The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Pan Jun handed the insect to Pan Xiaohei and walked into the yard.

Of the two people in the yard, one was unconscious, and the other was staring at one place with a blank stare.

Pan Yun followed his gaze and saw that he was looking at Hu Jing and the dog at the foot of the wall, so he squatted beside him, lowered his voice, and asked mysteriously: "Do you know him?"

The young man immediately came back to his senses, lowered his eyes and said, "I don't know him."

Pan Yun smiled at him, held his pass between her fingers and waved it in front of his eyes, and said softly, "It doesn't matter if we know each other. Ji Shu, Master Ji, from Luling, Ji'an. You look like an orphan, right? You must have parents, brothers and sisters at home, right?"

Ji Shu's face darkened and he glared at her angrily: "Are you threatening me?"

Pan Yun gently patted his face with the pass: "Why are you angry? Isn't what I am doing now what you have done to me during this period of time?"

Ji Shu's face turned pale, his eyes were filled with complicated emotions, and he couldn't find any words to refute.

It turns out that being threatened with one's family is so infuriating and resentful.

Pan Jun looked at his expression changing and was very satisfied.

Seeing that she had nothing to say, Ji Shu stood up to leave, and couldn't help but call her: "What are you going to do with us?"

Pan Yun tilted his head: "To make a blood bag."

Ji Shu: "And then?"

Pan Yun raised an eyebrow: "Are you so confident that you can survive after being made into blood bags?"

Ji Shu looked at the blood-covered Jia lying not far away and said, "Today is the most critical day. The most blood was lost and the time was the longest. If he survives today, it will be easier for him to survive next time."

Pan Yun's lips curled up slightly: "I just like talking to smart people."

She squatted down again to face him, staring into his eyes. "I wonder if your master is as smart as you are and knows how to handle the current situation."

Ji Shu lowered his eyelids to hide the emotions in his eyes, and said calmly: "After being in a high position for a long time, one may still be smart, but it is inevitable that one will become arrogant and lose caution, such as Taoist Master Pan."

He raised his eyes and looked straight at her: "Has no one told Master Pan? You are too arrogant."

Pan Jun smiled at him, stood up and said, "No, you are the first one."

Pan Yun called Hu Jing and said, "Master Gu, you have had enough sun exposure today, go back to the house."

Hu Jing slowly opened his eyes, slowly looked at her, and then slowly stood up.

Seeing him weakly going back to the house, Pan Yun followed him in and asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you not used to the local climate?"

Hu Jing: "I'm just sleepy, just taking a nap. You guys can talk if you want, why do you have to bring me along?"

Pan Yun raised his chin and asked, "Do you know him?"

Hu Jing: "I started to think about it from the moment he looked at me, but I racked my brains but couldn't remember it, so I just assumed I didn't know him, and,"

He pointed at his face and asked, "I've disguised myself like this, but An Chen and his group of Jinyiwei didn't recognize me. How can he recognize me?"

Pan Yun looked at Hu Jing's current makeup and frowned: "Yes, although you can see through everything in my eyes, Wang Cong and the others said they couldn't recognize you..."

Pan Jun stroked his chin and thought, "Oh no, you are not putting on makeup to look like someone he knows, are you?"

Hu Jing: "...Then should I change my makeup now?"

"Are you afraid that An Chen and the others don't know that you've changed your appearance and put on makeup?" Pan Yun waved his hand and said, "Don't change it. Anyway, he is in my hand and he can't run away."

Hu Jing: "Who is his master?"

Pan Yun: "I don't know, but he is definitely not Wang Zhen's man. Take him back to the capital and ask him who he works for."

"You won't interrogate me anymore?"

Pan Jun: "Do you think he will confess?"

She said, "I am a good person and do not want to use cruel punishments. Let's leave it like this."

Hu Jing looked skeptical: "You've almost drained all the blood from the person, and you say you don't want cruel punishment?"

"Hey, don't wrongly accuse me. That was not a punishment. It was to save people. The Buddhists said that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I am doing a great deed by building a pagoda."

Hu Jing sneered. Seeing Pan Yun was about to leave, he quickly raised his hand to stop her. He frowned and asked, "You have accomplished half of your mission in Yunnan. Can you tell me the reason why you brought me with you?"

"I told you it was to protect you..."

"Another reason."

Pan Jun paused, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said bluntly: "In order to prevent you from being caught by Wang Zhen, and to force Wang Zhen to hand over the account book in his hand."

Hu Jing looked puzzled: "Why?"

Pan Yun walked to the medicine shelf and placed a weight on the scale. The scale sank slightly. "My father and Xue Xuan are the weights. They are the only ones on the scale. In order to tilt the scale, this weight will be discarded first.

But now there’s another one on top.”

Pan Jun added a bigger weight, turned his head and smiled at Hu Jing: "You, or Wang Zhen's account book of Jiangnan's corruption and abuse of power, is a ready-made interest dispute. Isn't this weight more worth fighting for?"

Pan Yun replaced the weights with two of the same size and said in an ambiguous tone, "The treasury is short of money, the emperor is short of money, Wang Zhen knows, and all the civil and military officials in the court know. Whoever can help the emperor solve this urgent problem will win the emperor's heart.

I took you out of the capital because, firstly, I didn’t want you to die; secondly, of course, I wanted to destroy this bargaining chip.”

Pan Yun took out a weight and turned to look at Hu Jing: "Now, my goal has been achieved."

Hu Jing's eyes fell on the scale: "But your father and Xue Xuan are still on the scale. How do you plan to bring them down? Or, replace them?"

Pan Jun raised an eyebrow: "Why, Mr. Hu wants to recommend himself?"

Hu Jing said in a serious tone, "You also said that the treasury is short of money. If you submit the treasure map, the emperor will definitely pardon your father. In order to commend your merits, he may even directly rehabilitate your father..."

Pan Jun's face darkened: "You just want me to hand over the treasure map."

Hu Jing: "You are not a greedy person, why do you want to fight with the imperial court for such a small amount of money? This batch of treasures was originally looted by Japanese pirates, so you should return it to the national treasury."

Pan Yun sneered: "Return it to the national treasury?"

"The treasure map has been submitted. The money on the island may not be able to enter the national treasury, and the money that enters the national treasury may not be used by the people," Pan Yun said. "After the Japanese pirates massacred the village, I swore in Quanzhou that I would help them get revenge and settle down. So I will never give this money unless I have to."

She said: "I have arranged their destinations. They will definitely be used for the benefit of the people."

In her hands, she can ensure that it is 100% used for the people, but it is a different story if it is handed over.

Hu Jing is a bounty hunter who often deals with people in the government, so he naturally knows Pan Yun's worries.

He sighed: "In this case, you are too tired."

Pan Yun looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, with a majestic face: "As long as it is for the people and the country, I will not hesitate to die."

Hu Jing: "I always feel a little empty."

Pan Yun glanced at him.

Hu Jing swallowed his saliva and asked, "You cooperate with Captain Chen, so you have to share his money? This kind of cooperation of sharing spoils... I always feel that you have bad intentions."

Pan Yun turned and left: "Don't forget the oath you swore. The treasure map is mine. Don't speak nonsense."

Hu Jing sighed and could only watch her leave. Pan Yun did not want to stay in Yunnan for long. She knew that the emperor sent her out to save Mu Xi and show favor to the Mu family, and to keep her away from court disputes and save her life.

But she didn't accept it.

Her father and brother were both in the capital, and her father was even imprisoned in the imperial prison. If she was seeking her own safety, she would not have gone to the capital to make such a scene.

So she had to stabilize Mu Xi's condition as soon as possible, find out the most suitable number of corpse worms for him, teach him how to control the corpse worms, and then return to Beijing.

With this achievement, it will be easier for her to talk when she returns.

This trip to Yunnan was worthwhile. By pulling the Mu family to her side, she gained more power to vindicate her father.

Moreover, the Mu family has always been neutral and is not among the two factions of Wang Zhen and the Qingliu in the court.

He is a nobleman, but he is different from other nobles.

Other nobles believe that the Mu family belongs to the royal family. The old royal family members in the early years recognized the Mu family, but the current ones do not.

Therefore, the Mu family has always been a lone minister.

It is also for this reason that the Mu family has been able to survive five generations of emperors.

Pulling the Mu family onto her boat, I wonder if the emperor had anticipated this?

Pan Yun removed nine more worms from Mu Xi's wound, sealed it and bandaged it, then turned to ask Mu Lin, "Will you come back to Beijing with me when your father recovers?"

Mu Lin lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before shaking his head: "I want to spend more time with my father. As long as His Majesty does not summon me, I will stay in Yunnan for one day."

Pan Yun nodded: "Okay, I think the people of Yunnan are tough and need people to suppress them all the time, but your Mu family is small, so it would be good for you to stay here and get familiar with government and military affairs."

Mu Lin asked, "Do you want to go back to Beijing?"

Pan Yun nodded and said worriedly, "My father is in prison now. Since he fell into trouble, we haven't seen each other again. I miss him very much, so I want to settle the matter here as soon as possible and return to Beijing to see my father."

Mu Lin could relate to this point.

He was also separated from his father at a very young age and never saw him again.

Although his uncle and aunt were very kind to him, there were still some differences between him and his biological parents.

Mu Lin said solemnly, "I heard from my grandfather that your father's case was caused by Wang Zhen. My father's condition is gradually stabilizing now. This is a good news. I will write to Your Majesty to tell him the good news and plead for Lord Pan."

Pan Jun was touched: "Thank you very much."

Mu Lin smiled at her and said, "I should thank you. Thank you for saving my father."

But before Mu Lin's letter reached the capital, Pan Hong was transferred to the Dali Temple prison.

After the emperor had a heart-to-heart talk with Xue Shao on the lake island, he heard the news that Pan Hong was almost poisoned to death.

The emperor was furious, but also felt a little guilty and worried. He had a feeling that if Pan Hong was poisoned to death in the imperial prison, he and Pan Yun would definitely become enemies.

As an emperor, he certainly would not be afraid of Pan Yun, a Taoist priest.

But he truly loved Pan Yun and treated her as a friend. If he really killed his friend's father and he was wrongly accused, the little emperor would still feel uneasy.

So his heart was wavering.

Xue Shao struck while the iron was hot and dragged the emperor to find Yin Song to look at the stars and the moon, and talk about the rise and fall of history from ancient times to the present. He put on a show of harmony between the monarch and his subject in front of Wang Zhen, and scared Wang Zhen into handing over Wang Shan on his own initiative.

It’s not that Wang Zhen was easily frightened, but after his men entered the imperial prison, they stopped two assassins who were trying to kill Pan Hong.

The last one gave him the chills.

Because the other party was a young eunuch and had received his favor.

The first check revealed that he was the one who sent him to kill Pan Hong;
The second time he checked, he found out that it was the Jiangnan group that sent him to kill Pan Hong, and then framed Wang Zhen for the crime;

The third investigation revealed that it was he who sent him to kill Pan Hong, and then framed him with the group of upright people in Jiangnan.

It was very confusing, but he was the murderer in two of the three cases. Wang Zhen put himself in his shoes and he believed the majority.
In other words, he would rather kill someone by mistake than let him go. If he were Pan Yun, he would definitely treat him as an enemy.

And he felt that Pan Jun was just such a person.

He couldn't afford to gamble.

Especially after the emperor and Xue Shao and Yin Song became closer and their relationship became better.

Wang Zhen lived on the emperor's favor, and he would never allow anyone to snatch this favor away from him.

Therefore, under Xue Shao's relentless pressure, he could only take a step back.

He had Wang Shan, who was hiding at home to reflect on his mistakes, arrested and handed over directly to the Three Officials. He then blocked Xue Shao at the palace gate and warned him in a deep voice, "Master Xue, you are a clean official, so don't do the kind of flattering things we do."

Xue Shao: "I speak from my heart and never flatter. Why, Master Wang, do you think that my praise of Your Majesty is flattery?"

Wang Zhen snorted coldly, turned around and said, "Wang Shan has been handed over to the Third Division, and the matter ends here."

Wang Zhen took the initiative to step back. Now it depends on whether the emperor and the upright people in Jiangnan are willing to step back.

However, whether they were willing or not, Wang Shan admitted to framing Pan Hong and Xue Xuan. Although the case had not been concluded, Pan Hong's crime was much lighter and the emperor also relaxed his promise, allowing him to be released from the imperial prison and imprisoned in the Dali Temple.

Xue Xuan still has some prestige and connections in the Dali Temple.

As soon as Pan Hong was sent to the Dali Temple, Xue Shao went to inquire about the ransom.

After finding out the amount of money, Xue Shao went to find the Pan Yue brothers.

Pan Yue took out all the money he had: "The money sent by my hometown has arrived, and I am still short of some money."

He said, "I plan to borrow some from someone."

Yin Song waved his hand: "Why borrow from outsiders?"

He took out a box and pushed it to Pan Yue, saying, "Junior Sister left in a hurry. She didn't think about money at the time, so she didn't leave any money. However, her family is my family. This is my savings. You can use it first."

Pan Yue held the box, looking very touched: "How can I be so embarrassed? Second Senior Brother has helped us a lot during this period of time..."

Yin Song: "It's okay, this is for interest, 2% interest, but don't worry, I don't need you to pay it back, I will ask my junior sister for it later."

Pan Yue: "...loan sharking?"

Yin Song: "It's only 2% interest, it's not compound interest, how can it be usury?"

Yin Song forcefully stuffed the box he had pushed back into his arms and said, "Take it. I tell you, Junior Sister is not short of money."

Xue Shao also pushed a box to Pan Yue and said, "This is the money my uncle and I collected. It's not much. You can use it for now."

Pan Yue: "Do you want interest?"

Xue Shao smiled and shook his head: "I don't need interest."

Pan Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

Yin Song smiled and said: "Mr. Xue is indeed a great educator. I am far from that." (End of this chapter)