Catching Monsters

Chapter 204 Su Ling'er

Fang Jiuyou looked at the Taoist temple in front of him, called Sanqing Temple. After hearing Jiang Yun's words, he slowly said, "I asked about Captain Jiang's situation last night, and I was a little surprised."

"We haven't been in the capital for long, but we have solved many major cases in succession."

"So, I would like to ask Captain Jiang to help me find someone. If you find someone, the matter of you forcing Zhu'er to death will be written off."

Jiang Yun's face darkened, and he couldn't help cursing in his heart, how could I have forced him to death...

Although he thought so in his mind, Jiang Yun also knew that Fang Jiuyou's strength was far beyond his imagination.

He could only take a deep breath, look at the other person calmly and said, "Mr. Fang, you always say that you like to follow the rules."

"Does your rule require me to help you find someone?"

Fang Jiuyou frowned slightly and asked, "Why, Captain Jiang is unwilling to help find someone?"

"It's not like there's any such thing as willingness or not." Jiang Yun said with a smile: "Mr. Fang likes to follow the rules."

"I am not that stylish. I am a vulgar person who likes money."

When Fang Jiuyou heard this, he immediately understood what Jiang Yun meant. He glanced at his men beside him.

The subordinate beside him took out a silver note and walked towards Jiang Yun. The silver note was worth five thousand taels of silver.

"Is this money enough?"

Jiang Yun's heart moved slightly. He was indeed a big shot in the Eastern Demon Country. He was generous when he spent money.

He rolled his eyes and took the banknote: "What kind of person are you looking for, Mr. Fang?"

"A monster that escaped from the Eastern Monster Kingdom and came to the vicinity of the capital."

Jiang Yun heard this, pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "How is your strength?"

Fang Jiuyou said slowly: "This does not need to be considered by Captain Jiang. As long as we find him, we will capture him on our own."

Jiang Yun put his hands behind his back, walked back and forth, and asked, "Is there anything that the monster is carrying?"

"No."

No?

It might be a bit troublesome to find it. Jiang Yun pondered for a moment and said, "Then Mr. Fang, please wait until dark. After dark, I will perform a ritual and use the power of the stars to help Mr. Fang find it."

"But I have to remind Mr. Fang that this method does not guarantee that we can find the monster..."

“Also, no refund will be given if it cannot be found.”

Fang Jiuyou frowned and complained: "If you collect money to find someone and fail to find them, isn't it the rule to refund the money?"

But escaping the monster is a serious matter, so Fang Jiuyou didn't insist on this issue.

He just took a deep breath and said, "If you find it, I have a reward."

Fang Jiuyou and his group did not leave but stayed in Sanqing Temple. After all, they spent 5,000 taels of silver, so they were considered big customers.

Jiang Yun asked Wen Chen to arrange a few guest rooms for the guests. Out of curiosity, Fang Jiuyou came to the main hall, looked at the three statues in front of him, and asked, "I heard from people in the capital that these three statues are called Sanqing?"

"I have lived for more than three hundred years, almost as long as your Great Zhou Dynasty, but I have never heard of the names of these three people."

After saying that, Fang Jiuyou prepared to step forward and enter the hall.

But unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped in, he suddenly felt a palpitation and quickly withdrew his foot.

Then he looked up at the three statues and narrowed his eyes slightly.

He had also been to Baiyun Temple and seen the statue of the Taoist master, but he had never had this feeling.

It seems that no evil spirits can easily enter this hall.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun, who was standing next to him, smiled and said, "This is a place dedicated to the Three Pure Ones. Demons, ghosts, and goblins avoid it as much as possible. How can anyone take the initiative to enter it?"

"Mr. Fang, you should go somewhere else and rest more."

Fang Jiuyou waved his hand and said with disdain: "Just three statues, are you still going to keep me out?"

After he finished speaking, a powerful demonic aura emanated from him, and he tried to force his way into the hall.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun frowned and wanted to remind Fang Jiuyou, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

The statues of the Three Pure Ones have been consecrated and the gods have been invited to descend.

If an ordinary small animal without any evil spirit enters, there will be no problem.

The more powerful the evil spirit is, the more powerful the statue will be.

Fang Jiuyou was emitting a powerful demonic aura that enveloped his entire body. When he tried to enter the hall, the three statues in the hall instantly emitted golden light.

The power of the light made Fang Jiuyou take several steps back, with astonishment in his eyes.

"Mr. Fang, please don't try again. Go to the side room and have a rest."

"Interesting." Fang Jiuyou looked at the three statues and said lightly, "Three Pure Ones."

By night, Jiang Yun had already prepared the altar on the open space of the Taoist temple. In the deep night, countless stars appeared in the sky.

Qin Shujian had also woken up and wanted to continue going out to have fun, but when he heard his junior brother Wen Chen say that the master was going to perform a ritual today, he became curious and stayed.

At this time, Qin Shujian and Wen Chen were wearing green Taoist robes and standing on one side of the Taoist temple.

Yellow Taoist flags have been hung on all four sides of the Taoist temple, and a wooden table has been placed in the center as an altar, covered with yellow cloth.

There are incense burners, wooden swords, yellow paper and other items placed there.

Jiang Yun was wearing a yellow Taoist robe and had a serious expression on his face.

"Master, what are you doing?" Qin Shujian asked curiously.

"The book that Master gave me said that this is called setting up the altar, and it is used to perform rituals." Wen Chen was flipping through a collection of magic techniques given by Jiang Yun.

Not far away, Fang Jiuyou and his three subordinates were also on the altar.

"Master, can this Taoist priest really open an altar here and help us find the person?"

"We've been chasing them for quite some time."

Fang Jiuyou said nothing, "Just watch."

Jiang Yun looked at the stars above his head, then stepped on the Seven Star Steps, waved the wooden sword in his hand, and said:
"Clear and spiritual, with Bing and Ding in the heart. Look at the Southern Dipper on the right and the Seven Stars on the left."

"The gods will become the emperor star, and the demons will be all powerful. When they step on the star, the demons will show up."

"Hurry up as a law!"

Jiang Yun picked up a yellow talisman with his wooden sword and waved it out. The yellow talisman burned up in mid-air, and the burning smoke and dust gradually turned into a vague image with the capital city as the center in mid-air.

Then, purple lights appeared one after another on the gray pattern of the capital city.

"These are the hiding places of all the monsters in the capital."

You can also clearly see four monsters staying at the approximate location of Sanqing Temple.

Seeing this scene, a look of surprise appeared in Fang Jiuyou's eyes, but then he frowned.

The same is true for Jiang Yun.

He had never imagined that there were so many monsters in the capital...

At a rough glance, there are probably five or six hundred of them!
Moreover, most of these monsters are hiding in various mansions and houses in the inner city.

even……

They are all in the palace.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun's pupils shrank slightly. Of course, the current task was not to deal with these monsters, but to help Fang Jiuyou find the monster.

Fang Jiuyou stood outside the Taoist altar and said in a deep voice: "The monster that escaped has no roots in the capital, and doesn't know anyone."

"The monsters in the inner city can basically be eliminated."

"Those living in large houses in the outer city can also be excluded."

There aren't that many monsters hiding in the outer city, probably only about a few dozen.

If we consider the monsters lurking in hiding, there is no foundation.

The places where you can hide are either in inns or some easy hiding places.

Soon, the locations of the three monsters were determined.

Two of them are located in two inns in the outer city.

There is another place...

It turned out to be in Changxin Temple.

Damn, Jiang Yun hasn’t been to Changxin Temple for a while, and I didn’t expect a monster to sneak in?
Of course, Jiang Yun's expression did not change much. After he removed the magic circle, he told Fang Jiuyou the locations of the two inns, including the location of Changxin Temple.

Then he asked casually, "Mr. Fang, you are quite powerful. Why did you come all the way here to chase me? What is the origin of that monster?"

Fang Jiuyou heard this and said calmly: "Don't ask around. If you can successfully catch it at these three addresses, you will have done a great job."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun said in a deep voice: "I also have a lot of shares in this Changxin Temple. When arresting people, Mr. Fang, please be gentle and don't damage the temple..."

"Aren't you a Taoist priest? How come you are also a member of the Buddhist temple?"

"Multi-faceted investment..."

After saying this, Fang Jiuyou nodded, waved to the three men behind him, and quickly left the place.

"You guys clean up the altar, I'm going to Changxin Temple." Jiang Yun was still a little worried.

The main thing is that a monster has sneaked into Changxin Temple. Abbot Yunwu and young monk Wuhui are both good people, so don't let anything get into trouble.

He put on a backpack and quickly headed towards the direction of Changxin Temple.

Late at night, Changxin Temple became quiet, and the entire temple entrance was silent.

Jiang Yun took a quick glance but didn't detect any demonic aura.

This can only mean that the monster hidden in Changxin Temple is very powerful and can perfectly conceal its demonic aura.

Of course, this is also an essential skill for monsters hiding in the capital.

If the evil spirit could not be perfectly restrained, he would have been discovered and killed by the Jinyiwei long ago.

Any monster that can hide in the capital city must be very powerful.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Not long after, a monk opened the door. When he saw Jiang Yun, his eyes lit up and he said, "Master Jiang is here."

"Where is Abbot Yunwu?"

"I'll go inform the abbot right away."

……

"Master, let me think about it. I still have to tell Donor Jiang about this matter."

In a meditation room, Abbot Yunwu was meditating, and the young monk Wuhui was beside him, with a worried look on his face. He whispered, "Otherwise, if something happens..."

Abbot Yunwu sighed slightly and said in a deep voice: "I also want to tell Donor Jiang, but we can't leave Changxin Temple during this period of time..."

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

The young monk Wuhui hurried forward to open the door, and there stood a sweet and lovely girl outside.

The girl looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a sweet face. She was wearing a red patterned short shirt and had a cute bun on her hair.

In her hand, she held a basin of water. She blinked and said with a smile, "Master, Brother, I've brought you some water for washing your feet."

"Female donor, this is not allowed." Upon seeing this, the young monk Wuhui hurriedly clasped his hands together and took the basin.

"I told you, just call me Ling'er." Su Ling'er said in a sweet voice.

Abbot Yunwu did not open his eyes, but clasped his hands together and said slowly: "Donor Ling'er, I have said that our Changxin Temple is a Buddhist place and does not accept female disciples."

"But I am devoted to Buddhism." Su Ling'er said, and then sat down next to Abbot Yunwu, looking a little eager.

Abbot Yunwu sighed and said, "Miss Ling'er, you are a demon and we are human. How can a demon practice Buddhism?"

Su Ling'er knelt on the ground pitifully: "Abbot, it is said that the Buddha once cut off his flesh to feed an eagle. What difference does it make to a demon in front of the Buddha?"

"not to mention."

As she spoke, Su Ling'er gently took off half of her clothes from her shoulders: "As long as the abbot takes me in, I can also help the monks in the temple, train my mind, and experience lust. Isn't that a good thing?"

Seeing this, Yunwu and Wuhui, the master and disciple, quickly closed their eyes.

"Donors should respect themselves."

Su Ling'er's pupils flashed a green light, and she said in a cold voice: "You two, master and disciple, are so stubborn. I have locked you up for such a long time, but you still refuse to agree to let me hide here."

"Do you believe that I killed both of you, the master and the disciple?"

Upon hearing this, Abbot Yunwu clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you, lady donor, for allowing us to go to the Western Paradise in advance to accompany the Buddha. Lady donor, please act as soon as possible."

In recent days, six monks in the entire Buddhist temple have been brutally killed by Su Ling'er.

The purpose is to make the master and disciple submit.

However, instead of being willing to submit, the two men tried to escape whenever they got the chance, in order to inform the Imperial Guards in the capital.

Seeing this, Su Ling'er turned around and transformed into the appearance of Abbot Yunwu. She said in a cold voice: "Abbot, I will get rid of you and transform into your appearance. I can still live a stable life in the capital."

"Then why don't you take action, donor?" Abbot Yunwu said calmly.

"You!" Su Ling'er was slightly stunned.

Abbot Yunwu said: "Every month, the five major Buddhist temples will send people here. You are just afraid of revealing your flaws in front of the Buddhist monks."

Su Ling'er's eyes were gloomy, and at this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the house.

Su Ling'er quickly transformed herself into the appearance of a weak woman.

The door was pushed open, and the disciple outside said with a smile: "Abbot, Master Jiang is here."

As he said this, the disciple glanced at Su Ling'er again, which made him feel amorous.

In the temple, only Abbot Yunwu and Wuhui knew the truth about Su Ling'er's identity.

"Miss Su hasn't slept yet."

Su Ling'er said in a delicate voice: "Aren't you asking the abbot for Buddhist teachings?"

The disciple was somewhat envious and said, "In fact, my attainments in Buddhism are also quite good."

"Then I will come to your room tomorrow night to ask for your advice."

Upon hearing this, the disciple was so overjoyed that his steps became a little weak.

"Please ask Lord Jiang to come over quickly." Abbot Yunwu said in a deep voice.

Su Ling'er said in a tender voice: "It's getting late, Abbot, you should go to bed early. I will go meet Captain Jiang on his behalf."

(End of this chapter)