Chapter 41: Wonderful Passage
Chapter 41: Wonderful Passage
Pei Yuan asked Cheng Leixiang, "So we have to wait until night to go there too?"
Cheng Leixiang said, "We will go over after the adults have eaten. Now is a good opportunity to spread the news that the Jinyiwei is investigating this case while everyone is watching. I don't believe that the people behind the scenes will not give us this face."
Pei Yuan also thought that Cheng Leixiang’s idea was good.
In essence, they were trying to quickly cash in on the reputation that the Nanjing Jinyiwei had accumulated over the years and were fleecing the Nanjing Jinyiwei.
But they didn't go too far in doing this kind of thing.
At most, sometimes they didn't clean their bottoms properly, which made the Nanjing Jinyiwei grit their teeth for a while.
But no one really takes this kind of thing seriously.
Because power has a magical channel.
It is like the eight extraordinary meridians of a human being. In an invisible way, it connects many powerful people together and can use that magical channel to spread power.
For example, when Pei Yuan went to do official business, he didn't even have the chance to enter the door of the Nanjing Jinyiwei. This belongs to the sphere of power and has clear and distinct boundaries.
But if Pei Yuan was doing private business and using the power of the Nanjing Jinyiwei as an excuse to do so, I'm afraid no one would care about it.
For example, Chen Toutie went to the government office as a Jinyiwei to examine corpses and review files. Then, the power he obtained through the channel of power was equivalent to this government office, right?
If Chen Toutie went to the Nanjing Ministry of Justice to review the files, and if people were willing to give him this favor, would his miraculous channel allow him to enjoy the power that only officials of the Ministry of Justice have?
So don't be surprised when you see a small person showing great power.
It was just that countless people in the same food chain as him opened a miraculous channel for him.
Pei Yuan enjoyed such benefits and tried his best to fleece the Nanjing Jinyiwei.
After the three of them had eaten and drunk their fill, Cheng Leixiang stood up and settled the bill, and the three of them headed towards the ship in a grand manner.
The three people's attire immediately aroused the curiosity of those along the river bank.
The people on the Qinhuai River are well-informed, and many of them are military officers of the Jinyiwei who have come here to have sex. They may be the group of people in the entire Ming Dynasty who are least afraid of the Jinyiwei.
Especially Pei Yuan who was walking in the front, not only was he young but also good looking, and he was wearing a heroic military officer's uniform, which made the girls' eyes sparkle with wonder.
Some of the girls who were crowded in front of the windows to watch even boldly called out to the ladies who were taking a rest, and then huddled together in front of the windows, giggling.
Pei Yuan is indeed good-looking, otherwise Uncle Chang next door would not have taken such a big risk to let Pei Yuan be his son-in-law.
Chen Minzhong, who deals in furs in Jining, also said that if Pei Yuan can't make it, he has many granddaughters who can take over.
When Pei Yuan passed by, a brave girl couldn't help but call him, "Sir, the boat ahead is a bit unlucky. If you want to drink, why not come to my house and have a look."
Pei Yuan smiled at her and said, "I'm here to investigate a case, so I won't shy away from talking about this."
Investigation?
The crowd that was nearby immediately began to whisper, and some people even pointed at the flower boat.
Although they didn't dare to provoke the affairs on that ship, it would obviously be a good thing if they could find out the truth.
At that time, not only will the guests who come to the river to play feel at ease, but those who rely on the Qinhuai River for their survival will also be able to live a good life.
If people are always in a panic, do the flower boats have to dock at night to survive?
Pei Yuan didn't want to cause trouble for the bold maid, so he glanced at everyone and said loudly, "We are military officers from the Evil Suppression Unit, specializing in dealing with these evil demons. If you have any clues, feel free to provide them to me. I will never tolerate those evildoers."
There was no mention of reward money or anything like that.
Pei Yuan hoped that they had no clues. As long as the news of what happened here spread, and the mastermind behind it was afraid of the reputation of the Evil Suppression Thousand Households Office and gave up causing trouble here, Pei Yuan could take the money and leave.
Pei Yuan pretended to ask for information at several stalls along the way, and what he knew was almost the same as what Cheng Leixiang said.
When we arrived in front of the ship, someone on it came up to greet us excitedly.
Cheng Leixiang introduced, "This is the steward of the master's family, Steward Sun."
Manager Sun stepped forward and bowed, and Pei Yuan woke people up.
Then, under the gaze of everyone, the three of them followed Manager Sun onto the boat docked at the shore.
Pei Yuan patiently listened to Manager Sun's greetings. When he finished speaking, Cheng Leixiang suddenly said, "Where are those girls who were infected with evil? Call them out for your trial."
Pei Yuan immediately looked sideways.
What does this guy want to do?
Steward Sun hesitated for a moment and said, "The girls were just sent back last night. They were so frightened that they didn't sleep well the whole night. They should have just fallen asleep by now. I'm afraid that calling them now would be disrespectful to the distinguished guests."
Pei Yuan said quickly, "No need to do that, let's talk about it when everyone is together in the evening."
What if there really is someone who is contaminated by evil?
It would be better to let the monks and Taoists take a look first to feel at ease.
Thinking of this, Pei Yuan asked directly, "I heard that you invited some monks and Taoists?"
Manager Sun said, "There is a monk with great accomplishments. He came here early in the morning and is in a room inside."
Chen Toutie's eyes were so bright that they were almost glowing.
"He was a whore?"
Manager Sun quickly shook his head, "No, no. The master has very strict precepts, but it seems that he lost his certificate of ordination and has nowhere to go, so he wanted to get some money to help him stay in Nanjing temporarily."
Chen Toutie was immediately disappointed.
It sounds like he's just a poor bastard wandering around. How much money can he get?
Since Pei Yuan had brought up this topic, he couldn't just stop there, so he said, "I am the Taoist master of the world under the command of the Thousand Households of Suppressing Evils, and I have been in charge of them. Call the monk out and let me see him."
When Manager Sun heard what Pei Yuan said, he immediately asked his servants to bring the monk to the bow of the ship.
After a while, the servant brought in a fat monk who looked down and out.
Pei Yuan was shocked when he saw it, "Master Yuantong?!"
"Master Pei!" Yuantong was so excited when he saw Pei Yuan that his eyes were almost filled with tears.
When Manager Sun saw this, he quickly led them to the central hall.
As soon as Yuantong sat down, he sighed to Pei Yuan, "I thought I was going to conquer demons and monsters when I left Beijing that day, but I didn't expect that all my disciples had died in the war before I even reached Nanjing. I saw that Captain Yuan was dead, so I wanted to go back to Beijing directly, but I was afraid that I couldn't explain what happened here clearly, so I wanted to go to Nanjing to ask Captain Han for an explanation..."
Pei Yuan was surprised and asked, "Could it be that you were also stopped outside the door?"
Yuantong sighed bitterly, "I did get in, but that Tantai Fangtu was angry with me because of the death of Captain Yuan, and he actually took back my certificate of ordination and took away my birth certificate. Now I can't even go to the temple to stay. Now I can only raise some money and ask someone to send a letter back to the temple to see if they can think of a solution."
(End of this chapter)