Chapter 19

The next day, it was Xia Daoming's turn to be on duty in the outer courtyard of the martial arts hall.

Early in the morning, Xia Daoming pulled himself together and went out.

He thought about it all night, but he couldn't think of any money-making path that was fast and very profitable.

Just arrived at the martial arts hall.

Xia Daoming found that the atmosphere today was very different.

The apprentices in the outer courtyard training ground were gathered in groups of three or five, whispering to each other, and no one was practicing martial arts.

Not only that, but the instructor Yuchi Xiao was not there to supervise.

"What's going on? Being lazy early in the morning, do you still want to..." Before Xia Daoming could finish his words, he saw Zhuo Xingji walking in hurriedly.

"Xu Shixiong Zhuo!" Xia Daoming was slightly stunned.

"Where is Gu Ren? How is he now?" Zhuo Xingji asked.

"What happened to Xu Shixiong Gu?" Xia Daoming's heart sank slightly, and a bad feeling surged into his heart.

"Instructor Gu is in the inner courtyard, looking very seriously injured," an apprentice said.

Xia Daoming and Zhuo Xingji's expressions changed drastically upon hearing this, and they hurriedly strode toward the inner courtyard.

Just entering the inner courtyard, Xia Daoming smelled a strong smell of medicinal herbs and a hint of blood.

Xia Daoming's expression changed again, and he walked quickly through the training ground to the meeting hall facing the training ground.

Meeting Hall.

Gu Ren lay on a stretcher with a face like gold paper, and his white clothes were not only torn by sharp claws but also stained with blood, which was very eye-catching.

A physician with a goat beard shook his head and said to Liang Jingtang, whose face was gloomy and ugly: "Instructor Gu not only suffered external injuries but also had multiple meridian damages; this old man is really powerless, Hall Master Liang, please invite someone else."

"Thank you, Doctor Wang; Yongbao, you send Doctor Wang off on my behalf," Liang Jingtang said.

"No need to see me off!" Doctor Wang waved his hand, then shook his head and sighed, soon leaving.

"Bang!" As soon as Doctor Wang left, Liang Jingtang slapped a side table with his palm.

The table fell apart!

"The Shi family is bullying people too much! Master, give the order; this disciple will go and gather people to fight them to the death!" Yuchi Xiao glared.

Upon hearing this, the veins on Liang Jingtang's arms and forehead bulged, and the powerful dark energy that had been lurking surged violently, releasing a terrifying aura.

"Xia Shidi Xu Shixiong Gu!"

"Xu Shixiong Gu!"

At this time, Zhuo Xingji and Xia Daoming arrived one after another, looking at Gu Ren on the stretcher with multiple plasters on his body, and hurriedly stepped forward to call out.

Gu Ren looked at Xia Daoming and Zhuo Xingji with dull eyes, then closed them again, and two tears quietly slid from the corners of his eyes.

"Sigh!" Liang Jingtang suddenly let out a long sigh, the powerful dark energy surging and lurking again, and his tall and mighty body hunched down unconsciously.

"Send Gu Ren back to his hometown and let him recuperate well!" Liang Jingtang waved his hand, then hunched his body, passed through the hall door, and walked toward his bedroom.

"Master!" Yuchi Xiao said with grief and indignation upon seeing this.

"Xu Shixiong, don't stimulate Master anymore. Master has placed high hopes on Xia Shidi Xu Shixiong Gu and treats him like a son; Master is more sad than anyone else seeing Xia Shidi Xu Shixiong Gu like this, and he wants to avenge him even more.

But the Shi family is powerful now, and this matter involves Xu Shisen of the Xu family. Although that Xu Shisen is only a collateral descendant of the Xu family, he is not someone our Qianjiao Martial Arts Hall can provoke," Liu Xiao Qiang, with plain makeup and somewhat messy hair, sighed.

"I heard from people in the escort agency that Xia Shidi Xu Shixiong Gu was injured, so I rushed here. What exactly is going on? How did it involve the Shi family and the Xu family?" Zhuo Xingji asked.

"Sigh!" Liu Xiao Qiang sighed and said: "I also asked someone to inquire; it is said that Junior Brother Gu went to Hundred Flowers Building and had a dispute with Shi Yingdeng of the Shi family over a woman named Dong Yiyi.

As a result, the gold master behind that Dong Yiyi was Xu Shisen, who was annoyed. Then, Shi Yingdeng and Xu Shisen joined forces to beat Xia Shidi Xu Shixiong Gu into serious injury."

"Hmph, this is clearly a trap set by the Shi family! Knowing that Xia Shidi Xu Shixiong Gu is Master's proud disciple and has hope of becoming a sixth-rank Great Wu Shi, or even a seventh-rank Great Wu Shi, they want to abolish him in advance so he doesn't grow up," Yuchi Xiao said with murderous intent.

Xia Daoming saw his fellow disciple Gu Ren in such a miserable state and originally had a ball of anger in his heart, but hearing Yuchi Xiao's words, his whole person felt as if he had been poured with a basin of cold water, and the anger was extinguished instantly, becoming very calm.

"How could Master not know? It's just that the Shi family is powerful, and this matter involves the Xu family, and this kind of jealousy between men is not something that can be brought to the table; what can Master do?" Liu Xiao Qiang said.

"Xia Shidi Xu Shixiong Gu is confused; if you want to play, just go to Yaohua Building; why go to Baihua Building?" Zhuo Xingji sighed after understanding the matter.

"Master is strict; he came to my side, one because he was worried about letting Master know, and two because he was worried about implicating me in being reprimanded, but he didn't think that coming to my side would at most lead to being reprimanded, but now..." Liu Xiao Qiang's voice choked up when she spoke later.

"Xu Shixiong Sister, it's too late to say these things! Send me home; I want to go home," a weak voice sounded.

"Xia Shidi Xu Shixiong Gu!" Everyone saw Gu Ren speak and hurriedly surrounded him.

Gu Ren looked at everyone with dull eyes and closed them slowly again.

Soon, Gu Ren was sent away.

The one who escorted Gu Ren back to his hometown, Chishui City, was Zhuo Xingji.

He was the one who opened the escort agency, and he was familiar with the road conditions between the south and north.

After Gu Ren was sent away, Liu Xiao Qiang and Jiao Yongbao said goodbye and returned to the brothel and restaurant, while Yuchi Xiao and Xia Daoming pulled themselves together to supervise the apprentices in the outer courtyard.

But today, those apprentices practicing martial arts were obviously absent-minded, and one martial arts apprentice even halfway proposed to stop coming to Qianjiao Martial Arts Hall to learn martial arts.

Yuchi Xiao was quite disheartened, dismissed everyone early, and closed the martial arts hall.

Xia Daoming left the martial arts hall; this time he didn't go straight home as usual, but went toward the Ji Mansion in Yongqing Workshop.

Halfway, Xia Daoming specially bought a bamboo hat with gauze to cover his face.

The Ji family once had a period of glory in Li Cheng; it is rumored that their ancestors once produced a Martial Arts Grandmaster figure. Although they have been going downhill for more than a hundred years and haven't produced any particularly powerful figures, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

The number of fourth and fifth-rank Martial Masters in the family is not small, and the Ji family is wealthy, raising many martial arts masters, and even three sixth-rank Martial Masters, which is definitely a family force that cannot be underestimated in Li Cheng.

The Ji Mansion occupied almost half of Qinghe Street.

High white walls blocked the houses and courtyards behind, making it impossible for people to glimpse the luxurious scenery inside.

The vermilion gate was inlaid with shining copper nails and copper rings.

In front of the gate, on both sides, stood a pair of mighty stone-carved Qilin.

Two servants with vigorous blood and bright clothes were guarding the gate on the left and right.

"Stop!" a servant shouted at the man in the bamboo hat who was walking toward the gate with a full voice.

"Please hand this letter to Miss Ji Wenyue for her personal opening," Xia Daoming handed over an envelope.

"To Elder Wenyue? May I ask who you are? Elder Wenyue's status is extraordinary; if you don't explain clearly, the small one dare not present it easily," the servant's expression changed slightly when he heard Xia Daoming mention Ji Wenyue, and his tone became gentle and polite.

"Elder? I didn't expect Ji Wenyue to be only seventeen years old and already an elder in the family!" Xia Daoming was shocked upon hearing this, but soon said: "Don't worry, you hand this letter to Miss Wenyue for her personal opening, and she will naturally know who I am, and she will only reward you, never blame you."

Saying this, Xia Daoming stuffed some silver into the servant's hand.

Before the servant could react, he had already turned and left.

The servant looked at Xia Daoming's back as he left, then looked down at the letter and silver in his hand, finally gritted his teeth, said something to the other servant, and turned into the gate.