Catching Monsters

Chapter 104 The mastermind behind the scenes
Yang Liunian saw that it was Jiang Yun who came in, and asked in a low voice: "Have you almost caught everyone?"

"Yes, this is the list. Please take a look, Captain Yang." Jiang Yun handed over the list respectfully.

"Hey, I don't want to look at it, I don't want to look at it, I don't know anything about it." Yang Liunian waved his hands quickly, indicating that he had nothing to do with it.

"What do you want me to do for you?"

Seeing this, Jiang Yun bowed and said, "That's right, Master Qian Hu, the two rebels we brought back from Nanzhou Prefecture last time, is Zhao Chongfeng still here?"

"Zhao Chongfeng?" Yang Liunian frowned slightly, touched his chin, and after thinking for a while, he said, "He was transferred to the Northern Pacification Division."

"Why do you ask?"

Jiang Yun smiled and said, "I would like to ask Zhao Chongfeng to come over and help..."

That guy is really good at illusion. With his help, we can get twice the result with half the effort.

Yang Liunian's expression became more serious, and he asked in a deep voice, "Is it related to solving the case that His Majesty entrusted you to solve?"

"of course."

Yang Liunian advised: "Zhao Chongfeng's hatred for our court is not light. Even if he has not been executed, he must have been tortured beyond recognition."

"I won't tell you anything."

Jiang Yun touched his chin and asked in a low voice: "If I were a member of the Red Lotus Sect, what if I asked him for help?"

Yang Liunian narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "What are you thinking?"

"Does our East Pacification Division know much about the Red Lotus Sect? Do you know some of their internal affairs?"

Yang Liunian narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "In our East Pacification Division, there is a top-secret file of the Red Lotus Sect, which records many of the Red Lotus Sect's top secrets and has been kept sealed."

"If you want to take it out and look at it, you need the commander's special approval."

Jiang Yun frowned and took out the imperial edict from his sleeve: "I don't have the special approval from the commander, but I do have a copy of the imperial edict. Can it be used?"

Jiang Yun discovered that in the capital, the imperial edict was simply too useful...

……

The Northern Pacification Office is located on the north side of the inner city. The entire office covers an area more than three times that of the Eastern Pacification Office.

The number of staff under its umbrella is even larger.

There are five thousand households in total.

All kinds of prisoners were held in the dark and cold imperial prison.

Zhao Chongfeng was lying in the Beizhenfusi prison, covered in wounds. The weather was extremely cold, and he curled up, leaning against a worn and smelly cotton jacket to keep warm.

Despite all kinds of torture, Zhao Chongfeng refused to yield. He firmly believed that the leader of the Red Lotus Sect would be able to overthrow the corrupt Zhou Dynasty and establish a brand new dynasty.

dong dong dong.

There were footsteps outside the prison. Zhao Chongfeng opened his eyes weakly and looked outside the prison.

"Jiang Yun." Zhao Chongfeng's eyes burned with anger.

Jiang Yun was wearing the uniform of the Jinyiwei at this time, with his hands behind his back. Beside him, there was a Jinyiwei from the Northern Pacification Division leading the way.

The Jinyiwei of the Northern Pacification Office opened the prison and said coldly, "Go in, don't stay too long."

"Okay, hard work."

Jiang Yun walked into the cell. Zhao Chongfeng dragged his tired body and wanted to rush forward and strangle Jiang Yun to death with his own hands.

Of course, he just had this thought.

At this moment, he even had difficulty standing up.

"Jiang Yun, I will kill you."

Jiang Yun said in a deep voice: "The green canopy sways in the wind, and the green rhyme contains thousands of layers of jade dew."

Hearing this, Zhao Chongfeng trembled all over, staring at Jiang Yun in disbelief, and opened his mouth wide: "You, you..."

Then, Zhao Chongfeng took a deep breath and replied, "Red lotus reflects the sun, and thousands of red flowers intoxicate the golden waves."

The two looked at each other and said in unison: "Red Lotus Eternal."

Jiang Yun glanced around vigilantly, squatted next to Zhao Chongfeng, and whispered, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhao, I am one of you."

"We in the Red Lotus Cult have always wanted to send people to infiltrate the Imperial Guard, but we have been searching for opportunities to no avail."

"In the end, the church asked me to leak your information, which led to your arrest. This allowed me to join the Jinyiwei smoothly."

"It's just hard for you, brother."

"I didn't let you know before because I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to withstand the torture of the Jinyiwei and confess everything, so I kept it from you."

Listening to Jiang Yun's words, Zhao Chongfeng's heart trembled slightly, and at this moment, he finally understood.

Why did the Jinyiwei arrange an ambush in advance when he clearly did not leave any traces?

It turns out that all of this was planned by our Red Lotus Sect?

Zhao Chongfeng took a deep breath, still with some doubt in his heart, and said, "What do you want to do?"

"I heard that you were in the Imperial Prison and were unwilling to betray the Red Lotus Sect despite all the sufferings, so I found an opportunity to let you escape."

Jiang Yun whispered, "I am investigating a case right now, and I have reported to the higher-ups that I need your help with illusion."

"Then you'll find a chance to escape."

After hearing what Jiang Yun said, Zhao Chongfeng believed Jiang Yun a little.

After all, he was imprisoned in the imperial prison. Whether he lived or died depended on a word from the Embroidered Uniform Guard. There was no need for this guy to lie to him.

What's more, he can tell the secret formula of the Red Lotus Sect...

Suddenly, Zhao Chongfeng asked again: "Red Lotus Breaks the Mist."

Jiang Yun immediately said: "Purple Swallow Piercing the Clouds."

Zhao Chongfeng: "We have several chapters in the Red Lotus Sect."

Jiang Yun: "Without a hall, our Red Lotus Sect has only one line of communication."

"How many guardians?"

"Four guardians."

"..."

Zhao Chongfeng asked several questions in a row, including the formula used in previous years, and Jiang Yun answered all of them fluently. He finally believed it completely. He gritted his teeth and tears in his eyes: "Brother Jiang, I didn't expect it was my brother. You should have told me earlier, so that my brother would hate you every day in prison."

"Brother, come on, I'll find a chance to let you go."

Zhao Chongfeng shook his head repeatedly: "You have finally infiltrated the Jinyiwei, don't lose the big picture because of small things. The moment I was caught by Jinyiwei, I knew I would not survive."

"If you want me to help you, I'll help you."

Jiang Yun clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Brother Zhao!"

……

Inside the Eastern Pacification Prison.

All the children of the rich and powerful are now in prison, worried and not knowing what will happen next.

Suddenly, the prison cell opened.

Jiang Yun walked in from outside, with a big smile on his face, and said, "Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's like this. Some time ago, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, Mr. Zhang, died. I wonder if you have heard about it?"

"I was in charge of investigating this case, and eventually I found out that someone was secretly selling weapons and supplies to the northern barbarians!"

"Selling weapons and supplies to the northern barbarians is a serious crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the entire family, and the culprit is among you."

"Of course, you are all from the younger generation, so this matter has little to do with you."

"As long as someone stands up and exposes the crimes of his family, His Majesty has said that his crime can be forgiven."

Hearing Jiang Yun's words, everyone present felt a pang in their hearts, and most people naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this case has nothing to do with my family.

But some people are worried.

Duan Yongcun, Feng Bei'er and other children of the rich and powerful looked at each other.

At this time, Zhao Chongfeng, who was outside the Imperial Prison, performed an illusion...

Soon, everyone heard someone shouting, "I plead guilty. It was my father who did it. My father secretly sold weapons and supplies to the Northern Hu. I hope you will spare my life."

"I want to kill my relatives for the sake of justice."

Jiang Yun nodded: "Very good, take it away."

Duan Yongcun and other sons of powerful families saw a figure in the prison and were quickly taken out by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

"Who? Who admitted it?"

"I don't know. I didn't see it clearly."

"Hiss, this person secretly sold weapons to the Northern Hu, I'm afraid the whole family will be executed."

Many children of powerful people were discussing this.

Jiang Yun turned around and walked out of the imperial prison with a smile on his face. Outside the door, Zhao Chongfeng ended the illusion under the guard of several Jinyiwei.

"Thank you, Brother Zhao, for sending him back to the Northern Pacification Prison."

Before Zhao Chongfeng left, he insisted on talking to Jiang Yun.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun nodded and agreed.

Zhao Chongfeng came to Jiang Yun's side, looked into Jiang Yun's eyes with emotion, and lowered his voice: "Brother, the journey ahead will be difficult, everything depends on you!"

After saying that, Zhao Chongfeng was taken away.

Xu Xiaogang stood beside Jiang Yun and asked in a low voice: "What should we do next?"

Jiang Yun grinned and said, "Release all the young masters from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Revenue, which have nothing to do with this matter."

"The focus is to keep the sons of Marquis Weiwu, Marquis Ningde, Prince Fu and others whose families have connections with the Northern Territory."

Jiang Yun arrested so many people just to spread the news.

These young masters, without knowing it, saw someone admit to a crime and went out to spread the news.

As long as the young master of the mastermind is caught.

The mastermind behind this will definitely not be able to sit still.

Soon, half of the thirty-odd young men were released.

Leave half.

Jiang Yun didn't dare to release too much, in case he accidentally let the young master behind the scenes out, all his efforts would be in vain.

The people who were released were from families that had basically no connection with the Ministry of War or the Northern Territory.

"I have to go find Captain Yang. We need to step up our vigilance in the next few days."

"What if the other party is desperate and wants to save people? To avoid any accidents."

The next morning, the faces of the ministers attending the morning court looked a little strange. Yesterday, the Jinyiwei had released a group of children of powerful officials from the imperial prison.

There were many people talking, and everyone knew the reason why people were arrested.

It turned out that someone was secretly selling weapons and supplies to Beihu.

This is a very important matter!
Moreover, I heard from those who were released that someone has already confessed to the crime, and I'm afraid the Jinyiwei will be taking action soon.

Xiao Yuzheng was sitting on top of the spacious and magnificent hall. Feng Yu had already reported the situation to him this morning.

"Today, is there anyone above the third rank who did not come to the morning court?" Xiao Yuzheng asked calmly.

Feng Yu said respectfully, "Today, there is only one person who didn't come, Ning Dehou."

Such a big thing happened in the capital. The officials in the court, even if they have something to do at home, dare not neglect it and have to come here today despite their sick bodies.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be obvious that you have something to hide?

Xiao Yuzheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a colder voice: "What's the matter with Ningde Hou? Why don't you want to attend the court this morning?"

"This morning, Ningde Hou sent a servant to report that he was ill."

Xiao Yuzheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Is he sick? You are a good doctor. Since Ningde Hou is not feeling well, go to the Hou Mansion and treat his injuries and illness."

"The slave understands."

　After dinner, there is another chapter

　　
　
(End of this chapter)