On this day, the escort team returned to the capital.
In the office of the Fusi Detective Division in Beizhen, Mou Rongtian saw Shi Yi walking in and said, "Yanzi, you're back. Did the journey go well? Nothing happened, right?"
Shi Yi sighed and said, "Hey, don't mention it, something big has happened."
Mou Rongtian was startled, his heart was in his throat, and he hurriedly asked: "What happened?"
Shi Yi pulled up a chair and sat next to Mou Rongtian, and immediately told the story of how Li Jiaoyue wanted to sell sea cucumbers; how he was robbed by the Xinghai Gang; how Li Jinzhong beat away the Xinghai Gang; how the sea cucumbers were melted by the Xinghai Gang with soybean oil, etc.
, come out one by one.
After hearing this, Mou Rongtian frowned and said, "Jiaoyue shouldn't sell sea cucumbers for profit."
Shi Yi said: "Miss Li just wants to make more money. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. It's just that the heartless young master is too despicable. We can't let this bastard Guo Suo go."
Mou Rongtian stood up and said: "Fuyu, I will go to Liaodong and leave the affairs of the office to you."
Dong Fuyu said: "You can go without worry."
Mou Rongtian strode out. Seeing that Mou Rongtian didn't ask him to go with him, Shi Yi followed him and said, "Brother Tian, I'll go with you."
Mou Rong added: "You are tired from the journey, so you should rest at home."
Shi Yi said: "I'm not tired, so I don't need to rest."
Mou Rongtian said: "Okay, let's go together."
The two left Fusi, Beizhen, and rode to the Flying Tiger Escort Bureau. Mou Rongtian wanted to comfort Li Jiaoyue and make her relax before going to Liaodong.
After entering the Flying Tiger Escort Bureau, Li Jiaoyue was not seen in the front hall. Lin Deqing and Shengming were sitting in the hall. Mou Rongtian greeted them and asked Lin Deqing: "Second uncle, where is Jiaoyue?"
Lin Deqing said: "It's in the room."
Mou Rongtian went to the back house, opened the door and walked into Li Jiaoyue's bedroom. Seeing him coming, Li Jiaoyue called out "Rongtian", threw herself into his arms, and burst into tears.
Mou Rongtian felt uncomfortable and advised: "Jiaoyue, don't worry. I will go to Liaodong to settle the accounts with Guo Suo. I will definitely make him compensate for your losses. Don't worry."
Li Jiaoyue said: "Is Guo Suo willing to compensate? If he refuses, what should we do?"
Mou Rongtian said: "He did it, so he can't help but not pay compensation."
Hearing what Mou Rongtian said, Li Jiaoyue felt a little relieved. Mou Rongtian sat with her on the edge of the kang, and after being gentle for a while, he got up and left, rushing to Liaodong with Shi Yi.
Not long after Mou Rongtian left, Li Jinzhong also came to the Flying Tiger Escort Bureau. When he saw Li Jiaoyue in the hall, he took out a few banknotes and said, "Girl, here are more than a thousand taels of silver. Take it." These silvers are
All of Li Jinzhong’s savings.
Li Jiaoyue said: "Uncle Li, how can I accept your money?"
Li Jinzhong said: "We are not outsiders, so don't be polite to me. Just take it. Now you are in trouble. It is the time when you are short of money. Although this little money can't solve big problems, it is for your uncle."
A little thought."
Li Jiaoyue saw that it was hard to refuse the kindness, so she had no choice but to accept it.
Guo Jin found a beggar, gave him more than ten pennies, and asked him to deliver a letter to the house of Lin Yuanwai, a big tea merchant.
The beggar knocked on the door of the Lin family's house. The door thought he was going to beg for food, and just as he opened his mouth to curse, the beggar handed over the letter and said, "An uncle asked me to give this important letter to one of your family members."
The doorman took the letter and went to the back house to hand it over to Lin Yuanwai. Lin Yuanwai took out the letter paper and opened it to look at it. He saw it said, "Li Jiaoyue has lost your goods and money. Go and collect the debt quickly. Don't let her run away."
Lin Yuanwai didn't know that the escort team had returned, let alone that Li Jiaoyue had lost the goods and money. He was shocked when he saw the letter and did not dare to delay. He hurriedly left the house and came to the Flying Tiger Escort Bureau.
Li Jiaoyue originally wanted to hide it from Lin Yuanwai first, wait for Mou Rongtian to get Guo Suo's compensation back, and then go to Lin Yuanwai to deliver it. In this way, the reputation of the Flying Tiger Escort Bureau would not be tarnished. Unexpectedly, as soon as she returned to Beijing, Lin Jiaoyue
A member of staff came to the door.
Li Jiaoyue felt guilty and uneasily invited Lin Yuwai to sit down in the hall. Lin Yuwai had a sullen face and said, "Director Li, when did you come back?"
Li Jiaoyue said: "I just came back this morning."
Lin Yuan said: "Where is my money? Why didn't you send it to me? Could it be that you lost the money?"
Seeing that she could no longer hide it, Li Jiaoyue had to admit it and said guiltily: "The goods and money are indeed lost."
Lin Yuanwai originally had a glimmer of hope, hoping that the informant letter was a prank. After Li Jiaoyue's confirmation, the last glimmer of hope was dashed, and he shouted: "You really lost the money, what did you do?"
"Yes?" He paused and then said: "We have an agreement in advance. If you lose my goods and money, you must compensate me in full, and you can't let me suffer any loss."
Li Jiaoyue said: "Don't worry, Mr. Yuan, I will compensate you in full, and you will not suffer any losses."
Lin said, "I'll give you three days. If I don't see the money in three days, we'll meet in court." After saying that, he got up and left angrily.
Li Jiaoyue thought to herself: "How can Rongtian get back in three days? What can we do?" She became anxious again and didn't even bother to eat dinner.
Lin Deqing sent the food to Li Jiaoyue's bedroom, put it on the table, and advised: "Jiaoyue, eat as much as you can, don't starve your body."
Li Jiaoyue sat by the kang and said, "Thank you for your help, uncle. I'm not hungry and can't eat."
Lin Deqing said: "Didn't Rong Tian already go to see Guo Suo? Don't worry, he will definitely bring the money back."
Li Jiaoyue said: "Within three days, Rongtian will definitely not be able to come back. After three days, if Lin can't find any money outside, he will have to go to court with our escort agency. If we go to court, we will definitely lose money."
The news spreads everywhere, and by then our escort agency’s brand will be ruined.”
Lin Deqing said: "It is common for escort agencies to lose goods and money. Even if it gets spread, it won't be a big deal and it won't damage the signboard."
Although he said so, Lin Deqing knew very well in his heart that once the matter spread, the brand of Flying Tiger Escort would be ruined. In order to make Li Jiaoyue relax, he downplayed the matter.
Li Jiaoyue was not a layman, so how could she not know the stakes here? She didn't want Lin Deqing to worry about her, so she barely ate a few mouthfuls of food. She lay on the kang at night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. After the cock crow, she fell asleep in a daze.
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After sleeping for less than two hours, I suddenly woke up and heard Lin Deqing shouting from the window: "Bright Moon, you haven't gotten up yet?"
Li Jiaoyue asked sleepily: "Second uncle, what's going on?"
Lin Deqing said: "Master Li Xuanzhong is here and wants to see you."
Li Jiaoyue thought to herself: "Why is he here?" and said: "Please wait for a moment, I will go over right away." After washing up, she came to the front hall and said: "Zhongzhong, you are here."
Li Xiaozhong said: "I heard that you are in some trouble, so I came over to see you."
Li Jiaoyue smiled bitterly and said: "Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and all this happened to your ears."
Li Xiaozhong said: "I also listened to Fuyu and the others." He took out a silver note from his arms, put it on the coffee table, and said: "This is a 33,000-tael silver note. You can use it for emergencies.
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Li Jiaoyue was startled and said: "Zhongzhong, how can I take your money?"
Li Xiaozhong said: "Don't be polite to me. Let's take care of our immediate needs first." He stood up and said again: "There's nothing else, I'm leaving."
Li Jiaoyue knew that Li Xiaozhong was interested in her and didn't want to owe Li Xiaozhong any favors. However, Yuan Lin was pressing hard and she urgently needed the money to pay off the debt, so she had to accept it. She sent Li Xiaozhong out and said, "Xiaozhong, it won't be long."
, I will definitely return this money to you."
Li Xiaozhong said: "This is not a big amount. You don't need to take it to heart. It's fine if you pay it back. Just don't make this matter public, lest Nanzhen Fusi will trouble me."
Li Jiaoyue said: "I won't say it."
Two days later, Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi quickly arrived at Jinzhou Guard. After entering the city, they went directly to the Xinghai Gang's lair. Seeing that the black door was closed, Shi Yi stepped forward and banged on the door like a drum.
I heard someone shouting inside: "What are you doing, announcing a funeral? Do you understand the rules by breaking down the door like this?" After a while, the corner door opened, and the doorman poked his head out. Just as he was about to curse, two tall men stood in front of him.
Jin Yiwei swallowed back the curse words that came to his lips and said with a smile: "You two officers, what are you doing?"
Shi Yi said, "Look for your gang leader." He pushed the door open and walked in with Mou Rongtian.
The man followed behind and said: "Two officials, our gang leader is not here. He went out to do some business and hasn't come back for several days."
Shi Yi glanced at him and said, "Are you really not here? If you dare to deceive me, I will knock out all your teeth."
The man said: "The young man dared not deceive the two officials even though he had the guts to do so. My gang leader is really not here."
When Mou Rongtian saw that there was no one in the hall, he said, "Swallow, let's search."
This house is quite big, with several courtyards and hundreds of houses. Mou Shi and his wife went to the back house first and searched house by house. Guo Suo had more than a dozen concubines in the house. One of the concubines did not open his eyes when they saw Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi.
Break in, open your mouth and curse.
Shi Yi was not used to bad habits and had the habit of beating women. He stepped forward and grabbed the woman's front, and slapped her ears hard, causing her mouth and nose to bleed. She cried for father and mother, and screamed in confusion.
Call.
Shi Yi shouted: "You stinky bitch, you dare to scold even Jin Yiwei, you really deserve a beating."
Mou Rongtian said: "Yanzi, I need to teach you a lesson." After saying that, he left the house.
Shi Yi pushed the concubine to the ground and followed her out.
The two were just about to search a room when more than thirty burly men rushed into the yard from the Moon Gate, all carrying weapons in their hands, and surrounded Mou Shi and the two.
Mou Rongtian glanced at them and said, "What do you want to do?"
A man carrying a ghost-headed knife shouted: "You two are impatient. If you dare to come here and act wild, get out of here quickly. Don't let me do it. If I do, I won't be as good as you."
Eat the fruit."
At this time, the concubine in the house who had been beaten by Shi Yi with a bruised nose and face rushed out after hearing the sound, and shouted to the big man who wielded the ghost head sword: "Zhang Laosan, they beat the girl badly, we can't let them go, why don't we let them go?"