Catching Monsters

Chapter 123 There is a thing that is a capital crime

Looking at the girl who ran to him in panic, Jiang Yun frowned slightly.

He didn't want to cause trouble, so he pushed the girl aside, walked into the inn, and came to his room upstairs.

But when he looked back, he saw that the girl was following him closely: "Don't worry, sir, I won't cause you any trouble. I'll just hide outside your door."

Jiang Yun looked at her calmly, entered the house and slammed the door shut.

I went to the window and looked down. I saw several people chasing from the direction the girl had escaped from, searching for her whereabouts.

"She must not have run far. Search."

Jiang Yun frowned slightly when he saw these people's clothes. They seemed to be from the Music Bureau.

They were also official people, so they knocked on every door and started checking. Finally, they even came to this inn and searched one by one.

Jiang Yun's room was on the second floor. Soon, footsteps were heard coming from the direction of the stairs.

The girl huddled at the door of Jiang Yun's room, looking at the stairs in horror. She had a dagger hidden in her sleeve. If she was really caught by these people, she would die to preserve her innocence.

Jiang Yun stood at the door, looking at the girl curled up in fear.

He seemed to see himself as a child.

He took a deep breath and couldn't help shaking his head.

The door creaked open.

Jiang Yun's voice was heard from inside.

"come in."

The girl showed a look of surprise on her face and hurried into the room. Seeing Jiang Yun pointing under the bed, she quickly crawled under and hid.

Soon, people from the Jiaofangsi knocked on doors one by one to search.

A guest was awakened and yelled, "What are you doing?"

"You from the Jiaofangsi, open the door!"

Customer: "I didn't call you girl either."

"Stop talking nonsense and open the door."

The doors were knocked open one by one, and soon, a group of people came to Jiang Yun's door with ferocious looks and knocked.

Jiang Yun opened the door, and just as the other party was about to speak, the Jinyiwei badge appeared in their faces.

In an instant, the eyes of these ferocious people became as kind as those of kittens.

"It's late at night, can't we sleep?" Jiang Yun frowned and looked at the people in front of him.

"I'm sorry for the offense." Several people forced a smile quickly.

"roll."

"Yes Yes."

Watching them leave in a hurry, Jiang Yun sat on a chair, poured a cup of tea, and said, "Come out, they're gone."

The girl's head popped out from under the bed, looked at the door for a few times, and then slowly crawled out from under the bed.

"Thank you for your help, sir." The girl said with gratitude on her face, "My name is Linglong."

Jiang Yun frowned slightly, looked the girl up and down, and asked, "Escaped from the Jiaofang Bureau? The daughter of a criminal?"

Linglong shook her head repeatedly when she heard this: "I am not a relative of a criminal. My parents are from Anlin County, Nanzhou Prefecture."

"My parents died early, and I lived with my brother since I was a child. Half a year ago, my brother married my sister-in-law, and she treated me badly."

"My brother asked my distant uncle to take me to the capital to find a way to make a living."

"But my uncle sold me to the Jiaofang Bureau."

"I was skinny at the time, so the head of the Jiaofangsi said that I should first be fat and plump, learn some music, chess, calligraphy and painting, do some odd jobs, and then let me entertain guests."

"They were going to let me entertain guests tomorrow, so I found an opportunity and sneaked out."

Jiang Yun frowned. Normally, the Jiaofangsi would not engage in human trafficking.

After all, it is a formal institution of the court.

Of course, this is just normal.

Given the nature of the Zhou Dynasty's officialdom, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished.

Jiang Yun took a quick glance and saw the dagger in Linglong's sleeve. He said, "I'll have someone escort you out of the city tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, young master." Linglong thanked him repeatedly after hearing that. Then her stomach growled and her eyes turned to the many fruits placed on the table inside the house.

"Eat, then go to bed."

Linglong was obviously hungry, so she hurried forward to grab some fruit to fill her stomach. While eating the fruit, she looked at Jiang Yun cautiously: "Master, I can just sleep on the floor."

Jiang Yun sat cross-legged on the ground, his face calm: "I usually meditate and practice all night."

"Oh, okay." Linglong nodded repeatedly and saw that Jiang Yun was already sitting by the window, cross-legged and meditating.

She ate all the fruit on the table, then carefully went to the bed, lay down and rested.

However, she held the dagger tightly in her hand, worried that Jiang Yun would do something bad to her.

But she was so nervous during her escape that she soon fell into a deep sleep and the dagger fell to the ground.

The next morning, Jiang Yun opened his eyes and asked the waiter to serve a table full of food. Looking at Linglong's appearance, her experience was quite similar to Jiang Qiaoqiao's. If he hadn't traveled through time, Qiaoqiao would probably have had such a tragic fate.

"Ah, where's my dagger?"

Linglong gradually woke up at this time.

After waking up, she found her hands were empty. She was a little nervous and looked for them in a hurry.

Jiang Yun pointed at her pillow: "It's under your pillow."

Hearing this, Linglong felt a little guilty and hurriedly explained: "Sir, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just..."

"We should always be on guard against others. I understand. Let's eat. I'll take you out of the city after that." Jiang Yun pointed to the chair opposite him.

Unexpectedly, Linglong hurriedly got up and knelt in front of Jiang Yun: "Sir, I have nowhere to go. Even if I leave the capital, I am afraid I will have no way to survive."

"People say that the area outside the capital is dangerous and filled with mountain spirits and monsters."

"Even if I didn't encounter any mountain spirits or monsters, if I was targeted by bad guys, I would just be sold out."

As she spoke, Linglong kowtowed to Jiang Yun and said, "Sir, can you let me stay here for a while? I have learned a lot in the Jiaofangsi."

"I can serve you, wash your feet, massage your legs..." Linglong paused: "As long as I don't stay with you in bed, I can do anything."

Jiang Yun frowned slightly when he heard this. Although he didn't want to get into trouble, considering his current status, it was not difficult to protect a woman who escaped from the Jiaofangsi.

Even if it was discovered by the Music Bureau, Yang Qianhu or even Wei Huaian could come forward and say hello, and the matter would be over.

It's just that he is used to being alone, and he might feel a little uncomfortable having a strange woman around him.

Jiang Yun thought for a moment and said, "If you are willing, I can send you to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to be a maid."

Linglong heard this and hurriedly shook her head: "I will only be your maid, I won't go anywhere else."

It can be seen that she might be frightened and dare not trust others easily.

At least in her eyes, Jiang Yun's behavior yesterday made him look like a good person.

Seeing that she insisted, Jiang Yun went downstairs and opened a room for her next door, allowing her to live there temporarily.

If a single man and a single woman stay in the same room for a long time, it may have an impact on their spiritual practice.

Although his faith in Taoism was strong, he could not stand having a beautiful woman sleeping in his room for a long time.

At this moment, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open with a bang. Xu Xiaogang looked at Linglong in the room and was stunned for a moment: "Brother-in-law, what, what is this?"

Before Jiang Yun had time to explain, Xu Xiaogang slapped his forehead and said, "Forget it, let's talk business."

As he spoke, Xu Xiaogang couldn't help but look at Linglong several times.

Jiang Yun turned around and asked the girl to go to the next room to rest first.

Linglong was very obedient and hurried to the next room.

"What's the matter? What did you find under the canal?" Jiang Yun frowned and asked, "Didn't I tell you to check it a few days later?"

Let’s check it out today. It would be bad if the guardian Xing finds out.

Xu Xiaogang whispered, "The Minister of Revenue claimed during the morning court session today that his father had passed away a few days ago and applied to Your Majesty for a period of mourning."

"Your Majesty announces that starting today, Chang Pingyuan will take over the position of Minister of Revenue and be promoted to a second-rank official."

Upon hearing the news, Jiang Yun's face suddenly turned ugly. Chang Pingyuan became the Minister of Revenue?
The Minister of Revenue is in charge of the country's money and materials. He has so much power that he is already a top figure in the court.

If we really talk about his influence in the court, he is already one of the top figures.

"Chang Pingyuan has now been promoted to the Minister of Revenue, and many people know that he wanted to deal with you in the Southern Pacification Office." Xu Xiaogang was silent for a moment and whispered, "Whether he wants to or not, he has to deal with you."

"Besides, he is now the Minister of Revenue. Even if Eunuch Feng comes forward, I'm afraid he won't give face."

Listening to Xu Xiaogang's words, Jiang Yun closed his eyes slightly and understood this truth in his heart.

Xu Xiaogang did have a suggestion, saying: "Why don't you just marry my sister."

"You have become the son-in-law of my Zhenguo Mansion. If he wants to deal with you, he has to think twice."

Jiang Yun rolled his eyes at Xu Xiaogang and asked, "If I go to your house right now to propose marriage, what do you think the chances of success are?"

Xu Xiaogang actually analyzed it seriously. He touched his chin and said, "I'm afraid my mother won't object. My sister won't be a big problem either."

"But my father...from what I know, I'm afraid he won't agree."

Jiang Yun rolled his eyes at him: "That's it."

Xu Xiaogang looked at Jiang Yun's calmness and couldn't help but persuade him: "Jiang Yun, why aren't you anxious? That's the Minister of Revenue..."

"You are probably the only one who can remain so calm after offending a second-rank official."

Jiang Yun shook his head: "What's the point of being anxious? Don't worry, if Chang Pingyuan really wants to deal with me, I have ways to deal with him."

Xu Xiaogang looked unconvinced, but seeing the confident and resolute look on Jiang Yun's face, he frowned and said, "He is a second-rank official. Even when he travels, he is accompanied by a large number of experts. Don't even think about doing anything dirty to him. That would be courting death."

Jiang Yun asked back, "Tell me, what would a second-rank official like this be afraid of?"

After thinking carefully, Xu Xiaogang said, "Of course I'm afraid of His Majesty the Emperor."

"Let me tell you, even if second-rank officials like them collude with some evil people and do something that harms the world, as long as they don't provoke Your Majesty, Your Majesty will probably turn a blind eye."

Jiang Yun: "Have you forgotten? There is something that is a capital crime."

Xu Xiaogang seemed to have thought of something, staring at Jiang Yun in shock: "Colluding with the Red Lotus Cult?"

(End of this chapter)