Catching Monsters

Chapter 110: Investigate the matter
Yang Liunian said calmly: "And it's not just an ordinary teacher-student relationship."

"Chang Pingyuan had just started his career as an official, and was promoted step by step by Xia Lingxian. Xia Lingxian was very grateful to him."

"The case file of Xia Lingxian has also been seen by Chang Pingyuan."

"You kid, you killed his mentor and captured his son."

"Can people bear this?"

Listening to Yang Liunian's words, Jiang Yun showed helplessness on his face and said, "Xia Lingxian colluded with evil people. According to the laws of our Great Zhou Dynasty..."

Yang Liunian ate his food and said absentmindedly, "For a big shot like Chang Pingyuan, colluding with an evil person means nothing. If you weren't in the cellar, let those little devils kill Xia Lingxian."

"Even if Xia Ling is arrested and imprisoned, Chang Pingyuan's status and means in the court can save his life."

At this point, Yang Liunian paused and lowered his voice and said, "I heard from the grapevine that Changping will probably be promoted to the Minister of Revenue after many years."

"He's targeting you, but your identity as a Jinyiwei alone can't protect you."

Jiang Yun frowned, raised his hand to thank Yang Liunian and said, "Thank you, Captain Yang."

Yang Liunian nodded: "Well, just keep it in mind."

Jiang Yun also understood in his heart that it was quite good that Yang Liunian could achieve this.

"Then I will take my leave first."

After walking out of Yang Liunian's study, Jiang Yun frowned. Changpingyuan?

Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?
There was a special resting room for the Jinyiwei inside the East Pacification Office, but there were many people resting inside, so Jiang Yun simply returned to the inn to meditate and practice.

But unexpectedly, when I returned to the room and opened the door, I saw a white-haired old man sitting inside drinking tea.

Jiang Yun looked around in surprise and realized that he had not walked into the wrong room.

"Are you back? Come in and sit down." The old man introduced himself calmly, "My name is Tang Yifei, the guardian of the Red Lotus Sect. Can you come in and have a chat?"

After saying that, Tang Yifei stared straight at Jiang Yun, and an invisible sense of oppression came over him.

Jiang Yun's heart was beating fast because of this oppressive feeling.

This old man's strength is terrifying!
Could it be that he discovered that he was impersonating a member of the Red Lotus Sect?
No, if the other party found out that I was pretending to be someone else, they wouldn't come to see me.

Even if he comes to see me, I'm afraid he will attack me after we meet.

Instead of letting yourself go in and sit down and chat like you are doing now.

In an instant, many thoughts emerged in Jiang Yun's mind, and he could only bite the bullet and walk into the room.

After entering the room, the door slammed shut on its own.

"Please sit down." Tang Yifei pointed to the chair opposite him.

"Disciple greets Dharma Protector Tang!" Jiang Yun hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Tang Yifei was neither happy nor sad, and said calmly: "When did you join our Red Lotus Sect?"

"It was Brother Zhao who asked me to join." Jiang Yun sat down with a respectful look on his face.

Tang Yifei narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "Didn't Zhao Chongfeng ask you to catch him?"

Jiang Yun took a deep breath and said, "Brother Zhao and I have known each other for a long time. We both got to know each other in order to overthrow this corrupt court."

"In the end, Brother Zhao and I staged a self-torture tactic together, just to make me join the Jinyiwei smoothly and contribute to the great cause of the Red Lotus Sect."

Tang Yifei frowned slightly and asked slowly: "We in the Red Lotus Sect have always communicated individually. Who is your superior?"

"Xu Huanchun!" Jiang Yun said without hesitation.

Xu Huanchun and Zhao Chongfeng had been executed together, and there was no evidence to prove their guilt.

However, Jiang Yun was somewhat doubtful, wondering if he could get away with it.

What if there is a list of members within the Red Lotus Cult?

Hearing this, Tang Yifei narrowed his eyes, laughed, and patted Jiang Yun on the shoulder: "We are all brothers. This is our first meeting. I am just asking you some routine questions. Don't mind it."

Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief: "Protector Tang came to see me, what instructions do you have?"

"We in the Red Lotus Sect are going to do something big soon."

"I need your cooperation in the Royal Guards."

Jiang Yun nodded without hesitation: "I have no choice but to do it."

Tang Yifei said slowly: "I need you to buy 5,000 kilograms of white sugar for me."

"White sugar?"

Jiang Yun almost thought the other party was joking. You are the Red Lotus Sect, and you still need my help to buy some white sugar?
But then, Jiang Yun thought of a sentence from his previous life: one sulfur, two nitrate, three charcoal, add a little sugar and you get Big Ivan.

Tang Yifei said slowly: "White sugar is already scarce. You can't buy such a large quantity in many small shops in the capital."

“It can only be bought in official shops, but it is not available to ordinary people.”

Listening to Tang Yifei's words, Jiang Yun asked, "I understand. I will find a way to get five thousand kilograms of white sugar."

"It's just that I just joined the Jinyiwei and I'm short of money."

In this era, white sugar can be considered a luxury.

A pound of white sugar costs about eight hundred coins.

Ordinary people can only eat a little bit during festivals.

Tang Yifei took out a silver note and said in a deep voice: "This is five thousand taels."

Seeing this, Jiang Yun said in a deep voice: "Protector Tang, these five thousand taels are just the market price. For such a large quantity of white sugar, I am afraid I will have to do some work and give gifts and spend money before I can..."

Tang Yifei frowned. Such a large sum of money was a huge amount of money for the Red Lotus Sect.

But as long as you can get enough white sugar!
He took out another banknote and said, "This is one thousand taels. It's enough for you to use to establish connections."

"Enough, enough." Jiang Yun looked at the six thousand taels of silver in his hand, swallowed, and couldn't help but smack his lips.

Tang Yifei slowly stood up and patted Jiang Yun on the shoulder: "The leader is very optimistic about you. If you do a good job in this task, I'm afraid the leader will meet you in person."

"Yes."

"After buying it, transport all the white sugar to the back door of Tang Mansion on Yichi Street in the outer city. Someone will pick you up there." Tang Yifei quickly left the place and disappeared.

Jiang Yun looked at the six thousand taels of silver in his hand and swallowed his saliva. If all of this was exchanged for gold to allow him to practice...

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun quickly shook his head. It was not easy to deduct this money.

Tang Yifei's strength is unfathomable. If he really knew it, he would have swallowed up the money.

I might die without knowing how I died. Thinking of this, Jiang Yun waited for a while, and after making sure that Tang Yifei had left, he quickly got up, rushed back to the East Zhenfu Division, and came to Yang Liunian's study.

Jiang Yun couldn't make the decision on such a big matter, but he didn't dare to secretly buy 5,000 kilograms of white sugar and ship it to the Red Lotus Sect.

If the Red Lotus Cult really creates a Big Ivan, I'm afraid I'll be tortured to death.

After hearing the news, Yang Liunian was a little restless and he couldn't make up his mind: "Wait, just stay in my study, I will go and inform Eunuch Feng."

At noon, Feng Yu heard the news and rushed over. Yang Liunian followed him respectfully with a smile on his face.

"Captain Yang, just wait outside."

Yang Liunian nodded and said, "Yes, yes, sir, I'm just outside the door. If you have any instructions, just let me know."

Close the door.

Feng Yu looked at Jiang Yun in the room and narrowed his eyes: "Have you contacted those rebels from the Red Lotus Sect?"

"That's right, eunuch. They treat me as one of their own..."

Jiang Yun described what happened in detail.

After listening to this, Feng Yu stroked the green ring on his thumb and asked thoughtfully, "They also asked you to buy 5,000 kilograms of white sugar?"

"Yes, this is the banknote given to me by the rebels."

Jiang Yun did not dare to hide it and put the money on the table for Feng Yu to look at.

Feng Yu picked up the money, narrowed his eyes, and said slowly: "Take this money to the official shop and buy 5,000 kilograms of white sugar for them."

"Don't have any crooked ideas. Make sure they believe you are one of their own."

"You don't have to give the money to the government. I'll have someone secretly say hello." Feng Yu said as he slowly put the five thousand tael silver note into his arms.

Jiang Yun widened his eyes and said, "Eunuch..."

This is my money!

Feng Yu said calmly, "This is evidence of the traitor's crime. I have to take it back and investigate it carefully."

Jiang Yun could only nod his head repeatedly after hearing this, and then put the silver note of one thousand taels into his arms: "What the eunuch said makes sense, I will also investigate it carefully tonight..."

The two looked at each other, and Feng Yu said in a deep voice: "The Red Lotus Sect is quite powerful in the court, so this matter must be kept strictly confidential."

"The official shop won't know it was me who greeted them."

"So as not to let the rebels notice."

"In the evening, just go to the largest official shop in the inner city and buy it."

"Yes." Jiang Yun nodded respectfully.

Feng Yu showed a satisfied look on his face and said, "Okay, that's it."

"You and I know this."

After saying that, Jiang Yun watched Feng Yu turn around and leave, feeling a little distressed about his five thousand taels of silver.

In the evening, Jiang Yun came alone, dressed in casual clothes, to the largest official shop in the inner city.

Although it is called a government shop, it is not a shop but a large mansion, and each room inside is like a warehouse.

The things inside, including exquisite and expensive silks, were placed in piles. There were no ordinary goods inside. They were basically luxury goods.

According to the thinking of later generations, it is similar to a state-owned store, which is a public institution under the Ministry of Households.

After Jiang Yun entered, the shop assistants inside were too lazy to pay attention to him. They were far less enthusiastic than the waiters outside the shops.

Jiang Yun came inside and found a middle-aged man at the counter. He smiled and said, "Hello, I'm here to buy white sugar."

The middle-aged man rolled his eyes at Jiang Yun and said indifferently, "To buy white sugar, turn right when you go out. You can find it in the shops outside."

"The quantity I want is a bit large."

The middle-aged man still ignored her: "Then you need an approval document. You have to go to the Ministry of Revenue to get the document first, then go to the Zhaomo Office for approval. After the approval, you still have to go to the Xuanke Division..."

Jiang Yun's face darkened. This process was too long. He said, "I am Jiang Yun."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked Jiang Yun up and down, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Hey, Brother Jiang, you should have said it earlier."

"Look at me, look, come on, five thousand kilograms of white sugar are ready in the back and loaded onto the carriage."

"Hey, this batch of white sugar is in large quantity. I had to transfer goods from several warehouses this afternoon to get the whole batch."

Today, a big shot from above has already made a greeting. Although he doesn't know who it is, he knows that a young man named Jiang Yun will come in the evening.

When we arrived behind the official shop, we saw that the three carriages were already ready, with a total of 5,000 kilograms of white sugar.

Jiang Yun led three cooks and drove a horse-drawn carriage, and quickly headed towards Tang Mansion on Yichi Street in the outer city.

……

The next morning, Ministry of Revenue.

Chang Pingyuan, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was working in his office, looking through documents. The New Year was approaching, and the work at the Ministry of Revenue was quite tedious.

It is necessary to allocate various materials from various places and check the inventory, which makes us extremely busy.

Chang Pingyuan looked at the document in his hand. After seeing the contents on it, he frowned and shouted angrily, "Someone come."

Soon, an official outside the door entered the room.

"What's going on? Five thousand kilograms of white sugar were missing yesterday?"

"It's almost the end of the year, and every household in the capital is running out of money."

The official was embarrassed and whispered, "Lord Cao, the Left Assistant Minister, ordered a man named Jiang Yun to take him away yesterday."

"Lord Cao?" Chang Pingyuan frowned: "Jiang Yun?"

Chang Pingyuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he said in a cold voice: "How dare you! I am in charge of materials, that is my business. Lord Cao is in charge of taxes and silver, why is he interfering?"

"And this Jiang Yun, is he the small flag officer of the East Pacification Division?"

"Isn't this clear to me?"

"If you don't know, go check it out!" Chang Pingyuan narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "You bought such a large amount of white sugar for no reason. Do you know what this white sugar can be used for?"

"There might be something wrong with Jiang Yun! Investigate this matter thoroughly."

　There is one more chapter, which is being written.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)