Li Qi looked at Lian Shaohua in front of him, and for some reason a bold guess suddenly came to his mind.
Yan Yuejun had been asking himself before, who was the person who told Concubine Dou about Lanyuan.
It was not that Li Qi had not thought about this issue carefully. He felt that once the incident in Lanyuan broke out, whoever would benefit would probably be the one.
But looking at the current situation, the Lanyuan incident is certainly good for Concubine Dou and the prince, but who else can benefit from it besides them?
Li Qi thought of Lian Shaohua. As the top talent of Tianji Pavilion, how could he be on the list if he had no intelligence?
Let’s not talk about how inaccurate that list is, but it seems to be quite reliable so far.
He is the most talented person in Tianji Pavilion, but he has a wife who wears hats for him every day. He must be feeling very uncomfortable.
So if the Lanyuan incident breaks out, will he be able to get rid of the confinement of the consort?
Thinking of this, Li Qi looked at Lian Shaohua thoughtfully and smiled slightly.
Sure enough, scholars are all big pig hooves!
Very bad!
This trick of killing someone with a borrowed knife is very clever. If I hadn't been smart, I really wouldn't have been able to see through you.
Of course, Li Qi also understood that these were all conjectures, and nothing would be established until there was evidence.
But at least for now, Lian Shaohua is the most suspect.
"Brother Li? Don't you have something else to do? Then I'll take my leave first." Lian Shaohua stood up and said with a smile.
Li Qi said: "Okay, let's see you tomorrow."
"good."
After sending Lian Shaohua away, Li Qi went to find Yan Yuejun without stopping.
In the bad camp, Yan Yuejun has summoned more than a dozen of his subordinates.
One of them was Zuo Xianying, whom Li Qi had met. The others were also familiar, but not very familiar.
"Master Li."
Seeing Li Qi coming, Yan Yuejun hurried up and said, "I've already gathered the manpower."
Li Qi glanced at everyone and asked: "Then where should we go next?"
"Youcheng."
"Youcheng?" Li Qi was a little confused.
Yan Yuejun nodded and said: "On the surface, everything in Kyoto seems to be in order and prosperous, but there are also many shady people hiding in it to do some dirty deeds, and these people are all operating in Youcheng."
Li Qi heard this and said with great interest: "Okay, let's set off."
The group of people left the bad camp and came to the Kyoto River. They boarded a boat and headed west along the river in the city. They soon came to a sewer.
The canal has dried up, and the boat can only dock not far away.
After everyone got off the boat, they got in.
Li Qi looked at this huge cave-like sewer and couldn't help but admire it.
The drainage system in Kyoto is really not sloppy at all. No wonder this city is so big but it is not affected by rainwater.
Everyone lit the fire sticks and soon the underground passage was illuminated.
Waves of stench hit his face, and Yan Yuejun handed Li Qi a piece of cloth: "Master Li, the smell here is a bit strong, I'll give this to you."
Li Qi took it over and thanked him, then tied the cloth around his face to cover his mouth and nose.
Not long after walking along the sewer, I saw some figures.
These people were leaning against the wall, not knowing whether to live or die, and they didn't care at all about Li Qi's group of uninvited guests.
Li Qi's stomach churned as he looked at these scattered people.
These people are worse than beggars, and their bodies stink worse than sewers.
Not only that, the mud on their bodies was so thick that they didn't know how they survived.
After about a stick of incense, the unpleasant smell of the sewer gradually disappeared and was replaced by a smell similar to that of a vegetable market.
There is a meaty smell, a fishy smell, and some faint rotten smell.
Li Qi looked up and saw brightly lit lights not far away. As he got closer, he saw clearly that this was actually a market.
This market is no less prosperous than the Western Market on the ground.
There are a lot of things for sale, and it’s very lively with people coming and going.
Li Qi was stunned for a while before he couldn't help but ask: "Is this Youcheng?"
Yan Yuejun smiled and said, "Yes, this is Youcheng."
"Do many people know this place?" Li Qi asked.
"I wonder what level Mr. Li means by more?"
"Like the ordinary people living up there."
Yan Yuejun said: "Ordinary people basically don't know about this place, and even people in the government don't know much about it."
"Then no one cares about this place?"
Yan Yuejun smiled and said: "Wherever there are people, there will be rules, and those who make the rules are managers."
"Does that mean the government doesn't care here? But there are other people in charge?" Li Qi asked.
Yan Yuejun nodded.
After entering the market, Li Qi was completely stunned by this underground world.
Almost everything on the ground is available here, and some places are even very luxurious.
It's just that the people walking on the street have a somewhat ferocious look, and they all have weapons on their bodies, and they seem to commit murder on the spot if they disagree.
The bad guys kept Li Qi in the middle, and Yan Yuejun took the lead all the way to a teahouse.
After entering, I found a seat and sat down.
After a while, a hunchbacked old man limped over.
"Deputy Commander Yan, you are really a rare visitor." The old man had a centipede-like scar on his face, which was very scary. When he spoke in anger, a row of irregular black and yellow teeth made people sick.
"Zhang Luoguo, long time no see. It seems like your business here is pretty good?" Yan Yuejun said with a smile.
"Deputy Commander Yan is really good at joking. How can I have any business here? I can't afford to offend the people who come here. If I can't afford to offend, how can I dare to make money from them?" Zhang Luoguo said with a smile.
Yan Yuejun didn't talk nonsense to him, took out a piece of silver and threw it over and said: "Let me ask you something, who is doing the outstanding business in Youcheng now?"
Zhang Luoguo shook the money in his hand and said with a smile: "What? Deputy Commander Yan wants to have fun?"
Yan Yuejun put away his smile, stared at him coldly and said, "You will answer whatever I ask you."
"If you want to find outstanding people, you have to go to Shuilou. There are many outstanding people there." Zhang Luoguo said with a smile.
Yan Yuejun hesitated for a moment, then stood up and led everyone away.
After leaving the teahouse, Li Qi asked: "Who is that guy?"
"Zhang Luoguo, the mediator of Youcheng."
"Wind media?"
"A person who specializes in gathering information and selling information." Yan Yuejun explained.
Li Qi nodded, which was a bit eye-opening.
There are quite a lot of people in this place. It seems that just as Yan Yuejun said, this secluded city is not a kind place.
Thinking about it, Li Qi couldn't help but become a little more vigilant.
Soon the group arrived at the water tower.
The so-called water tower is just a large merchant ship. A wooden board over one meter wide has become the only way in and out.