Yingxi talked for a long time, but found that Shuyu remained silent.

She turned to look at Shu Yu sitting in the carriage and asked curiously, "Miss, what's wrong?"

Shu Yu leaned against the car wall, closed her eyes slightly, and said in a low voice, "I suddenly thought of something."

"What?"

"Isn't Jiang Kuanyu's behavior very similar to that of another person?"

Ying Xi didn't react at first, but after a moment she suddenly raised her head, "Miss, are you referring to Deputy Chief Escort Uncle Lin?"

"Yes, Jiang Kuanyu faked his death, and then his whole family left Dong'an Prefecture, where they had lived for decades, under the pretext of escorting the coffin back to their hometown. That deputy head镖师 also faked his death, and his family also returned to the north under the pretext of leaving their place of sorrow and escorting the coffin back to their hometown."

Previously, Shu Yu's attention was focused on the fixed idea that the deputy head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) was plotting against Uncle Meng, and she once thought that his goal was only the Xuanyuan Sword, and that his relationship with Uncle Meng might be a personal grudge.

But when she mentioned Jiang Kuanyu to the Tan family just now, a sudden thought flashed through her mind, and she realized something she had overlooked.

Ying Xi tightened the reins without thinking, his voice extremely low, "Does Miss mean that the deputy head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) might be connected to the black market?"

"Um."

“But…” Ying Xi frowned, organizing his thoughts before speaking, “But that black market was established by the Second Prince and Gong Qiu. If the deputy head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) was really one of their people, he should have informed Gong Qiu about Uncle Meng and Aunt Meng long ago. Gong Qiu wouldn’t have taken ten years to find Aunt Meng.”

Yes, that's why Shu Yu initially fell into this kind of misconception and didn't connect the deputy head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) with the black market.

"But what if the deputy head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) joined the black market after the Shengsheng镖局 (escort agency) was burned down?"

Yingxi suddenly realized, "Yes, he had the opportunity to meet Miyauchi at that time."

Shu Yu rested her head on her arm and watched the carriage leave the city gate before she sat up straight. "Let's go home first. I'll write a letter to A-Yun when we get back, and then someone will naturally investigate and find out the truth."

There were originally three black markets like those in Cheng Gu County throughout the entire Osaku region.

There's one outside Chenggu County, one near the capital, and the exact location of the third is still under investigation. It's precisely because this last one hasn't been found that the emperor spared the second prince's life.

Unfortunately, there has been no progress so far.

She had heard Ah Yun mention that the emperor had indeed found a few black markets, but those were only about the same size as Jiangyuan County. They were just underground trading venues, not black markets.

Many people know about this, many participate, and countless people want to buy it on Taobao.

Unfortunately, the Second Prince wasn't the only one running this black market; his operations were merely a smokescreen. As a result, the closure of these gray-area trading venues actually affected the interests of many people.

The emperor also had many difficulties, and the investigation process had become exceptionally slow and arduous.

Shu Yu sighed and immediately began writing a letter after returning home.

This matter concerns the deputy head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), and Meng Pei happened to be investigating his hometown, so it was actually quite necessary to give him a heads-up.

However, Shu Yu did not know Meng Pei's exact location, so she could only write to Meng Yunzheng.

Not long after, Meng Yunzheng replied, saying that he had informed Qi Lie about the matter and that they would send people to investigate. He told her to rest assured and leave the rest to them.