After Hou Jun came out after some investigation, he looked solemn, shook his head slightly at Tu Boshu and said: "They are all dead..."
Hearing this, Tu Boshu looked at Li Qi in surprise: "Brother Li, this..."
"It was like this when I came here." Li Qi quickly explained why he came to Fuyun Escort Agency and how he met the masked man.
After Tu Boshu finished listening, he looked at Hou Jun: "It seems we are still a step too late..."
Hou Jun nodded: "This is not the place to talk. Please find another place."
The group of people came to stay at an inn, and Li Qi, Tu Boshu and Hou Jun were discussing in a guest room.
"Brother Tu, what's going on?" Li Qi asked.
Tu Boshu had a bitter look on his face, and after a moment he said: "Half a month ago, the General Escort Bureau received a letter asking for help from the Nanjing branch. The letter said that someone was going to cause trouble for them... After receiving the letter, Brother Hou and I led people to rush out.
I came here, but who knows, it’s still a step too late.”
Li Qi asked: "Did the letter say who the other party was?"
Tu Boshu shook his head.
"Then why does the other party want to trouble Nanjing Semicolon?" Li Qi asked.
Hou Jun continued: "According to what we know now, the reason is that the Nanjing branch received a task to transport a box of goods, and the box of goods disappeared, so they found trouble with the escort agency."
"What kind of cargo is it?"
"This is not clear," Tu Bo wrote. "At first, Nanjing Branch was planning to compensate, but who knew that the other party seemed unwilling and had to let Nanjing Escort Company hand over the goods."
Li Qi nodded, thinking: Although running an escort agency is profitable, it is also very risky, and you can easily get into trouble.
"By the way, Brother Li, why are you in Nanjing?" Tu Boshu asked.
Regarding this matter, Li Qi did not hide it from Tu Boshu.
After all, she had known that Li Qi was an official in the court before, so there was no need to hide such a thing.
"Oh? Then it seems that the rumors during this period are true?" Tu Bo wrote.
"What rumors?" Li Qi asked.
"Before we set off, there were rumors in Kyoto that the imperial army was going south and decided to destroy the Tianji Society. Now everyone in the world is paying attention to this matter." Tu Bo wrote, "I just didn't expect that Brother Li was actually responsible for this matter.
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"What's the responsibility?" Li Qi said with a smile, "Brother Tu, please don't look down on me. I'm just here to make soy sauce."
"Soy sauce?"
"I just came here to have a casual meal and go through the motions." Li Qi explained.
"Brother Li is indeed the same as before, and he is full of witty words." Tu Boshu said with a smile.
Regarding Li Qi, Tu Boshu regarded him as a friend from the bottom of his heart.
So she didn't doubt anything Li Qi said at Nanjing Branch.
"Brother Tu, how are you going to handle this matter?" Li Qi asked.
Tu Boshu glanced at Hou Jun who was standing aside, and then continued: "We must find out the murderer!"
"You don't plan to report to the official?"
Hou Jun shook his head and said: "This matter cannot be reported to the official. Once it is reported to the official, it will be publicized, which will be harmful to the escort agency. In addition, this is a matter in the Jianghu, so naturally it must be resolved according to the rules of the Jianghu, and blood debts must be paid with blood."
"But you don't even know who the other person is, so how can you pay for it with blood?"
Hou Jun glanced at Tu Boshu and saw her nodding slightly.
As if he had Tu Boshu's permission, Hou Juncai said: "We already have some ideas."
"Oh?" Li Qi asked curiously, "Do you know who did it?"
"The letter written from Nanjing Semicolon, as well as the situation at the scene today, can roughly determine the identity of the murderer." Hou Jun said, "If I guess correctly, it was someone from the Tianji Society who did it."
"Tianjihui?" Li Qi was startled.
Hou Jun nodded: "Yes, the people from Tianji Society act strangely and are ruthless..."
"Brother Hou suspects that someone from the Tianji Society did it just because of this? Isn't that a bit rash?"
"Every time the Tianji Society does something, it leaves its own mark. I found this on several of the escorts today..." Hou Jun took out a few pebbles and put them on the table.
Li Qi went over to take a look and found that there was a word "ji" on each cobblestone.
"The Tianji Society is headquartered in Nanfeng Mountain and has been active in Guangnan all year round. Nanjing City is one of their important strongholds." Hou Jun analyzed, "If ordinary people ask the escort agency to transport goods, if the goods are lost, they only need to compensate
That’s it, only Tianji will kill you because of missing goods!”
Listening to Hou Jun's analysis, Li Qi couldn't help but have some doubts: Could it be that someone from the Tianji Society did it?
Isn't it right? You can find out by asking Ying Bi'er when the time comes?
"Then according to what Brother Hou said, since it was done by someone from the Tianji Society, how should the Fuyun Escort Bureau deal with it?" Li Qi asked.
Tu Boshu frowned and said: "Although the Tianji Society is entrenched in Guangnan and has a large number of people, our Fortune Escort Bureau is not so easy to offend."
As she spoke, she exhaled: "But at this time, I have to report it to my father first, and then make plans."
After coming out of the inn, Li Qi hurried back to his residence. He was going to write a letter and ask the carrier pigeon to find Ying Bi'er.
Who knows, as soon as she entered the room, Ying Bier was already sitting inside.
"Good brother, where have you been?" Ying Bi'er asked with a smile.
"You came at the right time, I was just looking for you." Li Qi sat down, poured a cup of tea, and drank it in one gulp.
"What's so urgent?" Ying Bi'er asked, seeing Li Qi's hurried appearance and not wanting to tease him again.
Li Qidao: "Everyone in the Fuyun Escort Agency in Nanjing City is dead. Did you send someone to do it?"
"That's right. When I went there today, I was almost plotted against someone. Fortunately, I was lucky." Li Qi said.
Ying Bier smiled and said: "Since someone is attacking you, it is not our Tianji Club's fault."
"Huh?" Li Qi was a little confused.
"Everyone in the portrait society will get a share of your portrait, and there is almost no one who doesn't know you. So if you are really a member of the Tianji Society, they won't do anything to you when they see you." Ying Bi'er said.
"Each person has one copy? When did I get the portrait?" Li Qi blinked and asked.
Ying Bi'er smiled and said: "Of course I drew it, and this is also to ensure your safety. You are an important figure in our Tianji Society now, so we can't let anything happen to you."
Damn it, is there such a thing?
"Then what happened to the Lucky Escort Agency was really not your fault?" Li Qi said, taking out a stone and saying, "Look at this."
Ying Bier took the stone in his hand, looked at the word "ji" carved on it, and said: "This is indeed the Tianji stone of our Tianji Association..."
"Tianji stone?"
"Well, our Tianji Association is headquartered in Nanfeng Mountain. There is a special stone on the mountain. Many tokens in the association are made of this stone, and this Tianji Stone is one of them." Ying Bi'er explained.