Catching Monsters

Chapter 236 Don't Let Them Escape
Seeing that the person coming was Jiang Yun, Zhou Yi's face looked quite ugly. Why did this guy come to make trouble at such a critical moment?
Jiang Yun ignored Zhou Yi's expression and quickly came to Feng Bei'er: "Miss Feng, you can't admit this crime casually."

Feng Bei'er was a little at a loss at this time, and didn't even know what had happened.

But when she saw Jiang Yun coming, she felt an inexplicable sense of security, and she subconsciously believed Jiang Yun.

After Feng Bei'er's emotions had stabilized a little, Jiang Yun told her that five days ago, a man who looked like Feng Bei'er killed Ping Yuanbo's entire family, and then the Jinyiwei had been searching for her for five days.

After Feng Beier heard this, her eyes widened and her mouth opened wide. She subconsciously looked at Zhou Yi: "My Lord, I am innocent..."

"Jiang Yun, have you had enough of chatting?" Zhou Yi's eyes turned cold, and he said slowly: "Can I understand that you are helping the murderer to collude with others?"

As a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Zhou Yi had handled countless cases. How could he not know that there were strange things about this case?

Even anyone with a discerning eye could easily see that Feng Bei'er was probably framed innocently.

But does Zhou Yi care?

He doesn't care.

Your Majesty attaches so much importance to this case, and nobles from all sides are also keeping an eye on it. Everyone wants to see it closed as soon as possible.

What Zhou Yi needs to do is to get Feng Bei'er's confession of murder.

There were still so many witnesses on the street.

The case was confirmed.

As for who the real murderer is, that doesn’t matter.

The important thing is to give a reasonable explanation to the higher-ups. This is how the Jinyiwei has been handling cases for so many years.

What's more, as long as he handles this case well, he can be smoothly promoted to the pacification envoy, which is the most important thing.

"Captain Jiang, I caught the murderer. According to the rules, I have to deal with it." Zhou Yi showed an unhappy look on his face: "Come here, ask Captain Jiang to leave."

This was actually because Jiang Yun had solved many strange cases in the East Pacification Office, so they gave him face.

If an ordinary Jinyiwei captain dared to come in and ruin his plans, Zhou Yi would not be so polite to him.

Jiang Yun took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Captain Zhou, there must be something fishy about this case. So, please give me the next night and I will find out the truth. The credit will still go to you."

"If I still haven't found out before dawn, I won't ask you how you want to interrogate Feng Bei'er."

Zhou Yi looked displeased: "The criminal has been caught, and the key to solving the case is to quickly interrogate him."

At this point, Zhou Yi lowered his voice and whispered in Jiang Yun's ear: "Captain Jiang, I'm giving you face, which is already a kind advice to you. Don't be ungrateful."

Jiang Yun looked back at Feng Bei'er, then stopped in front of Feng Bei'er and said in a deep voice, "Captain Zhou, just give me one night."

"Captain Jiang, I think you are used to being so bold and reckless..." Zhou Yi was just about to order someone to throw Jiang Yun out of the imperial prison when one of his men quickly came to Zhou Yi's side.

He reminded in a low voice: "Master Qianhu, this Jiang Yun is very close to Eunuch Feng in the palace. Eunuch Feng has come to our Zhenfu Division many times to see him."

"He's in prison anyway, and he can't escape. Why not give him a night?"

After hearing his men's reminder, Zhou Yi remained silent for a while, then snorted coldly, "Jiang Yun, I will only give you one night. If there is still no result at dawn, I will start the interrogation immediately."

"Thank you, Master Qianhu." Jiang Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Yun quickly turned around and looked at Feng Bei'er: "Miss Feng, do you remember anything unusual before you fainted?"

Feng Bei'er also tried hard to recall.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes slightly and said, "Before I fainted, I heard a bagpipe sound, and..."

“This is a northern bagpipe!”

"When I was heading to the snowy mountains in the north, I passed by several northern Hu tribes. That was a local musical instrument of theirs."

Northern Hu bagpipe?

Hearing this, Jiang Yun narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded: "I understand."

Jiang Yun then looked at Zhou Yi and said, "Captain Zhou, my subordinates haven't come back yet. Can I borrow one of yours?"

After all, he had said that the credit for solving the case would go to Zhou Yi, so he naturally felt embarrassed to ask Captain Yang's other subordinates for help.

Zhou Yi heard this and said in a deep voice: "What do you want to do?"

"Around five days ago, will there be any Northern Hu merchant caravans coming to Beijing? Where will they stay? How many people are there? Sir Qianhu, please ask your subordinates to help check."

"Then immediately send people to these caravans to check the headcount and see if all the personnel are present."

Although the Northern Hu and the Great Zhou traded with each other, the number of caravans coming to the capital was not large each month, only three or four at most.

Moreover, any action of each caravan to the capital must be strictly registered with the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Normally, they are only allowed to go to markets where goods are bought and sold.

This was not a particularly excessive request. Zhou Yi looked at his subordinates beside him, nodded, and indicated that they should do as Jiang Yun said.

Then Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Why, Captain Jiang, if there is nothing unusual about these caravans, are you going to arrest everyone and interrogate them again?"

Zhou Yike is well aware of Jiang Yun's habit of handling cases...

What he didn't expect was that Jiang Yun actually nodded: "If necessary, this possibility cannot be ruled out."

At this point, Jiang Yun said to Zhou Yi: "Captain Zhou, since this matter involves Bei Hu and Feng Bei'er..."

"Feng Bei'er's father, Marquis Weiwu, leads a large army and guards the northern border. I'm afraid there is something going on here."

"If Bei Hu was behind this and framed Weiwu Hou, the nature of this case would be different." "The credit for solving this case would be several levels higher."

Listening to Jiang Yun's words, Zhou Yi's eyes showed a slight interest. After thinking about it carefully, he was no longer in a hurry.

He asked someone to bring a chair and sit down, and made a cup of tea. He was not planning to leave the imperial prison tonight.

Feng Bei'er, who was tied up in the imperial prison, looked at Jiang Yun, who was deep in thought with a sad face, and a warm feeling arose in her heart.

Sure enough, Master Jiang still cares about himself.

While Jiang Yun was deep in thought, Xu Xiaogang also walked into the imperial prison. When he entered, he saw Jiang Yun and Zhou Yi living in peace with each other, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really worried that Jiang Yun would really fight with Zhou Yi...

After he came to Jiang Yun's side, he whispered, "Captain Yang went back first. He said that the case is now under the command of Captain Zhou, and it is not easy for him to come forward... But he also said that if a fight breaks out, call him first and he will come to help."

If there was one person who wanted Jiang Yun and Zhou Yi to fight the most, it would probably be Yang Liunian...

Jiang Yun smiled when he heard this, and then whispered the situation to Xu Xiaogang.

After Xu Xiaogang finished listening, his eyebrows knitted tightly together: "Should we tell Eunuch Feng about this case?"

After all, this case involves the Northern Hu, so its nature has become somewhat distorted.

"These are just speculations right now, there is no actual evidence." Jiang Yun shook his head slightly.

About an hour and a half later, Zhou Yi's men rushed back to the imperial prison and took a look at Zhou Yi first.

After Zhou Yi nodded, he said loudly: "Master Qianhu, Captain Jiang, I went to Jingzhao Prefecture and obtained a list of the Beihu merchant caravans that have been entering and leaving the capital recently."

"And we rushed to check the residences of these caravans as soon as possible."

"These caravans are fully staffed."

"only."

"One of the caravans is..."

Having said this, the man paused, and seemed a little afraid to continue.

Zhou Yi frowned and scolded, "Is there anything you dare not say?"

The subordinate still did not dare to speak directly, but hurried to Zhou Yi's side and whispered: "Master Qianhu, this caravan has only two people, and they are specially transporting a batch of things from the Northern Hu to a noble in the capital..."

"Now these two have been surrounded by my subordinates, but they have not been captured yet..."

Zhou Yi realized that this so-called nobleman had a special identity. His face darkened slightly and he glared at his subordinate: "You have been with me for more than just one or two days."

"When we, the Jinyiwei, investigate cases, there is no distinction between noble and rude people. As long as they are involved in the case, we treat them equally..."

"They have surrounded him, why don't you dare to arrest him?"

Zhou Yi's tone was obviously filled with dissatisfaction.
The subordinate hurriedly said: "These two are sending things to the Sixth Prince Xiao Jingqi..."

Hearing the words "Sixth Prince", Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat and he stared at his men in disbelief: "This matter is of great importance, we can't talk nonsense."

The man made a bitter face and looked at Zhou Yi, as if to say, "How dare you say such nonsense?"

Zhou Yi's eyes slowly fell on Jiang Yun, then he came to his side and whispered: "Jiang Yun, this case is unusual..."

He then told the Sixth Prince about the incident.

The Jinyiwei were indeed able to act with impunity in the capital and would use any means necessary to solve cases.

Of course, there is a big premise for all this.

This case cannot be related to the royal family.

Once the royal family is involved, it must be reported to His Majesty the Emperor.

It depends on the decision of His Majesty the Emperor.

Is it related to Xiao Jingqi?

This guy is crazy, how dare he...

and many more.

Jiang Yun's heart sank, and he remembered that before Tuoba Anyi left the capital, he had visited Xiao Jingqi under his special arrangement...

Originally, Jiang Yun wanted these two to collude with each other so that he could do something to deal with Xiao Jingqi.

Unexpectedly, after Tuoba Anyi visited Xiao Jingqi, nothing happened...

Jiang Yun's eyes lit up, and he said in a deep voice: "Catch those two Beihu people immediately, hurry up, don't let them escape!"

Zhou Yi frowned slightly. He could naturally guess that if these two Hu people were really involved in the murder of Pingyuan Bo's family.

This is a big case!

It was even clearer that if they let the two barbarians escape, there would be little chance of catching them later.

Zhou Yi was also a decisive person, and he immediately said to his men, "Catch them!"

The subordinate looked a little hesitant and said, "Master Qianhu, this matter is related to the Sixth Prince after all."

Zhou Yi's eyes were firm: "Then we must catch them, don't let them escape!"

(End of this chapter)