Catching Monsters

Chapter 131 Please make the decision for me

Xu Xiaogang looked at Linglong and Jiang Yun sticking close to each other and whispering, and he felt jealous for his sister.

He quickly shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, it's broad daylight, brother-in-law, what are you doing?"

Afterwards, Xu Xiaogang also looked Linglong up and down and asked, "You ran back to the capital in the dark?"

Linglong blinked, nodded and said, "Yes, that's how I ran back."

"Huh, that's not reasonable." Xu Xiaogang touched his chin. After all, he was also a senior Jinyiwei.

If she were an ordinary girl, it would probably take her a whole day and a night to walk from Jingbei Posthouse to the capital without stopping.

Seeing the hesitation on Xu Xiaogang's face, Jiang Yun hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "I already know the whereabouts of the silver."

"what?"

Sure enough, Xu Xiaogang's attention was instantly diverted to this. His eyes lit up slightly and he quickly asked, "Where is it?"

"The Minister of Revenue, Chang Pingyuan's home."

Hearing this, Xu Xiaogang rolled his eyes at Jiang Yun and said, "Brother-in-law, I know you have a conflict with him, but there is no need to use this matter to target him."

"He is the Minister of Revenue. If he wants to get money, there are many ways he can use. Why would he resort to such a method?"

"Even if he is really poor and crazy, and needs money urgently."

"Can you keep the silver that was robbed in your own home?"

"Can he be so stupid?"

"Besides, you didn't go to his house, how would you know?"

Jiang Yun smiled: "Have you forgotten that I am a Taoist priest? I calculated this by fortune-telling."

"you……"

Jiang Yun reminded Xu Xiaogang in a deep voice: "We have to solve the case as soon as possible. Time waits for no one. If the silver was transferred away by Chang Pingyuan."

"There are no clues left."

Now the silver is in Changpingyuan's yard, which is irrefutable evidence.

Listening to Jiang Yun's words, Xu Xiaogang frowned tightly, and there was a hint of hesitation on his face.

Because the fact that the Minister of Revenue robbed him of 100,000 taels of silver was simply too appalling.

But looking at Jiang Yun's eyes, he asked in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, is it reliable?"

Jiang Yun subconsciously glanced at Linglong.

Linglong, however, put her hands behind her back and looked at the clouds in the sky.

Jiang Yun took a deep breath and nodded heavily: "Reliable."

"Okay, let's go back to the Duke's Mansion and find my father!" Xu Xiaogang said in a deep voice.

Jiang Yun was stunned.

"You won't notify the Royal Guards?"

Xu Xiaogang shook his head and said, "Let the Royal Guards handle it. The money will be treated as stolen money and temporarily detained."

"My father has been back in Beijing for more than three months. Do you think he came back to celebrate the New Year?"

"In fact, I am just going back to Beijing to wait. I will return to the northern border only when the military pay is distributed."

After saying that, Xu Xiaogang took Jiang Yun and Linglong and quickly rushed to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.

Duke Zhenguo Xu Dingwu was sitting on a chair in the hall at this moment, with a somewhat angry look on his face.

On the wooden table next to it was the transcript that His Majesty had sent over.

Explain to him the whole story.

What's the use of explanation?

Where's the money? There's no word on re-issuing it!

In fact, the soldiers in the North already have many complaints.

It is a cold and bitter place, and the military morale is unstable as salaries have not been paid for a long time.

That is to say, the Duke of Zhenguo has led that army for many years and has a great prestige, otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble would have occurred.

The military pay that the soldiers had been waiting for for a long time was actually robbed?

At this moment, Xu Xiaogang, Jiang Yun and Linglong quickly ran into the hall.

"father!"

After Xu Xiaogang and the other two entered the hall, Xu Dingwu raised his head, nodded, stood up and said, "Are you back?"

"Don't go out casually in the next few days."

"You also know that this major case has occurred and our Zhenguo Mansion is involved. No matter what the situation is, we must keep a low profile."

Xu Xiaogang panted and said, "I know where the money is."

"Ok?"

Xu Xiaogang took a deep breath and said, "At the home of the Minister of Revenue Chang Pingyuan."

"You can't talk nonsense." Xu Dingwu frowned.

Xu Xiaogang subconsciously looked at Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun subconsciously looked at Linglong.

Linglong was stunned for a moment, and could only lie and said, "I saw with my own eyes that many boxes with Ministry of Revenue seals were sent into the backyard of Minister of Revenue Changpingyuan."

"Who is this girl?" Xu Dingwu asked puzzledly.

Xu Xiaogang explained: "She is Jiang Yun's personal maid."

Xu Dingwu asked solemnly, "Miss, are you sure you saw it with your own eyes?"

Linglong nodded repeatedly and said innocently, "Really."

She couldn't help but think in her heart, not to mention that I saw it with my own eyes, I threw those boxes in there with my own hands.

Xu Dingwu slowly stood up, walked outside, and shouted loudly: "Someone come!"

"My lord, what's wrong?"

Xu Dingwu shouted, "Let my personal guards gather, put on armor and equip swords, and surround Chang Pingyuan's mansion!"

"Damn it, they stole it from me."

Hearing this, Xu Xiaogang opened his mouth wide and asked, "Dad, didn't you say that we should keep a low profile?"

Xu Dingwu didn't care about that. When Xu Dingwu returned to Beijing, he brought with him hundreds of personal guards, all of whom were top-notch and well-trained military experts.

They quickly put on their armor and gathered together, setting off quickly, rushing towards Changping Yuan's mansion in a mighty manner.

"Let's go and take a look." Jiang Yun said, turning back to remind Linglong: "Miss Linglong, you don't have to follow us."

"Go back to the inn and wait for me."

A large number of ferocious-looking border soldiers were marching in the streets.

The passers-by hurriedly dodged to the sides.

Many people were also secretly shocked.

Are these soldiers crazy?

How dare you wear armor in the inner city?

At the same time, Chang Pingyuan was standing in the backyard, looking at the boxes of silver and feeling worried.

He thought of all kinds of methods.

But none of them are reliable.

For example, asking the servants in the mansion, or the men from the Ministry of Revenue, to come and move it?

This definitely won't work, as too many people will lead to too many opinions.

If this is really the case, the matter cannot be concealed.

Or invite a Confucian master to come and use magic to take away the silver?
I'm afraid that won't work.

If those Confucianists knew that this batch of silver was in my mansion, they would probably expose me to Your Majesty immediately.

He was like an ant on a hot pan, pacing back and forth, sweating profusely.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the yard, and Chang Pingyuan began to feel a little nervous.

Seeing that it was the butler who came in, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But the housekeeper had a look of despair on his face: "Master, something terrible has happened!"

"The Duke of Zhenguo has brought his men here, along with a group of soldiers, and surrounded our mansion."

"Hiss." Chang Pingyuan trembled slightly and asked in a deep voice: "Why did he suddenly lead his troops here?"

The butler took a deep breath and lowered his head and said, "The Duke of Zhenguo didn't say anything, he just asked the master to go out for a while. He wants to see the master and ask you some questions."

Chang Pingyuan frowned and walked quickly towards the gate of the mansion.

As soon as he opened the door, Chang Pingyuan thought something was wrong.

At this time, Xu Dingwu was wearing black armor and staring at his mansion with sharp eyes.

Standing next to him were Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang, both with faint smiles on their faces.

And hundreds of personal guards.

"My Lord, it's been a long time since we last met." Chang Pingyuan smiled as he stepped forward and raised his hand to bow: "I wonder what brings you here, my Lord?"

Chang Pingyuan still held on to some hope.

I hope Xu Dingwu came this time because the 100,000 taels of silver were robbed and he wanted to threaten me, so I will give him some more silver...

"The silver in your backyard." Xu Dingwu asked coldly.

Chang Pingyuan was panicking, sweat dripping down his forehead, and his words were a little confusing: "My Lord, you are such a joker, where did I get the backyard from?"

Xu Dingwu said in a deep voice: "Go in and search for me!"

"Let's see who dares!" Chang Pingyuan shouted loudly, "I am the Minister of Finance! A second-rank official of the imperial court!"

"Without His Majesty's approval, what qualifications do you have to search my house?"

Chang Pingyuan gritted his teeth and took a step forward, pointing at the sword in Xu Dingwu's hand: "Duke, unless His Majesty has a verbal order, you will have to step over my dead body!"

"Okay, you want His Majesty to nod, right?" Xu Dingwu put his hands behind his back, turned his head and said to Xu Xiaogang, "Go, ask His Majesty to come over."

"I think His Majesty will also be interested in what's in his yard."

"Yes." Xu Xiaogang nodded and quickly ran towards the palace.

Chang Pingyuan's legs were already somewhat unstable. He took a deep breath and came to Xu Dingwu: "Duke, there is no need to do this, right?"

"Well, I will personally grant you another 100,000 taels of silver, no, 200,000 taels of silver as military pay."

"If you do this, it will be embarrassing for everyone."

There was a hint of smile in Xu Dingwu's eyes, as if asking, how do you want to make me look bad?

Seeing that persuasion was fruitless, Chang Pingyuan finally panicked.

Jiang Yun looked at Chang Pingyuan's reaction and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the silver in the backyard had not been moved away.

Although Xu Dingwu was a rough man, he was not stupid and he did not really lead his troops to charge into Chang Pingyuan's house.

It is likely that a military general leading his troops to storm the residence of the Minister of Revenue only happened a few times in the three hundred years of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Time passed little by little.

The two sides reached a stalemate.

Finally, the crowds on the street gradually moved away, and a dragon sedan chair carried by sixteen people slowly came.

All the people along the way knelt down one after another.

From a distance, Feng Yu's loud voice could be heard: "The Emperor Zhengde has arrived!"

Xu Dingwu, who was present, and all the servants in Chang Pingyuan's residence, knelt down and saluted solemnly.

Jiang Yun was of course no exception. He quickly knelt down and looked towards the dragon sedan.

When the sedan chair landed smoothly, Feng Yu, who was following beside it, hurried forward and lifted the curtain.

A middle-aged man with a determined look and wearing a yellow dragon robe walked out.

"Your Majesty, please pay homage to your Majesty!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

"Stand up." Xiao Yuzheng, wearing a dragon robe, walked forward slowly, looked at the scene in front of him, and asked, "Lord Xu, why are you causing trouble outside Chang Pingyuan's house when you are fine?"

Chang Pingyuan shouted anxiously: "Your Majesty! You have to make the decision for me!"

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