Catching Monsters

Chapter 112 Return to the Inn

In the study of the Southern Pacification Office, Chang Pingyuan was sitting in Chen Yi's study, drinking tea and glancing at the sky: "Captain Chen, it's almost noon, why haven't your men come up with a result yet?"

Chen Yi, who was drinking tea beside him, smiled awkwardly and said, "Master Chang, you must not be impatient about this matter. The interrogation of this matter requires a gradual and cyclical approach."

"If you beat the prisoner too hard and kill him, it would be more trouble than it's worth."

"Master Chang, have some tea, have some tea."

Chang Pingyuan no longer had the mood to drink tea at this moment. He thought to himself that Jiang Yun and Cao Huai were in collusion with each other. If Cao Huai got to know the news and came to rescue him, he would probably not be able to kill Jiang Yun.

We must hurry up and get what we want from Jiang Yun.

Thinking of this, Chang Pingyuan slowly stood up and said, "Master Chen, let's go. I'll see how the interrogation methods of the Southern Pacification Division are."

After Chang Pingyuan finished speaking, he headed towards the prison.

Chen Yi's face changed slightly, and he hurried forward: "Hey, Lord Chang, that kind of place is not suitable for an adult like you to go to. The interrogation methods are too cruel. If you see it, I'm afraid you will have nightmares when you go back."

But Chang Pingyuan, who was walking in front, did not stop and quickly rushed to the prison.

"Hey, Lord Chang, wait for me." Chen Yi took a deep breath and could only grit his teeth and follow.

The two men quickly came to the prison door, but there was no sound of torture or screaming as Chang Pingyuan had imagined.

Instead, it was Jiang Yun's voice that was heard, talking eloquently.

"The last time I encountered that monster, it was a beautiful snake monster. Its figure and appearance were charming and yet pure and lovely."

"Then I cast a thunder spell and shouted, 'Don't run away, monster...'"

Inside the prison, more than a dozen Jinyiwei from the Southern Pacification Office listened with great interest.

Although they are considered martial arts masters, they are basically not responsible for matters involving demons and evil spirits, and they do not want to encounter them.

Keren is always curious about these supernatural things.

"Hey brother, isn't it a pity to kill such a beautiful monster like this?"

"If you want me to say..."

Jiang Yun coughed and said, "I'm a little thirsty, brother, do you have any water? I'll continue after you have a sip."

"Okay, wait."

After saying this, the Jinyiwei opened the prison door and prepared to pour water for Jiang Yun.

But when he opened the door, he saw Chang Pingyuan with a dark face, and Chen Yi next to him also looked embarrassed.

Chang Pingyuan couldn't help but turn his head and glared at Chen Yi: "Master Chen, the methods of your Southern Pacification Division are really cruel. Jiang Yun has been thirsty from talking. Do you have to starve him for three meals to make him confess?"

Chen Yi could only bite the bullet and whispered, "Master Chang, this is our Southern Pacification Division's unique secret method. First, we lower the prisoner's guard by chatting with him, and then we can trick him into slowly telling the truth..."

"Then this old man has really opened his eyes." Chang Pingyuan glared at Chen Yi.

He strode into the dim prison, and the many Jinyiwei who were sitting on the ground and chatting with Jiang Yun hurriedly stood up.

Chen Yi also followed into the room, coughed, and said, "This is Lord Chang Pingyuan, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. This case involves the Ministry of Revenue, and Lord Chang wants to hear the trial in person."

Seeing this person walk into the house, Jiang Yun frowned slightly and looked up at Changping in the distance.

Chang Pingyuan looks to be in his forties, which is the prime of life.

Is this guy Xia Lingxian's student? The guy who framed me?

"Jiang Yun, I want to ask you in person why you bought so much white sugar."

"White sugar is an important commodity for the imperial court. No one is allowed to buy it in bulk without the approval of the Ministry of Revenue."

Jiang Yun frowned and said, "Master Chang, you are joking. I bought it at the official store, and someone told me..."

Chang Pingyuan threw his hands and said, "Ridiculous! It is my job to manage the supplies. No one can buy them without my approval."

"Who called you? Who arranged it? How much did you give? What was your intention in buying the sugar?"

"Say!"

Seeing Jiang Yun frowning and not intending to speak, Chang Pingyuan took a deep breath and nodded slightly: "Okay, don't say it, right?"

"Execution."

Chang Pingyuan turned around and looked at Chen Yi.

Chen Yi glanced at Jiang Yun, his eyes seemed to be saying, Brother, this one thousand taels of silver can only help you so far.

After all, Chang Pingyuan was the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, a third-rank official in the court with enormous power, in charge of the allocation of materials and resources across the country.

And Jiang Yun was just a small Jinyiwei in the East Pacification Division.

Chen Yi glanced at Captain Li Xuan and signaled to start the torture.

Li Xuan understood, picked up a rattan whip with barbs, walked in front of Jiang Yun, raised his hand, and prepared to whip him.

But at this moment, suddenly, outside the prison, a Jinyiwei ran in hurriedly, and then whispered in Chen Yi's ear: "Sir, a eunuch has come to our Southern Pacification Division, claiming to be surnamed Feng."

"Eunuch Feng?" Chen Yi asked in a low voice, "What is he doing here?"

"He asked if we had arrested a man named Jiang Yun."

"Wait!" Chen Yi yelled and hurriedly stopped Li Xuan.

Chang Pingyuan, who was not far away, was also a little surprised after hearing Chen Yi's yell. He looked at Chen Yi, wondering what tricks Captain Chen was going to play again.

This guy took a full two thousand five hundred taels of silver from me, but he was so slow in doing things.

Chen Yi's expression changed slightly, and he quickly came to Chang Pingyuan and whispered, "Master Chang, is this Jiang Yun related to Eunuch Feng?"

Chang Pingyuan frowned when he heard this: "What do you mean?"

"Eunuch Feng is here."

Feng Yu, dressed in the eunuch's white uniform, walked alone into the prison under the guidance of a Jinyiwei.

"Oh, are you doing your job?" Feng Yu had a gentle smile on his face. He did not change his expression when he saw Jiang Yun being tied to an iron pillar.

Chen Yi hurried forward and saluted respectfully: "I am Chen Yi, the captain of the Southern Pacification Division, and I am honored to meet Eunuch Feng."

This is a top celebrity in front of His Majesty. When he celebrated his birthday last year, Chen Yi used his connections to attend the banquet and presented a small jade Buddha statue. However, he was seated at the last table and was not able to speak to Eunuch Feng. The Southern Pacification Division rarely handles cases on weekdays.

It is not as important as the Northern Zhenfusi or the Eastern Zhenfusi.

Feng Yu nodded slightly at him, then looked at Chang Pingyuan: "Lord Chang is here too. It's almost the end of the year and the Ministry of Revenue has many things to do. Why are you here in the Southern Pacification Office to try a case instead of handling official business?"

Chang Pingyuan also forced a smile on his face, walked forward with his hands raised and bowed: "Eunuch Feng, our Ministry of Revenue has been short of a large amount of white sugar recently."

"I am in charge of supplies. I learned that it was Jiang Yun who bought it, so I notified the Southern Pacification Office and asked them to investigate the case strictly."

Feng Yu glanced at the many Jinyiwei in the room and waved his hand. Chen Yi understood and told his men to leave the prison.

Soon, only Jiang Yun, Feng Yu, Chang Pingyuan and Chen Yi were left in the prison.

Feng Yu smiled politely and said, "Master Chang is right. I arranged this matter. If you want to investigate, then investigate me."

"Captain Chen, tie him up as well, and let me have a taste of your Southern Pacification Division's methods."

Hearing this, Chen Yi was so frightened that he trembled all over and lowered his head, not daring to respond.

Chang Pingyuan's face turned pale, and he quickly explained: "Eunuch, what are you talking about? If I had known that it was arranged by you, I would not have dared to do this even if I had the courage."

Feng Yu is a popular figure around His Majesty, and Chang Pingyuan is now at a critical moment in the competition for the Minister of Revenue.

Chen Yi was the first to say, "Eunuch, I will release Jiang Yun immediately."

After saying that, he stepped forward and loosened the rope on Jiang Yun. Chen Yi looked at Jiang Yun with a bit of bitterness in his eyes.

Jiang Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time. He looked at Feng Yu and couldn't help but secretly thought that this eunuch Feng was loyal and the five thousand taels of silver were not taken in vain.

Chang Pingyuan took a deep breath, came to Feng Yu, touched his sleeve, and took out five silver notes worth one thousand taels.

Five thousand taels of silver.

It is worthy of being the department in charge of taxes and materials.

Top fat difference.

"Eunuch, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding in this matter." Chang Pingyuan forced a bitter smile and said respectfully: "Eunuch, take this silver and have tea..."

Feng Yu did not take the banknote, but asked, "Master Chang, I remember that the monthly salary of the Minister of Revenue is 35 dan, and the annual salary is 420 dan."

"Converted into silver, your annual salary should be two hundred and ten taels of silver, right?"

"Where did you get these five thousand taels of silver notes?"

"Your Majesty has always hated corruption and has worked hard to punish it severely."

"I hope Chang Pingyuan will come to your Majesty's study tomorrow and explain the matter of the five thousand taels of silver."

"Jiang Yun, follow me."

After saying that, Feng Yu turned around and walked out of the prison without giving Chang Pingyuan the slightest bit of good looks.

Jiang Yun glanced at Chang Pingyuan and saw his face turning blue and purple.

After the two men walked out of the prison of the Southern Pacification Office.

Chang Pingyuan then gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. Although everyone knew about the corruption, they couldn't talk about it openly.

Otherwise, no one would look good in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he was also a well-known figure in the civil service group.

Now he has to kowtow before this eunuch.

It would be fine if I just bowed down to you, but you didn't even give me face.

……

A gorgeous carriage was parked outside the Nanzhenfusi Yamen. Yang Liunian and Xu Xiaogang were waiting outside the door. Finally, they saw Jiang Yun walking out safely behind Feng Yu.

"Brother-in-law, are you okay?" Xu Xiaogang hurried forward and walked around Jiang Yun. Only after he made sure that he had no injuries at all did he feel relieved.

He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Hey, by the way, brother-in-law, why are you not injured at all?"

Xu Xiaogang also carried a lot of medicine for treating external injuries, because he was worried that Jiang Yun would be covered in wounds when he came out.

But now it seems that my worries were completely unnecessary.

Feng Yu had already sat in the gorgeous carriage and said to the three people, "I have something else to do. I'm leaving first."

"Thank you, eunuch." Jiang Yun hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude.

The gorgeous carriage slowly drove away. Seeing this, Yang Liunian narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Yun with a somewhat fiery look.

Something happened to this kid, and Eunuch Feng was so worried.

It seems that there is some special relationship between this kid and Eunuch Feng.

"Let's go back to our East Pacification Office first."

On the way, Yang Liunian and Xu Xiaogang were curious about why Jiang Yun was captured and taken to the Southern Pacification Office.

But Jiang Yun didn't mention it at this moment, so they didn't ask any more questions.

As soon as I returned to the East Pacification Office, I saw Qian Buchou standing at the door, looking around.

Seeing Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang coming back, he ran over quickly.

"Brother Jiang, where have you been? I have been waiting for you for a long time at your Beizhenfusi Yamen."

"Who is this?" Qian Buchou looked at Yang Liunian.

Jiang Yun introduced with a smile: "This is our Jinyiwei captain, Yang Liunian, Lord Yang."

"Oh, I'm Qian Buchou, the deputy commander of the North City Military Department. Nice to meet you, Lord Yang." Upon hearing this, Qian Buchou hurriedly saluted.

Then Qian Buchou took Jiang Yun's hand and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the inn first."

"What's wrong, Brother Qian?"

"There's a gorgeous woman waiting for you outside your room at the inn, and she says she must see you."

(End of this chapter)