The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 601 Interrogation
Song Xuan was also injured, on her arm.

Pan Yun finally stopped bullying them. They would have to be on the same team from now on. If Gao Zhiming and his men continued to disobey orders and act on their own, who knows how many more people would be injured and die...

Pan Yun said in a deep voice: "This time, one person from our team died and three were seriously injured."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Gao Zhiming's heart skipped a beat and he fell silent. He couldn't help but wonder, if he hadn't left with them at that time, would they have stayed and continued to form the formation because they trusted him, and then they wouldn't have gotten hurt, let alone died.

Xue Shao's servant named Xijin only knew some mediocre Kung Fu, but he could fight with Pan Yun without getting hurt, let alone them?
Zhang Ning counted the number of injured people and only kept those with minor injuries. The rest of the seriously injured were treated by Tao Yanbai and Miao He, who then carried them onto the boat and escorted them back to Quanzhou Port by a team of people.

The bodies of the pirates were buried on the spot, and the dead on their side were carried onto the ship and sent back to Quanzhou Port.

In this battle, twelve of them died and twenty-one were seriously injured.

Zhang Ning arranged for people to escort them back and gave half of the boatmen's labor to them. There were only 47 people left, including three pirates.

Wu Dahai was pulled out from the pirates. Zhang Ning stood in front of him and asked, "What's your name?"

Wu Dahai said: "Taro."

Zhang Ning was speechless and kicked him: "Do you think we are fools? Your authentic Minnan dialect is so rude. Why don't you call yourself Choros Yesen?"

Wu Dahai looked at Zhang Ning with confused eyes: "Who is this? I don't know him."

"That's right, you don't know me. Stop pretending to be Japanese in front of me. Tell me, what's your real name?"

Wu Dahai remained silent.

Zhang Ning sneered: "I know even without you telling me that you pirates always want more than money. Come on, search this bandit camp and see where they buy houses and land, and whose names are written on them!"

Wu Dahai stood still, unafraid.

Pan Yun slid over smoothly and whispered, "Master Zhang, have you forgotten that this is one of their burrows? A cunning rabbit has three burrows, so there are still two more burrows to go."

Zhang Ning: …

Zhang Weiyi also came over: "Don't ask, they won't tell, and their subordinates won't tell either. Just let them get on the boat and lead the way. We are going to Wangyue Island."

This is an unknown little island. It is said that there were Japanese pirates. Oh, this time they were real Japanese pirates.

When they come out from the country, they will transit on this small island.

Cen Dachuan and his men knew two small islands where the Japanese pirates transited. One of them was actually visited, called Dongyang Island;
The other is Wangyue Island, which I have only heard of but never been there.

Li Wenying commanded another team to take Cen Dachuan and his brothers to Dongyang Island. Their team was responsible for capturing this nest of pirates and getting the location of Wangyue Island.

But Wu Dahai and the other two said nothing, which made Zhang Ning very angry, so he simply had them taken away for execution.

When Pan Yun saw Wu Dahai again, he was already dying.

Zhang Ning’s torture was too harsh, and one of them died. The other two were barely gasping for breath, so they had no choice but to invite Tao Yanbai and Miao He to treat their injuries.

Pan Yun and a few others came along to join in the fun and to inquire about the news.

But when they saw the two men's bloody appearance, their faces darkened.

Miao He wrinkled his nose in dismay and whispered, "It goes against the will of heaven."

Zhang Ning pretended not to hear and pressed on, "Can you save the person? Just keep him alive."

Pan Yun frowned: "What's the point of holding on to your breath when you don't say a word after being beaten like this?"

Zhang Ning said in a deep voice: "I have asked, and only the three of them know the location of Wangyue Island. If they keep silent, we can only go and destroy another group of pirates and capture their leader for interrogation."

Pan Jun frowned.

Xue Shao stepped forward and glanced at the two people who were unconscious with their heads lowered, and said, "Leave it to me." Zhang Ning frowned when he saw that he looked like a scholar: "You?"

Xue Shao: "If he doesn't say anything after being beaten like this, there's no point in executing him again."

Zhang Ning pursed her lips and said nothing.

Zhang Weiyi walked behind Zhang Ning without knowing when, and whispered, "Let him try."

Zhang Ning was slightly surprised: "Do you believe him?"

Zhang Weiyi said expressionlessly: "He is a scholar, scholars are cunning, maybe he has a way."

Turning to Xue Shao, he said: "Mr. Xue is a scholar, and scholars are smart. I'll leave this matter to you."

Zhang Ning agreed.

Wu Dahai and another person were carried onto the bed, and Tao Yanbai and Miao He immediately went to rescue them.

It took nearly an hour to bandage the wounds of the two men, and they were wrapped like mummies.

Xue Shao knew they couldn't afford to waste time, so he asked, "When will they wake up?"

Tao Yanbai said: "I can wake them up, but it won't do any good to their health."

Xue Shao did not hesitate and said, "Then wake him up."

Fights were already underway elsewhere, and the longer it dragged on, the greater the danger to their people.

Tao Yanbai picked up a needle and walked forward, moving the needle up and down at the base of his thumb.

Wu Dahai did not feel any pain, but he could feel his heart beating faster in his coma. He opened his eyes in a daze.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I met Xue Shao's kind gaze.

Wu Dahai looked at him coldly, unmoved.

Xue Shao pulled over a chair and sat opposite the bed, his knees against the edge of the bed, and sighed softly: "I know you won't tell the origin of your name."

"According to the Ming Dynasty law, all pirates shall be executed, and their families shall be implicated. Neighbors who know about the crime but do not report it shall be severely punished!" Xue Shao said, "You go to sea to become pirates, usually you are connected to a village, a town, or even a whole village. If you confess your name and origin, it will inevitably implicate many people.

Even if the government doesn’t punish everyone in the end, your relatives and friends will have to pay a huge price. In addition, the government doesn’t want the officials to force the people to rebel, so they turned a blind eye.”

Xue Shao sneered, "Government offices have always been like this, wanting to get paid but not taking responsibility."

Wu Dahai tilted his head slightly, staring at him intently, and after a long while he said in a hoarse voice, "Aren't you a scholar?"

Xue Shao laughed sarcastically and said in frustration: "He is just a poor and useless scholar."

"You are already a juren, how can you be useless?"

Xue Shao just raised his head and sighed, looking extremely desolate.

Pan Yun and the other five stood by and stared blankly, either with their arms folded or their chins resting on their hands.

Xue Shao did not continue the topic about himself, but brought the topic back: "The boss should have seen that we are not from the government."

Wu Dahai said bitterly: "You are not from the government, who are you? Why are you targeting me?"

He had suspected it a long time ago. Their methods were nothing like those of the navy office. He suspected that they were other pirates who came to rob his territory and money. But from what he heard during the interrogation, it didn't seem like that. Which pirate kept asking him his last name and where Moon Watching Island was instead of asking where his gold and silver treasures were hidden?

So he kept jumping back and forth between the two answers, and didn't dare to reveal the origin of his name.

(End of this chapter)