Catching Monsters

Chapter 238: Coming for you

I'm afraid Pingyuan Bo knows something.

Then Xiao Jingqi contacted the Hu people?

Thinking about these things, Jiang Yun frowned, turned around and entered the imperial prison, and called Zhou Yi out of the door.

"Captain Zhou, did you find anything in Earl Pingyuan's house?" Jiang Yun asked in a deep voice.

Zhou Yi was silent for a moment after hearing this, then shook his head and said, "After the entire family of Pingyuan Earl died, the Earl's Mansion was sealed up and guarded by the North City Military Department."

"But I haven't searched it carefully."

After all, Pingyuanbo was the victim, and the murderer was "clearly" Feng Bei'er, so all manpower was basically deployed to search for Feng Bei'er.

Hearing this, Jiang Yun said, "I want to go to Pingyuan Bo's house to search."

"Search the house of Pingyuan Bo?" Zhou Yi frowned slightly. Although he didn't quite understand Jiang Yun's approach, he still nodded. His current focus would be on interrogating the two Hu people.

Soon, Jiang Yun found Xu Xiaogang who was waiting outside the imperial prison, and the two quickly rushed towards the direction of Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion.

……

In the imperial study, Xiao Yuzheng was sitting inside, flipping through letters from many ministers with his brows tightly furrowed.

Sure enough, as soon as Ye Xiuyuan’s new policy strategy was released, letters of opposition from ministers flew into the palace like snowflakes.

Looking at the letters piled in front of him, Xiao Yuzheng casually flipped through a few of them and found that the contents were similar.

The simple thing is that the taxation law was established by Taizu and has not been changed in three hundred years. It is the foundation of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

If changes are made at will, it will probably arouse public indignation everywhere.

Feng Yu had been standing to one side during this time, and said softly: "Your Majesty, it is normal for these ministers to oppose. The most private land is in their hands, and their interests will be damaged the most."

These court ministers have already acquired countless fertile fields in their respective hometowns. Once they retire and return to their hometowns, their descendants will enjoy wealth and glory for several generations.

Moreover, most of these fertile fields were hidden fields and were not included in the court files and archives.

Xiao Yuzheng took a deep breath and was feeling upset when there was a knock on the door.

Feng Yu arrived at the door and the person knocking was a young eunuch. He whispered a few words in Feng Yu's ear.

Feng Yu nodded, then looked at Xiao Yuzheng: "Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince requests an audience."

"Jing Qi? What is he doing here?" Xiao Yuzheng was surprised when he heard this, but he still said, "Let him in."

"Yes."

Soon, Xiao Jingqi quickly entered the imperial study and knelt on the ground in a hurry: "Father, please make the decision for me."

Then he began to kowtow continuously.

Xiao Yuzheng had no expression on his face, and said slowly: "What can I do for you?"

Xiao Yuzheng was extremely disappointed with his Sixth Prince.

He had high hopes for him at first, but he devoted himself to Taoism. After Baiyun Temple burned the plaque bestowed upon him by the emperor, he became completely disappointed with Xiao Jingqi.

"I bought a batch of goods from the Hu people a few days ago, and two Hu merchants brought them to the capital..."

"But I didn't expect that these two Hu merchants were actually bandits. When they were caught by the Jinyiwei, they fled into my house."

"And the one who arrested the two bandits was Captain Jiang Yun."

"I have always had a grudge against Jiang Yun, and I am worried that he will take advantage of the situation to slander me."

Xiao Yuzheng frowned. What the hell is this? Is it worth my worrying about?

"Didn't Jiang Yun just return to the capital? I was just about to grant him a marriage, why did he arrest the Hu people again when he was fine?"

Feng Yu smiled and stepped forward, helped Xiao Jingqi up, and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, tell me what happened."

"I, I don't know either. During this period, I have been resting in my mansion every day." Xiao Jingqi sighed, "Suddenly, a group of Jinyiwei came to my mansion..."

"Eunuch, this Captain Jiang doesn't like me and has targeted me many times."

"I don't really know these two barbarians."

Feng Yu suggested to Xiao Yuzheng, "Your Majesty, how about I go and check what's going on?"

Xiao Yuzheng frowned tightly. Although Xiao Jingqi was a useless person, he was still his son.

Seeing him say this, he said, "You don't have to go. Let Li Wangxin find out what's going on with these two Hu people."

It was obvious that Xiao Yuzheng knew that Feng Yu and Jiang Yun had a good relationship.

"Yes."

……

The house of Pingyuan Bo was not very big, just a three-courtyard house, and the location in the capital was not very eye-catching. Every morning before the court session, he would have to walk for nearly an hour to reach the palace.

When Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang arrived here, the gate was sealed with the Jinyiwei seal and there were two soldiers from the North City Bingmasi guarding the door.

After showing the Jinyiwei token, the two of them entered smoothly.

As I opened the door and entered the yard, I smelled a bloody smell.

Although the bodies of the fifteen members of Pingyuan Earl's family had been sent to the morgue of the Jinyiwei Yamen for storage, the bloodstains on the ground had not yet been cleaned.

"Brother-in-law, what do you want to search for?" Xu Xiaogang stood by and looked at Jiang Yun curiously. "I want to see why Xiao Jingqi wanted to kill Pingyuan Bo." Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "I hope there are some clues in Pingyuan Bo's mansion."

The two men held lanterns in their hands and searched in the dark mansion.

Of course, the most important thing is Pingyuanbo’s study.

There were many books in the study. The two of them held lanterns and read through them one by one.

Most of them are military books and strategies.

Afterwards, Jiang Yun opened the drawer, but unexpectedly, it was empty. Logically, there should be some things stored in the drawer of the study.

"Has it been searched?" Jiang Yun frowned upon seeing this.

Xu Xiaogang looked over with a lantern in hand: "According to your guess, if Pingyuan Bo really found something and caused others to silence him, he would definitely search to see if there is any evidence left."

Jiang Yun nodded: "If it is really an important thing, Earl Pingyuan would not put it in a conspicuous place like a drawer."

As he spoke, his eyes turned towards the rows of bookshelves.

The books on the bookshelf showed no signs of having been extensively searched.

It should be that after killing someone in the street, the murderer did not have much time to search carefully.

"Look through these books."

With the mentality of giving it a try, Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang took down the books one by one and looked through them.

There are so many books here, and it is quite a task for the two of them to look through them one by one.

After searching for a full quarter of an hour, Jiang Yun finally picked up a book in the corner and suddenly felt something strange inside.

He quickly opened it and found that the middle of the book had been hollowed out, and instead, many letters were stored there.

"this!"

Xu Xiaogang who was standing nearby also rushed over after hearing the news.

The two of them opened the letters with the help of lanterns.

Most of the letters here are Pingyuanbo's diary.

"Thinking of my ancestor, he led troops to fight in the northern border, captured the enemy's head amidst thousands of troops, and was named Earl of Pingyuan by Emperor Zhixin."

"Now I have been transferred to the Ministry of War to be the head of the Department of Civil Servants. Although I am in charge of the post stations and correspondence throughout the country, my uncle's family has been in the army for four generations, which is simply a disgrace to the reputation of our ancestors."

"Today is my first day on duty. The doctor from the Department of Civil Servants was very polite to me. I know he respected the reputation of the Bo Mansion and wanted to take me to the Department of Music. I refused. I want to practice martial arts diligently and return to the army as soon as possible."

"Today is the third day of my duty. The doctor received a sum of money and gave me two hundred taels as a reward. I didn't want it, but the expenses of the Bo's Mansion are not small, so I had no choice but to accept it."

"Today is the fifth day of my duty. The girl from the Jiaofangsi is really good. No wonder the doctor is obsessed with her..."

Looking at the contents of the letter, it is a typical passionate young man who entered the officialdom with full of ambitions, and then fell into depravity step by step...

Jiang Yun didn't come here to see these things. He continued to search and finally found the latest few letters.

"It's my turn to go out on duty today. I received a tip-off that some barbarians have been sneaking around and approaching the capital without notifying the public. After I captured them, I found some correspondence on them."

"There are nobles in the capital who are secretly colluding with the northern barbarians. This group of thieves even dared to bribe me with gold and silver."

"My ancestors fought bloody battles against the barbarians. How could I possibly accept a bribe from them?"

"After reading the letter, I don't know what to do. I don't even dare to mention it. It turned out that the Sixth Prince was the one who privately communicated with the Hu people. It's over, it's over."

"Madam suggested that I report this matter to His Majesty immediately. This is simply a woman's opinion. Who is the Sixth Prince? If he were to report it, how could our small Earl's Mansion withstand the retaliation?"

"I have burned all the correspondence between the Sixth Prince and the Hu people. Leaving these things behind will cause a big trouble."

It’s gone from behind.

Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang, who were squatting on the ground and reading the letter, suddenly felt their faces turn dark.

They couldn't help but look at each other.

"Is Uncle Pingyuan crazy? How could such an important thing be burned?" Xu Xiaogang couldn't help but cover his forehead.

Jiang Yun's face was calm, but his eyebrows were furrowed. "He was in the capital, of low status, and didn't want to get involved in these things, but he still caused a disaster that killed him."

As a noble, he only managed to become a sixth-rank official, which was indeed a very bad outcome.

"Can this letter be used as evidence?" Xu Xiaogang stared at the letter.

Jiang Yun carefully put the letter away: "I can only give it a try... After all, Pingyuan Bo was silenced, so the letter he left behind is naturally credible."

"Go back to Dongzhen Fusi."

The two rushed back to the East Pacification Office as soon as possible.

What surprised the two was that Yang Liunian actually had a frown on his face and was pacing back and forth at the gate.

Seeing Jiang Yun and the other two coming back, he quickly stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "You two are finally back, Commander Li is here..."

"The commander is here?"

Yang Liunian took a deep breath, then lowered his voice and said, "The Sixth Prince is also here..."

He glanced at Jiang Yun and warned, "Looking at the posture, they are coming for you, so be careful."

(End of this chapter)