The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

"Great!" Pan Jun praised, his eyes becoming more stern. "But I still have some questions. Where are the Japanese pirates you brought here now? How can we contact them? What is their strength?"

Cen Dachuan looked at her in surprise.

Pan Yun looked him straight in the eye: "To seek revenge, we must find the culprit."

Cen Dachuan was silent.

Pan Yun sneered, "I didn't expect that Second Master Cen was so loyal to a group of Japanese pirates, but he had no sympathy for the villagers of Shuangyang Village and Huaihua Village. After all, they were once fishermen who migrated inland during the maritime ban, just like you. They had been operating for sixty or seventy years and had just taken root in that land. As a result, because of your selfishness, parents, young and strong men, wives and children, all died innocently."

Cen Dachuan's face turned pale.

Cen Yuan became anxious and said quickly: "Brother Dachuan, just tell me, those Japanese pirates are ruthless and vicious, it's not worth it for you to treat them like this."

Cen Dachuan sighed heavily and said, "It's not that I don't want to say it, but I don't know!"

He said, "The boss did this without my consent. He was the one who found the person. I don't know much about it."

Pan Yun: "Tell me as much as you know."

Cen Dachuan was silent for a moment before he said, "The leader is called Da Nei Lingzi, a woman, and seems to be a witch?"

Pan Jun raised an eyebrow: "Witch?"

"Yes, I think she is a witch, just like the shamans in our countryside, she is mysterious and mysterious, hiding her head and tail, and she is always covered with a black cloak and dares not show her face," said Cen Dachuan. "The one who came out for her is called Ouchi Hiromi, and he is the connection between us, the boss."

"They would massacre the whole village. Not only I, but even our boss didn't expect it," Cen Dachuan recalled the past, his face turning pale. "They came and said they wanted to go ashore to look for something, but we didn't know what they were looking for. They just asked us to lead the way."

Cen Dachuan paused and said, "Because I don't agree with this matter, the boss basically doesn't let me take care of it. I just picked a few people from my subordinates to lead the way for them and find a way to bring them in."

Pan Yun paused, then realized, "No wonder the coastal navy was so defenseless. We couldn't figure out how they bypassed the checkpoints and cities along the way. It turned out to be you."

"The checkpoints are fine. I can pass them by pretending to be civilians and with your guidance. However, the gates of several counties under Quanzhou require a pass to enter and exit. How did you get people through?"

Cen Dachuan lowered his eyelids: "I was not involved, I don't know."

Pan Jun snorted lightly: "If you don't tell me, I can just go back to Dacen Village and catch another pirate. If one of them can't tell me, I'll catch another one..."

She leaned forward, stared at the blue-faced Cen Dachuan and smiled slightly: "You have seen my kung fu, you should know that it is effortless for me to catch someone."

Cen Dachuan was not stupid. He shook his head slightly and said, "You dare not take action in the village. Dacen Village is linked with several villages. If you take action in the village and alarm the villagers, the villagers in the nearby villages will know and rush over. If things go wrong, it will be a civil uprising. Secondly, your news will also be spread. Once the people at sea are alarmed, your plan may be restricted. This is why you went to so much trouble to lure me out, right?"

"Smart," Pan Yun chuckled, "Then tell me, I can trick you, but can I trick them out?"

Cen Dachuan frowned.

Pan Yun: "Have you heard the story of the seven calabash brothers saving their grandfather?"

Cen Dachuan was stunned: "What?"

"It is said that in ancient times there was a magical vine with seven magical gourd babies growing on it. Their grandfather watered and fed them. A snake demon captured their grandfather. The eldest baby was born first, so he went to save him, but was captured by the snake demon. Then the second baby went to save him, but was captured again... This cycle repeated until all seven gourd babies were captured by the snake demon."

Pan Yun smiled at him and asked softly, "Second Master Cen, tell me, if you don't return to the village the day after tomorrow, can I, a snake spirit, lure out the remaining ten pirates in the village one by one?"

Cen Dachuan's face changed drastically and his breathing became irregular.

After a moment, he suddenly realized: "No, we have thirteen people, how can you say there are ten left..." Suddenly, what Cen Yuan said in the morning flashed in his mind, and his pupils shrank suddenly: "Er Mu!"

Pan Jun raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Yes, I caught it!"

Cen Dachuan's face turned pale, his breathing became rapid, and he asked hurriedly, "What did you do to him?"

"Don't worry, he's still alive, but he may not be in a few days." Pan Yun said, "I have to thank his greed. If he hadn't wanted to rob me of my money and visited me late at night, this trip wouldn't have been so smooth."

Cen Dachuan: ...

He understood everything in an instant, and for a moment he hated Cen Ermu with a vengeance, but he couldn't really ignore his life and death.

We must not let the other brothers fall into Pan Yun’s hands.

So he gritted his teeth, glanced aside and said, "Money makes the world go round. As long as we have money, we can find a way in and out."

Pan Yun raised his chin towards Qu Le and said to Cen Dachuan, "Who is the mastermind? Tell us clearly!"

Qu Le immediately took out his pen and ink to take notes.

Chivalrous men from the martial arts world and Taoist priests from the Tianshi Temple will arrive in Quanzhou and Fuzhou one after another. In order to prevent the news from leaking, these obstacles must be removed in advance.

Betraying an ally is an act of perfidy, and they are not pirates. Cen Dachuan was unwilling to do that, so he kept silent.

Pan Yun: "You won't tell me? Then we can only interrogate the other one."

Pan Jun pulled Cen Yuan, who was sitting behind him, over and grabbed his arm, squeezing it down inch by inch. There was a crackling sound, and Cen Yuan screamed and tried hard to pull Pan Jun's hand away, but he couldn't move it at all.

Cen Yuan almost rolled on the ground in pain, and could only cover his other arm with one hand and scream in pain.

Cen Dachuan stood up with a bang and glared at Pan Yun angrily: "If you want to execute him, come to me. Let him go!"

Pan Yun sneered, stood up, and stepped on Cen Yuan's knee: "Now, you are the fish and I am the knife. Why should I listen to you?"

"You! Torturing others like this is not what a chivalrous man does."

Pan Yun: "Killing an entire family and destroying their ancestors' sacrifices, is that what a knight would do?"

"I……"

Pan Jun gradually exerted force on her feet. Cen Yuan could not feel his left arm. He was afraid that she would really cripple his leg. He screamed: "Brother Dachuan, save me, save me——"

"I have told you all the information I know about the Japanese pirates..."

"Not enough!" Pan Yun interrupted him, his eyes becoming brighter with anger: "I will not let any of you who led the pirates in, or the gatekeepers who opened the door for the pirates to enter and exit, go!"

Cen Dachuan's face was as dark as a pot: "You want to kill so many people? According to the law, they don't deserve the death penalty!"

"Whatever their crime, we have to catch them before we can try them," Pan Yun said, "Cen Dachuan, you are not the only one who has been in and out of these counties. As long as I catch enough people, I will be able to get the news. Do you want to torture them again, or do you want them to confess?"

Cen Dachuan said nothing. (End of this chapter)