Catching Monsters

Chapter 196 Enlightenment
"As for the real murderer, this matter is serious, so don't worry about it." Feng Yu said slowly with a sullen face: "I will report this matter to His Majesty personally."

Looking at Feng Yu's expression, Jiang Yun's heart sank slightly and he nodded repeatedly.

Since Feng Yu said so, he would not continue to ask.

Feng Yu glanced at the people imprisoned in the room, put his hands behind his back and said, "Okay, I'm leaving first."

After Feng Yu left, Qi Da, who had been in charge of interrogating the prisoners, quickly came to Jiang Yun and asked in a low voice, "Captain, what shall I do next?"

"Just do as Eunuch Feng ordered."

"Yes."

……

In the inner palace, in the bedroom, Feng Yu entered the room respectfully. Xiao Yuzheng was lying on the hospital bed, resting peacefully.

Feng Yu quickly came to the bedside and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have already interrogated Zhao Zhongyi..."

"Your Majesty, why are you doing this? You poison yourself for no reason."

Xiao Yuzheng's expression did not change when he heard this: "The Great Zhou is facing many internal and external troubles now. If my dragon body is intact, those villains in the dark will not dare to show up and cause trouble."

"If I were to fall, those people with evil intentions would probably take action."

"Everything that needs to be dealt with must be dealt with. We can't wait until my health is really bad before dealing with it step by step, right?"

Feng Yu understood Xiao Yuzheng's character. He was suspicious by nature, so it was not surprising that he would do such a thing.

Xiao Yuzheng slowly raised his eyes and asked, "Has Zhao Zhongyi dealt with it? This matter must not be known to others."

"In reply to your Majesty, I have already killed him." Feng Yu replied respectfully.

"Well, very good." Xiao Yuzheng nodded in satisfaction. He obviously didn't care about Zhao Zhongyi's death. Instead, he asked, "You said, after this incident, let the Hu people's envoys leave the capital quickly. They won't chase me and ask for the reward of 300,000 silver coins, right?"

Feng Yu's mouth trembled. Your Majesty is planning to default on your debt...

This money is a royal reward and will not be paid from the Ministry of Revenue, but will come from Your Majesty's treasury.

In other words, it is equivalent to His Majesty's private money.

If three hundred thousand taels of silver were given to His Majesty, there wouldn't be much left.

"I think they are probably too embarrassed to ask for it..." Feng Yu answered respectfully.

"That's good, that's good." Xiao Yuzheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then reminded: "Early tomorrow morning, you will personally send them away. If Tuoba Anyi asks, just say that I was poisoned and have been in a coma and have not woken up yet."

"Yes."

"Besides, this matter must never be made known to anyone else."

"Yes."

The next morning, Feng Yu went to the Northern Pacification Office in person. Tuoba Anyi and his accompanying Hu people were also tortured.

However, many Jinyiwei attached to Beizhen also sighed in their hearts that this group of Hu people, apart from anything else, were really men of iron will. They did not even frown even when subjected to various tortures.

Feng Yu arrived and announced that the Hu people were wrongly accused, then he quickly came to Tuoba Anyi and said, "Leader Tuoba, I just returned to the capital, and now I have found out that the poisoning may have nothing to do with your Tuoba tribe. Now that His Majesty has been poisoned and is unconscious, I can no longer entertain you for the time being. Please go back first."

"No one expected that His Majesty would suddenly encounter such an accident. I hope that Chief Tuoba will understand."

Tuoba Anyi was covered in blood. He took a deep breath and said, "Of course, Eunuch Feng is polite, but I don't know when His Majesty will give us the 300,000 taels of silver that he promised to give us."

Feng Yu frowned. How could this group of barbarians, who had never been educated by the king's way, be so ignorant of etiquette?

Your Majesty has been poisoned and is unconscious, but he is still thinking about this matter.

This is the cultural difference. If it were the common people in the Zhou Dynasty, who would have the nerve to mention gifts when such a big thing happened in the host's family?

Tuoba Anyi frowned deeply, he also saw the embarrassment on Feng Yu's face.

Coming to pay tribute is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the tribes on the grassland.

This spot was extremely precious, and Tuoba Anyi had to think of many ways to stand out from other tribes and grab this spot.

The reward of 300,000 taels of silver was needed to buy a large number of luxury goods, and he only got a part of it.

A large part of it also needs to be given to the Wanyan tribe of the grassland royal court.

I have to go back empty-handed and have no way to report.

"Chief Tuoba, it is not easy for you to get out of this matter safely. You'd better leave early." Feng Yu coughed and reminded.

Tuoba Anyi looked at Feng Yu's attitude and knew in his heart that after such an incident, it would be unrealistic to go back and get the reward. He could only sigh.

"Go home!" Tuoba Anyi shouted unwillingly.

Feng Yu accompanied Tuoba Anyi all the time with a big smile on his face. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he had completely sent this group of Hu people out of the city gate.

Fortunately, Tuoba Anyi did not continue to pester him.

I must hurry back and tell His Majesty the good news.

……

Five days passed in a flash. Jiang Yun had a lot of free time during these days. The chefs in the imperial kitchen in the prison, including Lord Pang Junxin, had all been released.

As for the real murderer, since Feng Yu said he would deal with it, Jiang Yun was too lazy to bother with it.

In the Duke Zhenguo Mansion, Jiang Yun was sitting cross-legged in his own courtyard meditating and practicing. The construction work of the Sanqing Temple was almost completed and would be open for business soon.

Xu Xiaogang has already transferred the land and the house to himself.

"Jiang Yun, why don't you visit your Sanqing Temple?" Xu Suwen walked into the courtyard at this time with a big smile on his face.

After the Hu delegation left the capital, Xu Suwen, Jiang Qiaoqiao, and Tao Yuelan naturally left the palace and returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

"I've seen it several times, but I can't live in the temple."

Xu Suwen asked with a smile: "So you are not going to recruit anyone?"

"Recruiting people?" Jiang Yun was slightly stunned.

Xu Suwen took out a copy of the Beijing newspaper and placed it in front of Jiang Yun: "Tomorrow morning is the day for the investigation, a total of three days."

"It will be held in Chunlan Street. At that time, all the universities, Buddhist temples, and Taoist temples will set up stalls there to recruit disciples with good qualifications."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun quickly took the Beijing News and read it carefully. His eyes lit up and he asked, "Miss Xu, this is good news. I was just worried..."

Xu Suwen rolled his eyes at Jiang Yun and said, "I have to remind you not to hold out too much hope. Although the capital's Chawu will attract a large number of talented people nearby."

"But many people come here just to join the academy."

"At worst, we have to enter the Buddhist temple..."

Jiang Yun nodded and touched his chin. He didn't care much about it and said, "Our Sanqing Temple is open to those who are destined to enter."

"No, I have to get ready early."

"I'll ask Xu Xiaogang to help out tomorrow, in case there are too many people coming and we can't handle it."

Looking at Jiang Yun's expression, Xu Suwen couldn't help but smile: "Remember to treat me to a meal later."

"okay."

……

The next morning, Chunlan Street was located in the outer city. Many of the people who came to Chawu this time came from all over the capital, just to join the five major palaces.

There is no qualification to enter the inner city at all.

Early in the morning, Jiang Yun had already occupied a spot in Chunlan Street. He then took out a wooden table pulled by a horse-drawn carriage and hung a banner with three big characters written on it: Sanqing Temple.

"Xiao Gang, do you think my banner is a bit too big?"

Jiang Yun looked up at the banner he had written himself and couldn't help but ask.

Xu Xiaogang's face darkened. He rolled his eyes at Jiang Yun and said, "Brother-in-law, don't worry about it. You will know the style of the five great palaces and five great Buddhist temples later..."

At first, Jiang Yun didn't understand what Xu Xiaogang meant.

But soon, he saw a large group of people coming.

The students of the five great academies were dressed in neat and tidy Confucian robes and had extraordinary temperaments, and they were not using any stalls.

The stores on Chunlan Street, the five major palaces, the five major Buddhist temples, including Tianqing Temple, Qingfeng Temple, and Baiyun Temple, all had already bought stores.

Above the store hangs a golden sign.

At first glance, he was the only one setting up a stall, just like he was trying to take advantage of the traffic to sell things.

"Didn't Su Wen say that he would come here to set up a stall and recruit disciples?" Jiang Yun was stunned.

Xu Xiaogang rolled his eyes at him: "My sister knows that you can't afford a store, so I can only tell you that you are setting up a stall to recruit apprentices..."

Finally, many young people in various attires who came to observe began to appear one after another.

Among these people, the vast majority have not practiced any martial arts, and their clothes are also different.

Some were dressed elegantly, obviously from wealthy families. There were also many idle young people in the capital who came to test their aptitude when they had nothing to do.

What if you are a one-in-a-million genius who gets lucky and gets admitted to one of the five major universities?

The whole street was bustling with people ranging from fifteen to twenty years old.

Soon, there were many young and beautiful female disciples standing at the gates of the five major palaces, the five major Buddhist temples, and the three major Taoist temples. They stood at the gates, smiling at the young people passing by.

Even if no one speaks, just the sight of a beautiful senior sister in this sect can make young men full of hormones want to join in and see the senior sister more often in the future.

"How can this be cheating? Forget about the academy and the Taoist temple, but where can we find beautiful nuns in these five major Buddhist temples?" Jiang Yun looked at the scene with a dark face.

Xu Xiaogang lowered his voice and said, "I borrowed it from a nunnery in Beijing..."

"Aren't these bald asses just scamming people? Besides, what good is it if they join the Buddhist sect and have beautiful nuns?"

Xu Xiaogang shook his head helplessly and whispered, "I heard that it was originally from the Taoist sect, looking for some pretty young Taoist nuns... As a result, that year, they recruited a lot of disciples into the Taoist temple, and many of them were quite talented."

"Then the academies and temples followed suit."

Just as Jiang Yun and Xu Xiaogang were talking, a young man happened to pass by, glanced at the two of them, and asked, "Hello."

Finally someone has arrived.

Jiang Yun forced a smile and asked, "Young man, I think you have good qualifications..."

"How do I get to the toilet?"

"roll."

The young man frowned and said, "Why do the people in the capital have such bad attitudes?"

Soon, an hour passed, and these young people came out of the shops of the academy, Buddhist temples, and Taoist temples one after another.

Most of them just go with the mentality of giving it a try. They go to the academy first, then to the Buddhist temple. Since the Buddhist temples don’t look down on their qualifications, they go to the three major Taoist temples to ask.

As for Jiang Yun, it cannot be said that no one is interested in him.

Some asked how to get to the toilet, and some thought that Jiang Yun, who was wearing a Taoist robe, was setting up a stall to tell fortunes, so they asked him to help tell which sect they could successfully join.

In short, no one wants to join Sanqing Temple.

Jiang Yun took a deep breath and looked at Xu Xiaogang: "We have come up with a surprising plan."

"What's that trick?" Xu Xiaogang was dozing off beside him and almost fell asleep.

"Anyone who catches my eye and joins the Sanqing Temple will receive 100 taels each!"

(End of this chapter)