Catching Monsters

Chapter 102: Catch Them All Back (Updated)
Everyone present looked at Xu Xiaogang.

During the banquet, a young man in a scholar's robe suddenly frowned.

This man's name is Duan Yongcun, the legitimate son of Duke Chengguo.

The distance between the two Duke's Mansions is not far, and Xu Xiaogang and I have been fighting since we were young.

He couldn't help but taunt: "Xu Xiaogang, with the little knowledge you have, don't jump out and embarrass yourself. You guys in the Zhenguo Mansion are good at wielding swords and guns and writing poems, what does it have to do with you?"

The two of them can be considered childhood friends in another sense.

Although they would fight every time they met, he knew Xu Xiaogang well and knew that he didn't have any real skills.

Of course, except for those Confucian scholars who graduated from the academy, no one here is very well-educated.

The poems I brought were all written by someone else.

"Duan Yongcun, just wait for me." Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaogang glared at the man viciously. If Feng Bei'er hadn't been there, he would have knocked out all of this guy's teeth.

The other people at the table did not say much. Firstly, they had no grudge against Xu Xiaogang.

Secondly, Xu Xiaogang is the legitimate son of the Duke of Zhenguo, and is considered one of the top dignitaries in the capital.

Who would go to such trouble for no reason?

Just like Duan Yongcun, whose family is no less powerful than Xu Xiaogang's, he dares to make a few sarcastic remarks.

As for the other young ladies at the table, they looked at Xu Xiaogang with admiration in their eyes.

Jiang Yun was curious and asked quietly, "Who is this person?"

"Duan Yongcun from the Duke Cheng's Mansion."

"Oh." Jiang Yun took note of this person thoughtfully.

Feng Beier smiled and said, "You two don't need to argue anymore. How about Xu Xiaogang's poem? Let him recite it and everyone can appreciate it. Then we will know, right?"

Xu Xiaogang coughed and read slowly:

"The sun shines on the incense burner, producing purple smoke, and in the distance I see a waterfall hanging in front of the river."

"Flying down three thousand feet, it is suspected that the Milky Way has fallen nine days."

Listening to the poem, a hint of surprise clearly emerged between Feng Beier's brows. This poem, when savored carefully, was indeed quite good.

"What does Mr. Qin think?"

Everyone's eyes were turned to Qin Hanshan and several Confucian scholars in the academy.

To put it bluntly, few people present here really understand poetry. At most, they can tell whether it is good or bad, and that's about as far as they can go.

After listening to this poem, several other Confucian scholars in the academy savored it carefully, and their expressions changed slightly.

Qin Hanshan frowned deeply. He was considered a very outstanding talent in the Zhongxiao Academy.

Why was I invited to a poetry reading hosted by a woman?

It was because Feng Bei'er liked poetry that he came for Feng Bei'er.

Otherwise, how could he, a Confucian scholar with a promising future at the Zhongxiao Academy, come to a poetry gathering hosted by a woman?

He did prepare a poem today, but in comparison, it seemed far inferior to this poem...

“Ahem.” Qin Hanshan said slowly, “Although this poem has artistic conception, it is still a little off. It is barely passable, above average.”

Hearing this, the sons of powerful and wealthy people who came here to pursue Feng Bei'er all looked at Xu Xiaogang with envy.

You know, even though it was a poetry reading, quite a few people bought poems.

But the quality is worrying.

The fact that Qin Hanshan, a Confucian scholar with a promising future in the academy, praised this poem as being above average is enough to show that the quality of this poem is good enough.

Hearing this, Feng Beier couldn't help but look up to Xu Xiaogang and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Xu is so knowledgeable about poetry. If you have free time in the future, please come to Wangyue Pavilion more often."

Xu Xiaogang's face was overjoyed. After sitting down, he whispered to Jiang Yun: "Brother-in-law, this poem is fine. Qin Hanshan is above average."

"This Qin Hanshan studied under the chief priest in Zhongxiao Academy for many years. He..."

Jiang Yun frowned, pushed Xu Xiaogang away, glared at him, and whispered, "You guy, this bastard is fooling you."

After Qin Hanshan finished talking about the above-average appearance, his face turned slightly red.

This is already an extremely conscienceless statement. If I grit my teeth and belittle it, I'm afraid I won't be able to get over this mental state.

He took a deep breath and said, "I also wrote a short poem this time. It is comparable to the poem that Brother Xu just wrote. It is hard to tell the difference."

Jiang Yun's face darkened, thinking to himself, this bastard is praising himself in a roundabout way.

After saying this, Qin Hanshan recited: "The cold fog hides the morning light, and the deep forest is devoid of bird tracks."

"Frosty winds bully the thin willows, and icy hail covers the broken rocks."

After reading it, Qin Hanshan explained to Feng Beier beside him: "Miss Feng, this poem is what I saw and felt when I was walking in the mountains and forests shrouded in cold fog."

“Do it from the heart.”

Feng Bei'er frowned slightly, but felt that this poem was far inferior to Xu Xiaogang's.

The poem written by Xu Xiaogang is full of grandeur.

But because of Qin Hanshan's face, she couldn't point it out directly.

Qin Hanshan coughed and said, "Of course, Xu Xiaogang's poem is also okay..."

Jiang Yun couldn't help it and whispered a few words to Xu Xiaogang.

Hearing this, Xu Xiaogang immediately became furious. He slammed the table and stood up. "You bastard, are you trying to frame me? My poem is ten thousand times better than yours."

Duan Yongcun, who likes to watch the fun, laughed and said, "Xu Xiaogang, what? You want to resort to violence if you can't stand losing?"

"Or do you feel that you, a warrior, understand poetry better than Qin Hanshan?"

"Qin Hanshan said your poem is good, what else do you want?"

Xu Xiaogang took a deep breath and said, "Okay, you said the song just now was above average, what about this one?"

"When will the bright moon come? Ask the sky for wine."

"I wonder what year it is today in the palace in the sky."

"I want to ride the wind back home, but I am afraid of the jade buildings and jade palaces."

"It's cold up there. Dancing with my shadow doesn't seem like being in the human world."

When Qin Hanshan heard this poem, he was slightly surprised. This poem...

Xu Xiaogang smiled slightly. It seemed that he had to give these guys a little poetry shock.

"Birds have disappeared from thousands of mountains, and people have disappeared from thousands of paths. A man with a coir raincoat hat is alone in a boat, fishing alone in the snow in the cold river."

"When the great peng rises with the wind, it soars up to ninety thousand miles. Even if it comes down when the wind dies down, it can still stir up the water in the ocean."

"..."

"Geese, geese, geese, they sing with their necks bent toward the sky..."

Jiang Yun racked his brains yesterday and thought of many poems, which he asked him to memorize and choose the appropriate ones to use.

This guy carried it on his back for half the night.

He has a good memory and recited the whole thing in one breath.

Xu Xiaogang's body trembled, and he stared at Qin Hanshan: "Tell me, what I just read out are just above average?"

Those poems surrounded Qin Hanshan's ears. He stared at Xu Xiaogang in amazement and said through gritted teeth: "You, you...even if you are a great scholar in my academy, I'm afraid you can't easily write so many good poems."

"You must have bought the poems from someone."

How many people present didn't buy them? Xu Xiaogang was quick-witted and asked, "You said that even great scholars can't write so many good poems. Where can I buy them?"

Qin Hanshan looked at Jiang Yun and said through gritted teeth: "This man came with you. He is not surprised by your writing of so many good poems, which means he has known these poems for a long time."

"Yeah."

"It must be the poem he wrote."

Feng Bei'er also subconsciously looked at Jiang Yun, who had a calm expression.

If I happen to come across a good poem, that would be enough.

Xu Xiaogang recited so many good poems one after another, just like spitting out beans.

It certainly wasn't him.

It seems that the poem was written by the person next to him?

"Right, haha, I guessed it right. You are speechless, right?" Qin Hanshan saw that Xu Xiaogang was speechless and burst into laughter.

Jiang Yun frowned, showing no interest in these things. He looked at Xu Xiaogang and said, "Okay, you've finished pretending. It's time for me to get down to business, right?"

Xu Xiaogang's face was gloomy. Now everyone thought that the poem was written by Jiang Yun. He tried to show off in front of others, but it didn't make him feel good.

But listening to Jiang Yun's words, do things?
Xu Xiaogang blinked, with curiosity on his face: "Brother-in-law, what are you going to do?"

Jiang Yun slowly stood up, bowed to the people present, and then said: "Everyone, let me introduce myself. My name is Jiang Yun, and I am from the East Pacification Division."

"I am here. My father is below the third rank. You can leave now."

The dignitaries in the room immediately frowned. What did this guy want to do?
Seeing that no one left, Jiang Yun took out the Jinyiwei badge and said, "Officially inform everyone that everyone present is under arrest."

"Arrested?" Duan Yongcun couldn't help but burst into laughter when he heard this. He stood up and glanced at Jiang Yun: "Do you know who we are? How dare a mere Jinyiwei arrest us?"

"I am the legitimate son of Duke Chengguo."

"This is the son of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."

"this……"

Hearing this, Jiang Yun looked at the young masters of so many important figures present and laughed, "That's even better. Let's cooperate a little to avoid getting hurt."

As he spoke, Jiang Yun took out a lot of ropes from his waist and gave some to Xu Xiaogang: "Tie up everyone. Forget about the women, as their family members are not high-ranking officials. Feng Bei'er must be left behind and taken back to the Zhenfusi Yamen."

Xu Xiaogang's scalp was numb, and he lowered his voice to ask Jiang Yun: "Brother-in-law, so many people, are we going to take them all back to the Zhenfusi Yamen? If we make a big fuss, something bad will happen."

Jiang Yun rolled his eyes at Xu Xiaogang and said, "I caught him. What are you afraid of?"

"What do you think?"

"Don't worry."

Jiang Yun said this, holding the rope and walking towards Duan Yongcun first.

This guy is a troublemaker, we have to tie him up first.

Duan Yongcun snorted coldly: "I think you are really crazy. Do you believe it or not, if I kill you today, you, the commander of the Pacification Division, will have to come and apologize to me?"

After saying that, he punched Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun dodged a punch and took out the things he had prepared.

"Imperial decree."

Everyone present shuddered when they saw what Jiang Yun took out from his sleeve.

"You, what are you doing?" Duan Yongcun's mind froze: "How do you have an imperial edict?"

"impossible."

"Why, you mean, this is fake?" Jiang Yun handed it over with a smile: "Why don't you tear it apart and try."

"No no no no."

"Tear it up."

"No no no no."

Jiang Yun scolded: "Since you know it is an imperial decree, why don't you kneel down?"

Snapped.

Duan Yongcun knelt on the ground instantly and let Jiang Yun tie him up obediently.

Soon, all the young masters of the third-rank officials present were tied up.

As for Feng Bei'er, she naturally couldn't leave.

"Brother-in-law, let me tie up Miss Feng."

"Ms. Feng, don't worry, I'll tie it loosely, it won't hurt."

"If it feels tight, tell me and I'll loosen it for you."

Soon, eleven sons of powerful and wealthy families who met the requirements and were third-rank officials were all tied up.

Jiang Yun took advantage of the fact that several students in the academy, including those girls whose families were not of high social status, had not left yet.

He said loudly to these children of the rich and powerful: "Why are you arrested? Some of you know it in your heart, or your family members know it."

"Bring back."

Soon, all the sons of powerful people were tied together with a long rope and went to the East Pacification Office together.

These people did not dare to resist, and most of them were very terrified.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards arrested them with the imperial edict.

Everyone has only one thought in mind.

Is there a rebellion in my family?
Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang walked at the end of the team.

Even though Xu Xiaogang was extremely courageous, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He whispered, "Brother-in-law, arresting so many people will probably cause a big commotion. What if Captain Yang blames us..."

Jiang Yun looked at these eleven children of the rich and powerful and shook his head: "This is just the beginning, it's not a big enough commotion yet."

“We have to catch some more.”

Xu Xiaogang was stunned: "Hiss, you want to?"

Jiang Yun said calmly: "When I return, I will write a list and arrest all the sons of the big shots on the list."

"Hiss, if they do this, the powerful people behind them..."

"Don't worry. This morning, before I came here, I went to see Captain Yang and told him that I was going to make some noise today."

"Captain Yang told me to go for it without any worries and that he would fully support me as long as I could solve the case."

"Besides, we are just inviting these children of the rich and powerful to the Imperial Guard, and we won't really hurt them."

"Now I'm afraid that all the powerful people in the capital know that I am in charge of investigating the smuggling case of the Ministry of War."

"If you have nothing to hide, you won't panic."

At this point, Jiang Yun paused and said in a deep voice: "If I can't solve the case, I will be in trouble."

If we can't find out the mastermind behind this.

The mastermind behind this is using his methods to wipe out the entire organization without leaving any trace.

God knows whether he will take action against me, the person in charge of investigating this matter.

So, I can't just sit there and wait for death.

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(End of this chapter)