Catching Monsters

Chapter 141 Gong County (Additional Update)
Jiang Yun smiled as he listened to this. Jiang Qiaoqiao was a born optimist.

Even in the memories of her previous life, although life was poor, Jiang Qiaoqiao always had a smile on her face.

During the conversation, the two looked into each other's eyes.

A breeze blew slowly...

"Brother-in-law!!!"

Suddenly, a sound like a pig being slaughtered was heard.

Jiang Yun and Xu Suwen were so scared that they quickly looked away.

Xu Xiaogang, wrapped in bandages, ran in from outside: "Why are you here? Come on, let's go back to the East Pacification Office."

"What's wrong?"

Xu Xiaogang said in a deep voice: "Captain Yang sent someone over here and told us to go back, but he didn't say anything specific."

"What about me?" Xu Su asked, "Do you need to come with me?"

"Captain Yang didn't say anything, so it shouldn't be necessary."

Jiang Yun hurriedly got up and rushed to the East Pacification Office with Xu Xiaogang.

It takes half an hour to walk from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to the East Pacification Office, which is not a short distance.

The capital city is really too big...

As for riding a horse, forget it.

His Majesty has decreed that except for special departments such as the Embroidered Uniform Guard, who are allowed to ride when on mission, no one is allowed to ride horses in the inner city at other times.

Although the roads in the capital are wide, there are too many dignitaries and nobles in the capital.

Anyone who doesn't have connections is a passerby on the street. Those who can live in the capital are either wealthy businessmen from all over the place, children of officials, or servants and housekeepers in official residences.

Who can't ride a horse?
After walking for a long time, they arrived at the East Pacification Office, outside Captain Yang's study, at 15:00.

Jiang Yun walked up and knocked on the door.

"Enter."

Soon, the door slowly opened. Captain Yang had an angry look on his face and was obviously in a very bad mood.

Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang looked at each other.

It would be strange if Yang Liunian was in a good mood. He had worked so hard to lead his men to capture the leader of the Red Lotus Cult!

That’s the leader of the Red Lotus Cult!

What a great contribution!

Normally speaking, if merit is awarded, he could at least be promoted to the pacification commissioner of the East Pacification Division.

This position has always been vacant.

He and Zhou Yi, two captains, have been solving various cases for each other during this period, just to get promoted to the pacification envoy.

But the result?

Damn it, the newly captured Red Lotus Cult leader was taken away not long after being arrested?

When Yang Liunian heard the news, he was so angry that he ran to Eunuch Feng and insisted on meeting His Majesty to argue.

He cursed loudly, "Who was the bastard guarding the place? He actually let the leader of the Red Lotus Sect escape. He must have been the thief who let him go! The guy who let him go must be a remnant of the Red Lotus Sect! Your Majesty must investigate this matter thoroughly."

Until Feng Yu said with a dark face that he had personally sent someone to guard the person...

Yang Liunian was stunned.

When he came back now, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, what a crap thing this was.

The leader of the Red Lotus Sect escaped, and his contributions were greatly reduced. Now he ran to Eunuch Feng Yu and scolded him.

I'm afraid I have completely offended him.

How could he not be depressed?

After he came back, he was also thinking about how to make up for this relationship. Then, he remembered that Jiang Yun seemed to be highly appreciated by Eunuch Feng, and he happened to have a favor case in hand.

Going there is to earn credit.

After Jiang Yun came in, Yang Liunian also put away his bitter face, forced a smile, and said: "Jiang Yun, Xu Xiaogang is here, come and have a seat."

The two were a little confused and slowly sat down.

Yang Liunian picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said slowly: "It's like this, General Wei was seriously injured this time, the imperial physician said that he will probably need to rest for at least half a year."

"There must be someone to take the position of the general flag."

"In terms of qualifications and strength, we should find someone who can convince the public."

Hearing this, Xu Xiaogang straightened his back instantly. As expected, fate will not let down those who work hard.

There were only myself and Jiang Yun present. In terms of seniority, I had joined the Jinyiwei a long time ago and had made many contributions.

In terms of strength, I am at the sixth level in martial arts and am fully qualified to be the general flag bearer.

Xu Xiaogang took a deep breath, stood up slowly, and said seriously: "Master Qianhu, although my qualifications and strength are both top-notch in our general flag, after all, I was born in the Zhenguo Mansion..."

"It is rare for me to be promoted to the general flag at such a young age in our East Pacification Division."

"I'm afraid that the other brothers will gossip and say that I, Xu Xiaogang, got this position because of connections. Sigh..."

"But I am not afraid of these rumors..."

"Mere rumors and gossip cannot harm a truly powerful person..."

Yang Liunian looked at Xu Xiaogang who suddenly stood up, was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Did I ask you to stand up? Sit down."

"Hey, good."

Xu Xiaogang sat back down on the chair.

Yang Liunian looked at Jiang Yun and said, "Jiang Yun, I am going to promote you to the position of general flag. Of course, since you are new here, it is inevitable that the people below will be dissatisfied if you become the general flag."

"So I'm giving you a 'difficult' task. As long as you can complete this task, I can shut up those people down there."

As he spoke, Yang Liunian bent down, took out a file and threw it over.

After taking the file, Jiang Yun's eyes lit up slightly. Promotion and salary increase?

Jiang Yun quickly opened the file and started reading.

Yang Liunian laughed and said, "There are four more counties within the capital. The magistrate of Gong County recently reported that a sow in a pig farm in the county suddenly gave birth to many strange piglets."

"Go and kill all these sows! Then you've completed the mission." This was simply a task that was meant to give you credit.

But Jiang Yun frowned slightly and his expression became much more serious.

Because according to the files, these sows suddenly gave birth to many strange piglets.

For example, a monster with a human body and a pig head, or a pig monster with wings, etc.

Very unusual.

Jiang Yun pondered for a moment, clasped his fists and said, "I'll go check it out right away."

"What about me?" Xu Xiaogang pointed at himself and asked, "Captain Yang, didn't you assign any tasks to me?"

"Ah?" Yang Liunian was stunned. He asked his men to go to the inn to look for Jiang Yun.

Then, when he heard that Jiang Yun had moved to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, he casually told them to come over.

"It's all here."

"Then you can go with Jiang Yun."

After taking a look at the sky, the two of them moved quickly and headed towards the outer city.

Gong County is about an hour's journey from the capital city by galloping at full speed.

The two men arrived at the outer city gate and asked the soldiers guarding the gate for two fast horses.

"drive."

Although the two men rode at full speed along the official road to Gong County, it was already the hour of You when they arrived at Gong County.

“Is this Gong County?”

Looking at the towering city walls of the county town in front of him, Jiang Yun was a little surprised. Although it was not as big as the capital of Nanzhou Prefecture, the difference was not that big.

After all, it's just a county town.

Xu Xiaogang, who was standing next to him, was obviously not on a business trip to Gong County for the first time. He smiled and explained to Jiang Yun: "Gong County is not the small county town you have seen before."

"Gong County exists to protect the capital."

"The Apocalypse Army is stationed not far away, and the relatives of the officers and soldiers in the Apocalypse Army basically live here."

"The daily food, clothing and daily expenses of the Tianqi Army are also here."

"The slightly stronger men inside are basically soldiers of the Apocalypse Army."

Listening to Xu Xiaogang's explanation, the two rode their horses slowly into the county town.

The guards guarding the county town saw the Feiyu suits the two men were wearing, and were unable to tell them about the county's rule that prohibited riding horses.

Gong County is extremely prosperous, with countless restaurants of various kinds, and even more shops serving prostitutes.

This place is much more open than the capital. Many beautiful girls, dressed revealingly, stand in front of the door and make flirtatious gestures, trying to attract customers to come in and spend money.

The girls working in these shops are all vying with each other for beauty. Many of them would probably be top girls if they were in Nanzhou Prefecture.

"Are all the girls in the shops here so beautiful?" Jiang Yun asked in surprise.

Xu Xiaogang rolled his eyes at Jiang Yun, and said with obvious understanding: "It's a lie. Did you see the price hanging at the door?"

"Two hundred copper coins, this price seems quite worth it, right?"

"Do you really think these girls at the door are worth 200 wen?"

"Sleeping with these girls will cost at least one or two taels of silver."

"They are just trying to attract customers in."

Obviously, Xu Xiaogang must have been fooled before, otherwise how could he be so familiar with it.

Holding the files, the two men did not stop and rushed directly to the Gong County Government Office.

After stopping the horse, the yamen runner who was dozing at the door suddenly woke up and saw two Jinyiwei coming. He hurriedly said, "Please come in, our county magistrate has not come to work yet. I will go and call him right away..."

Jiang Yun couldn't help but secretly thought...

It's already You time.

It's time to get off work.

After being invited into the hall of the county government, the bailiffs soon respectfully poured tea for them and asked them to wait.

He was extremely humble and respectful.

In the inner city of the capital, Jiang Yun didn't have such a feeling.

After all, there are countless dignitaries in the inner city, and the Jinyiwei have seen a lot of them.

But outside the capital, the Jinyiwei are the real Jinyiwei.

Even in Gong County, which is so close to the capital, this is true.

It was almost completely dark when Zhang Yunqiu, the magistrate of Gong County, came running over in dishevel.

It’s not because he just woke up, but because he is busy with work.

He owned a portion of the shares in the largest brothel in the county. Every time a group of new girls were sent there, he would always ask the county magistrate to give some guidance on the girls' work.

"Your humble servant Zhang Yunqiu greets the two imperial envoys." Zhang Yunqiu wiped the lipstick marks off his face and asked with a big smile, "I wonder what the two imperial envoys are here for?"

Jiang Yun took out the file, handed it over and asked, "Could you please ask someone to take us to this place, Mr. Zhang?"

"Huh." After seeing the file, Zhang Yunqiu scratched his hair and remembered that such a thing did happen in their county a month ago.

He frowned and said, "So the two imperial envoys came for this matter. This is a small matter. I..."

Jiang Yun suddenly asked, "After giving birth to the strange piglets, do the pupils of these pigs turn red, and then vomit black blood and die? And after death, do they emit a strange odor?"

The contents of the file are very vague and do not record these at all.

Zhang Yunqiu touched his head and had forgotten about this matter.

It was just a batch of pigs that were killed, so he didn't care about it. He replied, "I'll ask someone to ask right away."

Xu Xiaogang saw that Jiang Yun had a strange expression on his face and asked, "Brother-in-law, what's wrong?"

Jiang Yun recalled the contents of the file and said in a deep voice: "This matter is not simple. If what I said comes true..."

"Someone is refining evil things."

"And it's not just any evil thing."

(End of this chapter)