Catching Monsters

Chapter 97 I Want Silver
"Among those who just joined the Jinyiwei, there is a young man named Jiang Yun..."

"This person was previously in Nanzhou Prefecture and recently came to the capital. He has no background in the capital and is clean."

When Xiao Yuzheng heard this, his eyebrows slightly frowned. He had no impression of this person: "What is his ability?"

Feng Yu laughed and said, "Your Majesty, the Changxin Temple case that Jinyiwei uncovered a few days ago was committed by this person. He is quite clever, and..."

"This person is from the Taoist sect. This is his greatest advantage."

The official positions in the court were basically occupied by various Confucian forces, and people from the Taoist school would naturally be excluded and suppressed.

Taoists like Jiang Yun are naturally unwelcome.

So he will not be afraid of offending others.

Hearing this, Xiao Yuzheng nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Let him solve the case within a month."

"Once you crack it, there will be a huge reward."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

Inside the Jinyiwei Yamen, a group of Jinyiwei gathered together out of boredom, shaking dice and betting on money.

"Make up your mind and let go, make up your mind and let go."

Zida was shaking the dice, and many people in front were placing bets.

Jiang Yun sat in the hall, watching them play, and felt a little itchy. If he won this time, he would probably get seven or eight taels of silver.

If you play for a day.

"Brother Jiang, don't you want to go and have some fun?" Wei Huaian, who was sitting next to him, asked with a smile.

Jiang Yun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I am a cultivator and I don't touch these things."

Rolling the dice is purely based on luck, and you can't be sure of winning.

He was thinking, why not make a set of mahjong and teach them how to play?
"Master Wei, don't you want to go and have some fun?"

Wei Huaian smiled awkwardly: "I'm short of money, how about this, Brother Jiang, you pay the capital and I'll help you play."

"If we win, we'll each take half."

"You don't know, I'm quite lucky. I've never lost money in any of the major gambling houses in Beijing."

Jiang Yun's eyes widened: "So powerful?"

"Of course, I went there wearing this flying fish suit. If I lost money, the boss would have to return my principal and politely ask me to come back next time..."

Jiang Yun's eyes lit up. This was a good way to make money.

"Unfortunately, many gambling houses in the capital joined together, pooled some money, and found the commander of our Jinyiwei. They gave him a large sum of money and asked us to stop going to the gambling houses."

"The commander took the money and told us to spend more time on the case and not waste our time and energy on places like gambling houses."

have to.

This source of income was also cut off.

Jiang Yun's face darkened as he asked curiously, "Sir Wei, I would like to ask you, how do we, the Jinyiwei, make money?"

"You can't just accept gifts like the constables in Nanzhou Prefecture."

Wei Huaian narrowed his eyes, chuckled, lowered his voice, and whispered, "You've finally asked the right person."

"How can our Jinyiwei be the same as ordinary police officers?"

"Wouldn't that be embarrassing?"

"Don't underestimate us Jinyiwei. There are many dignitaries in the capital, and the relationships are complicated. It's not easy to make money from them."

"The best thing is to go on a business trip, like I did before, when I went to Nanzhou Prefecture on a business trip."

"When the Jinyiwei go out, they are considered imperial envoys and will report what they see and hear truthfully."

"Maybe we will come before His Majesty, so officials from all local governments will give us money."

"Of course, the quantity won't be too much, usually only one hundred to three hundred taels."

"If you really want to make money, you still have to confiscate the property." "..."

Listening to Wei Huaian talking about ways and means of making money, Jiang Yun nodded slightly.

But according to Wei Huaian, even he, as the general flag, could only save 500 taels of silver a year at most.

For most of them, we have to find ways to show our filial piety.

The 1,700 taels he had given himself before were the money he had saved for several years, which he was going to use to strive for the position of a centurion.

Jiang Yun thought about it seriously and calculated carefully, he found that he had spent a full three thousand taels of silver to reach the peak of the seventh level of Taoism.

How long will it take to save this?

It seems that I have to take some time to visit Changxin Temple and make it prosperous and great again.

That is a stable cash cow.

Just as the two were chatting, suddenly, Yang Liunian respectfully led Feng Yu in.

"What are you doing? Put them all away." As soon as Yang Liunian entered the room, he saw dozens of Jinyiwei sitting on the ground and gambling, and he immediately shouted at them.

Feng Yu waved his hand, with a faint smile on his face, and said, "Okay, I'm here to meet Jiang Yun."

"Jiang Yun, Captain Yang, you two follow me."

Jiang Yun frowned slightly, but without hesitation, he hurried to catch up.

Soon, the two of them came to Yang Liunian's study.

After Feng Yu sat down, Yang Liunian hurriedly poured him some tea: "Eunuch, is His Majesty satisfied with the handling of this case?"

Feng Yu did not answer Yang Liunian's words. Instead, he looked at Jiang Yun and said, "Jiang Yun, do you have the confidence to find out who is reselling materials behind this case?"

Jiang Yun frowned and answered truthfully: "Eunuch, now that Zheng Zailu and Jia Xuyang are dead, I'm afraid all the clues are gone..."

Yang Liunian hurriedly said, "Eunuch, Jiang Yun means that even if all the clues are cut off, our East Zhenfu Division still has the confidence, ability, and determination to solve the case."

"it is good!"

Feng Yu nodded with satisfaction, then took out an imperial edict from his sleeve: "Jiang Yun, accept the edict."

Imperial decree?

Jiang Yun was stunned for a moment and quickly knelt on the ground.

"The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, hereby proclaims: There are lunatics in the capital who dare to sell weapons and supplies to the northern barbarians! I am very angry, and I order you to investigate this case thoroughly within one month. You must get to the bottom of it and make no mistakes."

After hearing the contents of the imperial edict, Jiang Yun was a little confused. Asking him to find out who was secretly selling weapons?
But he still said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!"

Receive the imperial edict.

"Captain Yang, Jiang Yun is here as a secret envoy this time, so don't let the news leak out easily." Feng Yu said with a faint smile, "I'm letting you know so that you can cooperate with Jiang Yun in many ways."

"I understand." Yang Liunian looked at Jiang Yun with some envy. If he could really catch a big fish, it would be a great achievement.

"Captain Yang, please go out first. I have something else to tell Jiang Yun in private."

"Yes." Yang Liunian respectfully left the study.

Feng Yu said with a smile: "Stand up and sit down, Jiang Yun, do you know why I chose you?"

Jiang Yun shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Because Your Majesty needs someone with a clean background, who is not afraid of offending others and is not greedy for money to handle the case."

"I have read your file earlier, and it basically fits the bill. As for greed, I think as a cultivator, you should not be interested in money."

Feng Yu took a sip of tea and said calmly, "As long as the case is handled well this time, His Majesty will reward you handsomely. What reward do you want then?"

"I want silver..."

Feng Yu: “?”

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