Catching Monsters

Chapter 182 Tuoba Anyi
Five thousand taels of silver was a considerable income for Yang Liunian.

I have to say, this kid Jiang Yun is really good at making money.

After Jiang Yun put the box of silver away, he looked at Yang Liunian with a smile on his face: "Captain Yang, I also prepared a portion for Commander Li..."

"You are thoughtful." Yang Liunian stood up and said slowly, "Come on, I will take you to see the commander-in-chief and help you with the procedures for promotion to centurion."

After all, Jiang Yun was not familiar with Li Wangxin, so it would be a bit rude if he rashly went to his house to give him money.

Yang Liunian led Jiang Yun and left the East Pacification Office quickly in a horse-drawn carriage carrying a large box of silver.

Li Wangxin's office is located in the Northern Pacification Office.

The Northern Pacification Office was extremely large, and its staff far exceeded the sum of the Eastern and Southern Pacification Offices.

This was also Jiang Yun's first time to the Northern Pacification Office. Not only was the door lintel high, but many Jinyiwei dressed in flying fish uniforms were coming in and out.

The Jinyiwei guarding outside the door was also tall and strong, with his chest puffed out and his head held high, holding an embroidered spring sword in his hand, looking very majestic.

Yang Liunian quickly sent someone to deliver the box of silver to the study where Li Wangxin worked.

This study room was extremely large. In the courtyard outside, there stood three captains whom Jiang Yun did not recognize.

"Hey, Old Yang, what's up? What good stuff have you brought to Commander Li again?" When these captains saw Yang Liunian and Jiang Yun coming in with a heavy wooden box behind them, they started joking.

Yang Liunian said with a smile: "I didn't bring them. My little brother Jiang Yun's hometown sent some local specialties for me. I brought them here specially for Commander Li to taste."

"Hey, by the way, what are you three doing here?"

"What's going on? The weather is nice today, so why don't you all go to Commander Li's yard to bask in the sun?"

Several captains were talking. Jiang Yun was unfamiliar with them and could not join in the conversation. He just listened to their conversation.

Soon, the door of Li Wangxin's study opened, and these thousand households entered one by one and then left.

Yang Liunian and Jiang Yun waited outside, and it was their turn only after the three of them went in.

After entering the room, Jiang Yun looked around curiously. There were many bookshelves in the study, but they were not filled with books, but files.

Commander Li Wangxin was also sitting inside, flipping through the files in front of him. He then raised his head and said, "Captain Yang, what brought you here?"

Yang Liunian didn't say anything, but turned around and looked at Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun hurriedly stepped forward and raised his hand to bow: "My hometown sent me some specialties, and I brought them to the commander to taste."

"Local specialties?" Upon hearing this, Li Wangxin stood up curiously, walked forward and opened the wooden box they sent.

Li Wangxin took a closer look and realized that the amount of money was probably quite a lot. He closed the box and asked, "How did you know there was a good job?"

“Is it okay?”

"what?"

Yang Liunian and Jiang Yun were both stunned.

Jiang Yun then realized that the three captains were probably here to give gifts. What mission did they have?

Li Wangxin put his hands behind his back and gently patted the box, saying slowly: "The Northern Hu envoys are about to enter the capital, and our Jinyiwei will send someone to escort them. Of course, although it is called escort, it is actually surveillance."

Hearing this, Yang Liunian's face showed enlightenment. No wonder everyone else came to give gifts to Li Wangxin.

The Northern Hu were the biggest threat to the Zhou Dynasty in the north, but as long as there was no war between the two sides, they would send a group of envoys to Beijing every few years.

That group of Hu people have bad intentions and will definitely cause some trouble when they come to the capital.

Those who guard and monitor them can easily achieve great merit.

The last time an envoy came was five years ago. That group of Hu people secretly colluded with officials from the Ministry of Revenue and wanted the Ministry of Revenue to withhold military rations from the soldiers in the northern border.

As a result, he was discovered by the surveillance Jinyiwei and reported.

The Jinyiwei who discovered this was promoted directly from a small flag to a centurion.

His immediate superior was promoted to a thousand households.

Everyone wants to take this task into their own hands.

Li Wangxin took a serious look at the heavy box and said slowly, "Just right."

He turned around and took out a document from the drawer, saying, "Today, there was news from the palace that Jiang Yun will be promoted to a centurion, but this kid is still young, and I'm worried that he won't be able to convince the public."

"Let Jiang Yun take care of the task of protecting the Northern Hu envoys."

"If we do it well and achieve great success, it will also convince the other brothers."

"Yes." Jiang Yun quickly agreed.

Afterwards, he personally received the centurion badge and the Jinyiwei centurion official uniform from Li Wangxin.

After walking out of Li Wangxin's study, Jiang Yun also frowned. The Northern Hu delegation?

"Brother Jiang, this is a first-class job."

As the two of them walked out of the Northern Pacification Office, Yang Liunian reminded Jiang Yun: "But you have to know that this group of barbarians came to the capital just to cause trouble..."

"Five years ago, he even tried to win over officials from the Ministry of Revenue, hoping that the Ministry of Revenue would withhold food and wages from the northern border."

"It's a pity that they didn't expect that the food and wages in the North had already been deducted to the point where there was nothing left to deduct."

"In the end, he was discovered, and His Majesty was unable to do anything about it."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun's heart was slightly moved, and he asked in a low voice: "Since they knew they had bad intentions, why did the court still let them come?"

Yang Liunian glanced around and said in a low voice: "There is nothing we can do. Although we know that this group of people has bad intentions, on the surface, they are here to pay tribute and pay tribute..."

"Besides, they are fearless. Even if they cause trouble in the capital, Your Majesty cannot really kill them."

"Once we kill them, we will be declaring war on the Northern Hu."

"This group of people came to the capital and acted arrogantly..."

"You have to be patient and don't act recklessly. In this matter, we don't seek to achieve anything, but we just hope not to make mistakes."

Listening to Yang Liunian's words, Jiang Yun nodded slightly and agreed.

After returning to the East Pacification Office, Yang Liunian quickly announced that Jiang Yun was promoted to the rank of centurion.

Many people who heard the news were a little surprised, and many people even felt dissatisfied. After all, how long had Jiang Yun joined the East Zhenfu Division? Most people in the East Zhenfu Division had not been promoted for several years.

Jiang Yun made four consecutive jumps from an ordinary Jinyiwei to a small flag, a general flag, and a centurion in just two months.

Of course, this dissatisfaction only lasted for a moment.

Because Jiang Yun gave everyone money.

There were several boxes of silver next to Jiang Yun. In his yard, the Jinyiwei who came formed a long line...

"Congratulations to Captain Jiang!"

"When I go on a business trip with Captain Jiang, he treats us well. Last time, I heard that when we kidnapped the Taoist priests at Baiyun Temple, we gave each of them fifty taels when we came back."

"We'll probably need more than a hundred people this time. We'll just go to Baiyun Temple and kidnap two people, and each of us will get 100 taels."

All the Jinyiwei standing in line had smiles on their faces.

Soon, the public opinion of the East Pacification Office changed from "Why did Jiang Yun get promoted so quickly?" to "No wonder Captain Jiang was promoted so quickly, he really gave the benefits to his brothers below."

After distributing all the money, Jiang Yun called Xu Xiaogang and rushed back to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion with the last 10,000 taels of silver.

Sitting in the carriage, Xu Xiaogang also heard that Jiang Yun had taken on the task of protecting the Hu people. He immediately frowned and said in a deep voice: "Brother-in-law, these Hu people are not easy to deal with."

"After they arrived in the capital, they assumed that our Great Zhou Dynasty did not want to go to war with them, so they deliberately caused trouble."

Xu Xiaogang naturally had aversion to the Hu people. After all, he had been influenced by them since he was a child. His father, who was stationed in the northern border, was fighting against the Hu people.

"We'll talk about it later and see what those barbarians want to do." Jiang Yun paused, then said, "Half of this money belongs to you and Xu Suwen."

"For the remaining five thousand taels, please ask Uncle Wu to find some craftsmen to renovate the Sanqing Temple and reopen it!"

"Rebuilding a Taoist temple doesn't require so much." Xu Xiaogang shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Wu will take care of it."

At this moment, Ling Guzi, along with his Taoist disciples, returned to Baiyun Temple.

But when he came back, he found that all the valuables in the house were gone.

"Master, this is bad. All the money in the temple has been lost!"

“Even the gold and silver utensils used to worship the Taoist master were taken away.”

"It must be that group of Jinyiwei! Master, let's go get the money back."

Inside the hall, many Taoists in white robes had angry looks on their faces.

Seeing this, Ling Guzi also sighed slightly, shook his head, and said: "Gold and silver are external things. Bai Chen has done evil things. It is his own fault that Baiyun Temple has suffered such a disaster."

"Send someone to clean it up and reopen the temple."

Inside the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, Tao Yuelan was sitting in the hall with a letter in her hand and her brows slightly furrowed.

The butler Wu Chi stood beside him respectfully and said with a smile, "Madam, the master just left Beijing in the spring and wrote to you. It seems that he missed you."

Tao Yuelan shook her head slightly and handed the letter to Wu Chi: "Take a look."

Wu Chi took the letter and read its contents. His face turned ugly and he said in a deep voice, "Northern Hu envoys? Led by Tuoba Anyi?"

Tao Yuelan nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "The master said in the letter that Tuoba Anyi's father was killed by the master himself. This time, the Northern Hu envoys may take the opportunity to target our Zhenguogong Mansion."

At this point, Tao Yuelan frowned slightly, and then instructed: "Inform Xiaogang and Suwen about this matter, and tell them not to have any contact with the Northern Hu envoys recently."

"If the other party provokes you, you should endure it if you can."

"Yes." Wu Chi's heart moved and he nodded in agreement.

Everyone knows that the Great Zhou has many problems now and is unwilling to go to war with the Northern Hu easily.

At the same time, in his room, Jiang Yun, who was practicing cross-legged, began to tremble slightly on the copper token on his waist.

He opened his eyes, injected his magic power, and soon he arrived in the dark space.

He opened his eyes and looked at the stone statues around him. At this moment, the stone statue of the Iron Tree Hell was staring at him: "Tongzhu, I will be arriving in the capital soon. I would like to ask you for a favor."

Jiang Yun was confused. Are you going to Beijing soon? He asked directly, "Going to Beijing soon? What do you want to do?"

Tieshu said in a faint voice: "I want to meet you and have a talk."

Jiang Yun: "I'm very busy and don't have time to see you."

Who is this guy?

Unexpectedly, the other party hesitated for a long time and said in a deep voice: "I can give you whatever you want."

"I like money."

Hearing Tongzhu's answer, Tieshu Dilu couldn't help but laugh: "Senior, you are really good at joking. How about this, let's meet at Jingbei Posthouse outside the capital tomorrow evening?"

Beijing North Station?
From the north?

Jiang Yun asked calmly, "Are you from the Northern Hu envoy?"

Hearing this, Tieshu Dill stared at Jiang Yun and said with a smile: "Don't worry, senior, I came here with sincerity. Since you like money, I have prepared some gold and silver..."

The bronze pillar statue opposite slowly said: "Due to my identity, it is inconvenient for me to meet you. I will send someone to meet you, and just give the things to him."

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

At the same time, in the north of the capital, a team of horse-drawn carriages with hundreds of Hu people were heading towards the capital.

This delegation had more than forty horse-drawn carriages, loaded with many grassland specialties, specially brought to present to the Emperor of the Great Zhou.

Among them, a young man of about 25 was sitting at the top of a carriage. He had a slightly dark skin and wore a short shirt with narrow sleeves inside and a white robe outside. His hair was tied up and wrapped at the back.

Tuoba Anyi looked at the iron tree token in his hand, his eyes shining with a strange light.

"I just don't know how much power this bronze pillar has in the capital. Can he help me deal with the Zhenguogong Mansion?" Tuoba Anyi muttered in a low voice. He looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice: "Father, your children will avenge you!"

Boom.

There was a drizzle in the gloomy sky as the convoy of the Northern Hu envoys drove slowly towards the capital.

(End of this chapter)