The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 453 One goes down and the other goes up
He looked her up and down, frowned, waved his hand in front of his nose, and said with disgust: "You smell too much of black dog blood. Are you so rich?"

"What can I do? I only have the black dog blood used for exorcism. I don't have any other blood. Second Brother, how about you help me get some other blood? I think I will need blood for many other places next. Alas, I was in a hurry and forgot to make a blood bag."

Yin Song frowned, but nodded and agreed, "I'll find a way to send it to you when the time comes."

"Leave it to Xiao Hei, it's convenient for him to come in and out."

Yin Song: "How dare you let it in?"

Pan Yun gave him a flattering smile.

Yin Song tapped her forehead hard, picked up the basket and left.

Before leaving, she handed the basket to the jailers and asked them to take good care of Pan Yun. "If my sister makes you angry, you can punish her by not giving her food or water. She will behave herself after a few meals. Don't do anything."

He sighed and said, "This child is born stubborn. The more he is beaten, the tougher he becomes. So beating him is useless. We have to use soft means, such as starving him. No one in this world can endure hunger."

The jailers looked at Yin Song in surprise and couldn't help asking, "Does Lord Yin have a grudge against your apprentice sister?"

"No," Yin Song quickly denied, "Absolutely not. Please don't misunderstand me. We are brothers and sisters, and there is absolutely no discord between us."

The jailers were skeptical.

However, he still accepted the roast chicken given by Yin Song.

Yin Song left quickly and went directly to the emperor to reply.

A demon cat appeared in the imperial prison, but the matter was suppressed. Currently, only the Northern Pacification Office and the Imperial Observatory knew about it. Oh, even a great eunuch like Wang Zhen knew about it.

But he didn't dare reveal it to the cabinet. But did the cabinet actually know about it?
Yin Song bet ten taels of silver that they knew, and one penny that they would not say anything but pretend not to know.

"In other words, there really is a demon cat?" The emperor put down his tea bowl and frowned. "How could a demon dare to approach the palace? Could it be..."

Yin Song smiled and comforted the emperor, "Your Majesty, black cats are also called black cats. They are auspicious and can ward off evil spirits. Black cats that can cultivate are even better, so black cats are never banned from entering or leaving the palace walls."

Yin Song told the story slowly and the emperor felt much more at ease and listened to him carefully.

Yin Song continued, "I went to the Imperial Prison and checked carefully. There was no evil in there. It was just damp and dark. So I think the black cat happened to pass by and accidentally entered the Imperial Prison. It was frightened by the bloody smell inside, so it ran away in panic."

So, it’s not the demon cat that scares people, but people who scare the demon cat.

Wang Zhen looked at Yin Song in surprise. He was even more reluctant than Yin Song to hear that there were evil spirits in the imperial prison, so he also bowed and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that the Northern Pacification Office is overthinking. As Lord Yin said, the black cat is an object that wards off evil spirits. In fact, this is a good omen."

The imperial prison was directly controlled by the emperor, and those imprisoned there were either officials of the third rank or above, or criminals involved in serious crimes.

If there is a rumor of evil, whose fault is it?
So after receiving Yin Song's affirmative reply that the demon cat had left the imperial prison and that the imperial prison itself was not the reason for attracting the demon cat, the emperor immediately closed the case.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Yin Song also breathed a sigh of relief.

The three guilty people thought the matter was over, but the cabinet did not think so.

The Cabinet has no guilty conscience, not at all.

It’s just that the Spring Examination is over and it’s time to announce the results.

As soon as Xue Shao left the examination room, he received news that Pan Yun had been thrown into prison. He endured for two days and finally waited for the results to be announced.

This time, he and Xi Jin rushed to the front, starting from the top of the list, and saw his name at the first glance.

Xi Jin tried hard to pull the man's arms away and saw it. He was overjoyed and shouted, "Master, you are Hui Yuan, you are Hui Yuan!"

Xue Shao also had tears in his eyes, "Okay, okay, okay!"

When the examinees who squeezed in to see the list heard the name of Huiyuan, they immediately turned their heads to look, "How can he be so young? Who is this?"

"Xue Shao! Don't you know? Hedong Jieyuan!"

"It turned out that a northerner won the championship this time?"

Xue Shao didn't listen to their discussion anymore and pulled Xi Jin out.

Everyone subconsciously made way for him. Halfway through the walk, someone finally remembered to bow to him and said, "Congratulations, Master Xue, for winning the first place in the exam."

Xue Shao clasped his fists all the way and hurried away.

The candidates couldn't help but look back, "I saw that he looked happy, but why didn't he stay to contact more people? He just left like that?"

"Young talents, of course, don't bother to chat with me."

"Brother Xue is not that kind of person," one person said, "He is peaceful and kind, he must have something urgent to do."

The person who spoke was the candidate whose ankle was stepped on.

The people standing next to him echoed and spoke for Xue Shao.

Xue Shao hurried to Baiyun Temple.

At this time, Yin's residence was being watched, but Baiyun Temple was not, and there were many people in Baiyun Temple, so it was easy to take advantage of the opportunity to contact Wang Cong and others. Xi Jin chased after him, with a look of regret on his face, "Master, you did so well in the exam, first place in the first place, if you can get another first place, wouldn't it be three first places?"

Xue Shao walked quickly, holding his robe. "Everything goes to extremes and then turns back. Those who win the top three places either have a bleak future or a miserable end. The last person who won the top three places in this dynasty was even more amazing. He even won six places in a row. Guess what happened to him in the end?"

Xijin trotted over and asked curiously, "What happened?"

"He threw himself into the river and killed himself. His wife and daughter are all dead."

Xi Jin immediately fell silent.

Xue Shaofei ran to Baiyun Temple, straightened his clothes in front of the door, turned around and smiled at Xi Jin: "Don't be sad, this time the first place is a surprise, we don't expect to be successful in the future, it's better to give this first place to someone with more ambitions."

Xue Shao pushed open the door and walked along the alley as if he was familiar with the place to go find Wang Cong and the others.

Although Wang Cong and his companions were in Baiyun Temple, they were well-informed. After all, they had Xiaohong, a great treasure, with them.

With her around, she could go anywhere in the capital as long as she didn't rush to places like the palace or temples.

Pan Yun's news was basically passed back and forth by her.

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Wang Zhen sent a lot of people to keep an eye on Yin's house. Even the emperor wanted to know if there was someone behind Pan Yun, so he also sent people.

Xue Shao asked: "Your Majesty still hasn't seen Taoist Sanzhu?"

Wang Cong said, "No, but the relief grain sent to Runing Prefecture and Quanzhou has arrived, and the news has been sent to the capital. My master said that the emperor is discussing with the cabinet recently to let General Wang Ji go to Gansu and Ningxia to patrol the border."

Xue Shao looked puzzled, "What does this have to do with Taoist Sanzhu's detention? Didn't you try to cover it up so that people wouldn't know it was you who did it?"

"Of course it is related," Wang Cong said seriously, "The world doesn't know, but God knows."

Xue Shao raised an eyebrow, "Merit?"

In Runing Prefecture and surrounding areas, which they could not see, groups of refugees were rushing back to their hometowns, carrying half a bag of food and copper coins in their pockets.

When they were tired and rested, they grabbed a handful of grain from the grain bag behind them and cooked it, then knelt down and kowtowed towards the north, praying sincerely: "Greatly compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, all gods and Buddhas, please bless us and our benefactors with everything we wish for and a long life."

The same went for other refugees; even the children who were still in the arms of their adults were held in their arms and bowed three times toward the north.

They didn't know who the benefactor was, but they knew that the food was shipped from the north.

The caravan distributing the grain said that it was shipped from Baoding, but the person who placed the order seemed to be from the capital.

They all say that it was done by the good people of the Wulin Alliance, but the common people have their own feelings and perceptions, and they don’t think it was done.

However, they are also very grateful to the Wulin Alliance. After thanking their benefactor, they will also thank the Wulin Alliance. But when educating their children, they still say, "You must study hard and be good people like your benefactors when you are examiners in the future. You are not allowed to be thugs in the Wulin Alliance."

In the fields, people who had just returned to the fields were weeding and plowing, praying for a good harvest this year, and also praying to God to bless their benefactors.

In Quanzhou.

Countless people who were driven inland were given relief food. They will have to survive the lean months of March and April and get through the year.

Many people would express their gratitude to this benefactor in their hearts and words when they are eating or chatting.

They don't know who their benefactor is specifically, but God knows.

Countless golden lights of merit flew to the north, some of them fell on Sanqing Mountain, and most of them flew to Kyoto and landed on a prison.

His merits were so great that Zhang Zijin, who had been practicing quietly, couldn't help but go up to the roof and look at the Imperial Prison from afar.

Zhang Zijin muttered: "This kid is really going to cause me trouble."

Yin Song also climbed onto the roof of his house, took a look and then climbed down smoothly, then turned around in circles. "Strange, how can I get so much merit for just doing some good deeds? It's as if all the merits belong to her."

Yin Song almost bit his finger. "It shouldn't be like this. Even if one person has a little, it should be divided into dozens of portions. There are people who send relief grain, transport it, buy it, and even grow the grain. Heaven has its own laws. Everyone can get some. How can there be so much?"

It was as if Pan Jun alone enjoyed the merit of doing good deeds.

"It's so obvious, who can we hide it from?" Yin Song's fingers were about to break. "Oh, the people in the cabinet will definitely not believe it. The Imperial Observatory... forget it, people outside are always skeptical about us. No one is a talkative person, so no one should tell others. But... what about the demons and ghosts?"

Yin Song squatted on the ground anxiously, "Is my little apprentice sister going to be made into Tang Monk's meat in the future?"

No--

Besides, the Imperial Prison is connected to the Palace, and the man in the Palace...

Yin Song muttered, "If I call my senior brother here at this time, will he beat me up? This matter sounds big, but it's actually not that big. When will the emperor interrogate my junior sister? If she continues to stay in the imperial prison, she's fine. I'm going crazy!"

At this time, Xue Shao was standing on the third floor of the restaurant, facing the direction of the Imperial Prison, and couldn't help but chuckle, "My luck has really improved."

"Master, what are you talking about? You will be entering the palace for an exam tomorrow. You'd better stop drinking and go back to rest."

Xue Shao shook his head slightly, "Tomorrow's palace examination is just like that to me. Anyway, I don't expect to get any results. It's better to meet a few gentlemen."

　good night

　　(End of this chapter)