The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 457 Wait and See

Yin Song covered his chest and said, "You two really... you really don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. The pits you dug are bigger and bigger. Are you afraid that there won't be enough mud to bury us?"

Xue Shao: "Without destruction, there is no construction."

Yin Song: "You better think it through. Forget it. You've already done it. It doesn't matter whether you think about it or not. Forget about being the top scholar. I'm afraid you won't even be able to keep your position as the top scholar."

Xue Shao smiled and did not worry about himself. "Master Yin, do you have any news about Pan Yun in prison?"

"What's up with her?"

Xue Shao: "I heard from the jailer that she was tortured in prison. I'm worried that she might be injured..."

Yin Song waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Don't worry, she is so powerful that we can't kill her."

Xue Shao frowned, "Bones and blood are the same, and people feel pain. How can you not care about the torture on your body just because you have a high level of cultivation?"

Yin Song opened his mouth, and seeing his worried face, he looked around, then moved closer and whispered, "Don't worry, the whip didn't fall on her at all."

Xue Shao raised his eyes and looked at him.

Yin Song nodded slightly at him.

Xue Shao felt relieved, stood up, bowed and said, "Then I will take my leave first."

"Wait a minute," Yin Song was stunned for a moment, then stopped him and asked, "You came to my house just for this?"

"Not really." Xue Shao sat back down and moved closer: "Master Yin, did you see the strange thing in the sky above the prison?"

Yin Song's face was heavy: "I see."

Xue Shao was relieved: "Since Lord Yin also knows about it, I think there is a way to protect Pan Yun."

Yin Song sighed heavily, "I'm at my wit's end. There's nothing else I can do."

Xue Shao frowned, "How can there be no solution? Don't you cultivators have ways to conceal things? Can't you cover up the golden light of merit? Or, if a demon comes, can Lord Yin subdue it?"

Yin Song raised his eyelids and looked at him. "After all this talk, we are worried about two different things."

Xue Shao humbly asked, "What is Lord Yin worried about?"

"I'm not worried about the monsters. What is there to worry about?" Yin Song asked, "Do you think the Imperial Prison is easy to break into?"

He snorted and sneered: "Do you think the Imperial Prison is an ordinary prison and monsters can enter and exit freely? Let me tell you, every craftsman in this world is half a formation master, especially those who repair houses. Ordinary monsters and demons can't enter the Imperial Prison at all."

Xue Shao: "What about the unusual ones?"

"They are not ordinary ones. They dare not approach easily. The fierce and evil aura in the Imperial Prison alone is enough to force them to retreat."

Xue Shao: "There must be some monsters who are not afraid of the Imperial Prison, right?"

"Yes, but the Imperial Prison is next to the palace, who dares to get close?" Yin Song said, "There is a worshiper of the Zhang family there. No matter what kind of monster it is, it will have to keep its tail between its legs when it comes to the capital."

Hongyan and Xiaohong still dare not approach the palace. It is the ignorant and fearless Pan Xiaohei who passes messages back and forth, and they run around collecting information.

Xue Shao: "...You want to use the palace's Zhang Gongfeng to fight against the big monster attracted by the merits? Will he agree?"

Yin Song said seriously: "Nonsense, we don't have such an idea."

He said: "However, guarding the imperial palace is Zhang Gongfeng's duty. Unfortunately, the people detained in the imperial prison are important, so it is connected to the imperial palace." The imperial prison is a large prison directly controlled by the emperor, in which are imprisoned important ministers, royal relatives and the like. It is convenient for the emperor to interrogate them at any time, so shouldn't it be next to the imperial palace?

Pan Yun was also imprisoned by the emperor, so it had nothing to do with him. Zhang Gongfeng could not blame him.

Xue Shao looked at him steadily, then looked away: "I understand, then what are you worried about?"

"I'm worried about the people!" Yin Song sighed, "If the monster comes, we have the ability to resist it, but the situation in the court is not something we can control."

Yin Song stood up and turned around. "Whether it's a demon or a cultivator like us, most of us live in seclusion. This world is dominated by humans, and the court and the emperor dominate humans."

"When fighting a monster, you can compete with your cultivation. When fighting with fellow cultivators, you still have to compete with your cultivation. But when fighting the government, you have to compete with people's hearts..." Yin Song shook his head, "Cultivation is the most useless thing."

Xue Shao frowned slightly and asked sincerely: "Is there anything in the imperial prison that would disgust the court officials and make them wary? Although Wang Zhen is powerful in the court now, there are still some civil and military officials who dislike Wang Zhen. They should form an alliance with us, unless something in the imperial prison disgusts them as much as they dislike Wang Zhen."

Yin Song said, "A few days ago, there were traces of a demon cat in the Imperial Prison. Someone reported that it was caused by an injustice in the Imperial Prison."

The image of Pan Xiaohei flashed through Xue Shao's mind, "Is that demon cat Xiaohei?"

"That's right, but how could I dare to say it was Pan Yun's cat? I only swore that there was no evil spirit."

Xue Shao's mind raced: "It's not a bad thing that he's a demon. As long as Pan Xiaohei is hidden, we can pin the blame on Wang Zhen. But Lord Yin, you..."

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Yin Song looked at him speechlessly and said, "Don't I know? I may be demoted or even dismissed and exiled because of my lack of ability, but none of this matters."

"The important thing is, do you think that human desires are limited to this?" Yin Song said, "If Wang Zhen falls, the next step is that the civil and military officials of the court will target our Imperial Observatory, the Heavenly Master's Office, and the Taoist priests of the world. This is a major event that concerns the Taoist tradition of the world."

"If the world's Taoism is in turmoil because of Pan Yun and me, then Pan Yun and I will be blamed for our death."

Xi Jin muttered to the side: "Why is everyone involved in exile? This one wants to be exiled, and that one wants to be exiled too..."

Everyone glanced at Xi Jin and said in unison: "Exile is already the lightest punishment."

Of course, this is only for people like them who feel the same no matter where they live. For most people, exile is like beheading, a murderous punishment.

The young Xue Shao was still somewhat naive and comforted Yin Song: "Master Yin, perhaps you are overthinking it."

"Although this world is dominated by mortals, all things are equal. Whether it is demons, animals, plants or you cultivators, they are all under the jurisdiction of the court. You are not like Wang Zhen who endangers the country, so how could they exclude you?"

Yin Song looked at Xue Shao, shook his head and laughed: "He is indeed a young man. Although he is a genius, he is also naive and has not lost his true nature."

He said: "I have been an official in the court for seven or eight years, and these people in the court..."

He shook his head and said, "Except for a few individuals, the rest are very hypocritical. They are not my comrades, and their hearts must be different from mine.

Even if we are in the same party, we can still quarrel when personal interests are involved, not to mention that we are cultivators, and we have different goals in life and different principles of conduct. "

Yin Song said: "Do you know that the hundreds of schools of thought in the pre-Qin period hated each other and fought each other to the point of brains bursting out when the situation became intense?"

Xue Shao was silent.

Yin Song said: "This is our current situation."

He raised the corner of his mouth and smiled: "If you don't believe it, just wait and see."

　good night

　　(End of this chapter)