Catching Monsters

Chapter 162 Tongqu River

Recently, an epidemic has been raging in the capital. Although the New Year had just passed, both the inner and outer cities, and even at night, were extremely prosperous.

But nowadays, every household has its doors closed and there are few pedestrians walking on the streets.

All industries have been greatly affected, but some industries are exceptions.

This is the case with Changxin Temple.

As the epidemic gradually spread in the capital, the income from incense burning in Changxin Temple increased day by day. Many people had relatives who were sick and consulted doctors to get medicine, but they could not recover for a long time.

Finally, even those who did not believe in Buddhism on weekdays hurried to find a nearby temple and pray to the Buddha to bless their loved ones to recover soon.

The temple has been extremely busy in recent days, and many monks have even fallen ill.

Abbot Yunwu and young monk Wuhui are fine. Although their magical powers are low, they are legitimate monks after all and have magical powers.

The disease could not knock them down.

Abbot Yunwu was kind-hearted. He knew that many of the pilgrims who came to worship Buddha had sick relatives at home, and that the disease was highly contagious, so he asked the pilgrims to send their seriously ill relatives to Changxin Temple.

So as not to implicate their families.

The main hall and each room in Changxin Temple were filled with patients. There were no beds, so they had to spread bedding on the floor to make do.

The kitchen in the temple was also filled with the smell of Chinese medicine. Abbot Yunwu used the 1,500 taels of silver that Jiang Yun had brought to buy all the medicinal materials and used a large pot to boil the medicinal soup.

At this time, Abbot Yunwu was busy in the kitchen, stirring the medicinal materials in the big pot with a spatula. The steam was rising and he was sweating profusely, and his Buddhist shirt was already soaked with sweat.

"Master, you spent all the money that donor Jiang gave us on buying medicinal herbs. If donor Jiang knew about this, would he blame us?" Monk Wuhui, who was sitting in front of the stove and lighting a fire, had a worried look on his face.

He then said, "Donor Jiang is a member of the Imperial Guard after all... We spent the money without even asking him. Will he be angry?"

Abbot Yunwu stirred the herbs and sighed, "Amitabha, saving lives is like putting out a fire. It's too late to ask Donor Jiang."

"If Donor Jiang gets angry afterwards, I will bear the responsibility alone."

At this point, Abbot Yunwu sighed. This epidemic was quite strange and highly contagious. People who were infected with the disease would have their skin turn black within two or three days.

If you are strong and muscular, you may feel better after a few days of endurance.

Or they will vomit blood and die soon.

In recent days, everyone in the capital city can be said to be in danger.

While the two were talking, Jiang Yun walked in from outside the kitchen with a smile: "Abbot Yunwu, are you busy?"

Looking back at Jiang Yun walking in, Abbot Yunwu was slightly startled, then an awkward smile appeared on his face: "Ah, why is Donor Jiang here?"

"Are you making medicine?" Jiang Yun smelled the pungent smell of Chinese medicine, with a smile on his face.

Abbot Yunwu quickly put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Donor Jiang, I..."

"I heard everything." Jiang Yun looked at Abbot Yunwu, but he did not mean to blame him. If he opened a Taoist temple and encountered the same thing, he would probably make the same choice as Abbot Yunwu.

This is understandable.

Abbot Yunwu blushed slightly, and said with shame: "Amitabha, Donor Jiang, even if this money is borrowed from Donor Jiang, if you cannot repay it, I will donate Changxin Temple to Donor Jiang."

"Abbot, you are too kind." Jiang Yun shook his head and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could it be that in the eyes of Abbot Yunwu, he is a person who only cares about money?

He looked at the herbs in the pot and said slowly, "Abbot, I came to see you because I have something I want to ask you for help with."

Abbot Yunwu was slightly stunned, and then Jiang Yun whispered something in his ear.

After hearing this, Abbot Yunwu showed an incredible look on his face. He looked at Jiang Yun and couldn't help but said, "Donor Jiang, if I did something like this, wouldn't it be..."

"Hey, Abbot, you are too serious again. It's just spreading some rumors and gossip. What does it have to do with you?" Jiang Yun said with a smile.

Abbot Yunwu looked unhappy and whispered, "But this is aimed at Baichen of Baiyun Temple after all..."

After saying this, he took another look at the Chinese medicinal materials in the pot, took a deep breath, and could only nod and agree helplessly.

"Then I'll trouble you, Abbot."

As for spreading news, Jiang Yun thought about it and thought that Abbot Yunwu and Young Monk Wuhui were familiar with it because they had recently promoted Changxin Temple.

Abbot Yunwu frowned and reminded Jiang Yun, "Donor Jiang, if you do this, I'm afraid it will completely anger Master Baichen, and..."

"What I want is to irritate her." Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes.

True Man Bai Chen is at the fourth level of True Man realm, and he is also in Baiyun Temple. If he doesn't provoke her, she will do something extreme.

It could almost be said that Jiang Yun had no way to deal with her.

But if this Master Bai Chen does something out of line, as a member of the Imperial Guard, I will have room to act.

Jiang Yun could also see from his observation that Master Bai Chen had an irritable personality. If the rumors he had arranged reached her ears, she would definitely not be able to tolerate it.

After explaining this matter, Jiang Yun rushed back to the inner city and returned to the East Zhenfu Division.

He remembered that there was one more important thing: to find the evil creature called Pu Pu and destroy it completely.

The operation of the East Zhenfu Division was not affected by the epidemic. After all, those who could join the East Zhenfu Division had to be at least at the eighth level of martial arts.

After returning to the East Zhenfu Division, I unexpectedly saw Qi Da. He was holding a lantern in his hand, looking anxious, and was about to go look for Jiang Yun.

But unexpectedly, as soon as I walked out of the East Pacification Office, I saw Jiang Yun walking towards me.

"General Jiang." Qi Da walked over quickly and asked in a deep voice, "My cousin Qi Huanshu was arrested and thrown into prison. I heard from my colleagues that it was you who arrested him?"

Looking at Qi Da's questioning eyes, Jiang Yun nodded and said, "Brother Qi, why don't you ask me why I arrested him?"

Qi Da frowned.

Jiang Yun then patiently explained to Qi Da what had just happened in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Qi Da had helped me before when I was in Nanzhou Prefecture, so I owed him a favor.

Now that he is serving as Xiaoqi under his command, Jiang Yun does not want to make the relationship with him too strained.

After explaining the cause of the incident, Jiang Yun said with a smile: "Brother Qi, this is what happened. If you ask, I will let him go."

"This damn thing is blinded by money." Qi Da understood immediately after hearing this and gritted his teeth and said, "General Jiang, my family was not very well off at the beginning. The money for my martial arts training was provided by my cousin's family. That's how I was able to join the Jinyiwei."

At this point, Qi Da paused and said, "Just give him some pain, can you spare his life?"

Qi Da felt somewhat helpless. Over the years, his cousin's family had been acting more and more disorganized because he was a minor flag officer of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

He also dealt with a lot of troublesome things for Qi Huanshu.

But he never expected that this guy was so bold as to take money and come to threaten Jiang Yun.

Even though Jiang Yun's seniority is lower than his, he is the chief flag bearer of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and his immediate superior after all.

Jiang Yun nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, Brother Qi, you can do whatever you want. You can let him go anytime you want."

Qi Da clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, General Commander, I will definitely teach him a lesson."

Qi Da couldn't help but feel helpless. Back then in Nanzhou Prefecture, Jiang Yun owed him a favor, but he had never asked Jiang Yun for help.

It was because he could see that Jiang Yun was very capable and was appreciated by Captain Yang and even Eunuch Feng.

This favor cannot be used lightly. At least it has to wait until Jiang Yun is promoted.

Although the two did not mention it, they both knew that the favor had been used up.

It will be difficult to make Jiang Yun owe you such a favor again in the future.

"How's the search for that evil creature going?" Jiang Yun took Qi Da and walked into the East Pacification Office.

Qi Da followed behind him and replied, "We have searched many places in the capital, but still have no results."

"Where did the disease first appear?"

Qi Da replied: "The north of the outer city."

Jiang Yun continued to ask: "Where are the water sources in the north of the city? What are they?"

"I don't know about that." Qi Da shook his head and then asked, "The general suspects that there is a problem with the water source? This epidemic may be caused by evil things..."

"Even if it was caused by an evil thing, there will be a source of transmission."

"Go investigate right away."

Upon hearing this, Qi Da nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I will go to the Jingzhao government office and ask."

In the East Pacification Office, Jiang Yun now has a study room specifically used for rest and work. Of course, in terms of scale, it is much smaller than Yang Qianhu's.

The inside was clean and the desk was also exceptionally clean.

Jiang Yun sat inside to rest.

After a long time, there was a knock on the door. Qi Da came back with a map of the capital in his hand.

After entering the house, Qi Da put the map on the table, pointed to three places on the map, and said, "The main water source for the northern part of the capital comes from the Tongqu River in the north."

"Tongqu River." Jiang Yun frowned slightly and asked, "The first place where the epidemic appeared is the north of the city, right?"

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yun asked again: "Have you searched along the river?"

Qi Da replied: "I have asked. Our Jinyiwei searched for a full twenty miles along the upper reaches of Tongqu River, but found nothing."

"What the higher-ups meant was to focus their main efforts on the capital, and not continue searching upwards."

Jiang Yun was silent for a moment, then said, "Notify our people to gather, prepare some fast horses, and continue searching on Tongqu River."

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Qi Da nodded, then quickly turned around and went out to notify the Jinyiwei under Jiang Yun to assemble.

(End of this chapter)