Catching Monsters

Chapter 267: Meet Captain Jiang
Xu Xiaogang frowned slightly as he listened to Feng Yu's words, and said in a deep voice, "What did you say?"

Feng Yu just smiled and didn't say much. He said lightly: "My Lord, you are still too young. Regarding the matter of military supervision, there are some things that you should be tolerant of. You need to be tolerant."

"The Hu army has now retreated, which is good news."

Xu Xiaogang next to him shook his head, took a deep breath, and said in a serious tone, "Jianchi Pass has not been recaptured yet. As long as Jianchi Pass is in the hands of the Hu people, they can launch an attack at any time if they want."

“This hidden danger must be resolved as soon as possible.”

In addition, the granaries had to be filled up as quickly as possible so that if the Hu people were reorganized and attacked again, they would not have food problems.

Not to mention the soldiers who suffered heavy casualties this time, who also need a large amount of military pay to be resettled.

There is still a lot of work to be done, and Xu Xiaogang doesn't have time to care about what Liu Muyun said to His Majesty.

"Okay, in that case, I need to return to the capital as soon as possible to report to His Majesty." Feng Yu nodded.

……

Soon, the news that Mushan City had defeated the Hu army and forced it to withdraw to the grassland spread in the capital at the first opportunity.

That night, a grand fireworks display was held in the capital to celebrate this great event. Many officials and ministers of the imperial court also sent people to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to present gifts and congratulations.

Although they didn't know what was going on at the front line, Xu Xiaogang was still very young, and he had just led the army to the front line and had already repelled the Hu people. He was a young talent with a bright future. Many people even tried to sound out Tao Yuelan, wanting to marry their daughters to Xu Xiaogang and become relatives with the Zhenguo Mansion.

The Duke Zhenguo's Mansion was packed with guests these days, and Tao Yuelan was extremely busy.

The Duke won a victory at the front line, so the entire Duke's Mansion was naturally decorated with lights and colors, and the servants were all smiling and very happy.

This joy also diluted the shadow of Xu Dingwu's surrender to the enemy.

Jiang Yun has had some free time these days. He has been practicing in the backyard of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, or accompanying Jiang Qiaoqiao and Xu Suwen to go shopping in the capital.

Or he could go to Sanqing Temple and sit there to see how Qin Shujian and Wen Chen were doing in their cultivation.

During this period, Jiang Yun only taught the Qingxin Jue to the two of them. What surprised Jiang Yun was that Qin Shujian and Wen Chen had already entered the ninth level of the Tao realm.

However, they had reached a bottleneck and had no spells to cast. In the past few days, Jiang Yun had also written many simple and easy-to-cast spells for the two of them to comprehend and practice.

In short, he had a pretty leisurely life these days.

Early that morning, Jiang Yun was in the living room of Sanqing Temple, writing talismans and the essentials of cultivation.

Wen Chen took a towel and wiped the three statues of the Three Pure Ones.

This was what Jiang Yun had instructed before, that the statues needed to be wiped every day and not be allowed to get dusty. Wen Chen was an honest child, and even when Jiang Yun was not around, he would wipe the three statues until they were shiny.

"Where's your senior brother?" Jiang Yun asked after seeing Wen Chen, "He went out again?"

"Yes, Senior Brother went shopping with Miss Zhao." Wen Chen nodded awkwardly, and then said, "Master, while you were away, Senior Brother became quite close to Miss Zhao."

Jiang Yun frowned slightly and said, "Your senior brother's temper..."

Now that the Qin family's money has entered His Majesty's pocket, it would be extremely difficult to take it out. The Qin family's servants have basically been dismissed.

The only thing left of the entire Qin family is that mansion.

Wen Chen whispered, "Miss Zhao's family is quite wealthy, and Senior Brother is also very generous with his money. A lot of our temple's previous expenses were paid by Miss Zhao."

Jiang Yun was slightly stunned, and said in a deep voice: "When I left the capital before, didn't I tell you that if you are short of money or have trouble, you can go to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to find Xu Suwen?"

"My senior brother said that he has no money to spend on such a small matter, so why bother the master's wife." Wen Chen grinned: "He said he can handle it."

Jiang Yun was silent for a moment, then asked, "What does Miss Zhao's family do?"

"I'm not too sure either, I just heard from my senior brother that her family is rich." Wen Chen shook his head.

Jiang Yun coughed and said in a deep voice: "Your brother's family has fallen on hard times now. He should study Taoism well and shouldn't spend too much time on love affairs. What's more, it's not right to ask a girl for money..."

Wen Chen opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to speak it out loud.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun said, "What are you talking about?"

"Master, Senior Brother said..."

"Go ahead." Jiang Yun laughed.

"I have advised you before. Although we don't have much money now, we can't just live off others..."

"But my senior brother said that Master also lives in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion... Even if he is a gigolo, he learned it from Master, so it's not shameful..."

Jiang Yun's face darkened when he heard this, and he coughed awkwardly: "Okay, this is the talisman technique, wait for your senior brother to come back, and you can learn it according to the key points above."

These two disciples are both extremely talented and intelligent, which saves me a lot of trouble.

"Okay." Wen Chen took the talisman and spell as if it were a treasure.

……

In recent days, the capital city has been very lively. Qin Shujian, wearing a white gown and holding a folding fan, is walking with a young and beautiful lady. Zhao Qin is beside him, looking at Qin Shujian with a bit of admiration in her eyes.

Zhao Qin's family background was not bad, and he was considered a wealthy businessman in the capital. His father had many business dealings with the Qin family before.

She and Qin Shujian could be considered childhood sweethearts, and her father had been happy to see them together.

However, Qin Shujian had always ignored her and had a dissolute personality. Now that his family had suffered a change, many of the young masters who had been in contact with him no longer contacted Qin Shujian.

Not to mention lending money to Qin Shujian.

On the contrary, Zhao Qin would come to Sanqing Temple every now and then to donate some incense money, and her purpose was also to accompany Qin Shujian.

Zhao Qin was wearing a blue gown and a ponytail at this time. She followed Qin Shujian and said with a smile: "Brother Qin, my father said that if you are short of money and want to do business, my father can lend you some silver..."

"With all the connections Uncle Qin had during his lifetime, it shouldn't be difficult for you to make a comeback."

Qin Shujian shook his head and said lightly: "I'm not interested in doing business."

Seeing this, Zhao Qin smiled and said, "What about taking the imperial examination?"

"Not interested either." Qin Shujian shook his head and looked at the large and small bags in Zhao Qin's hands, which contained new clothes made by the cloth workshop and some expensive cakes.

"Don't buy me so many things next time. I can't wear all these new clothes."

Zhao Qin smiled when he heard this and said, "Life in a Taoist temple must be very hard, otherwise I will hire a few servants for Brother Qin..."

"No need." Qin Shujian shook his head. It wasn't that he disliked Zhao Qin.

To be honest, when he was rich, there were countless girls around him. Now that his family has fallen on hard times, only Zhao Qin stays with him and is willing to accompany him every day.

Such friendship needs to be warmed up even if it is a piece of stone.

What's more, what about Qin Shujian's heart?

But Qin Shujian was also a little confused. During this period of time, he thought quietly in Sanqing Temple that if such a good girl followed him to suffer hardships, wouldn't he be ashamed of her?

Zhao Qin could probably guess what Qin Shujian was thinking, but she didn't point it out. The two of them just walked one after the other on the busy street.

Zhao Qin returned home later.

At the dinner table, Zhao Qin's father, Zhao Gongcheng, asked with a smile, "Did you go to see Qin Shujian again today?"

"Yeah." Zhao Qin nodded with a smile.

The mother beside him frowned and whispered, "Master, if you ask me, with our family's conditions, we can marry the sons of many high-ranking officials, right? The Qin family is already like this..."

"Mom, you bring this up again." Zhao Qin immediately showed dissatisfaction, threw down his chopsticks and turned away.

Zhao Gongcheng frowned as he watched his daughter leave angrily. He glared at her and scolded her, "Women know nothing. Qin Shujian and our daughter are childhood sweethearts. They know each other very well. What a good child."

Then Zhao Gongcheng paused and said, "Besides, do you know who Qin Shujian's master is in the Taoist temple?"

Zhao Qin's mother shook her head.

"The captain of the East Pacification Division, Jiang Yun."

"Isn't it just one centurion? Master, you know a lot of centurions."

"What do you know? The ones I know are the centurions of the Five Cities Military Department. Can they compare with the centurions of the Jinyiwei and the Eastern Pacification Department?"

"Besides, I have inquired about Jiang Yun. Although he is young, he has great power..."

"Some time ago, many of the major cases that caused a stir in the capital were solved by this person."

"It would be fine if Qin Shujian didn't like our daughter."

"If Qin Shujian likes our daughter and we both interfere, do you think the master will just let it go? Won't he torture us to death?"

Zhao Qin's mother curled her lips and whispered, "Is it that serious? I don't care. A few days ago, I went to the Buddhist temple to burn incense and met the wife of Lord Zhongqin. Her nephew is now 27 or 28 years old, and he is already the deputy captain of the Five Cities Military Department."

"She promised to find someone to act as a matchmaker..."

"Can a Jinyiwei centurion be compared with a marriage to the Earl's Mansion?"

Zhao Gongcheng frowned and said, "Don't mess with me. You are not allowed to interfere in my daughter's marriage."

This woman only knows how to burn incense and worship Buddha every day, or go outing with rich ladies. She has long hair but little knowledge.

Zhao Gongcheng had already found out Jiang Yun's background clearly, even if he left out his relationship with the Jinyiwei.

He also has a very close relationship with the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.

This is the real big shot. Otherwise, he would not agree that Zhao Qin would always take money to the Sanqing Temple to add incense money.

Zhao Gongcheng patted his thigh lightly and said calmly: "It's just that we have to find a time to meet with Captain Jiang."

(End of this chapter)