Chapter 241 Interception [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

Outside Longyuan City, at the animal farm.

Liang Yue first went to Chen Su to get a handwritten order, and then came here again. At this time, the sun was about to set, and the monsters on the mountain were relatively quiet.

After the guards read Chen Su's order, they immediately said respectfully, "Which demon beast do you want to take away, Immortal Official? Next time, you don't need to bother the Demon Killer. Just bring the Demon Killer's badge and come to take it yourself."

Shen Zhongming, the head of the Ministry of Justice, had always been working with Liang Yue, and when he saw this scene, he felt it was something out of this world.

When did the people at the animal farm become so easy to talk to?
There are only ordinary guards on the periphery here, and those inside are all beastmen who specialize in practicing the art of taming beasts. Only these people can ensure the peace of the animal farm.

These beastmen were hired by the court, and were given a small official position like "Bimawen". They had no political prospects, and were only after money. Therefore, they did not care about the face of the court officials. If there was no approval from the Ministry of Rites, they would not give face even to the left and right prime ministers.

Therefore, it is extremely troublesome to summon monsters. It is impossible to say that I am in a hurry to use one today and can take one away at any time. It must be reported to the Ministry of Rites for approval.

If there is something urgent and you don't want to follow the process, there is only one word: no way.

The general evaluation of these beastmen in the court is that they treat humans like beasts and treat beasts like humans.

But there is only one exception, which is the Office of Punishing Evil.

The last time they came to borrow a mount, they only had a handwritten letter from Chen Su. In fact, the animal farm is not supposed to lend out monster beasts.

However, these beastmen are all descendants of the Xuanmen Hualong lineage, and Shang Yunhai is the uncle of some of them. They all have a natural respect for the Xuanmen disciples.

This is why Shen Zhongming is stunned. He finally understood that it was not that these beastmen treated humans like beasts, but that they did not treat themselves as human beings at all.

"Thank you." Liang Yue said, "I would like to borrow the Silver Guardian Monster."

"That one?" The guard's eyes suddenly lit up. "How long do you want to borrow it for?"

"I'll send it back tomorrow before sunset." Liang Yue replied.

"Alas." The guard seemed a little disappointed and sighed, "It would be better if Liang Xianguan could take it away for a while longer."

Liang Yue asked with a smile: "Does it still steal money now?"

"It's hard to guard against." The guard shook his head and said, "As long as there is any gold and silver in our animal farm, even if it is placed in a storage device, there is no way to stop it. This thing looks as timid as a mouse, but when it comes to stealing gold and silver, it is really bold. I will take you to the place where the silver-guarding monster lives in a while, and you must keep an eye on your wallet."

Liang Yue didn't have much silver on him, so he wasn't nervous. But Shen Zhongming immediately held his purse tightly.

The guard brought the two to the park where the silver-guarding monster they had seen last time was located.

The monster, as big as a hill, was lying on the ground, a huge pile of flesh, looking completely hopeless. It heard some noises, and seemed to smell the breath of a stranger, so it suddenly raised its head, and a little hope shone in its big eyes.

Liang Yue was no longer afraid of this big guy. He stepped forward and touched its head, saying with a smile, "Help me do something tomorrow. After the task is completed, I can reward you with some gold and silver. How about it?"

“Roar…” Shouyin understood what he said and nodded heavily.

"But with your big size, it seems inconvenient to do things. Can you be smaller?" Liang Yue asked again.

"Roar!" Shouyin roared, and immediately transformed himself, shrinking to two feet in length, becoming a tiny creature.

The guard suddenly realized what was going on. "We were wondering how he managed to get out and steal. It turns out he has this trick! He has never shown it to us before."

The silver-guarding monster's eyes jumped, as if it realized that it was exposed.

Liang Yue quickly patted its head and said, "It doesn't matter. Now that we've done this job, we won't have to steal anything anymore. I don't think you want to steal on purpose, you just need wealth to practice, but I can't give it to you here."

"Roar, roar, roar!" The silver-guarding monster roared repeatedly. It seemed that Liang Yue's words touched its heart.

In ancient times, the silver-guarding monster cooperated with ancient powerful cultivators. The master would deposit silver, money, and treasures with it, and it would use this to cultivate while also helping the master to guard the property, making sure nothing would go wrong. That’s why it got this name. But now that no one deposits money with it, it has no choice but to start stealing everywhere. If you can make money by lying down like before, who would want to stand up and work?
Seeing that it was well-behaved, Liang Yue grabbed it by the scruff of its neck, held it in his arms, and said, "Then I'll take it away and bring it back tomorrow."

"It's okay to send it back later." The guard urged Liang Yue to take it away as if he was sending away a plague god.

After leaving the animal farm, Liang Yue and Shen Zhongming also parted ways. "Thank you for your help today, Mr. Shen. Please keep the matter of guarding the silver a secret for me."

"Don't worry, Liang Xianguan," Shen Zhongming assured, "We will keep this a secret."

After saying that, he turned and left.

He had only taken a few steps when he suddenly stopped and said to himself, "Hey? Where's my wallet?"

The silver-guarding monster in Liang Yue's arms looked up at the sky, with a cute and ignorant look on its face.

……

The next morning, among the crowd walking out of the South City Gate, one group of people stood out.

A group of soldiers escorted several carriages along the official road. These soldiers were nominally escorting prisoners, but they must have been arranged, so they did not urge the carriages to move forward, but just watched over them along the way, looking more like entourage.

This was exactly the group of people that the Haidong Marquis’ family was exiled to.

If he were an ordinary prisoner, let alone taking a car, he would have to walk on foot, wearing handcuffs and shackles, and would be whipped and scolded if he was a few steps slower.

Even if he was stripped of his title and dismissed from office, Haidong Marquis was still a member of the royal family after all, so it was normal for someone to take care of him. But the carriage had not gone far when it was intercepted by another team.

It was the knife-wielding official from the Punishing Evil Division that Liang Yue brought with him.

"Wait a minute." He took the lead and stopped the carriage in front of him. "The Evil Punishment Bureau is investigating the case."

The escorting officers and soldiers made way, not daring to stop him. The curtain of the carriage was opened, and the huge body of Marquis Haidong stepped down.

He had been in jail for several days and then suffered this disaster, and he looked obviously depressed.

But that was all. After all, he was still alive. There was a sense of relief and calmness in his eyes. When he looked up at Liang Yue, he asked, "What does Liang Fuguo want?"

"Ahem." Liang Yue cleared his throat and said, "I am the walking officer of the Evil Punishment Division. I am following the order of the court to search the house of the criminal official Jiang Hao and confiscate all his property."

"Didn't we search our house yesterday?" Lady Haidong Hou came down from the back. Several children were huddled in the car, and she looked very unhappy.

"I suspect the criminal has made preparations and has hidden some of his property." Liang Yue said bluntly, "So I want to spend some time and conduct another search."

"Liang Xianguan!" Haidong Hou's voice suddenly became heavier. "Although I, Jiang Hao, was dismissed from office and exiled to Nanzhou, I am not someone who will be bullied. The incomplete search of my house is because you did not do your job well. All my family's property has been confiscated. If there are any omissions, it can only be that you, the officials handling the case, have embezzled. How can you search again and again?"

"It was indeed my fault that the house was not searched thoroughly. You can naturally hold me accountable afterwards. But compared to this, I think it is more important for you to leave all your property behind." Liang Yue just smiled lightly and waved his hand, saying, "Search again!"

The reason why we didn't start a fight yesterday was because if the Marquis of Haidong and his men had prepared, they couldn't have hidden their property at home, they must have placed it somewhere else. No matter how hard we searched the Marquis's mansion yesterday, we couldn't have found it.

But today they were leaving Longyuan City and could not come back. If there were any remaining property, they should take it with them now.

A group of knife-wielding officials from the Punishing Evil Department stepped forward and searched the carriages like wolves and tigers.

After a while, they reported back, but still found nothing.

Haidong Hou's eyes were grim as he said, "I will definitely ask someone to write a petition to hold you accountable."

"No hurry." Liang Yue was still calm at this time, and waved his hand, "Go to guard the silver."

(End of this chapter)