Catching Monsters

Chapter 13 The Trained Parrot

Hearing this, Butler Hu stopped trying to stop them. He just looked cold and threatened, "Captain Qian, you need to think clearly before you do anything. My master is out and will be back later."

After saying that, Butler Hu waved his hand, turned around and strode back to the mansion.

"go!"

Jiang Yun, Qian Buchou and many constables quickly escorted the old woman back to the government office.

On the way back to the government office, Jiang Yun gave a warning: "Captain Qian, ride slower..."

"Don't worry, bro."

"drive."

Qian Buchou whipped the horse on its butt, and the horse started galloping again.

When he returned to the government office, Qian Buchou cursed and said, "Take this old woman back to the cell and beat her up."

"Boss, what do you want to examine?"

"What the hell, just beat him up."

Many constables escorted the immobile old woman to the dungeon.

Although Qian Buchou really wanted to go to the prison to take revenge, he knew that if he arrested Xia Lingxian's guest, he had to inform the current prefect.

At this time, Jiang Yun was standing at the gate of the government office with his hands folded across his chest, wondering where the evil spirit was hiding.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for the evil spirit to hide its evil spirit so tightly.

But at that time, a thousand paper cranes did fly into the government office.

At this time, Qian Buchou suddenly asked, "Brother Jiang, how about you go to my place and rest for a while?"

The two entered the government office and walked towards Qian Buchou's residence. On the way, Jiang Yun also asked curiously: "Captain Qian, you arrested Xia Lingxian's people like this, aren't you afraid of retaliation?"

Qian Buchou, who was in front of him, paused, then continued walking and said, "Brother, you are a scholar and don't know much about the officialdom of our Zhou Dynasty."

"Master Xia does have great power in our Nanzhou Prefecture."

"Many people in the entire Nanzhou government, from top to bottom, were promoted by him."

"Not to mention, he has many colleagues, classmates, and peers in the capital. He has been an official for many years, and I don't know how many students and former officials he has."

"This kind of big shot, even if he is in the local area, he can't be harmed by murder and arson."

"Everyone is his man, from top to bottom."

At this point, Qian Buchou stopped and said in a deep voice: "The premise is that he has not colluded with evil people or evil demons."

"As long as he is colluding with evil spirits, his status as a fourth-rank official will be useless."

Listening to Qian Buchou's words, Jiang Yun nodded. It seemed that colluding with evil spirits was the bottom line of the entire Zhou Dynasty officialdom. Jiang Yun said: "The means used by this old woman should be some rare evil magic. After interrogation, I believe there will be results soon."

Qian Buchou also showed a smile on his face, and said with gritted teeth: "Xia Lingxian, this old man, does things in an unethical way."

"I gave him so much money before, but he refused to accept a penny."

"I thought he had a big appetite and saved money desperately. Finally, he saved up a full five hundred taels of silver!"

"But he still refused to accept it and criticized me harshly."

"It is said that the atmosphere in the officialdom is destroyed by people like me."

"How many scholars who are dedicated to serving the country and the people have been harmed by black sheep like me who gave them money."

"This guy has caused me to waste many years for no reason."

"Fortunately, I didn't give up and worked hard to improve myself. Finally, I became the head of the police force."

Qian Buchou couldn't help but sigh with emotion when thinking about the past, and was even more grateful that his efforts were not in vain.

Qian Buchou sighed, "The current prefect is kind-hearted. He does things for money. He is a good man."

Jiang Yun: “…”

Afterwards, Jiang Yun was a little surprised and asked in confusion: "Since Xia Lingxian never collects money, why does he live in such a big house? Moreover, the money lender Peng San is also closely related to him."

Qian Buchou nodded and said, "Brother, let me tell you, those who do things for money are good people, they clearly mark the price and never cheat anyone."

"Xia Lingxian is like this. He is a righteous man all the time. He is nothing." "I really thought he was a great judge, but he turned out to be a bastard who colluded with evil spirits. His money was probably earned by colluding with demons."

Jiang Yun couldn't help but ask, "What kind of people are you, who take money but don't do things for others?"

Qian Buchou was stunned for a moment and smiled awkwardly: "I..."

After returning to Qian Buchou's residence, he hurried to find the prefect, while Jiang Yun stayed in his room to rest, wondering in his mind where the evil spirit was hiding.

First of all, Qian Buchou and I have seen all the places.

If a monster is hiding in a room somewhere, evil energy will definitely leak out.

Where exactly is it?

Jiang Yun was puzzled.

……

Qian Buchou was wearing a police uniform and tidied his clothes before coming to the back hall of the government office.

The back hall is where the prefect works. Of course, on weekdays, the prefect seldom comes here, and most of the time, he arrives in the afternoon.

However, recently, because Xu Suwen came to Nanzhou Prefecture, the prefect has arrived every morning.

When he arrived at the back hall, he saw at a glance Master Zhang Wenqi, dressed in brocade clothes, sitting on his wooden chair, humming a little tune and teasing the bird in the cage on the table.

This little bird is a rare creature. It is called a parrot. It is said to be able to speak human language and is quite popular among the dignitaries in the capital.

Zhang Wenqi came from the capital, so naturally he brought his parrot with him.

"Oh, Captain Qian is here." Zhang Wenqi looked up and said with a smile, "Why did you want to come and sit with me today?"

"Didn't I tell you that it would be good for both you and me to spend more time with Lord Xu?"

Qian Buchou frowned and said in a low voice, "Sir, I have something important to report."

"Hmm?" Zhang Wenqi frowned. He didn't like hearing the people below say this.

He studied hard for many years and came to Nanzhou Prefecture not to become an official.

Nanzhou Prefecture is a wealthy place in the south of the Yangtze River. It is rich in production, especially silk and tea, making it one of the most lucrative jobs.

In order to get this position, I begged for help from everyone in the capital and spent countless amounts of money.

He was here for only three things.

Make money, make money, and make damn money.

He finds anything that is not related to making money troublesome.

Zhang Wenqi frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

Soon, Qian Buchou told the whole story.

After hearing that this matter was related to the previous prefect, and that the previous prefect might have colluded with evil spirits, his expression finally changed.

"Captain Qian, this is a big deal."

Qian Buchou nodded and said in a deep voice: "So, I am here to ask the prefect to issue a search warrant. I want to search Xia Lingxian's house!"

Zhang Wenqi hasn't spoken yet.

When the parrot in the cage heard the word "please", it seemed as if the keyword was triggered.

Instantly, the parrot shouted: "One hundred taels, one hundred taels!"

Hearing this, Zhang Wenqi coughed hurriedly, trying to make it shut up.

And this cough triggered the key words again.

The parrot continued to shout: "Five hundred taels, five hundred taels."

"Cough cough."

The parrot shouted in a well-trained voice: "One thousand taels, one thousand taels, this is difficult to do."

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