After Yun Hao fled, under the magistrate's office's powerful crackdown, the Hall of Heroes, which had once run rampant through Xiyin City, collapsed completely.
But the whereabouts of Boss Yun vanished from everyone's sight from then on.
The Deng father and sons accepted fifty taels of gold from the judicial commissioner, yet made no effort to contact the Divine Doctor, instead idling about Xiyin City all day.
The judicial commissioner could no longer hold back. He asked a friend of Escort Chief Deng's to urge them along. Were they taking the money without doing the job?
Second Deng shot back with a single sentence. "After taking the money, I didn't cause him any more trouble... Doesn't that count as doing the job?"
After hearing that reply, the judicial commissioner stood stunned for a long while before finally sighing. "Today, I finally know what it feels like to have a debt repudiated."
Though he had been loudly insisting that he wanted to capture Yun Hao, he might not truly have needed to find him.
His relationship with Yun Hao was simply too complicated, with favors and grudges tangled together. It was hard to say who owed whom.
What he truly wanted was to use this opportunity to curry favor with an immortal. Unfortunately, the Deng father and sons were too damn shameless, taking money without doing the work.
What he did not know was that even the messenger was secretly gloating: So you have a day like this too. Serves you right.
In fact, the Deng father and sons were not doing nothing. Within a few days, they had thoroughly checked every one of the Gu Family's shops. To avoid arousing suspicion, they also visited many unrelated places.
The Gu Family's various businesses appeared to show no reaction and continued operating