Su Qiqi and Luo Xiaoshi were both startled. When they came to their senses and opened the pawnshop owner's mouth, they discovered that the other party had hidden a poison under his tongue. At this moment, the poison had been bitten into pieces. The poison took effect quickly, and the pawnshop owner bled to death immediately.
"It's a pity that the clues have been broken again..." Su Qiqi sighed, and together with Luo Xiaoshi, they lifted the body of the pawnshop owner, jumped off the roof, laid the body flat on the corridor, and then ordered someone to find the escort agency. The new owner of Semicolon.
The new shopkeeper of the escort agency is a slightly fat middle-aged man. After listening to the escort's report, he hurried over. When he saw the body of the man in black lying on the ground, he was stunned and his steps became staggering.
After a while, he gasped and asked: "Young Master, this...isn't this the shopkeeper Xing of the pawn shop? Why...why is he here?"
Before Su Qiqi could speak, Luo Xiaoshi said first, "He comes to our escort agency at night to stun people with incense... is he trying to steal something?"
The new boss of the escort agency nodded slightly and said: "He has a good relationship with Jia Fu. Jia Fu disappeared after he was fired. This boss Xing once came to our escort agency to inquire about Jia Fu... I thought he just cared about his friends. , I didn’t expect that this guy would break into the escort agency at night with evil intentions..."
"Oh? Uncle Ye, have you found out about the whereabouts of that rich man?" Su Qiqi looked at the new boss of the escort agency, Ye Zhenhai, and asked.
Ye Zhenhai looked ashamed and said: "Young Master, I have sent people to inquire around, but there is no definite information yet..."
"Oh, Uncle Lao Ye will send more people to track down the whereabouts of Jia Fu and those northern Yi killers. We must find their hiding place as soon as possible..." Su Qiqi said, bowing his hands.
Shopkeeper Ye quickly bowed in return, then asked his servants to carry away the body of the pawnshop shopkeeper, while he led Su Qiqi and Luo Xiaoshi to the meeting hall.
The four of them held a candle-lit conversation in the meeting hall for a long time. It wasn't until Qingdai came over that Su Qiqi gave shopkeeper Ye a few more words before taking Luo Xiaoshi and Qingdai back to the guest room.
The three of them gathered in the same room to prevent another sneak attack. Luo Xiaoshi diligently made a pot of hot tea, and the three of them ate and chatted over the mung bean cake on the table.
"Miss Nangong, what do you think of tonight's incident?" Qingdai couldn't help but ask her doubts after eating a few mouthfuls of mung bean cake.
Su Qiqi did not answer immediately, but looked out the window in a daze for a while, then turned around and said, "I have no clue about this at the moment. I have to wait for the people sent by Shopkeeper Ye to come back in a few days. According to their investigation, Only the result can be determined..."
After Su Qiqi finished speaking, she picked up the teacup again and took two sips.
Luo Xiaoshi looked at the two sisters and said cautiously: "If the shopkeeper came to steal things or seek revenge, why did he just blow the incense and run away?"
Su Qiqi and Qingdai looked at each other in shock when they heard this. Then, Su Qiqi stood up, walked a few steps in the room, and suddenly said thoughtfully: "Maybe he was just discovered by us before he could make a move, or maybe he was just a chess piece to confuse our sight. So as to cover the real murderer..."
"Ah? Does he have other accomplices?" Luo Xiaoshi blurted out with a surprised expression on his face.
Qingdai nodded slightly and said: "It is very possible that Jia Fu is a very cunning old fox. If he dares to guard himself and steal, he must not be a stupid person..."
Luo Xiaoshi disagreed, shook his head and said: "I don't think he is smart at all, but he is a bit smart..."
After saying that, he laughed first, then pulled up a chair and sat down, approached Su Qiqi and Qingdai, and asked in a low voice: "Two sisters, do you think Shopkeeper Ye is reliable?"
Su Qiqi and Qingdai suddenly stiffened when he asked, and their skins got goosebumps. Qingdai glanced hesitantly in the direction of the door and window, and asked nervously: "Little Guitou, what did you see?"
Luo Xiaoshi deliberately tried to show off and said mysteriously: "I saw that his beard on the temples seemed to be sticky... When he saluted Sister Su'er, a copper token was exposed from his sleeve..."
"What? What does the token look like?" Su Qiqi also became a little uneasy and asked eagerly.
Luo Xiaoshi raised his finger, let out a soft "shush", and said, "It looks like the token of the Yeyou Alliance..."
"This... this new shopkeeper was recommended by my father's old friend, so there should be no problem..." Su Qiqi muttered in disbelief.
"Unless, unless he is a fake..." Luo Xiaoshi burst out.
Su Qiqi and Qingdai were both a little surprised. Su Qiqi said thoughtfully: "You mean he killed the real shopkeeper Ye and lurked in the escort agency?"
"Yes, I think it's possible..." Luo Xiaoshi firmly believed in his intuition.
After listening to Luo Xiaoshi's words, Su Qiqi thought doubtfully for a moment, then whispered to Luo Xiaoshi and Qingdai: "You must keep this matter secret until I investigate it clearly. Don't act rashly, so as not to alert others..."
Qingdai and Luo Xiaoshi nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, indicating that they would keep it secret. Then the three of them continued drinking tea and chatting until it got dark before going back to their rooms to rest.
The next day, Su Qiqi took Qingdai and Luo Xiaoshi out to secretly investigate the whereabouts of the Beiyi people.
The three of them also hired some people from all walks of life to inquire together. Within two days, someone came to report that they saw a one-eyed killer in the backyard of the pawn shop, who was very similar to the one Su Qiqi and others were looking for.
Su Qiqi and the others immediately became energetic after hearing this. They saw off the messenger and hurried to Xingji Pawnshop.
Since shopkeeper Xing is dead, there is only a middle-aged woman in charge of the pawn shop. Su Qiqi pretended to come to pawn items and started talking to the woman.
During the conversation, Su Qiqi learned that shopkeeper Xing had traveled around the world in his early years and had deep entanglements with Yeyou League. That woman is Shopkeeper Xing's wife, and she doesn't know much about Shopkeeper Xing.
Su Qiqi secretly looked at Mrs. It seems that Mrs. Xing may know some inside information, but she may not tell her, and she cannot force the other party to tell the truth.
For the current plan, we can only stay here first and look for opportunities to inquire secretly. Maybe the other party will contact the Beiyi spy again to reveal some clues and find some useful clues.
Seeing that no useful clues could be found for a while, Su Qiqi returned to the escort branch with Qingdai and Luo Xiaoshi. The three of them were just about to take a break, but their butts were not yet warm from sitting. Shopkeeper Ye sent a secret letter.
Su Qiqi hurriedly opened it and saw that it was from Qin Chuan. The letter stated that there had been a number of attacks on pregnant women in the city recently. The magistrate sent police officers and government officials to patrol everywhere, but the murderer repeatedly succeeded. Helpless, the prefect personally came to ask Weiyuan Escort Agency for help.
After Su Qiqi read the letter, she felt a little more worried. Right now, several things are coming together, like a mess.
The truth behind the disappearance of the escort agency and the murder of Master Yan Ruoyu is still confusing. Another serial case of attacks on a pregnant woman is really confusing!
Su Qiqi sighed, human life is at stake! The top priority is to go back to the Escort Bureau headquarters to save people.
Thinking of this, she immediately said hello to Shopkeeper Ye and asked him to send people to continue to trace the whereabouts of the Beiyi spies. Then she hurried to the headquarters of the Escort Bureau with Qingdai and Luo Xiaoshi, mobilizing all manpower to cooperate with the government on patrols throughout the city, while closely Protect a pregnant woman in labor while tracking down the murderer.
