It’s generally frowned on to solicit a hit-person in the fediverse, so as long as you just want some advice, I’m sure anyone—even us, can listen to you and put in our two cents. 😎
I think the person you replied to are a making a joke, suggesting OP wants to solve his problems by hiring a hitman or an assassin. That's the joke. No hate speech involved in the joke. Then to emphasise it's just a joke, and that they don't mean to troll, they actually answer OPs question in a reasonable manner.