Catching Monsters

Chapter 168 His Majesty's Reward
Chongju was not surprised to hear this. After all, the senior Tongzhu in front of him had just joined the Niejingtai, and the two sides were not familiar with each other.

Niejingtai does not have a strict organizational structure and is more like a mutual aid organization.

These members, named after the Eighteen Hells, have outstanding identities in various fields.

This is also related to the unique rules of Niejingtai.

As long as someone kills a member of the Nie Jingtai and obtains the token, they will automatically join the Nie Jingtai.

Whoever designed this rule was very smart.

Under such rules, the members of Niejingtai will become stronger and stronger with each iteration.

Chongju said in a deep voice: "Of course there is no problem. Senior, you only need to send someone to the Laifu Inn in the east of the capital, find the front desk manager, and claim that you are here to collect 5,000 wooden golds."

Although members of the Nie Jingtai are not allowed to ask each other about their identities openly.

But the other party is in the capital city with me, and maybe I will need his help later.

"I see. I'll send someone to get it."

After saying this, the red light in the eyes of the bronze pillar statue gradually disappeared.

After exiting the copper pillar token, Jiang Yun's brows slowly frowned.

Jiang Yun could probably guess who hired someone to kill him using his toes.

Master Baichen.

This Taoist nun is really willing to spend a lot of money.

He was actually willing to spend five thousand taels of silver to kill me.

His eyes couldn't help but fall on the bronze pillar token. The only thing to be thankful for was that the task of killing himself fell into his hands.

Jiang Yun sat cross-legged in meditation, silently reciting the Qingxin Jue to practice.

As soon as the sky brightened, Jiang Yun changed into a black gown, found a black face towel, and went out, heading towards the outer city.

The area around Lai Fu Inn is quite deserted and remote, with mostly residential areas nearby, far away from the commercial streets of the capital.

Jiang Yun covered his face and walked into Lai Fu Inn with his head lowered.

There were no customers inside, only a fat shopkeeper in his fifties sitting at the counter, eating breakfast.

"I'm here to collect five thousand wood gold." Jiang Yun said in a hoarse voice.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper looked Jiang Yun up and down, and then said politely: "Dear guest, please wait a moment. The boss has instructed that when you arrive, she wants you to come upstairs to see her."

After saying that, the shopkeeper walked out of the counter and made a gesture of invitation. Jiang Yun looked up at the stairs of the inn, frowned, but did not refute.

Following the shopkeeper, we arrived at a room on the third floor. The shopkeeper knocked on the door and said, "Boss, the guest you mentioned yesterday is here."

After saying that, the shopkeeper gently pushed open the door and motioned Jiang Yun to go in.

The room was lavishly furnished with many exquisite porcelain pieces, and the central wooden table was carved with intricate patterns, clearly the work of top craftsmen.

There was a woman in her twenties sitting inside the house.

This woman's appearance was not top-notch, just average, but her temperament was quite good, with an air of "keep away from strangers".

The woman slowly turned her head and looked at Jiang Yun. She was wearing a pink gauze dress that showed off her graceful figure. She slowly stood up and said with a smile, "My name is Ren Chunxiao."

The woman in front of me is the mortar?

Ren Chunxiao also looked at the other person, although Jiang Yun wrapped himself tightly and did not want to reveal his identity easily.

But people in killer organizations like Ren Chunxiao know countless people, and they can tell that the other person is not that old just by relying on their eyes.

Jiang Yun said in a deep voice: "A senior asked me to come and get something."

Upon hearing this, Ren Chunxiao took out five silver bills with a broad smile on his face, put them on the table, and pushed them over without leaving a trace.

"Please tell the senior that I, Ren Chunxiao, am interested in meeting you."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun reached out and took the banknote: "Based on my understanding of the senior, he should not meet with you."

Of course, it is impossible to agree to this.

Jiang Yun also realized that the other party regarded "Bronze Pillar" as a super master.

Hearing the indifference in the other party's words, Ren Chunxiao's face showed a bit of embarrassment, and said: "I understand, and I hope you can help me say a few good words in front of the senior."

"It must be hard for you to make this trip."

As she spoke, she took out another silver note worth one hundred taels and stuffed it into Jiang Yun's hand.

"Is there anything else? If not, I'll leave first." Jiang Yun's heart beat faster as he held the huge sum of five thousand one hundred taels in his hand.

With this money, I think I can buy a nice house in the inner city.

Ren Chunxiao smiled and watched Jiang Yun leave.

Soon, the shopkeeper outside the house walked in quickly and whispered, "Boss, should I send two people to follow and keep an eye on them?"

Ren Chunxiao shook his head slightly, picked up a stick of sandalwood on the wooden table, lit it, and placed it on the incense burner on the table.

Fragrant and fragrant.

"What's there to stare at? Don't add unnecessary details."

"For someone of this status, getting rid of a Jinyiwei general is just a matter of a word."

"It only takes a few words to deal with us."

Ren Chunxiao stared at the shopkeeper and said in a deep voice: "Just slowly get in touch with this senior, and sooner or later you will get countless benefits." ...

After walking out of Chunxiang Garden, Jiang Yun walked around in circles and took detours on the streets of the outer city, fearing that someone was secretly watching him.

After working for a full hour and making sure that no one was following him, he changed his clothes in an alley and quickly headed towards the inner city.

After returning to the inner city, Jiang Yun immediately went to the Jinyuan Money House in the inner city, where he exchanged the four thousand taels of silver in his hand for forty kilograms of gold.

He left 1,100 taels for daily use.

Jiang Yun carried forty kilograms of gold and returned to the courtyard where he lived in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Then he set up the five elements magic formation.

When he walked out of the room, he saw Jiang Qiaoqiao playing with Xiao Hei in the yard next door.

"Where is Miss Xu?" Jiang Yun asked curiously as he did not see Xu Suwen.

On weekdays, as long as there was no errand at the East Zhenfu Division, Xu Suwen would spend most of her time accompanying Jiang Qiaoqiao embroidering in the yard.

Jiang Qiaoqiao heard Jiang Yun's voice, turned around and said, "Sister Xu said that she had an errand at the East Pacification Office and left early in the morning."

"Then go call Xu Xiaogang and ask him to come to my room to practice."

After the Five Elements Formation is set up, the overflowing spiritual energy cannot be wasted, as it is all earned with real money.

Upon hearing the news, Xu Xiaogang ran over immediately.

He pushed the door open and looked at the gold bars in the room. His eyes widened: "Brother-in-law, where did you get rich? So much gold?"

He stared at Jiang Yun in surprise, swallowed his saliva and asked, "Could it be that you got it through corruption?"

Jiang Yun rolled his eyes at Xu Xiaogang, not bothering to explain to him, and replied casually, "Someone else gave it to me."

Xu Xiaogang scratched the back of his head. Something was not right. Jiang Yun had only been the general commander for a few days. Who would have given him so much money?

Could it be that Jiang Yun is a congenital money-making saint?
Soon, seeing Jiang Yun activate the Five Elements Formation, Xu Xiaogang didn't waste any words and hurriedly sat down in the house to practice breathing exercises.

For five full days, Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang did not go out. Later, after Xu Suwen finished his mission, he also joined them.

Forty kilograms of gold were consumed by Jiang Yun.

"call."

Watching the last bit of gold being absorbed by the formation, Jiang Yun slowly exhaled. The diameter of the inner elixir in his abdomen more than doubled, and the amount of mana that could be stored increased exponentially.

Roughly speaking, he should have reached the late stage of the sixth level of inner alchemy in Taoism.

Jiang Yun sighed helplessly. It was fast, but it was too expensive.

Xu Suwen and Xu Xiaogang, brother and sister, have gained a lot in the past few days.

Xu Suwen has been trapped in the seventh level of martial arts, the tendon refining realm, for some time.

In terms of talent, Xu Xiaogang is much better than her.

Xu Xiaogang's eyes were filled with joy: "Brother-in-law, my cultivation has improved a lot during this period. If you can find a way to get some more gold, I'm afraid I will be able to reach the peak of the sixth level of martial arts soon."

Xu Suwen, who was standing next to him, glared at Xu Xiaogang and said, "Just for these 40 kilograms of gold, Jiang Yun has already spent a lot of energy."

This is a full four thousand taels of gold, which is definitely a huge sum of money.

There are nearly two hundred people in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and the normal annual expenses are between three thousand and five thousand taels.

Xu Xiaogang took a deep breath, slowly stood up, and said with emotion: "From childhood to adulthood, we have all been taught by martial arts teachers that the only way to practice is through diligence and perseverance. There is no shortcut."

"But my brother-in-law has cultivated himself to this point without any diligence or perseverance. He relies entirely on gold to pave the way."

Jiang Yun couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, and said slowly: "Your teacher didn't lie to you. There is really no shortcut in the path of cultivation... I have suffered all the hardships I should have suffered in my previous life."

Xu Xiaogang rolled his eyes at Jiang Yun and said, "What's wrong, brother-in-law, did you forget to drink Meng Po soup? Do you still remember the things from your previous life?"

Jiang Yun was speechless for a moment.

Listening to their conversation, Xu Suwen didn't take it to heart. Instead, he stood up and said, "Qiaoqiao should be back. She has been to the palace several times in the past few days. The Concubine Shu really likes her."

From the second day after they started practicing, Jiang Qiaoqiao cooked a basket of red bean cakes, which unexpectedly suited Concubine Shu's appetite.

In recent days, Feng Yu has personally come to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion several times to pick up Jiang Qiaoqiao and bring her into the palace and chat with Concubine Shu.

Sure enough, not long after the three of them pushed open the door, they saw Feng Yuzheng coming back with Jiang Qiaoqiao.

Feng Yu was eating a piece of red bean cake in one hand, and holding a wooden box in the other.

"Brother, I'm back." Jiang Qiaoqiao said with a smile: "His Majesty saw that Concubine Shu was happy, and he rewarded me with a new dress."

"This is the clothes that His Majesty personally gave me. You must keep it carefully." Feng Yu put the clothes in the box down with a smile: "If you accidentally damage it, it will be a serious crime."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly.

Feng Yu looked at Jiang Yun's expression and hurriedly reminded him, "Don't have any evil thoughts, this is a gift from His Majesty..."

"Look at what you said, sir. How dare I have any evil thoughts..."

Feng Yu rolled his eyes at Jiang Yun. If he didn't remind him, with this kid's character, he might dare to put it on and deliberately provoke the enemy.

Then he deliberately let the other party destroy the clothes that His Majesty had rewarded him.

Then accuse the other party of a heinous crime of treason.

(End of this chapter)