Catching Monsters

Chapter 184 I also know a little bit about boxing and kicking

"Of course." Jiang Yun's smile did not fade, and then asked: "Brother, how are you going to deal with the Zhenguogong Mansion? What's your plan?"

Tuoba Anyi hesitated for a moment, then said after some thought: "I am not that familiar with the situation in the capital. Please go back and tell the old senior about this matter and see if there is any solution."

"Okay." Jiang Yun nodded in agreement, and then he didn't stay here for long, and got up and left.

Tuoba Anyi personally escorted him out of the post station gate and watched Jiang Yun leave with a smile on his face.

After Jiang Yun left, Tuoba Anyi's smile disappeared. A Hu man beside him came to Tuoba Anyi and asked in a low voice: "Chief, is this man reliable?"

"It doesn't matter." Tuoba Anyi shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I'm not here for him, as long as the master behind him is willing to help."

"If that master won't help, we'll use our own methods."

This Hu man was obviously very close to Tuoba Anyi. He whispered a reminder, "After all, you are the leader of the Tuoba tribe. If you casually become brothers with this southerner, if it gets out..."

Tuoba Anyi didn't care about this: "I have so many brothers, who would care about one more? Have a good rest and go to Beijing early tomorrow morning!"

Although Tuoba Anyi is young, his status among the Northern Hu is not low.

Although the Northern Hu had a Khan as their supreme leader, in reality, it was also a tribal system.

The entire Northern Hu is a general term, with hundreds of tribes, large and small.

The current Khan is the leader of the most powerful Wanyan tribe, so he is naturally elected as Khan by everyone.

The Tuoba tribe, to which Tuoba Anyi belonged, was ranked among the top five tribes in the entire Northern Hu.

Originally, according to his status in Beihu, he did not need to lead an envoy to Da Zhou.

But the main purpose of his trip was to take revenge on the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, so he led a hundred masters here.

Moreover, there was a mysterious and powerful wizard from the Tuoba tribe accompanying them on the journey.

……

After returning to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, Jiang Yun went back to the yard first.

Xu Suwen was in his yard, swinging his fists and feet, hitting the wooden stakes in the yard.

"Miss Xu, why are you so leisurely and elegant today that you are practicing martial arts?"

Hearing Jiang Yun's voice, Xu Suwen stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the velvet towel on his shoulders. Then he said, "You have only joined the East Pacification Division for less than two months, and you have already been promoted to a centurion. I have to make some efforts."

Jiang Yun heard this and asked in confusion: "But then again, up to now, you and Xu Xiaogang are not even Xiaoqi."

"For the sake of the Duke of Zhenguo, you two siblings should have been promoted long ago, no matter what, right?"

Xu Suwen obviously didn't care about her position. She waved her fist and continued to hit the wooden stake, saying, "Don't you know what the officialdom in our capital is like?"

"It is true that my sister and I are from the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, but how many children of high-ranking officials are there in the capital?"

When Jiang Yun heard this, he nodded in sudden enlightenment and couldn't help but say, "There are so many dignitaries, including legitimate and illegitimate sons, there are probably more than a dozen of them."

"So many people get promoted through their parents' connections. How unfair is that to the people who give money?"

"Is that so?"

Xu Suwen laughed when he heard this, then his expression became more serious and he slowly said, "There is another reason. I don't need to explain it. After all, she is a girl. How high can she get a promotion?"

"And Xu Xiaogang is a son of the Xu family. Everyone knows that he is just spending his days in the Jinyiwei. Sooner or later, he will go to the northern border to guard the border for His Majesty and spend his whole life in military service."

Then, Jiang Yun said in a deep voice: "I just met Tuoba Anyi, the envoy of the Northern Hu delegation."

"Huh?" Xu Suwen turned to look at Jiang Yun in surprise: "Did you meet Tuoba Anyi?"

Jiang Yun quickly told the whole story, including his joining the Nie Jingtai. Jiang Yun had nothing to hide from Xu Suwen.

In this world, apart from Jiang Qiaoqiao, the person who can be trusted the most is probably Xu Suwen.

After listening to Jiang Yun's words, Xu Suwen frowned slowly, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This Tuoba Anyi dare not deal with our Zhenguogong Mansion openly, unless he doesn't want to leave alive."

"I'm afraid he has some other means to deal with our Zhenguo Mansion."

After a brief discussion, the two could only wait until Tuoba Anyi arrived in Beijing and then act accordingly.

Jiang Qiaoqiao came back from outside, holding Xiao Hei in her arms. Recently, she had been reading and learning to read in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Tao Yuelan has recently started spending a large sum of money to invite a teacher from the academy to come and teach her as a private tutor.

This amount of money is not small. In many powerful families, only the legitimate son can enjoy such treatment.

Jiang Yun returned to the house and sat cross-legged to practice meditation.

The next morning, when it was just light, Jiang Yun got up, washed, and changed into a Baihu Feiyu suit. The pattern on the clothes did not change much, but it was green.

After putting on his clothes, Jiang Yun came to Xu Xiaogang's yard and woke him up. The two of them quickly rushed to the East Pacification Office.

On the way, Xu Xiaogang stretched lazily: "Brother-in-law, you have to thank me very much. Yesterday afternoon, I asked Uncle Wu to arrange for craftsmen to renovate the Sanqing Temple. The craftsmen I invited are well-known in the capital."

"The temple alone won't cost that much money. I'll take charge of the rest and sell the land to you."

Jiang Yun was a little surprised: "You sold the land to me? You have the final say? This won't do."

The market price of the Sanqing Temple's mansion on that piece of land is at least between 10,000 and 30,000 taels of silver, and ordinary people would not sell it easily.

"When my father dies, I will be the Duke of Zhenguo. Those things will be mine. Can't I make the decision?" Xu Xiaogang really didn't care about money. He chuckled and said, "Consider it my sister's dowry."

While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the East Pacification Office. At this time, more than seventy Jinyiwei were standing majestically outside the courtyard where Jiang Yun was, waiting.

After Jiang Yun was promoted, his original position of chief flag officer was given to Qi Da.

The centurion was in charge of three general flags. In the yard, besides Qi Da, there were two men wearing black flying fish uniforms standing inside.

Dong Qiaofeng and Zhu Zanyu both looked at Jiang Yun with envy.

Dong Qiaofeng and Zhu Zanyu are both over 30 years old. Their martial arts skills are at the sixth level, and they are considered old hands in the Jinyiwei.

Dong Qiaofeng is skinny and looks as if his body has been hollowed out by alcohol and sex, with sunken eye sockets, while Zhu Zanyu is tall and strong.

"Good morning, Captain Jiang." Dong Qiaofeng was holding some breakfast in his hand. "Captain Jiang, you haven't eaten yet, eat something, eat something."

Zhu Zanyu glanced at Dong Qiaofeng and looked down upon this guy's fawning behavior.

Jiang Yun was not familiar with them either, but he still accepted their breakfast: "Dong Zongqi, right?"

Jiang Yun then coughed, looked at the many Jinyiwei in the yard, clasped his fists and said, "We are all acquaintances now. I called you all here today because I have just been appointed as a centurion, and I have to meet you formally."

"Another important thing is that this time we will be the ones to escort the Northern Hu envoys."

Northern Hu delegation?

When the Jinyiwei present heard the news, they all showed surprise on their faces.

"Looking at the weather, the Northern Hu envoys should be arriving soon. We should go wait outside the capital."

"Walk."

To escort the Northern Hu envoys, the Jinyiwei made an exception and were allowed to ride horses in the capital. Otherwise, the Northern Hu envoys would ride tall horses, while the Jinyiwei of the Great Zhou court would run on their legs. Wouldn't this make the Northern Hu laugh? Jiang Yun led more than 70 Jinyiwei under his command and rushed to the north gate of the capital, where officials from the Ministry of Rites had already arrived to greet them.

In addition, on the north city gate, the soldiers of the North City Bingmasi were all wearing fine armor and carrying fine swords on their waists, in order to show the elite soldiers and generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The people leading the troops here are familiar faces, so they don’t have to worry about money.

Qian Buchou was also wearing armor. Seeing Jiang Yun leading the Jinyiwei over, his eyes lit up, and he waved his hand hastily, then trotted over: "Brother Jiang, it's OK."

"I just found out this morning that you were the one to escort the Northern Hu envoys this time, and you were even promoted to a centurion of the Imperial Guard."

Seeing this, Jiang Yun first asked his men to go out and wait, then he got off his horse and said with a smile, "Brother Qian, it's been a while since we last met, right?"

"Hi." Qian Buchou waved his hand, with a somewhat sad look on his face, and said, "It's not easy to get along in the capital. For someone like me who doesn't have a deep background, I have to go to my boss every day to drink and smile at my boss's boss, and invite him to spend money at the Jiaofangsi."

"I was thinking of saving up some money to buy a big house, bring my family to the capital, and live a truly good life."

"In the end, the money I collected was not enough for entertainment."

You will know how to make money if you know it, and God rewards hard work. If your connections and background are not strong enough, you can only rely on your own efforts.

Every day he accompanied the officials from the Ministry of War, smiling, drinking, and building relationships with them.

The little money I have is not enough to build it.

Jiang Yun couldn't help but smile. Suddenly, the sound of musical instruments was heard outside the city.

"The Northern Hu envoys should be arriving soon, Brother Jiang, let's talk about it after we finish this matter."

"to make."

Jiang Yun hurriedly rode his horse and headed out of the city.

Outside the city, the highest-ranking official was Huang Yuanchou, the Right Vice Minister of Rites. Outside the city, ritual music, ceremonial guards, etc. had already been waiting there.

They saw the Northern Hu delegation coming from afar and started playing ceremonial music.

Soon, the Northern Hu delegation led by Tuoba Anyi arrived at the city gate.

Huang Yuanchou stood in front of the city gate with a faint smile on his face. He took a step forward and said with a smile: "I am the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Huang Yuanchou, and you are the leader of the Tuoba tribe, Tuoba Anyi?"

Tuoba Anyi, with a cold expression on his face, rode on a tall horse and said in a cold voice: "We came to pay tribute, and your emperor sent a mere third-rank official to greet us?"

When Huang Yuanchou heard this, his face instantly turned a little ugly, but he also knew very well that the Northern Hu were now repeatedly provoking the northern passes in order to go to war with the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But now, Your Majesty does not want to fight with them.

He could only take a deep breath and force a smile: "Leader Tuoba, the work of receiving foreign visitors has always been my responsibility..."

During the conversation, Tuoba Anyi also noticed Jiang Yun. What surprised him was that the clothes Jiang Yun was wearing were those of a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

This person is actually a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard?
What is the identity of the person behind him, Tongzhu?
Thinking of this, Tuoba Anyi felt a slight shock in his spirit, and nodded secretly to Jiang Yun.

Afterwards, Tuoba Anyi, obviously wanting to show off his power, said loudly: "We, the Northern Hu, have always respected martial arts and peace!"

Soon, a muscular man from the Northern Hu tribe, nearly two meters tall, walked out of the team. He exuded an extraordinary aura and was obviously a master of martial arts.

"According to our northern Hu tradition, when negotiating with friendly nations, we like to fight first."

"Among you, is there anyone here who dares to come out and fight Puan?"

The crowd present was stunned. Does Northern Hu have such a tradition?
Obviously not, the other party is deliberately causing trouble.

But no one present dared to respond. It was very simple...

Winning the battle is naturally a good thing.

But if they lost, it would be a disgrace to the Zhou Dynasty. What's more, the other side is a Hu people called Pu'an, who is obviously difficult to deal with.

Xu Xiaogang, who was among the Jinyiwei, was so excited when he heard this that he could not stand it any longer. He jumped up, moved around in the air, and then landed steadily on the ground: "Humph, where did this northern beard come from, so rampant in my capital?"

Jiang Yun stood in front of the crowd and wanted to stop them, but he couldn't.

Pu'an's strength is obviously superior to Xu Xiaogang's.

"Northern Beard?" Tuoba Anyi said with an arrogant smile on his face, "What is the origin of this man? Why is he so arrogant?"

"Duke Zhenguo's Mansion! Xu Xiaogang!" Xu Xiaogang raised his head and stared at Tuoba Anyi with a bit of arrogance.

The people of the Zhenguo Mansion have been guarding the northern border for generations, and they have been enemies with the northern Hu people for generations.

"Xu Xiaogang." Tuoba Anyi's eyes lit up slightly. He didn't expect that he would meet the legitimate son of the Duke of Zhenguo as soon as he arrived.

He took a deep breath, looked at Puan, and said in a cold voice: "Try to fight him."

The Hu man named Pu'an roared loudly and rushed directly towards Xu Xiaogang.

Xu Xiaogang quickly drew his sword and slashed at Pu'an.

But unexpectedly, this sword could not hurt Pu'an at all. This guy's skin was as strong as a copper wall.

Xu Xiaogang's sword danced beautifully, but it didn't cause any damage to this guy at all.

Instead, he punched Xu Xiaogang in the chest, causing him to spit out blood, fly backwards, and fall heavily at Jiang Yun's feet.

"Puff." Xu Xiaogang's face changed. This Hu man might have reached the fifth level of martial arts.

He stood up unwillingly and wanted to fight again, but Jiang Yun held his shoulder and said, "Let me do it."

Xu Xiaogang turned his head to look at Jiang Yun and said in a deep voice: "This guy is very powerful, your talisman..."

"Who said we need to use spells to beat him?" Jiang Yun then said, "I also know a little bit about fists and feet."

After saying that, he walked forward and said, "Tuoba Anyi, let me fight with this subordinate of yours?"

"If he can take my punch, I lose!"

Tuoba Anyi was stunned. Was his sixty-third brother crazy? Why did he stand up?
Then Jiang Yun said, "Or he could kill me with one punch."

Jiang Yun's attitude is very clear
Or I'll let him be knocked down with one punch.

Or I'll knock him down with one punch.

You choose.

While Tuoba Anyi was stunned, Jiang Yun had already arrived in front of Pu'an.

"Puan!" Tuoba Anyi shouted, fearing that this guy would beat Jiang Yun to death with one punch.

Then he gave Pu'an a look. Pu'an understood what the leader meant. His warrior pride would not allow him to do such a thing.

But the leader's orders cannot be disobeyed...

The Jinyiwei and the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites Huang Yuanchou who were present also showed worry on their faces.

I was worried that if Jiang Yun lost, the Great Zhou Dynasty would lose face!
(End of this chapter)