Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 48: Spiritual Ape
In Hongyan Tower.

Chen Ku was responsible for sending his sister back home.

Before leaving, my sister was still complaining: "You ordered too expensive. You haven't started a family yet, so you must not spend money recklessly in the future. I know you want to take me to eat something good, but you can't be so extravagant."

Chen Ku smiled and agreed.

After sending my sister home, I saw that the two-story building was in tatters. My sister exclaimed, "What happened to the Wu family? It's like the house is being torn down..."

It was not until she heard that it was her husband who led people to catch the thief who caused the damage that her sister covered her mouth in surprise and excitement, grabbed Chen Ku and said, "Your brother-in-law has done a great deed!"

She had heard from her husband a long time ago that if they could catch Ni Kun, she could return to the position of deputy chief of police with this achievement.

She was so excited that she burst into tears. Then she looked at her brother, who was now an apprentice at Yaowang Hall.

"Our family seemed to be getting better all of a sudden."

Chen Ku did not tell her what she had done in Li Yuancheng's achievement, as that would inevitably scare her. After all, if she knew that someone had been watching her and wanted to attack her for the past two days, she would definitely not be happy.

"Well, everything is fine now." Chen Ku comforted his sister and then said, "I have to go back to work too."

The elder sister held him, reluctantly shedding tears, and said, "I know you are busy, but I still hope you can come more often. I will cook for you."

"Ah."

Here, after returning to Yaowang Hall, I went to the hospital to ask for leave.

He has been out for half a day, which counts as absenteeism.

Although Ke Yansheng liked Chen Ku, a talented apprentice, in his heart, there were so many people watching in the yard, so of course he couldn't be too partial, so he deliberately said with a cold face:

"There are no rules at all. Even if you really have something to do, you have to ask for leave in advance. If you are absent from work without reason, you will be marked in your evaluation, do you know?"

Evaluation… is similar to deducting points, because apprentices do not receive wages, but if they want to be promoted to disciples, the evaluation in the courtyard is extremely important.

Ke Yansheng rebuked in a deep voice, and all the apprentices and servants in the yard looked over.

It's a bit like watching a good show.

After all, as long as it wasn't me who was being scolded, it would be fun to watch, not to mention that I got first place in both the exams last month.

Although some guys didn't dare to show it on their faces, they were secretly happy in their hearts.

"You are so openly absent from work. No matter how talented you are, you will be punished. You are an apprentice, not a disciple. Do you really think that you can be treated like a disciple just because you are given some special treatment? You are so self-righteous."

Chen Ku certainly could not allow any problems to occur in his assessment, so he directly confessed everything and said, "Master Ke, there is a special reason for what happened to me today. It was only because I provided a clue to the government office that I was delayed in returning to work."

"Provide clues to the government?"

Ke Yansheng raised his eyebrows:
"What do you mean?"

suddenly,

A voice came from outside the yard:

"Where is Chen Ku from Yaowang Hall? Come out quickly to claim the imperial reward."

All of a sudden, there was a slight shock in the slaughterhouse.

what?
Silver reward from the court?

At this time, a guy came in first and said to Ke Yansheng:
"Master Ke, three constables have come to the outer hall. They said that Senior Brother Chen provided important clues and helped the county government arrest Ni Kun, a smuggling thief who had been wanted by the whole county for three months. Therefore, they are here to distribute the reward money on the wanted order."

"The great thief Ni Kun?" Ke Yansheng's face was solemn.

The apprentices and servants in the yard were also surprised and moved, and they all looked at Chen Ku.

The wanted poster for the great thief Ni Kun had been posted throughout the county for several months, and the reward had been rising again and again. It wasn't that no one had daydreamed that they could provide clues and thus get the huge reward, but they knew that it was just a dream. Besides, who was the great thief Ni Kun?

I just heard two days ago that six more people were killed in the government office. The next day, the reward for the wanted order was increased to 800 taels of silver for assisting in the arrest and 150 taels of silver for providing clues...

Everyone could see that Ni Kun had repeatedly challenged the county government's reputation and had caused many casualties. The county magistrate was really angry.

The result was unexpected...

Chen Ku actually managed to get this bargain.

Everyone in the yard was looking at Chen Ku with interesting expressions.

Three officers have walked in.

"Who is Chen Ku?" asked a tall yamen runner.

Ke Yansheng cleared his throat, pointed at Chen Ku, and said, "He is it."

"Come here to get the reward. The government keeps its word. Anyone who provides clues about Ni Kun will be rewarded with 150 taels of silver. Come here and stamp it, and the silver will be yours." As the runner was speaking, another runner came over with a purse and a document.

Chen Ku walked over and, under the guidance of the yamen runner, stamped the reward document, and then accepted the heavy bag of money.

After weighing it, he thought to himself, "It turned out that there was no deduction, a solid 150 taels?"

This was somewhat inconsistent with his impression of these blood-sucking yamen runners.

Seeing Chen Ku take the silver and stamp it, the yamen runner actually smiled at Chen Ku, which was rare, and said, "Also, your brother-in-law also asked me to tell him something. This time, thanks to you, he will be promoted back. I hope you can go to his house when you are free and ask your sister to cook you a meal."

"Thank you for the message." Chen Ku bowed, and he roughly understood why the reward money was not withheld.

Watching the bailiff leave.

Chen Ku secretly glanced at Ke Yansheng.

Ke Yansheng said unhappily, "Don't read my expression. Since you are here to assist the government, there is nothing much to say. Go back to work."

Chen Ku asked quietly, "What about the evaluation of the disciple?"

Ke Yansheng waved his sleeves and said, "Don't push your luck. You still expect the court to give you a 'good' for this. You assisted the government in arresting people, but you didn't do anything for the court. Go back to work."

"Eh!"

Chen Ku chuckled, then weighed the heavy bag of silver, and under the envious and jealous eyes of the other guys and apprentices, he went to his workshop and started to get busy.

He made another windfall, without even doing any work. Just by running errands and talking, he made up for the losses he had incurred on the purchase of the white ape in one go, and even had a profit.

How is that not a beautiful thing?

Maybe good things come in pairs.

Only five days had passed.
There was also news from the white ape. Someone from the Hunter Forest sent someone to tell them that a white ape had been hunted.

After Chen Ku finished his work, he went straight to Baisuifang Hunters Forest.

It was the same guy from last time. When he saw Chen Ku, he smiled and said:

"You are so lucky, my friend. In the past five days, our archers have lived up to our high expectations and have hunted two monkeys. However..."

When Chen Ku heard the "but" at the end, he knew that things were not that simple, so he frowned and asked, "But what?"

"I don't know whether it is the guest's blessing or something else. We did hunt an ape, but it was not an ordinary white ape. It was a pair of 'spiritual apes', mother and son. So here's the problem. If the guest does not want the spiritual ape, then there are only five days left. I, the Hunter Shilin, guarantee that I will be able to deliver a white ape to the guest before the deadline. But if you want the spiritual ape... then you have to..."

The man coughed lightly and said:
"Add money."

(End of this chapter)