Catching Monsters

Chapter 228 Qi Da Arrives
The Tiankang Prefecture government office is located in the center of the city and is quite large. After Jiang Yun and Linglong were tied up, they were thrown into a carriage, their heads were covered with black cloth bags, and they were taken to a prison behind the government office.

After locking the two men into the cell, Jiang Yun removed the black cloth bags on their heads and looked around.

In this prison, apart from himself and Linglong, there were no other prisoners.

"Keep an eye on these two wanted criminals." Xiao Huasheng instructed his runners, then with a happy look on his face, he hurried to the prefect's residence to claim credit.

Jiang Yun and Linglong sat on the floor of the cell, wondering how to escape from this damn place.

If there is any collusion between this government office and Master Wu Yue, Master Wu Yue will be notified to come over.

In the current condition of himself and Linglong, it is probably difficult for them to survive.

Jiang Yun turned his head to look at Linglong and asked in a low voice: "Master, do you have any treasures that can help you escape?"

Linglong sat beside him and said calmly, "Of course there is, but can you use magic power?"

The magic weapons for escape that he carried with him all required magic power to activate.

If they still had some magical powers, how could they be captured by this group of yamen runners?
Jiang Yun couldn't help but frowning slightly. He was afraid that his identity as a Jinyiwei would be useless.

Regardless of whether this group of people believe it or not...

Given the local prefect's nature of colluding with Wu Yue Zhenren, even if he knew that I was really a Jinyiwei, he would probably kill me.

To prevent his collusion with Master Wu Yue from being reported back to the capital by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

Jiang Yun couldn't help but sigh. His only hope now was that Qi Da and others would arrive to rescue him.

The servants of the Wu Mansion have already gone to inform Qi Da, and they should arrive at the Wu Mansion soon.

Once they find out that they have been taken away, they should come to rescue them.

The only thing he had to worry about was that if the people from Baekje Villa arrived first, he would probably be the one to die.

He turned his head and looked at Linglong: "Master, you don't look anxious?"

Linglong was sitting cross-legged on the ground, removing the demonic blood from her body: "There's no point in being anxious."

She was in a good mood. Upon hearing that, Jiang Yun checked her internal condition. Although she had rested for a day, her injuries had improved a lot.

But the magic power still could not be restored.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the prison, and Jiang Yun and the others looked up.

A gentleman dressed in the official uniform of a prefect walked in, led by Xiao Huasheng.

"You all go out first."

After entering the prison, Xiao Huasheng waved his hand, signaling the other bailiffs in the cell to go out first.

After the jailer left, Xiao Huasheng smiled and said to Qiao Yuanbo beside him, "Governor Qiao, take a look, are these two the people you are looking for?"

"I am the prefect of Tiankang, Qiao Yuanbo." Qiao Yuanbo put his hands behind his back, took a step forward, and looked at the two of them. He said slowly: "We received a report from Baekje Villa that someone stole a Buddha statue from Baekje Villa."

A smile appeared on his face, and he said slowly, "It depends on you. Either you hand it over yourself, or we search you."

"Stealing Buddha statues is just a small matter."

"As long as you tell the truth and return the things, I will release you immediately."

Linglong opened her eyes, frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Does it take a prefect to try a minor theft case?"

Qiao Yuanbo looked at Linglong and said calmly, "Under my rule, the people of Tiankang Prefecture are honest and simple, and they leave their doors unlocked at night. There have been no thefts for a long time, but you two thieves are so bold and reckless."

"Baekje Villa helped the disaster victims, and the people were so grateful. It was a kind-hearted local family, but I never thought someone would dare to steal things from Baekje Villa."

Qiao Yuanbo is worthy of being the prefect of a prefecture. If people don’t know the truth, they might really believe what he says.

"A kind-hearted wealthy man?" Linglong snorted coldly, "Does Magistrate Qiao know that the children in Baiji Villa were bought with food and their blood was drained to feed the blood demon?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yuanbo said calmly: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't have evidence. I only know that the owner of Baekje Villa is kind-hearted and can't bear to see the children starving and suffering, so he took them to the villa and raised them well." Originally, Qiao Yuanbo didn't plan to let the two people hand over the Buddha statue voluntarily, but just wanted to confirm their identities.

Seeing this, the two people who escaped from Baekje Villa were the ones who escaped.

He looked at Xiao Huasheng beside him and said, "Captain Xiao, send someone to search them."

Linglong, who had been calm until now, frowned when she heard this. Who was she? Men and women shouldn't touch each other, so how could she let this group of bailiffs search her?
She said in a cold voice: "If you dare to do this, believe it or not, I will make you lose your head!"

Qiao Yuanbo was frightened when he heard Linglong's powerful reprimand. He looked at Linglong and snorted coldly, "This woman is young, but she has such a big mouth. She wants me to lose my head."

"If I didn't want to save you alive, you two would have already lost your lives. Do you really think I have such good patience?" Qiao Yuanbo said with his hands behind his back.

But unexpectedly, at this moment, suddenly, there was a sound of fighting outside the door.

"What happened?"

Xiao Huasheng frowned and hurried to the prison door. He pushed it open and saw that more than a dozen yamen runners outside had fallen to the ground.

Under the bright moonlight, they were replaced by a group of people in plain clothes including Qi Da, Dong Qiaofeng, Zhu Zanyu and others.

Although they were in plain clothes, there were more than eighty of them standing guard outside the prison with stern faces.

"Who are you?" Xiao Huasheng looked at the bailiff who had fallen to the ground, and was slightly shocked. He quickly scolded, "Do you know where this place is?"

"This is the Tiankang Prefecture government office."

"Do you know what crime is in the Zhou Dynasty if you break into the government office and injure the government officials?"

Xiao Huasheng was also a little surprised. Judging from the appearance and dress of this group of people, they did not look like disaster victims.

Outlaw hero?

This is even more nonsense. Every year during festivals, all the local green forest heroes and mountain bandits would go to the prefect's house to give gifts and curry favor with him.

Qi Da drew the sword from his waist and put it against Xiao Huasheng's neck: "Has Captain Jiang been captured by you?"

Xiao Huasheng had a sharp knife pressed against his neck. He shuddered in his heart when he saw the coldness in the other party's eyes.

Only then did he remember that when he arrested Jiang Yun, the other party claimed to be a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard?
Could it be...

"You are?"

"Eastern Pacification Division, Embroidered Uniform Guard." Qi Da said.

Xiao Huasheng's legs softened slightly, and he said hurriedly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, since we are brothers of the Jinyiwei, then we are a family, please don't let the flood wash away the Dragon King Temple."

A large number of Jinyiwei quickly entered the prison with Xiao Huasheng under guard.

Qiao Yuanbo straightened his back and shouted, "What do you want to do? Even if you are Jinyiwei, you can't do whatever you want. This is the Tiankang Prefecture government office!"

"I am the prefect of Tiankang Prefecture."

"An official appointed by the imperial court."

Soon, two knives were pointed at him and he was pinned to the ground.

Qi Da glanced at him and snorted coldly: "Officials of your rank, if I were to judge you in the imperial prison, there would be at least eight out of ten who would be maimed or killed."

After saying this, Qi Da looked at Jiang Yun, who was in a miserable state in the prison, and chopped open the prison door with a knife.

"Sir, we have been looking for you for a long time."

Seeing Qi Da and others appear, Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How are you doing?"

"Last night, we followed your instructions and hid around Baekje Villa."

"I saw your signal and prepared to rush into Baekje Villa, but unexpectedly, a barrier appeared and we couldn't enter."

(End of this chapter)