Chapter 1175 Someone Has designs on the escort agency
Sanlaizi whispered, "He's unconscious and has a persistent high fever. He won't live much longer anyway."
As he spoke, he raised his eyes and lowered his voice, "We were thinking of taking him out and leaving him anywhere to fend for himself, so that we brothers could move in ahead of time."
After listening, Shu Yu raised her eyebrows and looked at them with a half-smile.
Sanlaizi's heart skipped a beat. "You don't believe me?"
"I don't believe it."
“But I’m telling the truth, really.” He pointed to his companions behind him. “Why don’t you ask them? I’m not lying to you.”
Shu Yu sighed. Ying Xi had already brought over a stool. Shu Yu gave her a 'good job' look, then sat down comfortably before asking, "You say what you said is the truth, then can you tell me the background of this Quansheng Escort Agency? You think a few small-time thugs like you would dare to set your sights on this house? Are you kidding me? Aren't you afraid of that high-ranking official in the capital?"
The shop assistant behind her nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right. This house is connected to Lord Gong in the capital. There are few people in Tianning County who don't know about it."
While others have coveted this house before, they were all people with some means who intended to go through legitimate channels. Even with the old beggar dead, someone like Sanlaizi, trying to monopolize the house? Dream on.
Sanlaizi answered instinctively, "Didn't the high-ranking official in the capital get beheaded?"
Shu Yu narrowed her eyes. "How did you find out he was beheaded?"
The waiter's eyes widened. "Lord Gong was beheaded? When did that happen?"
News travels very slowly these days. Although the incident in Gongqiu caused quite a stir, Shu Yu was certain that in a small county like Tianning County, it hadn't yet spread to the point where the people knew about it in just one month.
Look, even this restaurant waiter hasn't heard of it yet.
Sanlaizi then realized he had spoken too quickly and quickly lowered his head.
"You won't talk? Then I'll have to resort to torture." Shu Yu stood up, stepped on the back of his hand, and slowly ground it.
Sanlaizi's face changed drastically. "Ouch, ouch, ouch! Stop stepping on me! I'll talk, I'll talk, okay?"
He's a scoundrel, not a man of much backbone; he confesses everything after suffering a little hardship.
He swallowed hard and said, "We couldn't find anything to do in the county town, so we thought we'd go to the prefectural city. There are always people coming and going at the docks there, so maybe we could find some work. That's why we went to the prefectural city a few days ago."
The man scoffed. "What can't you do? It's because the people of the county know their character and avoid them whenever they see them. That's why Sanlaizi and his gang went to the prefectural city to steal petty things."
"Huajiang Prefecture is very prosperous, with ships constantly coming and going at the docks. We took a stroll around the prefectural city, but who knew we'd accidentally offend someone." Sanlaizi lowered his voice as he spoke. In reality, they had run into a tough opponent while stealing money and were caught red-handed.
"That man was going to send us to the authorities, so we brothers definitely had to get away. Then that man said he could give us a chance. If we could take over the Quansheng Escort Agency, he would not only let us go, but also give us a sum of money."
“But the Quansheng Escort Agency is guarded by that old beggar, and he’s even connected to Lord Gong in the capital. We dare not do that. That person told us that Lord Gong has been beheaded, and all we need to do is get rid of the old beggar.”
(End of this chapter)
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