"Master Lu, what is a 'guarantor'?" Qingguo suddenly transformed into a curious baby, and the food on his lips no longer tasted good.

"You don't need to ask the adults about this, your brother Hai knows it!" Leng Hai, who finally had a place to use, volunteered to explain: "Let's listen to your brother Hai explain it in detail!"

There is an unwritten rule in the world of martial arts: some gangs operating secretly will exchange private property with each other. For example, the East family's silver will be exchanged for the West family's grain, and the South family's silk cloth will be exchanged for the North family's pearls.

In order to ensure fair delivery, they will choose a neutral party from a more reputable sect or businessman in the world to oversee the transaction, commonly known as a "guarantor". After the transaction is completed, a profit will be paid to the guarantor.

"Isn't that just like a bodyguard?" Hearing this, Yun Xi couldn't help but become curious: "Since the two are almost the same, just use a bodyguard, why bother to get a 'guarantor'?"

"It's not the same." Lu Qingfan's thin lips slightly opened: "Although they are all guarantees, the escort agency is doing business on the surface, only transporting the goods, and does not care about other matters after taking over; the transaction of the guarantee is barter, not only responsible for

To ensure the safety of transportation of goods, the task will not be completed until the transaction between the two parties is completed."

They are all errands that lick blood. The bodyguards act tamely and are mainly bodyguards; the bailors have powerful "powers behind the scenes" that ordinary sects do not dare to provoke. Moreover, the "guarantors" act ruthlessly and are not afraid of anything.

If you cause trouble, you are not afraid of people seeking revenge.

Therefore, whether it is land transportation or water transportation, when encountering the "guarantor", they all adhere to the attitude of not messing with them and letting things go.

"That is to say, even if we ask Boss Lei, he won't know the specific information about Hua Jianying, right?" Yun Xi suddenly grasped the key point.

Lu Qingfan nodded heavily.

The air in the room suddenly became stagnant, and the investigation of the case suddenly reached a dead end.

"Don't give up so early," Yun Xi broke the silence and said briskly: "Actually, I..."

"Knock knock! Knock knock!"

"Here we come," Qingguo responded listlessly, put down his food and opened the door, his dark eyes widened: "Hua, Hua..."

"I heard that everyone is looking for me," Hua Jianying's warm and pleasant voice sounded like the sound of nature: "The boatmen said Master Lu lives here, so Hua took the liberty to bother him."

"I'm not presumptuous, I'm not presumptuous! You've come at the right time, handsome man!" Qingguo wiped off the pastry stuffing on his mouth and quickly stepped aside to make way.

Facing Yun Xi's surprise and joy, and the complicated and strange looks of Lu Qingfan's master and servant, Hua Jianying smiled at everyone, cupped his fists and saluted: "I've seen Mr. Lu, Miss Yun, and the two cold brothers."

"Well done, Mr. Hua," Yun Xi replied with a half salute and asked him to sit in the Huajianying room.

Even if Hua Jianying doesn't come, Yun Xi can infer from his clothes that Hua Jianying should also live on the ground floor. If that doesn't work, there is a stupid way to search the house... Of course, it would be better if Hua Jianying takes the initiative to come to the door.

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Lu Qingfan and Hua Jianying sat at the table in the main hall, while Yun Xi and his servant retreated to sit on the small couch. The Leng brothers each stood by the door, like two door gods.

"Master Hua, did you know that the class teacher died yesterday?" Lu Qingfan asked in a deep voice.

"I know." Hua Jianying's warm eyes filled with sadness: "I just heard that the boatman said something like 'words written in blood predict murder'. Mr. Lu, what is going on?"

Hua Jianying's words didn't sound weird at first, but in fact they revealed a lot of information that should be disclosed. Even the identities of Lu Qingfan and his party were known.

Lu Qingfan looked at the shadows among the flowers and asked in a deep voice: "Yesterday at half past one and a half, where is the young master?"

"Second underground floor, warehouse." Huajianying said warmly.

"Is there any witness?"

"No one has proven that I acted alone and never left the warehouse." Hua Jianying answered simply.

"Where was Mr. Hua last night, this morning, and still in the afternoon?" Lu Qingfan asked again.

"I picked up the meals in advance yesterday afternoon, and after meeting you by chance, I stayed in the warehouse and never left."

Still no one has proven it.

After repeated questioning, there was a moment of silence in the room.

"Young Master is the legendary guarantor?"

Yun Xi spoke bluntly, which made Hua Jianying couldn't help but be surprised. Then he looked at the crowd and said, "Have you all guessed it?"

According to Yun Xi's general inference about the deceased's stature, Huajianying's stature was around five feet five inches, which was within the general range. Especially since he had been acting alone since then, during the incident and for several hours after the incident.

Proof of presence.

The suspicion is indeed quite high.

"As a 'guarantor', the identity of the buyer and seller cannot be disclosed, nor can the goods or transaction time be disclosed, right?"

Yun Xi asked again, only to receive a wry smile from Hua Jianying: "I really can't tell. The only thing I can say is that I am indeed the guarantor, and my name is indeed 'Hua Jianying'."

Clues are needed to solve the case. Facing a mysterious Huajian Ying, it is really difficult to advance the case.

"Then are you good at martial arts?" Qing Guo's little bun's face was bulging, and he still wondered about Hua Jianying's skills.

"Yes." Hua Jianying admitted simply.

If the guarantor doesn't know martial arts, wouldn't it mean that his life and goods are at the mercy of others?!

"That's the second type." Qingguo muttered softly.

She didn't say which one the "second type" was, but everyone knew that the reason why everyone didn't see whether Huajian Ying had martial arts skills was because his martial arts skills were so unpredictable that he could even compete with Lu Qingfan.

Leng Hai sighed: "What can we do? There is no witness and there is a little suspicion. You can't tie the playboy to your belt and carry him around to prove his innocence, right?"

As soon as he said this, Yun Xi's eyes lit up: "It doesn't seem impossible?"

"I have always been in love with you, and I know that the suspicion is now high... Before solving the case, I am willing to work with you until the murderer is caught." Hua Jianying did not kill anyone, so naturally he is not afraid of following the government closely.

Yun Xi's eyebrows relaxed and she looked at Lu Qingfan, her eyes full of inquiry.

"That's fine, we will definitely solve the case before we dock. In the meantime, please kindly ask Playboy to spend time with at least one of us to prove his innocence."

Lu Qingfan did not expect that the situation would develop to this point.

Monitoring Hua Jianying is no longer a solution.

Leng Hai specifically went to see where Hua Jianying was hiding to look at the goods. Based on the food left on the table, he made a rough estimate and confirmed that Hua Jianying had made up three meals here, and then came back to report.

At this point, everyone has basically understood the situation of all ship passengers.

"Currently, the ones that can be ruled out include Boss Lei, Granny Yan Ling, master and apprentice, and the others are more or less suspected, or there is no one to support them." When Lu Qingfan said this, he glanced at Huajian Ying.

Hua Jianying smiled innocently at everyone, his handsome features becoming gentler.

The complicated personnel and the unknown murder purpose of the murderer are the biggest obstacles to this case.

Everyone gathered around the table to continue analyzing the case.

Yun Xi thought that there were only about twenty passengers on such a large passenger ship, and the passengers might not be the only ones with murderous motives.

The boatman's motives must always be explored.

"My subordinate has just thought of Miss Yun's thoughts."

Leng Hai chuckled and took out a roster from his sleeve: "There is a special "Voyage Diary" on the passenger ship, which not only records the weather on the day of the voyage, the performance of each boatman, and the reasons for withholding commissions... The class instructor actually

take note of it!"

Yun Xi opened the "Voyage Notes" and found that the details of each voyage were very clear.

"Hai Guard, where did you find it?" Yun Xi raised her head and asked happily.

"I went to the class teacher's wing again and touched it in a secret room." Leng Hai raised his chin proudly.

"Are you sure it wasn't stolen?" Lu Qingfan asked inexplicably, causing Leng Hai's proud smile to freeze on his face.

[Author's digression]: Leng Hai: You don't slap people in the face when you hit them, and you don't expose your shortcomings when you scold them! The adults in my family expose their shortcomings every day!

Lu Qingfan: Isn’t it because you have too many shortcomings?!
Chapter completed!