The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 17 Wang Hai
As the sky brightened, the people in the city woke up one after another. They felt that they had the deepest sleep of their lives last night and were full of energy.

Just as the people were preparing to go out to work, suddenly, a shrill cry came from the direction of the only inn in the city.

"father--!!"

People who were curious gathered in front of the inn to watch the fun.

There were a dozen or so people dressed in tight clothes, who looked like gangsters, standing outside the inn. They were surrounding the inn and shouting that they wanted to find out who the murderer was.

There were guests who stayed overnight inside the door and wanted to leave, but were forced back by these people with weapons.

Seeing the other party draw his knife and his eyes red, the guests who wanted to leave did not dare to insist and returned to the lobby of the inn, but they couldn't help cursing.

"Which inn doesn't have a few people killed? Who knows who you provoked?"

"That's right. You don't want to think about your enemies, but you are making things difficult for us."

The guests gathered together and complained.

A young woman came down from upstairs, her face covered in tears and her hands and body stained with blood. It was Zhao Dehua's daughter, Zhao Ying.

Zhao Ying walked up to the guests, took a deep breath, then bowed deeply.

"Everyone..." She choked up: "I'm sorry for the offense."

"I am Zhao Ying, the junior chief escort of the Tiger Escort Agency in Yanzhou Prefecture."

There are many escort agencies named Huwei in the world, but only a few are famous. Most people who often travel in the Qi and Lu areas have heard of the name of Huwei Escort Agency in Yanzhou Prefecture. At this time, they all became quiet.

Zhao Ying continued reluctantly, "My father, Zhao Dehua, the head of the Huwei Escort Agency, was murdered by a villain last night and died tragically in this inn."

"At this moment, his body is placed in the guest room."

"My father has been traveling the world for more than ten years. He is a man of justice and never does evil to others. You should have heard about him."

"As a son, if your father is murdered and you don't find out the truth and seek revenge, you will have no face to walk the world again."

"Today, I only ask that you all give me some leniency, considering my father's behavior over the past decade."

Zhao Ying said this, was silent for a while, and waved.

A dozen or so bodyguards who were surrounding the inn outside came in one after another, surrounded the guests, drew their weapons and looked at them coldly.

This caused the guests to step back and huddle together.

Zhao Ying leaned forward again, bowed deeply, and said, "This is a matter of vendetta. I am only checking whether you have martial arts skills. If not, I will immediately send you out with courtesy."

"If you are a martial artist, please come with me. If it turns out that you have nothing to do with me, our Tiger Escort Agency will offer you apology!"

Although Zhao Ying is young and has little experience in the martial arts world, he has been trained by Zhao Dehua for many years and has a strong character.

When encountering a sudden change, I can immediately force myself to calm down.

This combination of intimidating and coaxing words, coupled with her pretty face and her forced calm attitude despite her tears, directly provoked the already dissatisfied guests.

Of course, the escorts who were eyeing the situation covetously also played a big role.

Immediately, a guest stepped forward and said, "Don't blame us, Young Escort Captain. We just didn't know the inside story, so our words were a bit rash."

"I have always heard of the chivalrous reputation of Chief Escort Zhao. If the Junior Escort wants to investigate, then start with me."

Zhao Ying thanked him, stepped forward, held the man's pulse, and examined it carefully.

Seeing that he had no internal energy and no signs of martial arts on his body, he immediately bowed to apologize and sent him out.

Seeing this, the remaining guests also obediently cooperated with Zhao Ying in the investigation.

There weren't many guests staying last night, and after a while, the lobby of the inn was empty. Among the guests last night, there was not a single martial artist.

Seeing this, Zhao Ying said nothing and turned around to go upstairs to collect Zhao Dehua's body.

Suddenly, she remembered something, ran downstairs, grabbed the innkeeper's hand, and asked sternly, "Which room did the three people who had dinner at the same table with us last night stay in!?"

After getting the answer, Zhao Ying immediately called the escort upstairs and kicked open the door of the room where Li Miao and the other two were staying.

The house was already empty.

Zhao Ying walked forward and touched the quilt, but it was no longer warm.

"The bedding is cold. He has been gone for at least half an hour. The city gates have just opened. If you are in a hurry, why did you get up so early?"

"We were all drugged last night, and we woke up half an hour ago to find that our father was dead. These three people had already left by then, proving that they were definitely not drugged." "We ran into them the night before yesterday, and it just so happened that we were attacked. Last night, my father was in trouble, and it just so happened that they were not drugged either, and they left early."

"Among the guests who stayed at the inn last night, apart from us, only these three people have martial arts skills."

"This matter has absolutely nothing to do with them!"

"It's these three people!"

She ran to the stable and saw that the horses of Li Miao and the other two were gone.

"If they are still in the city, they will be very conspicuous with their horses. People are easy to hide, but horses are hard to hide. They must have escaped from the city on horseback!"

Thinking of this, Zhao Ying immediately shouted: "Get on the horse! Get out of the city! Chase!"

The group immediately mounted their horses and chased after them out of the city.

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On the official road, Li Miao, Wang Hai, Xiao Si, and Mei Qinghe were riding horses.

Wang Hai looked at Mei Qinghe, who was behind and silent, and whispered to Li Miao, "Captain, where did you capture this girl?"

Li Miao had been busy for half the night and watched a good show. He was very satisfied and was taking a nap with his eyes closed while riding on his horse.

Hearing this, he replied lazily, "The one who came to seek revenge the night before yesterday, from Huashan Sect."

"Her martial arts skills are only slightly worse than yours, but she has good talent and a decent character. Maybe I can give her a spy badge in the future, so she can be considered half of your colleague."

Wang Hai immediately looked embarrassed: "She was the one who sought revenge on the escort leader the night before yesterday... Captain, I could smell blood when I woke up this morning."

"You didn't kill that escort leader last night, did you?"

Wang Hai certainly did not mean to question Li Miao.

Having been with Li Miao for many years, he knew his own Qianhu's temperament well: he liked to "play" with bad guys, and most of them died while playing with them. As for good people, he basically kept a respectful distance and would not hurt their lives.

Wang Hai also practiced claw skills, named "Removing Leaves". Although the name is elegant, it actually means "picking off all the branches and leaves on a person, leaving only a human stick". It is ten times more sinister and cruel than Zhao Dehua's claw skills.

Putting himself in Zhao Dehua's shoes, he certainly knew that with the claw skills that Zhao Dehua had practiced, his character would not be that of a kind person.

He was troubled by what to do if the escort team came after him. Li Miao would definitely be too lazy to do anything, so he would have to deal with it when the time came.

"Kill them all?"

"It's not that I can't do it, but I'm afraid Qian Hu will be unhappy."

Li Miao glanced sideways at Wang Hai.

He has been in office for twenty years, and his subordinates have come and gone, but there is a reason why he only kept Wang Hai by his side.

First of all, he is very loyal, even blindly loyal.

Secondly, he only recognizes Li Miao, and no one else can suppress him.

Thirdly, even though Wang Hai follows Li Miao and looks like a harmless follower, he will blush when Li Miao teases him.

In fact, he has a very extreme temper. He is cruel and vicious and will wipe out the roots of the enemy at any time. If he is released, he will be a disaster sooner or later.

He would accept the people he approved of, but to others, Wang Hai was a court lackey as vicious as the model operas, and everyone in the Jinyiwei knew that Li Miao had a wolf cub under his command who would eat people without leaving any bones.

Li Miao knew what Wang Hai was thinking and said, "Catch him and talk to him about the truth."

"Don't kill anyone."

Wang Hai said, "Captain, I don't know what's going on..."

"Otherwise, you can ask Miss Mei to go with me."

"That's fine." Li Miao turned around and shouted.

"Xiaomei! Go talk to Wang Hai and Zhao Dehua's men to reason with them."

Mei Qinghe nodded silently, pulled the reins, and stopped by the roadside with Wang Hai, waiting for Zhao Ying and others to catch up.

Li Miao and Xiao Si rode their horses and continued on their journey slowly.

(End of this chapter)