Catching Monsters

Chapter 17 I am your father

Jiang Yun was really worried that Qian Buchou would be frightened by the other party.

After all, people of this era have no worries about money. Although they are not officials, they have been in official circles for many years.

What about the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites? When you hear the names of high-ranking officials in the capital, you will subconsciously feel a little scared.

Fortunately, Qian Buchou took a deep breath and said coldly, "Xia Lingxian, you are colluding with the demons, you deserve to be killed!"

"Is there any evidence?" Xia Lingxian asked calmly.

"Evidence?" Qian Buchou snorted coldly and said, "We caught that witch and she killed seven of us. She came out of your mansion."

"I heard from Butler Hu that he is your honored guest."

Xia Lingxian smiled faintly and said calmly: "Yes, she is my guest, but I don't know her identity, nor do I know that she is an evil person."

"Do you think your excuses will work?" Qian Buchou snorted coldly and waved his hand: "Let alone that evil woman, the gold and silver treasures found in your mansion are enough to sentence you to death!"

"Hahahahaha." Xia Lingxian laughed loudly and said coldly: "I don't have to worry about money. I told you that I am different from you corrupt officials."

"I have been reading sage books since I was four years old and have been determined to serve my country. It is impossible for me to violate the laws of the Great Zhou. Corruption and bribery? These are all my legal income."

"All the money in my house comes from the gifts given by the parents of the children I gave away as a token of gratitude."

"Okay, you're also suspected of trafficking children? One more piece of evidence." Qian Buchou said coldly, "According to the laws of the Great Zhou, anyone who traffics other people's children will be beaten to death immediately once they are caught."

Xia Lingxian slowly raised his hand and pointed at the children and the many beds: "Trafficking other people's children is indeed a serious crime."

"But these children are my own children."

"Doesn't the Great Zhou law say that you can't sell your own children?"

Jiang Yun was standing nearby, and he opened his eyes in amazement as he never expected this fellow would do such a beastly thing.

He couldn't help but look at Qian Buchou next to him and asked, "Captain Qian, isn't it illegal to sell your own child?"

Qian Buchou looked gloomy, gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that it is not illegal."

Although the Great Zhou has enjoyed good weather and peace in recent years, many disasters have occurred in history.

When faced with a disaster or a major change in the family, selling children is a helpless act to survive.

The imperial court could not be so heartless.

They were forced into a situation where they had no way to survive and had to sell their children, and yet you arrested them?

In short, if a normal person can have enough food to eat, no one would be willing to sell their children.

But the summer ahead...

After Qian Buchou admitted that it was not illegal, Xia Lingxian laughed even louder.

He said in a cold voice: "I am devoted to the country and to realizing my ambitions, but corruption is rampant in the court. If you don't give gold and silver, you can't get promoted no matter how capable you are."

"I am as clean as paper and do not want to violate the laws of the Great Zhou."

“It’s the only way.”

"I will give the money from selling my children to the higher-ups in exchange for my future."

"I have given birth to countless children over the years. If not eight hundred, then almost a thousand."

Looking at Xia Lingxian's appearance, Jiang Yun couldn't help but clench his fists. Then, he also vaguely felt that there was something strange in the cellar.

There seemed to be a cold air coming from all around.

He bit his finger, wiped it between his eyebrows, looked at it again, and took a breath of cold air.

There were more than sixty little ghosts in the cellar.

Some of these little kids are only one or two years old, while the oldest are five or six years old.

They remained in a state of death, some were beaten to death, some were drowned...

They were filled with extremely strong hatred, and their eyes were fixed on Xia Lingxian, as if they were ready to rush up and seek revenge on him at any time.

However, there was a jade pendant hanging on Xia Lingxian's chest, emitting a faint black light, which made them dare not approach.

Soon, Jiang Yun understood the reason and said, "Xia Lingxian, you killed a lot of children by doing this, right?"

"What did you say?" Xia Lingxian frowned instantly.

Jiang Yun took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "I guess, you sell children, but not all of these children have a life of plenty."

"On the contrary, some children died for various reasons, such as being beaten and abused to death by the people who bought them."

"In short, they died with resentment, turned into ghosts, and haunted you."

"If you report this to the imperial court and ask the Imperial Guard to take action, you can probably get rid of these little devils."

"But you are afraid that what you have done will be discovered by the court."

"Then they colluded with the evil people. These evil people could easily get rid of these little ghosts, but they didn't do so."

"Instead, I'll give it to you, baby, to calm the little devil down for the time being."

"And you, because you need the evil people's treasure to survive, you can only obey the evil people's orders."

Xia Lingxian seemed to have been stepped on the tail. He had a look of disdain just now, but now, his face showed fear, but he still said stubbornly: "I don't understand what you are saying, take me back to the dungeon of the government office."

"Still talking hard."

Jiang Yun squatted in front of him and reached out to take out the pendant he placed on his chest.

This is a black obsidian that emits spots of black light.

"What are you doing?" Xia Lingxian widened his eyes.

"Since I guessed wrong, this pendant must be just an ordinary gem."

After saying that, Jiang Yun took off the pendant fiercely.

"Take the five children out of the house. Please ask Xia Lingxian and Butler Hu to stay inside."

Qian Buchou didn't understand what was going on, but he still believed Jiang Yun and asked someone to take the child out of the house.

A group of people exited the cellar.

Soon, a miserable sound was heard from the cellar.

"Children, children, what are you doing?" "I am your father, don't do this, don't do this."

"I was wrong."

"what."

Listening to the screams in the cellar, Jiang Yun's heart was unable to calm down for a long time. The main reason was that what the beast did was too against the moral code and he was simply not worthy of being a human being.

Qian Buchou, who was standing by, heard the scream and looked at Jiang Yun hurriedly: "What happened?"

"Those kids are looking for him to settle accounts, so just ignore them."

Afterwards, Jiang Yun told everyone what happened in the cellar.

After hearing this, Qian Buchou felt a chill on his back: "Are you saying that the cellar was full of ghosts just now?"

"Yes." Jiang Yun nodded: "Don't worry, they are too resentful and don't want to reincarnate. Kill Xia Lingxian, the resentment will dissipate, and they will rush to reincarnate."

"After all, he was an important figure. If he died like this, I don't know how I would explain myself when I go back." Qian Buchou was a little worried.

"It will be difficult if he is not dead." Jiang Yun paused and said, "Who knows if his network of connections in Beijing will be able to get him out."

Qian Buchou shook his head and said firmly: "Probably not. Collaborating with demons is a capital crime."

“Who made the law?”

"Of course..." Qian Buchou was stunned when he said this: "It's the big shots in Beijing."

Jiang Yun smiled and said, "Do you still think it's difficult for them to save Xia Lingxian?"

Qian Buchou also let out a breath of air at this time.

After a long time, the cellar gradually became quiet and silent.

"Let's go in and take a look." Jiang Yun said.

"Brother Jiang, please come closer to me."

Hearing that there was a ghost in the cellar, Qian Buchou didn't care about his face anymore and held Jiang Yun's wrist like a little girl.

When the cellar door was pushed open, Xia Lingxian was already dead. His eyes showed extreme fear. He was frightened to death.

And the butler Hu next to him seemed to be completely frightened crazy.

"Ah, little friends, I'm Uncle Hu. Don't run. Uncle Hu will play with you."

"kid……"

The crazy butler Hu was held down by the constable who came in with Jiang Yun and Qian Buchou.

"This guy is crazy, boss. What should we do?" The constable turned his head and looked over.

Qian Buchou frowned and waved his hand irritably: "Throw him back to jail first."

Jiang Yun turned his head, glanced at Butler Hu, and suddenly shouted, "There's another ghost, be careful!"

"Ah." Butler Hu was so frightened that he held his head and suddenly fell to the ground, trembling all over: "No, no, no, I don't know anything, I don't know anything."

"These are all orders from the master."

"This guy is just pretending." Jiang Yun rolled his eyes at Butler Hu. He knew from the beginning that he was pretending to be crazy.

Those little devils wanted to seek revenge on Xia Ling first, not Butler Hu.

Butler Hu doesn’t have the third eye, so he can’t see those ghosts.

Otherwise, he would not have been scared crazy, but would have been scared to death like Xia Lingxian.

He squatted beside Butler Hu and said calmly, "You can testify that Xia Lingxian colluded with the evil spirits, right?"

"I can't, I know nothing." Butler Hu stuck out his butt and didn't dare to look up.

"I don't mind summoning a few ghosts to play with you." Jiang Yun threatened: "You'd better think about the consequences."

Butler Hu was shocked, thinking of the scene where Xia Lingxian was frightened to death by a ghost. He stared at Jiang Yun and said, "I don't know the details of those evil people."

"The master always goes to see them alone."

"I really don't know anything."

Upon hearing this, Qian Buchou took a step forward and said, "If you don't know anything, then you are worthless. Take you back and kill you directly."

Perhaps for the sake of saving his life, Butler Hu said anxiously: "Spare my life, Captain Qian, spare my life. I know something that will be useful to this little brother."

"After the master went to meet that group of evil people, he came back and said..."

Then, Butler Hu raised his finger and pointed at Jiang Yun: "That group of people said that this little brother has ruined their business one after another, and they want to send someone to get rid of him."

"Get rid of me?" Jiang Yun frowned deeply.

Butler Hu hesitated, as if he didn't dare to say it out loud: "And that group of people also said..."

"Speak!" Jiang Yun said in a deep voice.

"They also said that after killing you, they wanted to give your sister to Master Xia to have children..."

Jiang Yun instantly kicked Butler Hu hard on the head. With a loud bang, Butler Hu died instantly.

"Hey, brother, calm down, calm down." Qian Buchou, who was standing next to him, looked at the murderous look in Jiang Yun's eyes and patted his chest gently: "Xia Lingxian, the thief, is dead. It's not worth it. Let's not get angry and hurt our bodies."

Jiang Yun took a deep breath and slowly uttered four words: "I'm angry."

Qian Buchou quickly comforted him: "I can see that, I can see that."

He didn't know that Jiang Yun was a cultivator, and cultivating Taoism meant cultivating the mind.

It is difficult for his heart to have big fluctuations.

Soon, Jiang Yun walked out of the cellar, and Qian Buchou hurriedly prepared to follow him.

I only heard Jiang Yun in front of me leave a sentence.

"Not a single one of those evil people will survive, I said."

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