Catching Monsters

Chapter 127: Transporting Military Pay

Linglong stared at Jiang Yun with interest and asked slowly, "Can I help you?"

Jiang Yun said in a deep voice: "I have received a mission tomorrow to escort the military pay to the Ministry of Revenue."

"It's just that I have a big conflict with the Minister of Revenue Chang Pingyuan..."

He gave a brief account of what had happened.

"Master, I am not worried about being harmed by Chang Pingyuan, but I am worried that it will disturb your great plan."

Linglong hooked Jiang Yun's chin, her eyes slightly turning: "What do you want to do?"

Jiang Yun expressed his thoughts: "Chang Pingyuan is in a high position. It may not be easy for a mere Jinyiwei to compete with him."

"If the leader can make many letters from the Red Lotus Cult appear in his residence, or..."

Linglong understood, and she asked with a smile: "Do you want the current emperor to think that he is colluding with the Red Lotus Sect?"

"I tell you, it's impossible. This kind of frame-up method cannot be used against a second-rank official."

"If it was as simple as you think, we in the Red Lotus Sect would have replaced these high-ranking officials batch after batch long ago."

Jiang Yun frowned slightly when he heard this. He thought that he might have thought this matter was too simple.

The main reason is that the identities of myself and the other party are too different.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Xu Xiaogang's voice came: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, are you in there?"

"I'm in."

The door creaked open.

Xu Xiaogang followed Jiang Yun and saw him enter the house and then close the door.

There is something wrong with this woman named Linglong, and Xu Xiaogang is also worried about Jiang Yun's situation.

Linglong quickly pulled Jiang Yun up and knelt on the ground. Her eyes instantly became pitiful and she said loudly, "Master Jiang, please don't chase me away. I didn't mean to lie to you."

"My father and brother wanted to marry me off, but I didn't want to, so I ran away."

"The person who chased me at that time was my family's servant."

"What is this?" Xu Xiaogang looked at Linglong, who was kneeling on the ground, looking pitiful. He hurried forward, grabbed Linglong's hand, and pulled her out.

"Leave immediately. No matter who you are, don't bother my brother-in-law."

Of course Xu Xiaogang also had some thoughts in mind. This girl named Linglong was good-looking, cute and pure. If Jiang Yun was abducted by her, he would feel sorry for his sister.

While pulling, Linglong turned around and looked at Jiang Yun, and her eyes were obviously threatening.

Jiang Yun had just seen what she was capable of, so he dared not let Xu Xiaogang continue dragging her. He said anxiously, "Xiaogang, wait."

"I have just inquired about her identity in detail. Although she lied a little, there is nothing wrong with her."

"She has nowhere to go now, so let's keep her here for now."

"Thank you, sir." Tears flowed from Linglong's eyes and her face was filled with gratitude.

"Linglong just wants to stay by the master's side and be his good maid."

Jiang Yun couldn't help but wonder in his heart, how could this Red Lotus Sect leader be like an actor...

And his acting is pretty good...

If I didn't know her background, I would have been fooled by her acting skills at this moment.

……

The next morning, in the capital, at the Ministry of Revenue office.

People were coming and going in the government office, and it was extremely busy as the New Year was approaching.

The Ministry of Revenue has thirteen departments, including the Department of Clearing Officials, the Salary and Pay Department, the Office of Secretariat, the Food and Silver Department, etc.

Now all departments are busy and dizzy. The new Shangshu Chang Pingyuan suddenly allocated 100,000 taels of silver to the northern army this morning, making everyone busy and dizzy.

At the end of the year, there are places to spend money everywhere, and various departments are coming to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for more money.

Suddenly, they had to squeeze out 100,000 taels of silver to give to the Northern Border Army, and they had to collect it all in just one night...

If it were normal times, everyone would definitely slack off and take their time.

But now that Minister Chang has just taken office, no one dares to disobey his first order.

Soon, Cao Huai, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, came to the Shangshu's office, straightened his clothes, forced a smile on his face, pushed the door and walked in: "Minister Chang."

Chang Pingyuan, who was sitting inside, flipping through a collection of essays, raised his eyes and saw that it was Cao Huai. He laughed and stood up: "Brother Cao, why are you here?"

Cao Huai held a money receipt in his hand and put it on the sandalwood table: "Minister Chang, this is the 100,000 taels of silver you were going to transfer today. It has been collected and will be sent to the East Pacification Office immediately."

Chang Pingyuan stood up quickly and said, "For such a small matter, Brother Cao could have just asked someone below to come and inform us. Why did you come here in person?"

"I will arrange for someone to deliver the silver to the East Pacification Office later, so Brother Cao doesn't have to worry about it."

"Sit down quickly."

Cao Huai hurriedly shook his head and said, "The Ministry of Revenue has been busy lately, and I have to be busy."

Chang Pingyuan held his hand and said affectionately, "Brother Cao, please don't call me your subordinate. I have been in the Ministry of Revenue for a shorter time than you. You are my senior. I will need your advice on many things in the future."

"Besides, I have always believed that Brother Cao is more suitable for the position of Shangshu, but unfortunately His Majesty does not think so and let me take on this important task."

Cao Huai looked flattered, but he still insisted: "During working hours, I dare not be presumptuous."

"Since Your Majesty has chosen Minister Chang to take the position, there must be a reason for that."

"I will take my leave now."

Chang Pingyuan patted the back of his hand and said, "Okay, when you're done with your work in a few days, you must come to my house and have a nice drink."

The two had been competing for the position of Shangshu and had been fighting openly and secretly within the Ministry of Revenue for some time.

Even if they meet, they ignore each other.

But now, Chang Pingyuan has become the Shangshu, and the relationship between the two has become harmonious again. Watching Cao Huai turn around and leave, Chang Pingyuan sat down on the chair with satisfaction.

Chang Pingyuan looked at the file with a satisfied look on his face. "I don't think a Jinyiwei like you, Jiang Yun, can bear the responsibility of losing 100,000 taels of silver."

Changping Yuan is a scholar, and scholars value the inheritance of gratitude the most.

Not to mention that he himself was grateful to his mentor, even if he was a heartless person, he had to pretend to be grateful and get rid of Jiang Yun, the enemy who killed his mentor.

Otherwise, how would others in the court view me?
Of course, after coming out of the Southern Pacification Office, Chang Pingyuan originally planned to temporarily give up on dealing with Jiang Yun because of Feng Yu's relationship.

But he didn't expect that he offended Feng Yu and was promoted to Shangshu.

He was also an old man with a long experience in officialdom. After thinking for a moment, he figured out the reason.

I'm afraid I just hit it by mistake.

He fell out with Feng Yu and became the Shangshu instead.

In addition, the Ministry of Revenue now has a deficit of 300,000 taels of silver.

Losing these 100,000 taels of silver... can make up for part of the deficit.

It's really a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

Win! I won so much.

Chang Pingyuan touched his chin. As long as there were no mistakes in his arrangements, everything would be fine.

……

In front of the East Pacification Office, all the Jinyiwei have gathered.

All of them looked majestic, wearing the Jinyiwei Feiyu uniforms, embroidered spring swords on their waists, and stood in front of the gate of the East Zhenfu Division, ready for battle.

Yang Liunian was also standing outside the door at this time, frowning and waving slightly from time to time.

Soon Wei Huaian trotted all the way to Yang Liunian and said respectfully: "Master Qianhu, what do you want?"

Yang Liunian frowned and asked, "What is Jiang Yun doing? He came out to carry out a mission, and brought a maid with him?"

At this moment, Linglong, who was wearing a plain dress, was carrying large and small bags in her hands and on her shoulders.

After all, we are going to the far north, so we need to bring a lot of spare clothes, dry food and other things.

Originally, Jiang Yun was carrying these luggage and belongings by himself. After all, Linglong was Jiang Yun's maid, so she took the luggage from him.

Suddenly, a little girl appeared among such a large group of Jinyiwei.

It seems a bit out of place.

Wei Huaian laughed and said, "As long as it doesn't affect the mission."

Yang Liunian nodded, lowered his voice, and said: "Pay more attention on this trip. As long as nothing goes wrong, we can all make a fortune after we come back."

Wei Huaian understood and nodded to show that he understood.

Soon, a convoy escorted by the Ministry of Households slowly drove up the street ahead.

There were twenty carriages filled with sealed boxes of silver.

The official from the Ministry of Revenue who delivered the military pay came over with a smile and said, "Captain Yang, I'm sorry to trouble you, the Imperial Guards, for this trip."

Yang Liunian smiled and nodded, then waved his hand, signaling his Jinyiwei to go forward and check if there was any problem with the silver and money.

A huge sum of money, one hundred thousand taels of silver, must naturally be checked carefully.

They carefully tore off the seal and opened the top layer of the carriage, which was filled with silver.

There were many pedestrians on the street. The official from the Ministry of Revenue frowned slightly and whispered, "Sir Yang, is it possible that we can check each box one by one?"

"Or does Lord Yang not trust our Ministry of Revenue?"

Yang Liunian waved his hand: "After all, it is one hundred thousand taels of silver, so we have to check it carefully."

The conflict between Minister Chang of the Ministry of Revenue and Jiang Yun is well known to those who are interested.

For Yang Liunian, even if there was a problem with the money, he couldn't pay it himself.

Many Jinyiwei opened the carts of silver and money.

It was covered with densely packed silver coins.

After all, it was transported directly by the Ministry of Revenue. Yang Liunian saw the dissatisfaction on the face of the official of the Ministry of Revenue.

Seeing that he had almost finished the inspection, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, put the seal back on."

Then, Yang Liunian looked at Wei Huaian and said, "General Wei, you must be careful on the road. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

Soon, many Jinyiwei jumped onto the carriages carrying food and supplies, waving their braids and whipping the carriages as they set off.

Jiang Yun, Xu Xiaogang and Linglong were sitting in a carriage at the back.

The carriage moved slowly, heading out of the city.

Xu Xiaogang drove the carriage and looked back from time to time.

Linglong really looked like a maid, sitting next to Jiang Yun, occasionally kneading Jiang Yun's legs and shoulders: "Sir, how's the strength?"

"Sir, are your shoulders still sore?"

Jiang Yun's body was tense the whole time. He coughed and said, "Miss Linglong, you must be tired too. Why don't you take a break?"

"It's okay. I'm the young master's maid. Massaging legs and shoulders is part of my job."

Xu Xiaogang, who was driving the carriage in front, couldn't help but say, "Jiang Yun, why don't you drive the carriage for a while so I can massage your legs and pat your shoulders? Enjoy it."

　I continued writing the second chapter after dinner and have now returned home. There will be more chapters today.

　　
　
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