The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 380 All is Not Well
In order to shake off the Jinyiwei behind him, Wang Cong cracked his whip and increased his speed.

When the horses were about to fall down due to the unbearable pain, they finally saw the post station.

After a little thought, the group decided to move in.

The sun is already setting and it will be about to set in half an hour's walk. There may not be a place to stay by then.

Five people, a fox and a golden hairpin booked two rooms.

Wang Cong used chopsticks dipped in water to draw two lines on the table and asked, "Master Junior, should we go by land through Yanzhou to Jinan Prefecture, or just go north along the canal?"

He said, "Looking at the posture of the Jinyiwei, there must be many checkpoints along the way. It is better to take a boat directly to the capital."

The officers and soldiers did not check the ships on the canal strictly.

Miao Zhen was puzzled. "We have already avoided this wave of Jinyiwei. We can deal with the next checkpoint search by taking out some of the luggage. Why do we have to take the water route to avoid them?"

Wang Cong looked at Pan Yun, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Uncle Junior, does the Jinyiwei Liu Jing who stopped us know you? He has been looking at you."

Pan Jun: "I have seen him, but I don't know whether he has seen me."

Wang Cong was distressed, but Tao Yanbai said, "It doesn't matter even if he has seen him before. Junior Master looks very different from when he first arrived. People who are not particularly familiar with him may not recognize him."

Wang Cong has been in the martial arts world for many years and knows that he should not underestimate anyone. He tapped the table with his chopsticks and said, "Avoid him in the future. Fortunately, Third and Fourth Uncles have made Little Uncle's background very perfect, so it can withstand investigation. Anyway, as long as they can't get the evidence, they don't have to be afraid."

"The Imperial Guards are powerful, but our master is no pushover either."

Pan Yun opened his mouth and whispered, "Master Nephew, we shouldn't always do that in the name of Second Senior Brother, right? Second Senior Brother is indeed a high-ranking official in front of the Jianghu people and ordinary people, but in the officialdom... especially in the capital, will it bring trouble to Second Senior Brother?"

Wang Cong: "Master said after he passed the examination and entered the Imperial Observatory that he took the examination to support Sanqing Temple and us. Otherwise, isn't the spiritual energy in the mountain rich? Isn't the top of the mountain higher than the observatory in the imperial palace? If we don't rely on his power, then his examination will be meaningless."

Pan Yun: "...I didn't expect this examiner's reason either."

"What I didn't expect was that Second Senior Brother would say it so openly."

Pan Jun gave a thumbs up and said, "Great, he is great, and you are great too."

After Wang Cong said that, Pan Yun no longer had any psychological burden. He immediately pointed his finger to the east of the two water lines and said fiercely: "Then we will go to Andongwei and go directly to Tianjinwei along the coast!"

Wang Cong paused for a moment, then looked up at her dimly, "... Junior Master, we are not afraid of trouble, but we shouldn't take the initiative to look for it, right? Are you going to go look for the bandit they are talking about?"

He heard the conversation in the car just now.

Pan Jun looked at him with a worried look on his face, "Master nephew, there is one thing you don't know yet, right?"

Wang Cong: “What’s the matter?”

Pan Yun: "The treasure map they mentioned is in my hands."

Wang Cong stood up instantly.

Pan Yun: "My fourth sister and I have found a partner, a young and ambitious captain who was ostracized and had to stay on the island. We have agreed that we will wait for him to subdue his soldiers and choose an auspicious day, and then we will go to the island to get the treasure."

Wang Cong sat back down slowly. "It's not that easy, is it? The Japanese pirates who landed were all dead, but there must be some of them in the Japanese mainland. Does anyone in their base camp know the route to the island?"

"Yes, so we assume that they know that the first task of that powerful captain is to stop the Japanese pirates approaching the island and prevent them from landing before us."

"We can not only preserve the treasure, but also use it to train the pirates who landed on the island and temper their morale, killing two birds with one stone. But because he paid a lot, our agreement is to split the treasure 80-20."

Wang Cong pursed his lips and asked, "He?"

Pan Yun nodded.

Wang Cong covered his chest and said, "If..."

If the Japanese pirates don't know the coordinates of the island, don't know the route, and need the treasure map in their hands, then they will be at a great loss this time.

They don't even need to cooperate with this Qianhu, they can sneak onto the island and take the treasure on their own.

Wang Cong could imagine that the Junior Uncle and the Fourth Uncle had initially brought the Qianhu into the water in order to prevent the Japanese pirates from reaching the shore before them.

"Ouch, ouch," Wang Cong felt more and more pain in his heart the more he thought about it, and cried out in pain, "Master Junior, why did you tell me such an important thing?"

The others also felt sorry, but they didn't value money as much as the eldest brother, so they felt better. Seeing the eldest brother like this, they quickly advised him, "It's okay, eldest brother, 20% of the treasure is a lot."

Miao Zhen also said: "I have seen that Kikuchi Wubei. The Japanese pirates are very rich. The 20% treasure accumulated over the years is probably more valuable than our entire Sanqing Temple."

Wang Cong: My heart hurts even more.

Seeing him in so much pain, Pan Yun's heart didn't hurt so much, so she generously taught him her spell, "I thought of a spell to calm this mood."

Wang Cong looked at her.

Pan Yun said: "May you be blessed with infinite blessings. Everything I choose is the best choice. Blessings are disasters, and disasters are blessings. Even if there are losses for a while, there will be great blessings in the future."

Wang Cong put down his hand that was covering his heart and said, "Master Junior, you did this on purpose."

Pan Yun shook his head in a friendly manner, "No, no, I'm just being honest, so Master Nephew, are we going to Antonwei?"

Wang Cong's eyes fell on the table, and after a moment's silence, he said, "Go!"

"Since we are going to Andongwei, we have to go through Pizhou. If we walk faster tomorrow, we can enter Pizhou City in the evening." Wang Cong pondered and said, "Since they are also looking for people along the coast, there will definitely be many checkpoints on the way. We may not meet Liu Jing again, but we still have to be careful."

"We need to take out our luggage to deal with the checkpoints along the way."

That night they each packed a few pieces of clothing and put them on the carriage as a disguise. But Hongyan was used to the clean and tidy carriage, and was very unhappy to see these things on the carriage, and she couldn't help scratching the bundles with her claws.

Pan Yun hit her paw.

Tickle again, hit again.

The man and the fox were caught in a cycle. Pan Xiaohei saw this and retracted his claws, buried them under his stomach and stood still.

Wang Cong couldn't bear to see it and said, "Once we get into the city, let's go buy some bags, shall we?"

"Bag?"

Wang Cong nodded, "Yes, you can buy big or small bags."

Pizhou City was not very prosperous, so Wang Cong simply walked down the main road and found a clothing store.

He led Pan Yun and four others in.

Hongyan was also curious about buying things, so she turned into a human, hid her tail in her skirt and went into the store with them.

Wang Cong said: "We want to buy a bag."

When the shopkeeper saw so many of them, he happily responded and immediately asked his waiter to bring all the bags to them for them to see.

"Do you want to carry it by hand, cross-body, or on your back? Do you want a big one or a small one?"

Wang Cong: "The big one, for luggage."

He paused when he saw Pan Yun and Miao Zhen Miao He looking at the bags hanging in the garment shop curiously.

To be honest, none of the three of them had ever been to a clothing store.

Without Pan Yun mentioning it, Miaozhen and Miaohe rarely went down the mountain, and when they did, they mostly went to visit drugstores and restaurants. They had only bought ready-made clothes two or three times in their entire lives, and twice those purchases were made by adults.

Wang Cong thought of the small square bags that he had seen women carry across their shoulders, and said to the shopkeeper, "Give me some crossbody bags, too. Small and pretty ones."

The shopkeeper should be happy and immediately ask his servant to take down the bags in the top row.

Pan Jun craned her neck to look, and was surprised to see the small square cross-body bag being taken down.

It was embroidered and had tassels, and looked much more artistic and sophisticated than the ones she had used in the 26th century.

Pan Jun looked through it curiously and saw two inner pockets. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and said, "This bag is quite nice."

Wang Cong took a glance and saw that the bag only had an ordinary orchid embroidered on it and two tassels hanging on both sides of the bag.

Compared with what he saw at Jiangnan Garment Store, it was nothing.

Wang Cong looked at Pan Yun lovingly and said, "If you like it, buy it."

Miao Zhen, who was standing by, picked out a bag and handed it to Pan Yun, saying happily, "Uncle Junior Master, this is made of bamboo."

Pan Yun took it, looked at it, and nodded, saying, "The embroidery is good. Shopkeeper, how much is this bag?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Six hundred coins."

Pan Yun put down her bag and said to Wang Cong, "Hurry up and buy some luggage. It will be dark soon."

The luggage bags are made of thick linen, mostly in blue-gray and black, which are not only strong but also waterproof.

Pan Jun touched it in surprise.

She didn't know that the textile products of the Ming Dynasty were so advanced, because from what she saw when she traveled and in her daily life, people still used bag wrappings more often, and few people used bags.

Wang Cong asked about the price.

Although this luggage bag is large and sturdy, it is cheaper. It comes in different colors, sizes and styles, ranging from 120 to 240 wen.

Wang Cong picked the five cheapest ones, one for each of them, and then pointed to the three small square crossbody bags on the table and said, "Pack these three too."

Pan Yun, Miao Zhen and Miao He turned their heads to look at him.

Wang Cong smiled and said, "It's for you to use as a magic weapon."

He paused and asked Hongyan, "Miss Hongyan, do you want to buy one?"

Hongyan looked at it with sparkling eyes. She simply liked the embroidery pattern, so she nodded.

Wang Cong let her choose.

Hongyan unceremoniously chose a bag embroidered with a Vermilion Bird, which was worth one or two taels!
The shopkeeper happily packed the bags for them.

Wang Cong saw them holding the bag and were so moved that their eyes were filled with tears. He couldn't help but shake his head, "Little Master, why are you so generous and stingy? When we were on the pleasure boat, you stuffed the small silver bills into Hua Niang's body as if they were not money. This is just a bag. One tael can buy three or four."

Pan Yun held the small square bag and said, "You don't understand. When I hold the girls, I just want to give them money to spend. When I see them happy, I am happy."

"But when I look at the bag in my hand and think about how much it cost, I feel sad. Fortunately, I didn't spend the money, so it doesn't matter."

Miaozhenmiao and Miaohe nodded together.

Wang Cong: …

(End of this chapter)