Catching Monsters

Chapter 188 Killing in the Street

It was obvious that Xiao Jingqi was very wary of the uninvited guest in front of him.

If you know your own identity and come into contact with the other party, it will be a big trouble.

Both parties were aware of this. Tuoba Anyi glanced around and said, "Sixth Prince, do you want to stand in the yard and chat with me? Aren't you afraid of being seen?"

After saying that, Tuoba Anyi walked straight into the house, regardless of whether Xiao Jingqi agreed or not.

Xiao Jingqi's bedroom was pitch black. He sat down at a table in the moonlight and said, "Sixth Prince, I can give you what you want."

"Do I need a Hu person like you to help me with what I want?" Xiao Jingqi shook his head and pointed to the door: "Leave immediately."

Tuoba Anyi looked at the other party's attitude and was not surprised. He slowly stood up and said, "I said I can give you what you want."

"If you change your mind someday, you can always come to me."

"I will stay in the capital for a few days. If I return to Beihu, you can also send people to Tuoba tribe."

On this trip, Tuoba Anyi did not expect Xiao Jingqi to cooperate with him immediately. He observed Xiao Jingqi's expression and found that the Sixth Prince's eyes were flickering.

It is only a matter of time before he finds me.

……

The next morning, Qi Da came personally to the courtyard where Jiang Yun lived and reported what happened last night.

"The wizard was taken away by Feng Yu? And he also asked for four fast horses?"

After listening to Qi Da's report, Jiang Yun nodded and said, "According to the regulations, you write a detailed file and then send it to Captain Yang for filing."

Jiang Yun couldn't help but mutter in his heart. This was really unexpected. According to Jiang Yun's original idea, Feng Yu might have killed someone yesterday.

If we can get into the mood of killing, we can just kill Tuoba Anyi and his group, and that would save us a lot of trouble.

What a pity.

Xu Xiaogang is now recuperating in the courtyard of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Although Xuan Daozi saved him yesterday, the person who performed the witchcraft was very powerful. Xu Xiaogang was extremely weak and he would probably need to rest for a while before he could recover.

"Let's go to Juxiang Tower first." Jiang Yun had already dressed. Later, this group of Northern Hu envoys would go to pay a visit to His Majesty.

He and Qi Da had just walked out of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, but they didn't expect that one of his Jinyiwei would come on horseback with a panicked look on his face.

"Reporting to the captain, there is a mad barbarian who killed people in the street early in the morning." The subordinate said in a deep voice: "All the yamen runners of Jingzhao Prefecture are rushing over to capture this barbarian."

"But the Hu people's delegation was unwilling to do so, and the two sides came to a stalemate in Juxianglou."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun frowned. What are these guys doing?

It was almost time to pay homage to His Majesty, and suddenly this happened.

"go!"

Jiang Yun quickly jumped on his horse and headed towards Juxiang Tower with Qi Da and his men.

Riding at full speed, Jiang Yun soon arrived in front of Juxiang Tower. At this time, Juxiang Tower had been surrounded by the yamen runners of Jingzhao Prefecture.

A group of Jinyiwei were blocking the door of Juxiang Tower, preventing the yamen runners from entering to arrest people.

There was no other way. Although they had the duty to monitor the Hu delegation, their official mission was to protect the delegation.

It is impossible to allow the Hu people's delegation to be easily attacked.

Many people from the inner city gathered on the streets along the way to watch the excitement.

In the middle of the road, there was a male corpse with his chest cut open by a knife.

At this time, there was a woman and two young children beside the corpse, crying loudly.

The woman pointed at Juxianglou and cried, "This damn barbarian ate without paying. My husband Huang just cursed at me and he killed him. Is there still law?"

When the onlookers saw this, they all spoke out for help. Looking at the Jinyiwei who had stopped the yamen runners, they also started cursing at them, which was rare.

"You guys, you guys just show off your power all the time, but you're actually protecting a beard that killed someone?"

“Are these bearded men feeding you?”

"Hurry up and send the constables from the government office to arrest the man and give him an explanation!"

Many Jinyiwei were scolded so much that their faces turned red. Listening to the woman's crying, they felt uncomfortable and dared not say a word.

Dong Qiaofeng was also anxious. If this caused public outrage, he would not be able to handle it himself.

Finally seeing Jiang Yun coming, he ran over quickly with an anxious look on his face: "Captain."

"What exactly happened?" Jiang Yun dismounted from his horse and asked as he looked at the situation in front of him.

Dong Qiaofeng said: "Early this morning, a Hu man claimed that he wanted to buy some breakfast to try, but he came to a breakfast shop but didn't pay."

"The man lying on the ground was the shop owner. He went up to argue with him, but the barbarian drew his sword and killed him with one blow, then returned to Juxianglou as if nothing had happened."

"Soon, someone reported it to the authorities, and the constables from Jingzhao Prefecture came rushing over..."

As he was speaking, an official in official uniform walked towards Jiang Yun with a frown.

Dong Qiaofeng quickly introduced: "This is Jingzhao Shaoyin, Wuqiao, Lord Wu."

Jingzhao Shaoyin was a fourth-rank official, equivalent to the second-in-command of Jingzhao Prefecture.

Wu Qiao looked to be in his fifties, with a stern expression. When he arrived in front of Jiang Yun, he looked him up and down, and slowly said, "Are you the leader of the Jinyiwei who is responsible for protecting this group of Hu people?"

"I am Jiang Yun." Jiang Yun raised his hand and said with a smile on his face. Jiang Yun?

Wuqiao has heard of this name quite a few times recently. He didn't expect that this man was so young and yet he was already a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Wu Qiao said in a deep voice: "Why would the Jinyiwei protect the Hu people when they broke the law and killed people?"

"Shelter and protection? Is that true?" Jiang Yun turned his head and looked at Dong Qiaofeng.

Dong Qiaofeng said helplessly, "Sir, you are not here. Our mission is to protect their safety. I dare not make decisions on my own. I can only wait until you arrive."

"Besides, they are about to enter the palace to meet His Majesty. If they are delayed because of this matter... I cannot bear the responsibility."

Wu Qiao heard this and snorted coldly: "Killing someone in the street, according to the laws of our Great Zhou, you must pay with your life!"

"What's more, the perpetrators are these uncivilized barbarians!"

If it were any other official, perhaps the matter could have been resolved. However, although Wu Qiao was a civil servant, he traveled to the northern border in his early years and witnessed the barbaric killings of the Hu people, so he had a very bad attitude towards them.

The vast majority of officials and people in the Zhou Dynasty treated the Hu people in this way.

"Killing someone means paying with your life. Why are you stopping me?" Jiang Yun glanced at Dong Qiaofeng.

Dong Qiaofeng said in a deep voice: "The strength of that group of barbarians is not bad. If we let the yamen runners in, I'm afraid they will be courting death."

"It's nothing more than a few more deaths."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun also thought it made sense, and said to Wu Qiao: "Master Wu, please wait a moment, I will find a way to get them to send the person out."

After saying that, Jiang Yun came to the gate of Juxiang Tower. At this moment, in the hall of Juxiang Tower, all the strong Hu men were holding big swords and looking at the outside of the door ferociously.

It seemed as if they would start a massacre if these yamen runners dared to come in.

Instead, Tuoba Anyi sat on a chair with an expressionless face, gently wiping the green ring on his thumb.

Jiang Yun forced a smile, walked slowly into the house, and said with a smile: "Brother, I heard that someone under your command killed someone in the street?"

Tuoba Anyi raised his head with a somewhat strange smile on his face: "Brother Jiang, you are not a righteous man. I treated you as my sworn brother, but you leaked out the information that I was going to deal with the Zhenguogong Mansion."

After that, Tuoba Anyi said: "It's almost time to meet your Great Zhou Emperor, right?"

"Either you tell those runners outside to get out of here, and we'll go to the palace and pay tribute."

"Otherwise, just let your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou wait. We have plenty of time."

Tuoba Anyi clearly looked like he was trying to give Jiang Yun a difficult time.

Jiang Yun's smile remained unchanged as he said, "Brother, are you really not going to hand the person over?"

"No." Tuoba Anyi said calmly: "Or you bring people in to forcibly arrest people, can you afford the consequences?"

"As long as one of our Hu people's envoys is killed or injured, we, the Northern Hu, will send troops to attack your Great Zhou!"

"Can you afford the consequences?"

There was an obvious threat in his words. It was because of this that Tuoba Anyi dared to act so recklessly in the capital.

Jiang Yun's heart sank slightly, and he took a deep breath and said, "Brother, killing someone means paying with your life. This is the same truth at all times."

Tuoba Anyi stopped talking, and showed a look of "what can you do to me?" He also reminded: "The time to pay respect to your Great Zhou Emperor is almost up."

But what Tuoba Anyi didn't expect was that Jiang Yun asked back: "You are not here to see me, why should I be anxious?"

“Whoever is anxious knows.”

Jiang Yun walked out of the door and ordered loudly: "All Jinyiwei listen up, no one is allowed to leave until the Hu people hand over the murderer!"

"Seal off the entire Juxiang Tower."

"Yes!"

Soon, all the Jinyiwei changed direction and began to guard against Juxiang Tower.

Tuoba Anyi was a little surprised. He played with the ring in his hand and suddenly felt that this sixty-third brother was a little interesting.

……

At this time, all the officials in the court were wearing formal attire, and Xiao Yuzheng also washed and dressed up and wore a crown robe.

When foreign nations pay tribute, it is the time to demonstrate the power of the Celestial Empire.

But as time went by, the Northern Hu delegation still did not come to pay homage.

Xiao Yuzheng frowned. He didn't know what Feng Yu had done last night. Standing next to him was another eunuch named Zhao Zhongyi.

"Go ask what's going on with the Northern Hu envoys?"

"Yes." Zhao Zhongyi nodded respectfully and walked out of the palace quickly. After a long time, Zhao Zhongyi came back.

"Your Majesty, there's news from Juxiang Tower that something is wrong..."

Zhao Zhongyi quickly told the story. After listening, Xiao Yuzheng narrowed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Killing people in the street?"

"How did Jiang Yun handle this matter?"

Zhao Zhongyi said: "Captain Jiang forced the other party to hand over the murderer, and claimed that if the murderer was not handed over, there would be no need to pay tribute."

(End of this chapter)