Catching Monsters

Chapter 81 Liu Bufu

Inside the Jinyiwei Yamen, Jiang Yun was sitting in a side hall to rest. Wei Huaian was also beside him, holding a black cloth bag in his hand.

"This is seventeen pounds of gold. Keep it, Brother Jiang."

Wei Huaian looked at the seventeen kilograms of gold with a painful look.

This is a full 1,700 taels of silver!
In the inner city, you can also buy a three-courtyard house.

At this point, Wei Huaian showed some hesitation on his face, but he still said: "Brother Jiang, this is the case. I want to make further progress recently, and I'm in urgent need of some money."

"How much does Lord Wei need to borrow?" Jiang Yun asked with a smile.

Wei Huaian held up two fingers: "Just lend me two hundred taels, and you can calculate the interest at 10%."

Jiang Yun took out about two kilograms of gold from the bag and said, "Master Wei, look at what you said, interest or no interest. When you become a centurion, I may have to work under you."

After receiving the two kilograms of gold, Wei Huaian felt relieved and said, "By the way, I heard that you are investigating the Changxin Temple case recently? Have you made any progress?"

At this moment, Xu Xiaogang ran in quickly, holding a file in his hand: "Jiang Yun, I found it."

He sat down next to Jiang Yun, glanced at Wei Huaian, and handed the information in his hand to Jiang Yun, saying, "This man is Cui Liyuan, and he is a teacher at the Confucian Renyi Academy."

"In the entire capital, he is the only Confucian sixth-level expert who lives in the outer city."

"And the place where we live is only three miles away from Changxin Temple."

Jiang Yun looked at the information and asked in confusion: "Why does he live in the outer city?"

"Teachers at Renyi Academy normally live in the relatives' quarters behind the academy, but he claimed that his parents are old and his relatives and friends are all in the outer city, so he doesn't want to move to the inner city."

"In order to take care of his parents, he lived in the outer city, and was praised by the academy as a man of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness."

Hearing this, Wei Huaian, who was standing next to him, touched the back of his head and said, "Aren't you investigating the Changxin Temple haunted case? How did you end up investigating the Confucian teacher at the academy?"

"Lord Wei, this is what happened." Jiang Yun quickly explained the matter.

After listening, Wei Huaian frowned slightly and reminded the two: "Jiang Yun, Xu Xiaogang, I have to remind you that if it is just an ordinary case, even if it is a sixth-rank Confucian teacher, we Jinyiwei will catch him."

"But this case..."

"Renyi Academy must protect him. Otherwise, if the news of a teacher raping a woman gets out, it will have a huge impact on the reputation of the academy."

"If you two don't have hard evidence, you won't be able to take him down."

Xu Xiaogang grinned and said, "I will go to the commander of the garrison to get the arrest warrant and bring him back to the imperial prison. I don't believe that he won't plead guilty."

Jiang Yun asked Xu Xiaogang to wait and looked at Wei Huaian: "Master Wei has been handling cases for many years, do you have any suggestions?"

Wei Huaian weighed the two kilograms of gold in his hand, and then said: "You go find Captain Yang. He will be happy to hear that this matter involves the Imperial Academy. This is a big case. If you can solve it, he will reward you a lot."

"If we mess up, you two will bear the brunt of the consequences. The most you can do is to claim that you failed to discipline us properly."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun also frowned, feeling that this matter was a bit tricky.

Wei Huaian is a seasoned man. He chuckled and said, "In this case, the censor is famous for his integrity and honesty. He is admirable."

"This case has to go from above."

“You can’t check from below.”

As he said that, he patted Jiang Yun on the shoulder and strode away.

After hearing the reminder, Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly and understood Wei Huaian's hint.

"Where does the censor live?" Jiang Yun turned around and looked at Xu Xiaogang.

This time, Jiang Yun followed Xu Xiaogang and received a set of Jinyiwei Feiyu uniform. The clothes fit him perfectly and he was also given an Embroidered Spring Sword.

This embroidered spring sword has patterns all over it, and it is very beautiful. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse.

When the two of them were wearing flying fish suits and walking on the street again, the passers-by looked at them differently.

Three parts respect, seven parts fear.

Although most ordinary people were not qualified to be arrested by the Jinyiwei, it did not prevent the Jinyiwei from having a bad reputation.

In many storytellers' stories, the Jinyiwei are notorious for their evil deeds, such as confiscating the property of the family, imprisoning people and forcing them to confess, and framing them...

The Jinyiwei were also quite annoyed by the stories told by these storytellers.

Because everything they say is true.

But they did not arrest these storytellers, instead they were allowed to spread the bad reputation of the Jinyiwei. Sometimes, having a bad reputation makes it easier to act.

"This censor is named Liu Bufu. Although he is only the Supervisory Censor, a seventh-rank official, he has been highly valued by His Majesty recently and has a very strong personality. When we arrive at the mansion later, we must not annoy him." Xu Xiaogang whispered to Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun nodded.

This Lord Censor lives in a very remote place, in a dilapidated courtyard. It seems to be similar to the Jiang family courtyard in Nanzhou Prefecture.

And close to the outer city.

If you go to court from here, you will probably have to walk nearly an hour in advance to reach the imperial city.

Looking at the adobe wall, Jiang Yun believed in his heart that Censor Liu was an honest official.

No wonder people would not be demoted for insulting the emperor in the court.

It is very difficult to find an honest official in the court of the Zhou Dynasty.

Shouldn’t this be treated as a treasure?
The two walked into the yard, and Jiang Yun said loudly, "Is Lord Censor Liu here?"

There was just one bungalow in the courtyard. Soon, the door creaked open and an official in his early forties wearing a white robe walked out.

Liu Bufu glanced at the two Jinyiwei standing outside the courtyard, frowned slightly, and showed a bit of displeasure.

Not many officials in the Zhou Dynasty court liked the Embroidered Uniform Guard, especially traditional civil servants like Liu Bufu.

If other officials were visited by the Jinyiwei, they would be nervous and feel uneasy.

Even if he was unhappy in his heart, he still forced a smile on his face and acted politely.

After all, the Jinyiwei represents His Majesty the Emperor. To be disrespectful to the Jinyiwei is to be disrespectful to His Majesty.

But Liu was no different. He cursed the emperor in person, so what were the Jinyiwei?

What's more, he is upright and has no fear of being criticized, he is clean and neat.

"What's the matter with you two being here?" Liu Bufu asked with a frown.

Jiang Yun smiled and said, "My name is Jiang Yun. I came to see Master Liu this time because of the Changxin Temple case. We have a clue and maybe we can find the real murderer and clear the name of Master Liu's wife."

When Liu Bufu heard this, anger flashed in his eyes. He rummaged around in the yard, picked up some firewood nearby, and threw it at the two men.

"Get out of here."

Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang quickly dodged the thrown firewood.

Liu Bufu was still furious and cursed: "You Jinyiwei have captured another person to take the blame? And then tortured him into confessing, right?"

"If you harm innocent people just to clear my wife's name, then this injustice should not be cleared."

(End of this chapter)