Catching Monsters

Chapter 63 Closing the City
In front of the empty screen, Jiang Yun's palm thunder slapped out.

Bang.

In front of the empty screen, Zhao Chongfeng was caught off guard and hit in the chest, knocking over the screen behind him and falling heavily to the ground.

Zhao Chongfeng was hit by this palm and felt that the magic power in his body was in chaos. He covered his chest with his hands and bright red blood flowed from his mouth.

He looked at Jiang Yun in surprise, gritted his teeth and said, "You are so young, I didn't expect the power of Taoism to be so impressive."

"Little brother, why don't you join forces with me and kill the Jinyiwei next to us!"

"With your abilities, your future will be limitless if you join our Red Lotus Sect."

"This dog emperor is suppressing the Dao Sect so much, why bother to work for him?"

Jiang Yun's face was calm and he ignored his words.

Xu Suwen quickly stepped forward and slapped him on the back of the neck, knocking Zhao Chongfeng unconscious instantly.

Xu Xiaogang also hurried over and tied the man up with the rope in his hand: "Sister, I'm rich, I'm rich. I've been in the Jinyiwei for so many years, but I've never achieved such a great achievement."

The tasks within the Jinyiwei were varied, most of which were of course to monitor officials, or to investigate and deal with evil spirits in certain places.

Or to capture evil people who practice evil techniques.

These tasks are basically daily routine.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was very large. In addition to the capital, there were 15 provincial governments. Each provincial government had more than ten prefectures under its jurisdiction, and each prefecture had counties under its jurisdiction.

There were countless demons and evil people occurring in various places, and they were all under the charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Among all the tasks, those involving treason have the greatest merit.

Xu Xiaogang has been a member of the Jinyiwei for quite some time and has never arrested any traitors. How could he not be excited?

Xu Suwen's face did not show much joy, but he frowned and said, "Take him back to the government dungeon and keep him under strict guard. I will report to the higher-ups immediately."

"Nothing can happen to him before the people above arrive. Do you understand?"

"If he dies or is rescued by someone, we won't be able to achieve any merit, and we will probably be held accountable by the higher-ups."

Xu Xiaogang also knew that this matter was of great importance, and he nodded repeatedly, not daring to take it lightly at all.

Xu Suwen also looked at Jiang Yun and said, "Jiang Yun, before the people above arrive, I'll have to trouble you and Xiaogang to guard this person in the dungeon together."

"This man's magic is weird. My sister and I both practice martial arts..."

"I understand." Jiang Yun nodded and agreed.

Soon, Xu Suwen was responsible for staying behind to deal with the aftermath and reporting to the higher-ups.

Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang dragged the unconscious Zhao Chongfeng out of Weichun Building.

Outside Weichun Tower, Qian Buchou and many patrolling constables had already arrived. However, although Qian Buchou looked anxious, he did not dare to easily bring his constables into Weichun Tower.

The scene of his seven men with minced meat all over the floor in the dungeon is still vivid in his mind.

After seeing Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang dragging Zhao Chongfeng out, he called for people to go up and help.

"Master Xu, let me lift it. Wow, this thing is too heavy." Qian Buchou stepped forward to help.

Xu Xiaogang said in a deep voice: "First, lock him up in the dungeon of the government office."

"Yes."

Soon, the group brought Zhao Chongfeng to a gloomy and dark dungeon.

There were some common criminals imprisoned here, and now Qian Buchou ordered them to be cleared out.

Those whose crimes were not serious were released directly.

Soon, Zhao Chongfeng was tied up with iron chains and tied to a round iron pillar.

After finishing all this, all the constables, including Qian Buchou, left the dungeon and stood guard outside.

Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang stayed in the dungeon.

The environment in the dungeon was terrible, the air was stuffy and filled with a faint smell of blood. There were wooden chairs inside for the detectives working inside to rest.

Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang came to the table and sat down to rest.

Jiang Yun glanced at Zhao Chongfeng who was imprisoned inside and asked, "What's this Red Lotus Sect that this guy is talking about?"

Xu Xiaogang frowned and said, "It's a cult formed by a group of evil people. The leader calls himself Red Lotus Taoist. He says he is the reincarnation of Taoist Master. As long as everyone follows him to overthrow the Great Zhou Dynasty, they can become Buddhas and immortals."

“There are a lot of people who really believe it.”

"The Red Lotus Cult is growing rapidly, recruiting evil people everywhere, hoping to overthrow the imperial court."

"About twenty years ago, a large number of evil people suddenly gathered in the capital and wanted to rush into the palace and murder Your Majesty."

"As a result, this mob was killed to pieces."

"Only Taoist Honglian and a few others escaped."

"Over the years, I have been stealing and doing things here and there, but most of them have failed to achieve anything."

"We just need to keep an eye on him and wait for the people above to arrive."

Outside the dungeon, security has been tightened for fear that someone might break into the prison and rescue Zhao Chongfeng.

The Nanzhou government office was also in a state of chaos. Zhang Wenqi had already ordered all city gates to be blocked and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

All detectives were not allowed to go home and were required to stay in the government office to guard against prison breaks.

In a blink of an eye, five days had passed.

Jiayun Street.

"Hey, what happened to this official these days? I can't even see any detectives on the streets."

"The city has been closed again. It was just closed a while ago, and now it has been closed for another five days. The prices of firewood, rice, oil and salt in the city have all increased a lot."

The neighbors on Jiayun Street were talking to each other, and when they passed by Jiang Yun's house, they would see Xu Suwen and Jiang Qiaoqiao chatting and mending clothes in the yard.

Sometimes, the aunt passing by would tease: "Qiaoqiao, where is your brother? I haven't seen him for several days. Are you and your sister-in-law the only ones at home?"

"Your brother is not doing this right. He married your sister-in-law and hangs out with her all the time. When I see him later, I will have to say something bad about him."

After hearing these words, Xu Suwen blushed, but it was difficult for her to defend herself.

These days, Jiang Yun has been in the dungeon, helping to guard Zhao Chongfeng.

No one knew how many evil people from the Red Lotus Sect were still in Nanzhou Prefecture. If they wanted revenge...

So she lived in Jiang Yun's house.

To outsiders, it seems unlikely that a woman would stay in someone else's home for five consecutive days.

Moreover, the neighbors also heard rumors that Jiang Yun had married into a wealthy family.

Of course, the residents of Jiayun Street do not look down on this.

They all watched Jiang Yun and Jiang Qiaoqiao, brother and sister, grow up.

The brother and sister both lost their parents, and now they have found a girl from a wealthy family. Their life is much better, and they were very happy to hear about it.

Besides, this rich young lady was quite hardworking and she accompanied Jiang Qiaoqiao in sewing and washing clothes during the day.

Jiang Qiaoqiao listened to the aunts passing by the courtyard and teasing each other, and saw that Xu Suwen had a shy look on his face.

She also asked curiously: "Sister Xu, have you ever been married to my brother?"

Xu Suwen was stunned: "Ah?"

　The second chapter is almost finished and needs some revision.

　　I’ll post it after I’ve made some revisions, and write the third chapter after dinner.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)