The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 406: Numb scalp
I'm already at the palace gate, and it would seem a bit foolish to go back to work.

When Yin Song saw the emperor and his entourage disappear, he turned around and walked out of the palace and went home after get off work.

As soon as we entered the alley, we saw Pan Yun, Miao Zhen and the other two being surrounded by a group of women. It was so lively, just like the New Year's Day.

Pan Yun's banner was leaning against the wall, and Pan Xiaohei was squatting under it, taking a nap in the sun.

Yin Song walked forward, and when the women saw him, they greeted him proudly, "Master Yin is back, your apprentice sister and disciples are reading our faces and treating our illnesses."

Miao He, who was surrounded in the middle, replied weakly, "I am the nephew of the apprentice..."

But no one cared at all. The woman continued proudly, "If you don't want to show us, there are plenty of people who can help us. I think your sister's ability is a little better than yours. Look at the words 'Fairy Child Tribulations' written on her banner. She is a fairy child, and she only costs one penny!"

"Yes, yes, the fairy boy only wants one penny." Yin Song nodded repeatedly, struggling to break free, and only dared to look back after running three or five steps.

Seeing Pan Yun, Miao Zhen and the other two surrounded in the middle, he let out a breath and hurried inside with lingering fear.

As soon as I pushed the door open, I saw Wang Cong and Yin Qingjun peeking in.

He asked angrily, "What are you two doing? Seeing your junior uncle and fellow apprentices being surrounded, you don't even go out to help."

Yin Qingjun: "Why is Master back? Why don't you help?"

Yin Song said in a serious tone: "I am the elder, it would be inappropriate for me to argue with them. You are the younger generation, so you should take action."

Wang Cong: "Master, don't you find that they are enjoying it?"

Yin Song paused, then turned around and stuck his head out to look.

The master and his disciples pulled at the door frame and looked out carefully. "Judging from his expression, he certainly doesn't look embarrassed."

Yin Song frowned and stood up, puzzled, "What do they want?"

"For experience," Wang Cong said, "They treat them as trainees. If it's a coincidence, they only pay a penny, and they also treat them as trainees."

What else can Yin Song say?

One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.

Yin Song shook off his hand that was hurt by the grab just now. Just as he was about to go back to the house, he remembered something and stopped to look at the two of them with a deep gaze. "They are younger than you and all know how to go out and gain experience. What are you two doing?"

Yin Qingjun: "Master, why did you come back so early today? Did you skip work?"

Wang Cong: "Do you think the two of us need even a penny of experience?"

Who hasn’t come from this period?

There is no need to go back and experience the suffering you have already experienced again.

Yin Song couldn't help but sigh, "Miao Zhen and Yan Bai are still cuter. They won't argue with others, let alone Master."

The two of them pretended not to hear.

Yin Song said to Yin Qingjun, "I'm back now, so you don't need to stay at home anymore. There's still half a day left, so go to the Imperial Observatory to check in."

Yin Qingjun: "I've already asked for leave, I'm going to report now..."

Yin Song waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "If the higher-ups ask me about this, I'll just say that I asked you to look up the information. You've been absent for two days this month. If you miss another day, do you want to deduct your salary?"

Yin Qingjun turned around immediately: "Disciple will go right away."

Wang Cong was stunned, and it took him a while to find his voice, "Master, is this how you are officials in the capital?"

He frowned, and frowned again, but still couldn't help but whispered, "Like a dog official."

Yin Song glanced at him and said, "We finished a day's work for others in just one hour. Can you blame us for this?"

"We have completed our work, so why don't we get paid?" Yin Song said, "The court shouldn't set fixed working hours. As long as we complete the required amount of work every day, the rest of the time should be at our disposal."

Wang Cong: "Master, aren't you free to go home now?"

"That's because I got promoted and can make my own decisions," Yin Song sighed. "Before I got promoted, I was just like Qingjun. I had to report for duty every morning and evening. If I didn't report for duty, I would be deducted from my salary. If I did it too many times, I would be demoted."

Yin Song looked aggrieved: "In order to be your backer, is it easy for me to be an official?"

Wang Cong was deeply moved and said, "Master, if you are too tired, go back to the mountain and leave this job to Second Junior Brother."

Yin Song immediately changed his expression and said, "Forget it, I'll just work harder."

He looked around and asked, "Where are Miss Hongyan and Miss Xiaohong?"

Wang Cong: "Sleeping in the house."

Xiaohong's day and night are reversed, and Hongyan also learned to stay up late like her. She couldn't fall asleep at night and couldn't wake up during the day.

After making sure it was safe here, the two of them slept soundly in the house during the day and ran to the rooftop to practice under the moonlight at night.

"Where is Mr. Hu?"

Wang Cong: "I am recovering from my injuries."

Yin Song nodded, pulled him aside and whispered, "Keep an eye on Hero Hu, and stay at home to recover. Don't go out."

Pan Yun rushed in carrying a banner and asked directly, "Have the people looking for Hu Jing come to Beijing?"

Yin Song let go of Wang Cong and saw that she was sweating all over. "You are sweating all over. This means you have gained a lot."

"Not bad," Pan Yun said proudly, "In just two days, I have learned the eight generations of ancestors of the sixteen households in this alley and the sixteen households in the next alley."

"Of the thirty-two households, nineteen are officials, and the remaining thirteen are either gentry or relatives of officials. Second Brother, this is a wonderful place for you to live in. You are a Taoist priest. Information is one of the greatest wealth in the world. Fortunately, you are only a Taoist priest, otherwise..."

"Otherwise, your wanted poster wouldn't have slowly changed from a portrait to a vague description of text," Yin Song tapped her head, changed the subject, pointed his chin in the direction of the backyard and asked, "Look at how noisy you are, do you mind if Hero Hu knows?"

"Why should he mind?" Pan Yun said, "We have to tell him specifically. So many people want to catch him. He will be safest only when he is with us."

"It's a rare opportunity to come to the capital, so don't hinder our nephew from going out. Hero Hu will definitely not like being watched." Pan Yun said, "He is already an adult, and we don't need to arrange his future."

"However, Second Senior Brother discovered that the people looking for Hu Jing have entered the capital?"

"I didn't notice anything. I just ran into a few Jinyiwei when I was leaving the palace. I heard them talking about how more people from the underworld have come to Beijing in the past two days. When I heard this, I felt uncomfortable and knew that they were coming for Hero Hu."

Yin Song looked Pan Yun up and down, and became more certain. He nodded and said, "Yes, you look so unlucky, it must be coming for you. Now look at Mr. Hu's face, he must look even more unlucky than you."

When Pan Yun heard this, he immediately took Miaozhen to see Hu Jing.

"Go and have a look. This is a rare study material. I am a doctor, not myself. Otherwise, I would take a close look at my face in the mirror."

Miao Zhen turned around and looked at Pan Jun seriously, "But I don't think Junior Master saw it either..."

Pan Yun: "That's because we are too close." Yin Song: "That's because you are not well educated."

The brother and sister looked at each other.

Yin Song changed his words, "Your junior uncle is right. Maybe it's because you two are too close, but in the final analysis, it's because you haven't learned the skills well enough."

He said, "From today on, I will assign you homework. After you finish your homework, you have to go out and meet ten people. If you accumulate more than twenty people in a day, you don't have to go to the academy or return to the mountain. Just stay in the capital. I will personally watch you study."

Miao Zhen was startled and lowered his head in agreement.

She missed her master very much and wanted to be with him, but she missed her uncle even more. She also liked being with her uncle Miaohe, and she didn't want to leave them and come to the capital.

Several people stood in front of Hu Jing's bed, looking down at his face carefully.

Hu Jing's hair stood on end when they looked at him. "Look, what are you looking at me for? Is there something wrong with my injury?"

Several people looked at the dark energy that was almost overflowing from Hu Jing's face and nodded heavily.

Pan Yun: "This is terrible. As soon as I entered the room, my talent started to activate automatically. This means someone is about to face a disaster."

Miao He also nodded: "It's not good. Even I, who am not an expert in physiognomy, can see that Mr. Hu's forehead is black, and he will have a bloody disaster."

Hu Jing: "...and more? My injury is not healed yet, does this not count?"

Wang Cong also sighed: "If you are injured again, Master Hu, you will be in danger."

Tao Yanbai: “It’s difficult to cure.”

Miao Zhen directly asked Yin Song, "Master, what methods are usually used to resolve this situation?"

Yin Song: "There are two ways, one is my Taoist solution, and the other is the folk solution."

Even Pan Yun pricked up his ears out of curiosity.

Yin Song stretched out a finger and said, "First, perform a ritual for him to hide his breath and traces. Just pretend that he doesn't exist in this world. Maybe we can escape the disaster;"

He held up two fingers, "Second, we must strike first and find a way to get rid of all the people who came to Beijing to arrest him. If we win, we will escape the disaster. If we lose, we will be wiped out."

Pan Yun turned his head back and said, "It seems that neither of them is a good solution."

Yin Song: "What do you think, Junior Sister?"

Pan Yun said: "The first one can only be concealed from those who know the mysterious arts, and it is concealed from the underworld. In fact, the traces we left along the way will not really disappear;"

"Secondly, even if we can really get rid of everyone, it will inevitably leave traces and drag ourselves into a bigger vortex, involving more cause and effect."

Yin Song: "What's Junior Sister's opinion?"

Pan Yun: "You should remain unchanged in the face of change. Mr. Hu, you should stay at home to recover. If you are really discovered, I will help you escape from the capital."

She said, "I know this well. Don't worry, I will definitely be able to escape."

Yin Song narrowed his eyes, and after a moment he said to Hu Jing, who looked worried and guilty, "That's one way. Don't worry, Mr. Hu, we will protect you."

Hu Jing: "I can't implicate you..."

Pan Jun: "We have the pictures in our hands, so why would we talk about getting involved?"

She winked at Hu Jing and said, "When the time comes, we can just hand over the map."

Hu Jing: ...But that picture is fake.

Meeting Pan Yun's gaze, Hu Jing sighed and said, "Okay, it's fake, so what? Anyway, the people who are trying to catch him all over the world are not selfless good people."

There is no need to feel guilty about cheating them.

After things were agreed upon, Yin Song led them to set up the formation in the yard.

The maze formation was inside the killing formation, and the formation was inside the formation. As soon as he entered the front and back courtyards, Yin Song had actually set up sixteen formations, all of which were a combination of the maze formation and the killing formation.

Pan Jun was stunned by what he saw.

The best part is that there is no need to avoid them on purpose. Before the maze formation is activated, the formations and hidden weapons arranged in the yard will not be triggered at all.

Sure enough, there is always someone better than you, and at this moment, Second Senior Brother is that person.

Pan Yun gave Yin Song a thumbs up, his eyes sparkling as he asked, "Second Senior Brother, can you teach me this skill?"

"Of course," Yin Song said with a smile, "I figured out the arrangement of this formation last year in Southern Xinjiang. If you and Miao Zhen learn it, you will be the second or third person besides me who can use it."

"Innovation, Second Brother, you are even more amazing." Pan Yun was very interested in his innovation process and asked, "What gave you the inspiration? In such a small space, you can overlap two formations to form sixteen formations? What's even more abnormal is that every two of them can intersect and form formations with each other. In such a small space, you have made a total of one hundred and twenty formations..."

Pan Jun sighed twice, "It's like taking a step further. My scalp tingles just thinking about it."

Miao Zhen nodded repeatedly, "Besides, there are hidden weapons waiting outside the formation. Once someone breaks through the formation violently, the hidden weapons will be used and may pierce them into a sieve."

Pan Jun clasped his hands together, his eyes sparkling, "Second Brother, you are really amazing."

Miao Zhen followed her example and looked at Yin Song with sparkling eyes: "Master, you are so amazing."

They both said in unison: "I want to learn."

Yin Song raised his chin proudly and said, "Okay, I'll teach you!"

Hu Jing almost fell down while holding onto the door frame, muttering, "Is this my bloody disaster or theirs?"

This time Hu Jing was no longer worried about himself, but instead worried about the people who came to arrest him.

It was not until everyone had left and it was late at night, when Xiaohong and Hongyan came out to practice, that Yin Song had time to whisper to Pan Yun.

"Don't even think about seeing the emperor before February 2." Yin Song said, "I calculated with my fingers. After the Dragon Raises its Head, there will be the Spring Examination. Not long after the Spring Examination, there will be the Palace Examination. It is unlikely that the emperor will leave the palace before April."

"And you guys are going to report to the academy at the end of March, right?" Yin Song suggested, "Why don't we wait until the end of the year, or next year?"

Pan Yun: "It's okay, I can wait. This trip to the capital was not without gain. I also found two allies. One of them is Xue Shao, Xue Xuan's nephew, and also a candidate this year. He said that if he passes the imperial examination, he will meet the emperor to seek justice after the palace examination."

Yin Song immediately changed his words: "Forget it, let me do it. I will drag the emperor out for you even if it takes a long time. Don't make such a big deal in the court."

The imperial examination was one of the biggest events in the country. Whenever there was a case involving the imperial examination, there would be rivers of blood and extreme cruelty.

Even though this old case has nothing to do with the imperial examination, as long as it is brought up in the palace examination, it will instantly become a major case.

Just thinking about it made Yin Song feel his scalp tingling.

(End of this chapter)