"Go and kill the demon catchers and evil demons sent by the Lin family. They have all been chased by the Lin family before. You are all familiar with the aura of the Lin family's demon catchers. If you succeed, you will get five spiritual fruits for each demon."
Jiang Yubai pulled off the treasure bag from his waist, "Talisman paper, if you can't beat them, just throw them away. I won't go all the way to collect your bodies."
"I understand!" The king had a sharp tongue.
"Keep exploring." Jiang Yubai pasted another piece of talisman paper on the black bird.
The black bird flew away, and the six monsters left. Jiang Yubai tied a purse around his waist again, read the paper in his hand, put it into his wide sleeves, and then entered the city.
Joining the crowd, Jiang Yubai went to Sheng'an Street.
"Wait." A deep voice suddenly came from the crowd, and a slightly wrinkled hand grabbed Jiang Yubai's sleeve.
Jiang Yubai turned sideways and glanced at the owner of the hand, "Is there anything wrong, old man?"
The man looked to be about fifty or sixty years old, with sharp eyes, a solemn expression, gray hair, and a straight back. He was half a head shorter than Jiang Yubai.
"Are you a demon?"
Upon hearing this, passers-by retreated three feet away, their faces filled with fear.
Jiang Yubai frowned slightly and let him look at him, "Why do you think so? Don't wrongly accuse me, old man."
The old man looked at him, his lips moved, and finally said: "You can go now. I was wrong. I'm sorry."
Jiang Yubai nodded, "Junior, take your leave."
Jiang Yubai turned a corner under the man's gaze, stopped in front of an alley, and hid himself in the shadows.
Around noon, a middle-aged man wearing a third-rank scarlet official uniform with scattered flowers and a gold-embroidered belt buckle around his waist came back with two attendants.
"Dai can't lose." Jiang Yubai came out from the shadows and spoke.
When Dai Sheng saw him, he was surprised and then overjoyed, "Brother Jiang, it's you. You haven't changed at all in ten years. You are still as handsome as a jade tree!"
"Why did you come to the capital? Come on, let's go into the mansion and have a chat!"
Jiang Yubai nodded upon hearing this and went into the mansion with him.
"Go, prepare some wine and food!" Dai Sheng ordered his servants.
"yes!"
The servants in the mansion served the dishes. Dai Sheng pulled Jiang Yubai to sit down and poured him a glass of wine. "You never come here for no reason. What are you here for this time?"
More than ten years ago, Dai Sheng and Jiang Yubai became friends when they were studying at the Yingchuan Academy. Even the dean of the academy thought Jiang Yubai was a genius, saying that his talent surpassed that of other scholars and that his words were of the highest quality.
It's a pity that he has no intention of entering the officialdom. If he had, he would have already reached the highest position in the government.
Jiang Yubai took something out of his sleeve and pushed it in front of Dai Sheng, "Take a look."
Jiang Yubai has been in Yingshan for many decades, either studying or simply observing people. In the last ten years, he got to know the dai phoenix.
After Dai Sheng passed the imperial examination and became an official, he still missed his good friend Jiang Yubai and wrote letters to Yingchuan from time to time. Jiang Yubai seldom replied, and when he did, he only replied with four words - everything is fine.
Dai Sheng opened the letter and his brows furrowed more and more as he read.
"With the evidence before us, can we arrest all the officials mentioned in the letter?"
"But this involves a demon catcher and a demon. This is not the responsibility of the Dali Temple. We have to discuss this with the Demon Catchers. And it just so happens that the demon catcher involved is the leader of the Demon Catchers."
Jiang Yubai took a sip of wine, "Recently, many factions in the Monster Catching Alliance are dissatisfied with the Lin family. We can just spread the news. The old man of the Hua family hates evil and the head of the Zhang family hates turbidity the most. With these two families taking the lead, the Lin family can be attacked from all sides."
"Okay." Dai Sheng slapped the table and stood up. "Brother Jiang, do you want to come with me to visit the Hua and Zhang families?"
Jiang Yubai shook his head. "I won't go. You just came back from work, so you must be hungry. It won't be too late to go after you have lunch."
"I won't be in Beijing for long. Haven't you often written to me and asked me when we could meet again? If we miss it, we won't know when we can meet again."
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