The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 421 Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other
Jinyiwei Ren Ze agreed, and as soon as Wang Zhen left, he immediately led his men to surround the yard.

He didn't know what else was in the yard, but since Wang Zhen said so, it meant that there was something extremely important in it, so he said to everyone: "Keep a close eye on the yard, and don't let even a fly fly in!"

Everyone responded in unison.

Deep in the yard where the crowd surrounded them, a black cat silently jumped down from the wall, landed lightly on the box, and pricked up its ears to listen carefully.

After listening for a long time without hearing any other sounds, he relaxed, squatted on the box, scratched his face with his paws, and asked himself: [Can I close it now? ]

[Collect!] Pan Yun said: "Don't keep any of them!"

Because Pan Jun said not to leave anything behind, Pan Xiaohei cleared the table and filled his jade space.

It said: [You have to refine a larger space for me. ]

Pan Yun's spiritual consciousness attached to it, and when he saw what it was holding, he narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Refine! This time I won't use ink to paint your jade black. I will go find a piece of black jade of good quality to make a space magic tool for you."

Only then did Pan Xiaohei become happy.

After putting away all the things, Pan Xiaohei walked to the door, climbed up the wall in two quick steps, jumped diagonally to the right, and went down holding the candle.

With a low rumbling sound, the door of the secret room opened, and Pan Xiaohei jumped out. In a few seconds, he climbed up the wall and squeezed out through the gap in the upper window.

The sound of the wooden frame mechanism being activated was quite loud. Ren Ze, a Jinyiwei in the yard, seemed to have heard something. He turned around suddenly and saw a cat slithering out of the window and running straight along the wall.

Ren Ze's heart trembled, and without thinking, he swung out the Embroidered Spring Knife.

Pan Xiaohei took a big step forward, and with a clang, the Embroidered Spring Sword brushed against his tail and got nailed to the wall.

"Meow--" Pan Xiaohei screamed, jumped onto the roof, slid down along the ridge, and ran away quickly along the ridge.

As soon as it got on the roof with its front feet, Ren Ze followed it up with his back feet onto the wall. He pulled out his Embroidered Spring Sword and climbed onto the roof. He chased it for a while, but seeing that it was agile and fast, and it was black in color, it disappeared among the green tiles in a few seconds. So he had to stop.

He stood on the roof and pondered for a moment, then immediately turned around and flew back to the yard.

The men gathered around him, "Sir, that's a cat."

Ren Ze: "Paw Print just came out of the house, how come there is a cat inside?"

Wang Zhen doesn't like things like cats and dogs.

Ren Ze looked at the closed door, tightened his grip on the knife, took two steps forward, and was immediately stopped by his men, "Sir, this is the seal holder's study."

He whispered, "The seal master doesn't want people to get close to the study. After the theft, he will be even more concerned."

Ren Ze: "Didn't you hear the noise just now? Just a snap, and the rumbling sound of something heavy being moved."

Several people looked at each other and shook their heads, "Sir, are you tired?"

"It's not tiring at all. I'm just interrogating a few servants. I'm not hallucinating." Ren Ze turned around on the spot. "If I don't open it and take a look, I'll feel bad. If something goes wrong, we won't be able to escape responsibility if we investigate later."

"The Chief of Staff only asked us to guard the yard and not allow anyone to enter or leave. We did keep watch. It was just a cat that ran out of the house. Could it be that a cat stole the things?" A Jinyiwei said, "Sir, we don't seek merit, but we do seek to avoid mistakes. Now the Chief of Staff is like a cannon barrel, which will explode at any time. We'd better not provoke him."

"Yes, sir. The brothers are all watching. We will testify against each other. If something really happens, it must have happened before we were on guard. It has nothing to do with us."

"Alas, it's difficult, Boss. We think so, but we're afraid that the Palm Seal doesn't think so."

"What if you don't think so? Could it really be related to a short-haired beast?" A Jinyiwei muttered in a low voice: "We are Jinyiwei and obey the emperor, but now we are guarding the yard for a eunuch..."

Ren Ze turned around and glared at him, "Shut up, if you want to die, wait until you leave us before you say that."

Everyone lowered their heads and kept silent.

Ren Ze took a deep breath, gave up trying to find out the truth, and waved his hand, saying, "Go back to your seats. From now on, not even a fly is allowed to fly out of this yard!"

Several people agreed and dispersed.

Ren Ze looked back at the door, then at the slightly opened window, sighed silently, then sheathed his Embroidered Spring Sword and returned to his position to stand guard.

Pan Xiaohei leaped across the roof like a big, free black bird, as fast as lightning.

It leaped onto the roof of the teahouse, slid off the top of the window, and then leaped again, directly into a window in front.

Pan Jun, who was sitting by the window, smiled and opened his arms when it leaped over from mid-air.

Pan Xiaohei's four legs lightly tapped the windowsill and he flew out again, falling into Pan Jun's arms with a puff.

Pan Jun's hand sank down, and she immediately changed to holding it with one hand and turning it with the other hand, "You are so heavy, like a cannonball, don't you want to lose weight?"

Pan Xiaohei glared at him and let out a "meow".

"Okay, okay, I won't forget your little fish. I just want you to eat less so you can eat longer. Overeating will make you fatter."

Pan Xiaohei tapped the jade pendant on his neck and meowed, "Do you still want the things in it?"

Pan Jun immediately picked it up and turned away, "We have to go home quickly. My luck is unknown now. It's too dangerous to stay outside." "Meow--" Pan Xiaohei raised his tail and put it next to her face for her to see.

Pan Jun pulled its tail and looked around, frowning, "Why is there a bloodstain? Was it caused by that Jinyiwei?"

"Meow, it was scratched by the blade."

Pan Jun: "I will take you back to heal your wounds now, or you will be healed."

Pan Xiaohei: "...I'm bleeding, shouldn't you give me some fish to compensate me so that I can recover?"

Pan Yun touched its fleshy belly and said earnestly, "Xiao Hei, don't forget that you are a spiritual being. Don't really think of yourself as a cat."

"You have to control your eating habits. You have to know that if a cat is too fat, it is really bad for the body and it is dangerous, just like humans."

Pan Xiaohei: "I want to increase my intake of fish by seven pounds. Don't worry about how long it takes me to finish them. I value this cat body more than you do."

"Okay, as long as you know what's going on."

After paying the money, Pan Jun carried Pan Xiaohei in his arms and walked towards home. Just after they walked out of the teahouse and took two steps, a window bolt that was supporting the window fell off with a snap.

Pan Yun seemed to sense something and subconsciously took a step back. The window bolt brushed her scalp and fell to the ground with a bang. Under the wide-eyed gaze of Pan Yun and the waiter, it bounced twice and finally landed on the instep of Pan Yun.

Pan Yun: …

No one else can be so unlucky.

The waiter who saw Pan Yun out was so weak in the knees that he immediately stuffed the money, which was not even warm yet, into Pan Yun's hands, then bent down and quickly picked up the window bolt, and bowed to her repeatedly, "Excuse me, dear guest, please forgive me, dear guest, it's all because of our poor management. Please take a seat upstairs first, I will serve you the best tea and snacks, and please ask the shopkeeper to apologize to you..."

Pan Yun glanced at the tea money he had just given out, waved his hand and said, "It's okay. It's better to hit me than someone else. Ask your shopkeeper to check all the windows."

After saying that, he left.

The waiter didn't expect Pan Yun to be so easy to talk to. He bowed to her twice in a row and then ran back quickly with the window bolt to find the shopkeeper.

Pan Xiaohei stared at her with his cat eyes wide open. "You didn't get hit, and you saved money on tea. Are you lucky or not?"

Pan Yun: "This is called "Misfortunes often bring blessings". This Chinese proverb, which has been around for thousands of years, is indeed correct."

Pan Xiaohei: "Then there is another half sentence, which is called blessing and disaster. Your luck should not be very good now, but you suddenly saved money for a meal. Is there a disaster waiting for you?"

Pan Yun carefully looked to both sides, alert for possible disasters that might fall from the sky, and said stubbornly, "Impossible, I offered incense to the Heavenly Dao last night, and pointed out that all these ill-gotten gains should be used for the people, how could I still be unlucky?"

She turned into the alley, trying to avoid the crowds on the street to avoid accidentally hurting anyone when the disaster struck, and at the same time she could take a shortcut home.

Turn right, then turn left at the next alley, and Pan Yun bumped into someone head-on.

Pan Jun felt that it was his bad luck, so he was not angry, and did not blame the other party for being reckless and not looking at the road. Instead, he said, "I'm sorry..."

She also took a step back.

The people who came out of the alley heard her voice and looked up at her silently.

Pan Jun felt that his silence was a little strange. After hugging Pan Xiaohei tightly, she looked up and fell silent after a glance, "Hero Hu?"

Hu Jing was about to bend down to apologize, but he froze in mid-air after hearing this: "How did you recognize him?"

The Hu Jing in front of him changed into a new set of clothes, which were ragged and dirty, and even his hair was in wisps. There were two holes in his trousers at the knees, and his calves were exposed, with only two or three strips of cloth hanging down.

In just half a day of not seeing him, his beard covered half of his face and even his height was different.

The originally strong knight became short and thin, and looked even shorter than Pan Yun.

This disguise method is no worse than the disguise picture that Pan Yun bought at a high price.

If it weren't for her talent to break through all illusions and see the truth, she might have been deceived by Hu Jing.

Pan Yun looked at him in amazement, and when he got closer, he could smell a foul odor. This odor could only be gotten by being a beggar for three years.

Pan Yun took a step back, endured it, and asked, "Master Hu, do you only know this kind of disguise? Can you disguise yourself as other people? If so, can you teach me?"

Hu Jing: ...

He bent his shoulders again and whispered, "Someone is chasing me. I'm leaving first. You help me stop him."

Pan Jun: "Who is it? Is it my smart and lovely nephew?"

Hu Jing walked past her quickly and disappeared into the alley. "I dumped that idiot a long time ago. He's from the Wulin League. Hurry up and help me stop him."

When Pan Jun heard this, he immediately carried Pan Xiaohei into the depths of the alley. After walking a few steps, he met three knights with swords on their waists, who were leading a puppy and running towards them, sniffing the air.

(End of this chapter)