Chapter 18: Surveyed
Asking people like this, he was afraid that he would be disliked by others, so after entering the store, Ling Cheng bought a bottle of mineral water.
Unscrewing the cap of the bottle and taking a sip of water, Ling Cheng asked as he talked, "Boss, is the 'Chunyang Hotel' next door closed?" ”
"yes, it's been closed for a long time."
The owner, a man in his thirties, smiled kindly, "Are you going to stay in a hotel?" It's close to the station and full of small hotels, so it's easy to find a place to stay. ”
"Uh-huh."
Ling Cheng nodded perfunctorily, "Why is Chunyang Hotel closed?" ”
"It's said to be haunted."
When the shopkeeper said this, not only did he show a look of fear on his face.
"Haunted?"
Hearing the shopkeeper's words, Ling Cheng was not surprised, it must be a ghost that Tian Fanghai became after his death, he came here and wanted to find Yu Zhifei for revenge, but Tian Fanghai's cultivation after becoming a ghost was not enough, and he couldn't kill Yu Zhifei.
"Yes, in fact, the business of the Chunyang Hotel was good before, but then because of the haunting, there were two travelers who were scared by the ghost and ran out of the hotel naked in the middle of the night, and the people on our street knew about it, and gradually no one dared to stay in this hotel, so it was not allowed to close."
The shopkeeper replied.
"Have you ever seen that ghost?" Ling Cheng continued to talk.
"Uh... No, no, I'm afraid of ghosts, and if I really want to see ghosts, I guess it will scare me to death. ”
The shopkeeper shook his head again and again, with a very frightened look, "Fortunately, that ghost is only doing things at the Chunyang Hotel, and it doesn't disturb other shops and residents on our street." ”
"It is said that the Chunyang Hotel is a partnership between two young people, do you know those two?" Ling Cheng took another sip of water and continued to chat with the shopkeeper.
"Yes, yes, one is called Tian Fanghai, and the other is called Yu Zhifei, at that time, I would drink and play cards with them, I was very familiar, and later Tian Fanghai transferred his equity to Yu Zhifei."
"Yu Zhifei became the sole owner of the hotel, he ran it alone for a while, and then it began to be haunted, and he couldn't continue to operate, so he had to close his doors."
In fact, it was not Tian Fanghai who transferred the equity to Yu Zhifei, but Yu Zhifei killed the other party and monopolized the right to operate the hotel, but this inside story, the owner of the store did not know.
"After Yu Zhifei closed this hotel, what kind of business is he doing now?"
"I don't know about this, but I met him a few days ago, when he brought a Taoist priest here to exorcise evil spirits, probably because he wanted to reopen this hotel."
The shopkeeper replied and asked curiously, "You inquired about their news, are you also familiar with them?" ”
Originally, Ling Cheng wanted to ask more about Yu Zhifei's situation, which would help him find evidence of his murder, but this shopkeeper was very familiar with Yu Zhifei, and if the shopkeeper called Yu Zhifei to tell him that someone came here today to inquire about him, it would be counterproductive.
Yu Zhifei is burdened with a murder case, and he must always be on guard against the police arrest, if he learns that someone has come to inquire about him, he may think that the plainclothes police are secretly investigating his murder case, so he will take counter-investigation measures, which is even more unfavorable to finding evidence that he killed Tian Fanghai.
Therefore, there is no need to inquire about Yu Zhifei's news anymore, it is more reliable to go directly into the hotel to find evidence.
Ling Cheng thought in his heart, and said perfunctorily: "I am not familiar with them, but I have stayed in the Chunyang Hotel before, and I feel that Tian Fanghai and Yu Zhifei are very good at talking, and now they have closed the hotel, so I want to ask, okay, I won't disturb you in business." ”
After speaking, Ling Cheng turned around and walked out of the store.
Returning to the door of the Chunyang Hotel, Ling Cheng looked at the hotel a few more times, wondering how to enter the hotel, this hotel is three stories high, the windows on the first and second floors are installed with anti-theft nets, and it is impossible to enter, but the balcony on the third floor is not equipped with anti-theft nets, there is a sewer pipe, which extends down the wall from the top floor, and the sewer pipe is about one meter and a half from the balcony.
"I can climb down that sewer pipe to the balcony and then from the balcony into the hotel."
Ling Cheng is 1.75 meters tall, but his arm span is 1.8 meters, and after climbing up, he can completely grasp the sewer pipe with one hand, and reach over the balcony with the other hand to grab the guardrail of the balcony, and then climb over the guardrail, go up to the balcony, and enter the hotel.
Of course, you can't climb up the sewer pipe now, and in broad daylight, if someone is seen and calls the police, it will be troublesome.
"Come back tonight."
Ling Cheng made up his mind and immediately turned around and left.
Ten minutes later, he came out of the residential area, went to the street outside, hailed a taxi, and went directly back to the apartment building where he lived.
When she went up to the sixth floor, Ling Cheng opened the door of her house with the key, and saw that Xiao Yaoyao was still sitting in the living room watching cartoons, but she seemed to be in a bad mood, and when she saw Ling Cheng coming back, she didn't say anything.
"Xiao Yaoyao, what's wrong?"
Closing the door, Ling Cheng walked over. Touched her little head.
"Brother Ling Cheng, why didn't my ghost sister come to me yet? Could it be that she was captured by the demons? ”
Xiao Yaoyao raised her little head and looked at Ling Cheng, her eyes flashing with tears, obviously worried that her ghost sister had been captured.
Ling Cheng was stunned, counting that Xiao Yaoyao had been with her for two days, and her ghost sister hadn't come here to look for her until now, was she really caught by the ghost?
Ling Cheng wasn't sure about this either.
Of course, now is not the time to dwell on this kind of thing, you have to hurry up and comfort Xiao Yaoyao.
"Xiao Yaoyao, your ghost sister is a strong cultivator, she will definitely not be captured by the ghost, she may have something else, so she didn't come to you for the time being, in short, don't worry, she will definitely come here to find you."
"Really, Brother Ling Cheng."
Xiao Yaoyao blinked with a pair of big eyes and a cute look.
"Of course it's true, maybe the ghost sister will come to you tonight." Ling Cheng nodded.
"Well, Brother Ling Cheng, I believe your words, Sister Ghost will definitely come to me tonight!"
In fact, Xiao Yaoyao at this moment needs a kind of psychological comfort the most, and no matter whether her ghost sister will really come to her tonight, in short, when she heard Ling Cheng's words, the worry in her heart was relieved, looking forward to the ghost sister coming to her, there was hope in her heart, and an innocent smile appeared on her little face.
"Brother Ling Cheng, let's watch cartoons together, it's good."
"Okay, brother will watch cartoons with you."
Ling Cheng sat next to Xiao Yaoyao and watched cartoons with her, "Rainbow Cat Blue Rabbit" broadcast by the children's channel of the city TV station, the plot is simple, the characters' expressions are exaggerated, and it is completely a cartoon created for children.
As a big man, Ling Cheng doesn't like to watch this kind of children's cartoons, but in order to make Xiao Yaoyao happy, Ling Cheng also shouted that it was good-looking, and guessed the plot of the next scene from time to time, which really made Xiao Yaoyao giggle, and she couldn't be happy, and her depression before because she was worried that her ghost sister would be arrested was swept away at the moment.