The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

The eldest son of the Chen family, who was walking on the left side of the young man, couldn't help but pause and laughed: "Do you two know each other?"

Pan Jun raised his eyebrows and looked at Xue Shao, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Xue Shao said in a gentle voice: "Last year, I was also among those who fought against bandits in Quanzhou. At that time, Taoist Sanzhu fought ten people alone. I admired him very much."

Young Master Chen's face lit up and he stared at Pan Yun, "So this is Taoist Priest Sanzhu. I didn't expect him to be younger than the rumors said. If I had known it was Taoist Priest Sanzhu, I would have welcomed him personally. I'm so sorry, so sorry."

Pan Yun clasped his fists in return and said with a smile, "You are welcome, sir..."

She looked at Zhang Ziming.

Zhang Ziming introduced them with a smile: "This is the eldest son of the Chen family, Chen Lan."

Pan Jun smiled and clasped his fists: "Master Chen."

Zhang Ziming pointed to a relatively silent young man on his right and said, "This is the second son of the Chen family, Chen Han."

Finally, he pointed at Pan Yun and said to them, "This is my disciple Pan Yun from Mount Longhu."

He glanced at her and raised his eyebrows: "Nickname Sanzhu."

Pan Yun smiled and clasped his fists with them.

Zhang Ziming looked at Xue Shao without saying a word.

Chen Lan introduced them: "This is Mr. Xue, a scholar who has already passed the imperial examination. He is kind-hearted and has come to help us after hearing that we are going to fight the bandits."

Zhang Ziming nodded slightly at him.

Xue Shao bowed respectfully to Zhang Ziming and smiled at Pan Yun.

Chen Lan was very enthusiastic about Pan Yun and invited her to have dinner together at Zuixianlou in the evening: "They are all young disciples from various sects, Gao Zhiming and Song Xuan from Hengshan, Mu Chen and Lou Yue from Emei, Sun Dacheng from the Beggars' Sect, Jiao Heng, Meng Qi and Jiang Jin from the Cao Gang, and the famous Bei Zhao and Nan Meng. It's a rare opportunity for everyone to get together. Taoist Sanzhu and Brother Xue might as well go with us, so that we can discuss the important matter of suppressing bandits together."

Pan Yun: "Didn't the Wulin League and Tianshi Mansion agree on the bandit suppression? Shouldn't we just follow their orders?"

Chen Lan smiled and nodded, "That's true, but how to complete the mission depends on your own ability. I know that several of you are very skilled in martial arts, and you don't take those pirates seriously. But no matter how skilled a person is, he will eventually run out of energy. Suppressing bandits is not a martial arts competition, one-on-one, and you stop when you are done. Those pirates don't talk about morality, they rush up in a swarm, and two fists can't beat four hands. In particular, some pirates will deploy troops, so we have to be more cautious. It's better to get together to share what we have, integrate information, and know the methods of those pirates in advance, so that we can think of ways to deal with them in advance."

Xue Shao also nodded and smiled: "Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you fight a hundred battles without danger."

Chen Lan smiled and said, "Brother Xue is really good. He said everything I wanted to say in one sentence. That's exactly the truth."

Pan Jun looked at Zhang Ziming again.

Zhang Ziming tried his best. He didn't believe that this dead girl was so clueless that she needed to look at his face.

She is pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, just like the smiling person opposite.

Shameless and hypocritical!

Zhang Ziming nodded at Pan Yun with a forced smile.

Pan Yun agreed immediately and said, "I have three nephews."

Chen Lan agreed immediately: "I will invite them all."

"Oh, yes, there is also Master Qu Lequ from the Wulin Alliance. He is my junior fellow apprentice and is also with us." Pan Jun seemed to have just remembered.

Chen Lan was pleasantly surprised: "It turns out that Mr. Qu is the junior brother of Taoist Sanzhu. That's great. I was just wondering where to invite him."

Pan Yun smiled at him: "He is in this courtyard now."

Chen Lan was so happy that he simply did not let Pan Yun and the others leave to stay in the inn. Instead, he arranged for them to stay in a villa.

It's really rare that there are already so many people crammed into this villa, and there is still room for them.

Xue Shao and his servant were arranged to stay in the guest room next to them. People in Jianghu were not particular about small matters, so staying in different rooms was considered polite.

So no one understood why Pan Hong did not bring his daughter home after he was reinstated, but instead let her continue to be a Taoist priest and go out to mingle in the underworld.

Xuan Li is also a rich lady. She has used up all her strength to go to the academy, and has never gone out for real training. Every time she goes back to her hometown, she gets her father's stamp to pass the training list.

After agreeing on a time for dinner in the evening, Chen Lan went to make arrangements excitedly. It seemed that he wanted to invite a few more people.

Pan Yun and Xue Shao were standing in front of the moon gates of the two guest houses talking.

"Aren't you the Imperial Inspector? Why do you only have the title of Juren?"

Xue Shao looked around.

Pan Yun: "Don't look, there's no one here. Oh, my nephew and the others don't count."

Tao Yanbai and the other two gave Xue Shao friendly smiles.

Xue Shao then smiled and said, "It is precisely because I am the inspector that I have to go on a private visit in disguise."

Pan Yun's heart moved, and he asked, "Did the imperial court send people to participate this time?"

Xue Shao nodded slightly: "In addition to the Navy Office, the North and South Pacification Offices also sent a group of Jinyiwei down."

Pan Yun's eyebrows jumped: "The North and South Pacification Offices will send people separately?"

Xue Shao chuckled: "Your Majesty wants the treasure map that is widely circulated in the martial arts world, and the Jinyiwei want to make a contribution. If the treasure is not taken away, whoever can get the treasure map will make a great contribution."

Pan Jun raised his eyebrows.

Xue Shao paused and said, "Killing the bandits is also a great achievement."

Pan Yun was somewhat dissatisfied: "Why can't the imperial court suppress the bandits openly, but instead send people to infiltrate the underworld?"

Xue Shao saw that she was dissatisfied but still irritated. He was moved and whispered, "Do you also think that this bandit suppression will fail?"

Pan Yun stood in the shadows, his face gloomy and unclear: "How do you define failure and success?"

She tilted her head slightly, looking over the wall towards the direction of the Ping An Inn, her face solemn, "I don't know how the Wulin Alliance will arrange this. Now everyone's morale is high, if we really encounter pirates, we will definitely do our best to kill the enemy; but with all the sects and schools mixed together, the Wulin Alliance can't command them like an army and enforce discipline. Even if we have suppressed the news, once the martial arts order is issued, so many people will gather here, and there will definitely be well-informed pirates who will receive the news. If we can't wipe out all the pirates, or we suffer heavy casualties, can this be considered a win?"

Xue Shao said nothing.

Pan Yun's eyes shot at Xue Shao like a sharp sword: "Is it true that the imperial court did not send troops to suppress the bandits just because the Luchuan battle had just ended and it was not convenient to start another war? Or does it want us and the pirates to suffer losses together?"

Xue Shao lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Pan Yun murmured, "Knights use force to break the law. The imperial court does not like us, the martial arts people, to fight and kill. I don't like it either... but using pirates to suppress us is too much."

Xue Shao asked her: "You have been prepared for this battle, why do you have such doubts now?"

Pan Yun: "The Chen family wants to take 100,000 taels of silver as a pension, did you know that?"

Xue Shao opened his eyes slightly, surprised.

Pan Jun saw it, but he didn't know.

The two looked at each other in silence. Xue Shao's heart sank, and he said in a deep voice: "Before coming here, I went to the Navy Office to meet Wu Xiaoli. I saw that he was immersed in the military merit of suppressing bandits. For this purpose, he even sent his confidant Chu Liang. It doesn't seem like he wants to plot against you."

Pan Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, maybe I'm overthinking it."

Xue Shao was not as optimistic as she was. Although he had only been here for a short while, he could see the chaos. (End of this chapter)