Catching Monsters

Chapter 357 Famous for Keeping Promises
"What are you doing!" After swallowing the tea, Butterfly Girl's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly tried to get up and leave.

But Jiang Yun's hand was like an iron clamp, tightly gripping her wrist. With a smile on his face, he said, "Butterfly Girl, you've only just arrived, why are you in such a hurry to leave? I've heard that you're quite skilled at juggling, why don't you perform for me, or we can chat a bit more?"

Butterfly's face showed anxiety as she hurriedly shouted to the people around her, "Indecent assault! Help! Someone help me!"

On the second floor of the teahouse, there were quite a few people drinking tea and chatting. At this moment, all eyes turned to where the two were.

Especially seeing that the butterfly girl was quite beautiful, a group of scholars dressed as intellectuals came over together and said to Jiang Yun, "Young master, in broad daylight, under the clear sky, isn't it inappropriate for you to be holding a young lady's hand like this?"

"This is the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. What you are doing is simply immoral."

"If you don't release this girl, we'll report you to the authorities!"

The scholars who could study in the capital were either from wealthy or powerful families, and ordinary people wouldn't dare to meddle in such matters.

Hearing these scholars clamoring to report to the authorities, Jiang Yun took out his Jinyiwei commander's badge and slammed it on the table: "Report to the authorities, is that it? I am an official, I am the Jinyiwei commander. If you want to report to the authorities, go find me at the Jinyiwei headquarters."

The Embroidered Uniform Guard was infamous in the capital, especially among scholars and students, and upon hearing this, they all dared not speak.

"roll."

Seeing this, the scholars gritted their teeth and, in a fit of anger, turned back to their desks, looking dejected, and dared not utter another word.

The commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, while perhaps not the most powerful in the capital, is still a figure of considerable real power, someone that ordinary people cannot afford to offend.

"You!" Upon seeing this, Butterfly Girl was secretly startled, but soon her face turned slightly red, her body went limp, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

It's clear that the medicine in the tea has taken effect.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Yun quickly picked up Butterfly Girl and walked out of the teahouse.

Seeing this, the scholars gritted their teeth. After all, they were still young scholars with a heart full of passion. In broad daylight, this commander of the Imperial Guard had shamelessly drugged the young woman and forcibly taken her away.

Is there no law anymore?

Is there no justice left?

Soon, a student mustered his courage, stood up, and rebuked: "Even if you are a commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, you cannot act so recklessly and wickedly! I am going to the academy to file a complaint against you for abducting a woman in the street."

Jiang Yun glanced back at the students, but he wasn't angry. In a sense, these young students were the epitome of what a scholar should be like.

This is the kind of spirit young people should have.

Jiang Yun glanced at the other party and slowly said, "I am Chen Yi, the commander of the Southern Garrison! If you have the guts, go and sue me at the Southern Garrison!"

After saying that, he carried the Butterfly Girl downstairs in a hurry.

"call."

The student took a deep breath. "Chen Yi, the Commander of the Northern Garrison, is that right?"
I'm going to complain to the academy myself! I'll ask the elders there to intervene!
……

Soon, Jiang Yun brought Butterfly Girl directly back to Sanqing Temple. Wen Chen, who was sweeping the courtyard of Sanqing Temple, was suddenly taken aback when he saw his master carrying a woman back. He quickly threw the broom aside and asked, "Master, what's going on?"

"Stop talking nonsense, go get the rope and bring it to the woodshed."

"Yes."

Upon entering the woodshed, the master and apprentice quickly tied Butterfly Girl up with ropes.

Then Jiang Yun glanced at Butterfly Girl and said to Wen Chen beside him, "Search her and see what she has on her."

Wen Chen was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Master, men and women shouldn't touch each other. Why don't you do it yourself?"

Jiang Yun kicked his butt: "Hurry up."

"Yes……"

Wen Chen took a deep breath. After all, he was still a naive young man. His face flushed red, and he quickly searched around and made quite a few discoveries.

The butterfly girl had many porcelain items, each about half the size of a palm, on her body; there were more than ten bottles in total.

As Jiang Yun placed the bottles together, he frowned. He opened one and looked inside; it contained some white powder.

I opened another one, and it was still white powder.

They are all colorless and odorless, and there is not much difference between them.

"Go and fetch a basin of cold water."

After Wen Chen brought a basin of cold water into the house, Jiang Yun splashed it on Butterfly Girl's face.

Not long after, Butterfly's eyelids twitched for a moment, and she slowly opened her eyes. Then, she looked around and found herself behind the woodshed. Her face darkened, and she tried to sit up, but she was tightly bound.

"What do you want to do!" Butterfly's delicate face showed a hint of panic.

Jiang Yun squatted down in front of Butterfly and asked, "Why did you kill Liang Yibu of the Ministry of Revenue and Cheng Jingning, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice?"

Upon hearing those two names, Butterfly's eyes flickered slightly, then quickly became more pronounced before she said, "I don't understand what you're saying."

This butterfly girl clearly hadn't received any interrogation training. Many notorious thieves captured by the Imperial Guards were much calmer than her in this situation, at least their eyes didn't show any obvious dazedness.

Jiang Yun smiled faintly and said, "Miss, you're already in my hands. What's the use of being stubborn? I'm only bringing you back to the Sanqing Temple now. You must have heard of the infamous Imperial Guard prison. If I imprison you there, can you withstand all the tortures?"

"I don't understand what you're saying. I'm just here in the capital to perform," the Butterfly Girl said in a deep voice. "I never expected you Zhou people to be so shameless, drugging and kidnapping me in broad daylight." Jiang Yun: "???"

What the hell? Didn't you administer the drug yourself?
How did it become that I drugged and kidnapped you?

Jiang Yun was somewhat amused and exasperated, but quickly turned her gaze to the bottles and jars and said, "Alright, I have no interest in you or the things that happened before. I just want to ask you, which bottle contains the antidote for the poison you used?"

The most urgent task is to cure Tao Yuelan of the Gu poison; everything else is secondary.

Upon hearing this, Butterfly slowly asked, "What? Do you also have relatives or friends who have been poisoned by Gu?"

At this point, Butterfly's eyes lit up slightly, as if she had caught Jiang Yun by the nose, and she looked relaxed: "My lord, I'm afraid you don't know this, but the poison I used is called Soul-Devouring Gu. You may not know that once the time is up, this poison will tear a person's brain apart and leave it riddled with holes."

"If the poison takes effect, even the most powerful deity cannot save him."

"You'd better untie me. If I'm in a good mood, I might as well give you the antidote."

Listening to Butterfly's words, Jiang Yun stroked his chin, looked at the bottles and jars, and asked, "Are all these dozen or so bottles the antidote?"

"Hmph." Butterfly snorted and said, "How could I possibly carry the antidote with me? Apart from one dose of sleeping potion, the rest of these are all highly poisonous. A single bite could be fatal."

"Oh." Jiang Yun nodded with interest, then opened one of the bottles and sniffed it.

"Don't smell it, it's colorless and odorless," the butterfly said calmly. "How could there be any flaws in a poison I personally concocted?"

"Is it very poisonous?" Jiang Yun asked curiously.

The butterfly nodded without hesitation: "Of course!"

If we're talking about witchcraft and poison-making, Butterfly's skills in the Western Regions are among the best. She has absolute confidence in the poisons she makes.

"Wen Chen!"

"Oh, Master, what's wrong?"

Soon, Wen Chen looked over.

"Hey, Butterfly Girl, eat all this poison." Jiang Yun smiled.

Upon hearing this, Butterfly's expression changed drastically, and she said urgently, "Are you crazy?"

“You made these poisons, so you have to make the antidote, right?” Jiang Yun said with a smile.

Butterfly shook her head, feeling that this commander of the Imperial Guards was a fool who knew nothing about poisons. She said, "These dozen or so poisons are all highly toxic. If you ingest them all, the toxicities will mix, and you won't be able to make an antidote!"

"Wouldn't that be even better?" Jiang Yun laughed. "If you don't want to die, hand over the antidote."

"I won't give it to you."

"Then eat it." After saying that, Jiang Yun took a bowl of cold water and mixed all the dozen or so doses of poison into the water, stirring it with chopsticks.

"If you poison me, the antidote will be gone! When the poison takes effect on the person you know, no one in the world will be able to save them." Butterfly shouted anxiously, her eyes wide.

She could tell that Jiang Yun wasn't just trying to scare her.

"If you don't want to give me the antidote, I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you," Jiang Yun said calmly. "I'll just make you pay with your life."

After saying that, Jiang Yun pried open her mouth and was about to mix all the poison down her throat.

"I'll give it! I'll give it!" the butterfly shouted.

There was no other way; she had made the poison herself, and she knew its effects all too well. If she drank even a sip of this water, she would definitely not survive.

Seeing that Butterfly Girl finally relented, Jiang Yun glanced at her. Why didn't she just agree to give the antidote sooner? Why did she have to go through all this trouble?

“I can lure out the Gu worms, but I must personally go to the person afflicted by the Gu,” Butterfly said, taking a deep breath.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun frowned and slowly said, "You're not up to something, are you?"

Then Jiang Yun said to Wen Chen beside him, "Take a bamboo tube and put this bowl of poison in it."

"If you dare to play tricks, this bowl of poison is yours."

Butterfly clenched her fists slightly and glared at Jiang Yun. She was of noble birth and had never been treated like this before.

In the end, he could only grit his teeth and nod, saying to Jiang Yun, "If I save someone, you must let me go!"

“Okay.” Jiang Yun nodded in agreement without hesitation, agreeing quite readily.

Seeing Jiang Yun's quick agreement, Butterfly was somewhat surprised. She frowned slightly and couldn't help but ask, "You agreed a little too readily..."

“Young lady, why don’t you go out and ask around? I, Jiang Yun, am known for keeping my promises.”

"really?"

Seeing the sincere smile on Jiang Yun's face, Butterfly felt a slight sense of relief.

At the moment, there are no better options, so we can only let things take their course.

Soon, Jiang Yun had Wen Chen call a carriage outside, and then drove off quickly towards the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)