Who knows, there will be unforeseen circumstances.
Just a few days after everyone reunited, the master of Ling Yue Cave, who was staying in the Escort Bureau to recuperate, suddenly encountered a murderous attack while sleeping and was assassinated in the guest room of the Escort Bureau. Yan Ruoyu, who was also taking care of Master's daily life in the room, was also attacked and seriously injured.
Everyone in the escort agency was in panic for a while, and rumors spread everywhere. Under pressure, several newly joined escorts asked Su Qiqi to resign and find another way out.
For the escorts who wanted to leave, Su Qiqi paid off their wages, gave them money, and prepared a small amount of wine for them to practice.
For the escorts who were willing to stay, Su Qiqi gave each of them one tael of silver per month as salary, supplemented some self-defense supplies, and allocated money to strengthen the peripheral defense facilities, thus barely calming down the storm.
After that, Su Qiqi and others gave the master of Lingyue Cave a grand burial, and together with Granny Cui and Zheng Miao, they carefully diagnosed and treated Yan Ruoyu's injury, taking turns to accompany him day and night.
Everyone in the escort agency was immersed in a sad and solemn atmosphere. Even Ning'er has become much quieter. Except for going to private school, he spends most of his time in the back garden with Qin Chuan, Zheng Miao, and Ouyang Qi, practicing boxing and kicking skills seriously.
Su Qiqi, on the other hand, blamed herself for the accident of Yan Ruoyu's master and apprentice. She stayed behind closed doors for several days, thinking hard to find clues to the murderer, vowing to find the real murderer and personally avenge Yan Ruoyu's master and apprentice.
After careful consideration, Su Qiqi told Qin Chuan his idea, and the two of them thought it was feasible. Qinchuan Feige sent a letter to the escort agencies in several nearby areas, asking them to pay attention to the people from the Yeyou League and the caravans with Beiyi accents, and to spread the news in a timely manner.
At the same time, Qin Chuan personally went to the Jingbei Prince's Mansion and the General's Mansion to report the discovery of the suspicious Beiyi spies to the King of Jingbei and General Fan.
King Jingbei and General Fan both attached great importance to this, and each sent their capable assistants to assist Su Qiqi in capturing the real murderer.
A few days later, the Xiao brothers and Qingdai also moved to Weiyuan Escort Agency and settled down temporarily. Xiao Jie, Xiao Kai, Qin Chuan and others live together in the watchtower and are responsible for the security of the perimeter of the yard. Qingdai moved into the backyard and took care of Yan Ruoyu and Ning'er together with Su Qiqi and Zheng Miao.
Nangong Qin and Qin Hannian each took out their long-storage escort outfits, dressed them neatly, and took turns on duty with the other escorts.
Xu knew that the Weiyuan Escort Bureau had stepped up its vigilance, and the murderer did not want to take risks, so he did not show up again for several days.
Su Qiqi guessed that they might be waiting for a new opportunity and must take advantage of this gap to catch the real culprit as soon as possible. She doesn't want her relatives and friends to fall into crisis again.
A few days later, Su Qiqi received a letter from the shopkeeper of the Cangzhou branch, saying that the whereabouts of the Beiyi caravan had been discovered.
After discussing with Qin Chuan and others, Su Qiqi took Qingdai and Luo Xiaoshi and rushed to Cangzhou without stopping that day.
The three of them walked quickly and soon reached the boundary of Cangzhou. The folk customs here are strong and many escort agencies and martial arts schools have been opened.
Su Qiqi and the others arrived at the branch of Weiyuan Escort Bureau and inquired about the situation from the new manager of the branch. Then they put down their luggage and went out to look for clues together.
The three of them wandered the streets for about an hour, but found no trace of the Beiyi people. Instead, I saw some sneaky vendors mingling among the crowd, secretly following my whereabouts.
The surveillance and tracking techniques of those people were not very clever. Su Qiqi didn't bother to pay attention to them and walked straight forward, occasionally reminding Qingdai and Luo Xiaoshi.
The three of them walked around half of Cangzhou City in a serious manner. Seeing that it was approaching noon, Su Qiqi and the others found a restaurant to sit down, ordered a few simple meals, and ate slowly.
While eating, I suddenly heard a noise coming from the street, mixed with the sound of horse hooves and the screams of passers-by.
Qingdai and Luo Xiaoshi both ran to the window to watch the excitement. Su Qiqi sat at the table alone and continued to eat.
Luo Xiaoshi watched for a while, then ran back to Su Qiqi and lowered his voice: "Sister Su'er, I saw the one-eyed killer with a Beiyi accent you mentioned... He ran over on horseback...!"
"Oh?" Su Qiqi was stunned when she heard this, immediately put down her chopsticks, ran to the window and looked towards the street.
Sure enough it was him! The one-eyed Beiyi killer he had seen at Changshun Inn...but why did he come out alone? What about the rest? Su Qiqi thought about it, explained a few words to Qingdai, and then took Luo Xiaoshi downstairs.
The two of them walked out of the restaurant door, but the one-eyed killer disappeared! The road next to the restaurant was in a mess. Several stalls selling vegetables, candied haws and handicrafts had fallen to the ground. The stall owners were sighing and collecting the goods that had fallen to the ground.
It must be the work of that one-eyed killer! It’s really wicked, even the common people are being bullied!
Su Qiqi stared angrily and looked around for a while, when she saw a figure jumping off his horse and quickly running into a pawn shop on the street.
Su Qiqi quickly asked Luo Xiaoshi to follow them. The two entered the pawn shop, but were stopped by the shopkeeper. When the two entered the pawn shop lobby on the pretext of wanting to pawn something, the killer had already disappeared.
Although Su Qiqi was anxious, she still restrained her impulse, made up a random excuse, and left the pawn shop with Luo Xiaoshi, continuing to search on the street.
As dusk approached, Qingdai ran to the agreed place in time to meet Su Qiqi and Luo Xiaoshi, and brought good news at the same time.
It turned out that while Su Qiqi was negotiating with the pawnshop owner, Qingdai sneaked into the backyard of the pawnshop and saw the one-eyed killer entering the backyard with her own eyes and sneaking out through the small door in the backyard.
The matter of the Beiyi spy finally came to some light. Su Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief and went back to the Escort Station with Qingdai and Luo Xiaoshi to rest.
At night, while the three of them were sleeping soundly, Su Qiqi suddenly smelled a strange aroma and woke up immediately.
She quietly got up and walked towards the door. When we got to the door, we could vaguely hear the sound of footsteps walking outside the door. It seemed like someone had been here!
Su Qiqi stood quietly against the door for a while, and heard a slight sound from the tiles on the roof. Su Qiqi thought to herself: It seems that the man has gone up to the roof... that smell just now... could it be the incense?
Thinking of this, Su Qiqi hurriedly walked back to the bedside to see Qingdai, called twice, but got no response. It seems that he was fainted...
Su Qiqi walked to the wall again and knocked on it. There was no movement in the room where Luo Xiaoshi was next door. However, there was a sudden crisp sound on the roof, as if someone had stepped on a tile. Then, there was another crisp sound, as if someone was catching up to the roof.
Su Qiqi rushed out and saw Luo Xiaoshi chasing a man in black on the roof.
Su Qiqi also used Qinggong to go up to the roof, quickly circled in front of the man in black, and surrounded the man in black with Luo Xiaoshi.
When Luo Xiaoshi saw Su Qiqi coming, his courage increased and he worked harder to stop the man in black.
Seeing that he was in a bad situation, the man in black suddenly used a hidden weapon. Su Qiqi hurriedly reminded Luo Xiaoshi to stay away, and she also sent flying needles to shoot down all the opponent's hidden weapons.
Luo Xiaoshi also tacitly assisted, and the three fought for another twenty or thirty rounds. The man in black finally lost and was caught by Su Qiqi and Luo Xiaoshi.
Luo Xiaoshi pulled off the black mask of the man in black. When she saw the true face of the man in black, Su Qiqi couldn't help being surprised: "Pawnshop owner?"
Seeing that his identity was revealed, the man in black turned his head and snorted, then suddenly vomited blood and fell down.
