cheng Yu said: "That's not good, you always have to pay back the money you owe." It was my sister's wallet that was stolen that day, and it wasn't intentional to pay for it. Today was just in time, and I returned the money for my sister. "As he spoke, he was going to pay for it.

Zhu Guli said loudly: "Little brother, you don't have to pay back this money. ”

Cheng Yu asked, "Why?"

Zhu Guli said: "I have already covered this hotel, and I will settle it for you when the bill is settled." ”

When the hotel owner heard this, he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." Mr. Guigu is our great guest, Mr. Guigu has spoken, how dare I still accept money?"

Cheng Yu still insisted, Yu Xiaoyu rushed to the front of Cheng Yu, and asked the shopkeeper: "Don't pretend to be garlic, did that bald man let you hide it?"

The shopkeeper looked at Zhu Guli with an innocent expression. Zhu Guli hurriedly said: "Girl, the bald man who delivered the letter has been walking through the back door for a long time. And no one hid him. ”

"There's a back door here. Yu Xiaoyu said to Cheng Yu, "Let's go chase it." ”

Cheng Yu nodded and said to the shopkeeper, "Please take us to the back door to have a look." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Okay, okay." ”

Zhu Guli arched his hand to Cheng Yu: "Little brother, there will be a period later." ”

Cheng Yu also replied: "There will be a period later." "Follow the shopkeeper to the back door.

Passing through a corridor and then through the kitchen, you arrive at the backyard, which is not very large, and there are some coals, firewood and grass. Sure enough, there was a small gate in the courtyard, and the small door was hidden.

The boss opened the small door, Cheng Yu and Yu Xiaoyu walked out of the door, and found that there was a very narrow alley outside the door, and the alley was twisting and turning, and they didn't know where it led. At this time, it is lunch time, every household is cooking or eating, and the alley is empty.

Seeing that there was no sign of the bald man, the boss quietly closed the door.

"Let him run. Yu Xiaoyu said disappointedly.

Cheng Yu comforted: "It doesn't matter, since you can see him in the town, it means that their group is near here." Let's go back to the hotel, eat, and look for it. ”

The two walked down the alley, turned a few corners, and came to the street. When he arrived on the street, Yu Xiaoyu had a sense of direction. Unconsciously sighed: "If only Dafeng was here." ”

Cheng Yu said: "That's right, Dafeng is a local after all, and he is familiar with the terrain. If Dafeng was there just now, the bald man wouldn't be able to run away. ”

"It is estimated that Dafeng will come back in the afternoon. Yu Xiaoyu actually missed this stout female man a little.

"Let's go eat first. “

"Good. “

The two saw that there was a wonton shop on the side of the road, so they walked in, and one of them asked for a big bowl of wontons, and they were sweating all over their heads. After eating, we returned to the hotel.

"Oh, you're back. As soon as Lotus saw Cheng Yu and Yu Xiaoyu entering the store, she shouted.

"Sister Lotus, is there something wrong?" asked Yu Xiaoyu.

"Isn't it, not long after you went out today, someone from the police station came, it seems that they came specifically for you, fortunately, you were all resting in the store last night. I guess there must have been some kind of case last night. I told the police station, you were all drunk last night and slept soundly. “

Cheng Yu and Yu Xiaoyu said, "Thank you, Sister Lotus." “

Lotus said: "Thank you, I'm just reporting the situation truthfully." Saying, look at Cheng Yu, "Big brother, I see that you are a scholar, can you do my sister a favor, write me a accommodation price list and stick it on the wall, these days, there are many guests, let people come in and see how much a room is a night, so as not to let me spend so much tongue." ”

Cheng Yu saw that the paper and pen and ink had been prepared on the counter, and said, "Sister Lotus, my calligraphy is average, you don't dislike it." ”

Lotus smiled: "You can write better than me if you write casually, how can you dislike it." Just write it for me. ”

Cheng Yu said, "Okay then." As he spoke, he casually put aside the invitation card given by Zhu Guli, picked up the brush, looked at the draft made by the lotus, dipped it in ink, took a breath, and wrote it with a calm heart.

"The eldest brother really writes well. Lotus exclaimed.

Yu Xiaoyu said: "Brother Cheng Yu attended a calligraphy tutoring class when he was a child, and his calligraphy won awards in the city when he was a child. ”

Lotus was surprised: "It's so powerful." ”

Cheng Yu finished writing in one go, put down the pen, and said with a smile: "When I was a child, it was nothing. I haven't written calligraphy for many years, after all, there are some hands, and Sister Lotus smiled. ”

Lotus looked at the price list written by Cheng Yu, was very satisfied, and even said thank you.

Cheng Yu said: "Sister Lotus, you don't have to be so polite to do such a little thing for you." With that, he said goodbye and planned to go back to his room to rest.

"Big brother, your invitation has dropped here. Lotus chased after her and shouted.

Cheng Yu thanked him and accepted the invitation. Yu Xiaoyu said: "Brother Mao Mao, what is written on this invitation? That Mr. Guigu is mysterious, as if he has given us a big favor." ”

Cheng Yu opened the invitation card and saw that the inside page read: I respectfully invite Mr. and Ms. XX to participate in the grand event at one o'clock in the morning tonight in the ghost market of the land temple in Wangling Village. The payment is the Organizing Committee of the Ghost Market Auction Festival.

Yu Xiaoyu poked his head over and looked at it, startled: "Ghost market?"

Cheng Yu was also inexplicably wonderful, looked at the lotus, and asked, "Sister Lotus, what is this ghost market?"

Lotus said: "You ask the ghost market, the ghost market in our Guling County is very famous, and you don't even know about it?"

Cheng Yu and Yu Xiaoyu both shook their heads.

Lotus said: "This ghost market is not new, it has existed a long, long time ago. ”

Seeing that Cheng Yu and Yu Xiaoyu were very interested, Lotus continued to speak.

In the old society, there were two kinds of people who would sneak out and sell antique treasures. One of them is the rich and noble children of the middle of the family, they have a hard time, but the ancestors still have some treasures, so they take them out for money. But this belongs to the loser, the children of large families always want to save face, and they don't want others to know that they have fallen into such a shabby, so they choose to come out to set up a stall to sell before dawn, and no one can recognize the black light, and they will withdraw as soon as the morning dawns.

The other kind of people are tomb robbers, and these people dare not sell stolen goods in broad daylight, so they also take advantage of the night to sell stolen goods. It was known that there were certain places where such gatherings were held, and slowly markets were formed, and in these dark stall bazaars, there was an unwritten rule: only lanterns were allowed to shine on things, not on people's faces. This is the ghost market.

Cheng Yu and Yu Xiaoyu said: "So that's the case." ”

Lotus continued: "I don't know when the ghost market in Guling County originated, and it has been interrupted for many years. A few years ago, it unknowingly flourished again. In particular, the ghost market of the land temple in Wangling Village is even more famous. It is said that this Wangling Village was originally a village where the descendants of the ancient king's tomb keepers gathered, there is a land temple at the head of the village, originally this land temple is not big, but there is a person who has made a fortune from the cultural relics and antiques is optimistic about this land temple, and has funded the expansion. After the expansion, the land temple has become a ghost market for reselling cultural relics and antiques. In particular, several large-scale auctions are held throughout the year, which attracts many domestic and foreign players to trade. ”

When Lotus said this, she lowered her voice and said, "It is said that every time a large auction is held, someone digs up an incredible treasure. There have been so many strangers in town these days, and they must all be here for tonight's auction. I thought you were here for this auction, but you didn't know it. ”

Cheng Yu shook his head: "I'm not interested in any antiques and cultural relics." ”

Yu Xiaoyu also shook her head: "I'm not interested either." ”

When Lotus heard this, he said, "Then your two tickets are a waste." Only VIPs can get this kind of ticket, and they can sit in the VIP seat with this kind of ticket. I heard that only those who spend a lot of money can get this kind of invitation. ”

Cheng Yu and Yu Xiaoyu were startled: "That's it." ”

Cheng Yu looked at these two tickets and said to Yu Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, I think we should go to the ghost market, maybe we can find the person we are looking for there." ”

Yu Xiaoyu suddenly realized: "That's right, since the bald man is a ticket deliverer, it means that the bald man and his accomplices are all in the ghost market." ”

When Lotus heard this, she asked, "What bald? What accomplice?"

Yu Xiaoyu hurriedly said: "It's the person we are looking for." ”

Seeing that Yu Xiaoyu didn't want to say more, Lotus pursed her lips and smiled back at the counter.

Cheng Yu and Yu Xiaoyu entered Cheng Yu's room, and the two discussed how to go to the ghost market to find the bald man and Zhang Youyou.

Yu Xiaoyu proposed: "This matter still needs to let Dafeng run with us." Dafeng has her own car, and she is a local, so it will save us a lot of trouble if she takes us there. If we rely on ourselves, I am afraid that there are many inconveniences. ”

Cheng Yu nodded: "It makes sense, you contact Dafeng immediately to see if Dafeng can return to the town before dinner." ”