Su Qiqi and others became famous at the border. More and more local officials and heroes came to visit him.
Su Qiqi planned to recruit various wise men and cleverly use their power to better control the Northern Yi soldiers.
Ouyang Qi took the initiative to ask Ying to write a recruitment notice and posted it at the entrance of the Escort Bureau and in nearby streets.
Within a few days, the news spread throughout many border counties, and many people from all walks of life came to apply for the job.
Su Qiqi asked Yan Ruoyu and her two brothers to serve as interviewers, while she and Qin Chuan continued to study new weapons and strategies against the Northern Yi soldiers.
After careful selection by Yan Ruoyu, Nangong Yu, and Nangong Yue, twenty new escorts with their own unique skills joined the border branch of Weiyuan Escort Bureau.
Su Qiqi and others were responsible for personally training these new escorts and conducting militarized management of them so that they could come in handy when fighting the Northern Yi soldiers.
As more and more people came to visit, the concierge of Weiyuan Escort Bureau also added some people to be responsible for registering and entertaining visitors.
On this day, a man dressed as a Confucian scholar came to hand over a letter asking for an audience. After registering, the concierge led him to the main hall to meet Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan.
When Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan saw the man, they felt that he looked familiar. After careful identification, they found that he was actually Magistrate Lin who had followed the new emperor.
"Oh! We're old acquaintances! Where is Master Lin currently employed?" Qin Chuan greeted with a smile.
Master Lin nodded slightly and said, "I have met Mr. Qin and Miss Nangong. I am now serving as the border envoy..."
"Oh, Mr. Lin is now a feudal official in charge of the border counties. Congratulations!" Qin Chuan smiled and pulled up a chair for Mr. Lin, and then asked someone to make tea for him.
Su Qiqi also bowed to Mr. Lin, and then exchanged a few words.
Master Lin sat down, took a sip of tea, and told Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan the purpose of his visit to the escort agency.
It turned out that a few days ago, he encountered a strange thing. The story begins with the robbery of grain and grass escorted by Deputy General Zhang.
"A few days ago, someone went to the Chief Envoy to report that Vice General Zhang's lost carriage transporting grain and grass was seen near your escort agency. The court asked me to secretly investigate the matter... Both the emperor and I know that the heroes of the Weiyuan Escort Agency have always been loyal and upright. I will never be involved in this case... I came here this time in the hope that Miss Nangong can help me find the real culprit who robbed the salary..."
As soon as Chief Ambassador Lin finished speaking, Su Qiqi and others were shocked. They did not expect that just after they had opened a new escort agency according to the order, someone would come to stir up trouble and try to frame the Weiyuan Escort Agency!
Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan, the Chief Minister of Chao Lin, bowed their hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lin, for your trust. We will fully cooperate with you to find out the real culprit who robbed the imperial court's food and grass, and recover the lost money and food..."
Hearing this, Ambassador Lin nodded and lowered his voice and said: "I got a piece of news. The ones who robbed the food and grass may be the bandits of the Ye You League... I sent people to track them for a long time and fought with them once. But what can I do? My officers and soldiers cannot defeat them... so I came here to ask Miss Nangong, Mr. Qin and others to help..."
While Su Qiqi was still pondering, Qin Chuan said first, "If they are really the remnants of the Ye You Alliance, we will definitely not stand idly by...Does Master Lin know where they are hiding?"
Ambassador Lin looked around and said: "This is the Huangshagang where our army defeated the Beiyi cavalry... I sent people to secretly investigate for more than a month, and then I discovered where they were hiding..."
Qin Chuan said excitedly when he heard this: "Can you please help Mr. Lin lead the way for us tomorrow? Su'er and I will lead the troops to encircle and suppress them..."
Master Lin nodded, bowed his hands and said, "Thank you both for your help..."
Su Qiqi had been listening silently to the conversation between the two, and then she said, "Mr. Lin, what are the characteristics of those thieves who robbed food and grass? Is there a three-foot-tall dwarf among them?"
Ambassador Lin was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "How did Miss Nangong know that such a person existed?"
Su Qiqi took out a letter and handed it to Ambassador Lin and said, "This is the secret letter from Vice General Zhang we received this morning. In the letter, he said that before he was injured and passed out, he saw a very short, handsome man. The ugly killer... We have fought against that person before, so we guess it must be him! The deputy leader of the Yeyou Alliance..."
"Oh, if there are clues about the murderer, then the case should be revealed soon... I can also report back to the court in time..." Lin Buzhi said excitedly with a happy face.
Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan looked at each other, nodded, and then told Ambassador Lin: "Mr. Lin, although there are some clues about this case, you should not tell others until the real culprit is caught. So as not to alert the snake..."
Ambassador Lin nodded knowingly and said to Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan: "Don't worry, you two, I will keep the secret strictly... cooperate with you to find the real culprit as soon as possible..."
After that, the three of them chatted for a while, and then Ambassador Lin was about to say goodbye and leave. Seeing that it was getting late, Su Qiqi asked Qin Chuan to take two bodyguards to escort Mr. Lin back home.
The next day, the sky was dimming, and Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan were training with the new bodyguards. Suddenly a rumble came from the backyard.
Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan were both startled and rushed to the backyard. As soon as he ran to the door of the courtyard, he saw Ouyang Qi's face covered with gray and gray, holding Zheng Miao and running out in panic. He murmured: "It exploded! It killed people!"
Seeing his dull eyes and strange expression, Su Qiqi hurried forward to ask. Seeing that he had no response, she turned to Zheng Miao and asked, "Wanrou, what's wrong with you?"
Zheng Miao wiped the ashes from her face and said in a trembling voice with lingering fear: "Sister Su'er, someone in the backyard wants to kill us..."
Hearing this, Qin Chuan asked eagerly: "Xiaorou, can you see clearly who he is?"
Zheng Miao shook her head and stammered: "No, we just saw a figure, and then heard an explosion..."
Qin Chuan touched his sister's head and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, you're just fine..."
Zheng Miao nodded, patted Ouyang Qi gently, letting him calm down slowly, and then said to Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan: "Brother, sister Su'er, don't worry, Ouyang and I are fine, you go and chase him first That thief..."
Su Qiqi nodded and asked Zheng Miao and Ouyang Qi to go with them to the martial arts field first, where there were more people and it was safer. Then he and Qin Chuan would track down the murderer.
When the four of them arrived at the martial arts arena, several bodyguards were gathering around and whispering. They shut up when they saw Su Qiqi and others coming over. But his eyes were still looking curiously at the lost Ouyang Qi beside him.
Ouyang Qi had already calmed down. He didn't know what he saw, but suddenly he shouted loudly: "Help! Someone was killed!"
When Su Qiqi heard him shouting these words repeatedly, she couldn't help but become confused. He and Wanrou were both fine, so who was killed by the explosion?
